Feeding Tuesday: Num Num Dips
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Interesting — hat tip to editor Kate who found these cool kinda-spoons. The idea is that there’s no “up,” so there’s no right or wrong way to use it. Harry just turned one (yesterday, in fact!) and is still doing that comical thing where he insists on feeding himself but turns the spoon upside down the second he gets it — so I’m going to give these a go. They’re $9.99 at Amazon. Num Num Dips
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
I have an acquaintance I met in a social setting and then ended up using her business. Because I knew her first in a social setting, we are friends on Facebook. Recently, she posted a rather inflammatory/clickbait/non-scientific article called “Crying It Out Causes Brain Damage”. I did CIO with my kid with great success and little trauma. I’ve just ignored her post and moved on, since I like her and our business interaction otherwise.
Just curious though, what, if anything, would you do? Would you say anything? And would your answer change depending on what her business is (e.g. accountant vs. therapist vs. gyno)?
I know we’ve had a million kid travel question, but please please if you have any good baby app suggestions let me know! Taking the twins on a short flight (DC to Boston) this weekend and my basic plan is to let them play with our cell phones. (We never let them because they seriously get all “my precious, my precious” about them when we try to take them back. It’s horrific. So they’re going to freak out about getting to play with them for an hour.) We have an iPhone and an Android — any recommendations for good apps for 14 mo olds? Please?
My baby doesn’t look like me at all. This is disappointing me a bit. Tips to get over it?
Long version – my other child looks like a carbon copy of me, so much so that daycare teachers recognize me as “kid’s mom” even before I introduce myself. I feel horrible saying this and wouldn’t say it in real life so please dont judge.
(1) My baby doesn’t look in the least like her sibling or me, and my siblings and I are very similar looking so I expected the same distinctive features (2) she looks like my MIL in many ways, particularly distinctive features (think hair color) and while I love my MIL, she isn’t objectively beautiful but a lovely person (3) I know I should expect a 50-50 split between my DH and me, but this is a girl and for some reason I really expected her to look like me.
I love her and when she sees me and gives me her delighted toothless grin my heart melts. But I want her to look pretty (I know, I know, I’ve been conditioned by the patriarchy) and to look like me. Should I console myself that maybe her looks will change over time? Maybe not the distinctive feature but other features may grow to look like me a bit? Or should I just shut up and get over it and hope she grows up to be a good person like my MIL because what else matters?!
More superficial mom-ness : When I show her baby pics around, people don’t say “ohhh, so cute” – this just reinforces my worry above. They try to compliment something else, like her cute outfit or how big she’s gotten or something like that.
I’m feeling pride in accomplishing one small part of the juggle and just wanted to share in this anonymous forum. I’m going out on unpaid maternity leave in a few weeks for the rest of the year, and just finished maxing out my retirement for 2015. It’s been a stressful squeeze these past few months, especially as we face down an even sparser Q3 and Q4, but we’re really proud that we paid ourselves first for Q1 and Q2.
Sleep Training question – kiddo and I moved from a big suburban house to a condo in the city. She went from sleeping soundly through the night to waknig up several times a night crying; I had been rocking her and then sleeping in her room, but the number of wake ups is steadily increasing and I think I need to let her self-soothe.
The first time we did sleep training, we were in a single family home and she could scream all she wanted, at whatever time she wanted to scream. Now I’m aware that she could wake up neighbors if she is screaming at midnight or 4 am, as she has been doing. I don’t hear the neighbors that much, so I think the walls are pretty thick, but I don’t know whether they can hear her or not. Should I do anything to let them know what’s going on? I have only met one set of neighbors who have the barking dog (who I only hear in the hallway, never in my apartment).
So, I am now the stuff of legend. At 37w1d, my water broke at my desk at work in the late afternoon after I had finalized and filed three significant motions in one of my cases and finalized the draft motion and related pleadings in another. Within four hours, my breech baby emerged via Csection.
My desk is the mess I left it, no organizational memo drafted, my timesheet is late, and now a week post-op, I’ll attend to all of that today.
I was supposed to go on medical leave the next day and enjoy two weeks of paid waiting around for baby, dang it.
Also, anyone who thinks a csection is “the easy way out” is ignorant, idiotic, or both.
What are some “essential” outdoor summer toys? We have a big grassy backyard with a swingset, but what else would make the yard fun for the 5 and under set?
Love num num dips. Baby is only 6 months old so he can’t really self-feed yet, but I feel more comfortable using them to feed him since they’re much softer than the other baby spoons we have. He likes them for teething, too.
Ladies, I need some help making a decision on daycare. (Sorry in advance for the novel.) I’m pondering switching daycares and commuting with baby (6 mos) on the bus, in part to spend more time with him on the commute. Has anyone done this? I don’t know anyone who takes their baby on the bus, so I’d love to hear from anyone who’s done it.
Full story: we currently have baby at a daycare close to our house, and I commute about 40 minutes downtown by bus. DH works from home and does drop off and pickup. Daycare seems fine, we don’t love it but no major issues either. The major drawback is that I only see the baby for about 20 minutes in the morning and an hour after work, which I’m really struggling with. Another issue is that when DH travels (about once a month) it’s very difficult for me to do dropoff/pickup since it’s in the opposite direction from work.
We finally got off the wait list of “new daycare,” which is downtown about five blocks from my office. I would plan to take the baby on the bus but it would add probably 30 mins each way to my commute to do dropoff and then walk to my office. Haven’t met with the teachers yet at new daycare, so I don’t know if we’ll like them better or not.
I’m imagining baby and me hanging out on the bus, reading books and playing with toys and having an hour of quality time that we currently don’t have. Baby is almost sitting up, so he could sit on my lap or in a seat when he’s a bit bigger. Is this crazy? We’re hoping to make a trial run this week before we make a decision.
Should we just stick with the system we have if it’s working relatively well?
I have these spoons in my “when E gets older” wishlist on Amazon, highly recommended in a comment on this site a month or so ago.
Give something else for him to do – “We hit pillows. We don’t hit people.” Also, even at this age, my son identified a lot with books and stuffed animals. Find a book about Not Hitting. Also do role play with dolls or stuffed animals. “Oh! The elephant is hitting friends with his trunk! Oh, no elephant, we don’t friends!” Let your kid be the teacher or grown-up who disciplines the doll/stuffed animal. Waggle fingers, raise voice, then give hugs to the elephant afterwards to show it’s just a mistake, totally age-appropriate, you are not raising a juvenile delinquent or anything.
Good luck.
My 15-month-old has started hitting. Fun! I’ve tried saying “no” or “stop” in a calm voice, or holding her hand gently but firmly when saying “no” or “stop,” but she just laughs at me and repeats the hitting. Any successful tips on how to stop this habit (especially before she starts doing it at daycare)? Some of what I’ve read online suggests that I try to explain to her why hitting is wrong (“it makes me sad when you hit me”), but I feel like she’s too young to reason with. Or maybe I’m not giving her enough credit?