Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Nursing Cover/Maternity Shawl
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My old nursing cover looked like an apron with some cutesy print — this one from Seraphine looks a lot more fashionable.
This nursing cover is knit from a soft bamboo/wool blend that very helpfully wicks away moisture. (Your baby can feel like a hot potato after a while.) You can secure it at the shoulder with snaps while nursing or wear it as a shawl or wrap once baby is finished dining. You can even use it as a swaddle or baby blanket.
Seraphine’s Nursing Cover/Maternity Shawl is $55.
Sales of note for 5/8/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Up to 50% off select styles + 15% off fragrance (exclusions apply; ends 5/11) + give $150 in gift cards, earn a $25 promo card (ends 5/13)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your full-price purchase + extra 40% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – $25+ select styles + extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + extra 50% off select sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 25% off all tops, pants, jeans, and shorts + 25% off all markdowns
Sales of note for 5/8/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Up to 50% off select styles + 15% off fragrance (exclusions apply; ends 5/11) + give $150 in gift cards, earn a $25 promo card (ends 5/13)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your full-price purchase + extra 40% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – $25+ select styles + extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + extra 50% off select sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 25% off all tops, pants, jeans, and shorts + 25% off all markdowns
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?
Please talk me off a ledge.
My almost 16-month-old isn’t walking yet – plenty of climbing up stairs (watched), pushing the cart toy type thing, cruising, etc. At his 15 month appointment, the ped said to come back in 6 weeks DS wasn’t walking by May 1. Of course I’ll get him whatever medical eval needed, but I feel like he’s RIGHTTHERE. My older one was walking at exactly 1 year…
When do you start an allowance? And how much? My 4 year old knows her numbers and can do basic addition and subtraction (using her fingers) and is showing a lot of interest in money and spending vs. saving, so I thought it might be a good time to introduce a small allowance.
Just some perspective, I was having an utterly shit morning frustrated with my 4 year old basically destroying our apartment, all the crafts, etc all over, and how I feel like I am endlessly picking up stuff and it still looks awful and cluttered. Also my husband complaining about various things and grating on me. There was also an incident where I had to take a toy away due to hitting with it, and a resulting tantrum. I was late to work and when i got to my Brooklyn subway stop, it was being closed up due to an “incident.” If anyone’s been following the news at all today, it was a mass shooting. All those things I was obsessing about earlier seem way less important now.
Y’all, my husband is finally beginning to get it. After I had a stress meltdown this weekend, instead of getting mad he 1) ordered dinner 2) surprised me by cleaning the bathroom and 3) immediately answered “yes” when I suggested hiring someone to deep clean the house. I just booked the cleaning and I am so freaking relieved.
I have a 20 month old baby and a (very patient) 15 month old dog. They LOOOOVE each other. Last night, baby was covering the dog up with her blanket, enthusiastically whacking her on the back, and yelling, “night night!” It was adorable.
At what age did your child start bathing themselves? What did that look like?
Kid has been able to take a shower by themselves with a quick hair check for over a year, but they prefer baths and DH and I have been feeling that bathing should be getting more independent. So we’ve been leaving kid alone more often to do the steps by themselves and have been doing a (mostly) independent bathtime 1-2 times a week. But kid does not like it and wants one of us in the room to babble at. Kid is about 8.
Part of this is definitely having some mom guilt that I don’t really enjoy bathtime conversations with kid (kid mostly makes sound effects and silly jokes and doesn’t really seem to have “conversation” conversations). And kid has been sleeping less and has always had low sleep needs (unlike mom) so I could really use a few minutes from bathtime to get stuff prepped for the next day.
As fun info, the words “I thought you would help me take a bath until I was at least 20!” were said in our house recently.
What type of okay to wake clock do you recommend for a 3 YO? Other suggestions for teaching son how to not turn on the lights and start the day when he wakes at night or very early in the morning?
Compression leggings question. I ordered a pair and they are TIGHT – like all the way through, is a real job to wiggle into them. Is this normal? Haven’t given birth yet so not sure what will be necessary. If it’s just the belly that should be compressed maybe I ordered the wrong thing and should return these.