Nursing Tuesday: Dolman Sleeve Tee

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A woman wearing a Dolman Sleeve Tee.If you’re on the hunt for a long-sleeved maternity/nursing tee, this one from Bun Maternity is winning rave reviews. I like that it’s available in four colors, sizes S-XL, and only $43 — and I always feel like a dolman sleeve is flattering and slightly modern. Bun Maternity ‘Softie’ Maternity/Nursing Dolman Sleeve Tee (L-2)

Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Seeking external validation.

So we’re looking at buying the kiddo a convertible carseat and have prettymuch settled on a Diono Radian. I’m also thinking we’ll pick up a spare carseat for travel/grandparents/picking up a friend. Right now we’re looking at a Cosco Scenera, but are open to another budget-friendly seat.

1) Please verify that it totally makes sense to buy two carseats
2) Any drawbacks to the brands I’ve mentioned?
3) Insert snarky statement about how in my day, babies were strapped on the roof rack or some nonsense.

How do you all pull yourselves out of a working parent funk? I’m having a week/month where being a working parent feels so tough. Demanding work deadlines plus back-to-school season (ice cream socials! meet the teacher night! swimming classes have started!) have me ready to scream. I generally like (but not love) my job and have no fantasies of being a SAHM. Today, I miss my kids and just wish this whole working-parent juggle were easier.

Branching off the day care post above (OP posted on the main s i t e because she wanted opinions from parents of older children)–my child is nine years old and in the fifth grade, and I still read the comments here because I haven’t found a good discussion forum for parents of school-aged children and parenting discussions on the main s i t e can get nasty. Are there any other moms of older kids here?

As a follow up to your posts on potty training yesterday, I thought you’d be interested in this (it’s the Tribeca Pediatrics approach to potty training): https://www.thenewbasics.com/en/book-excerpt/toilet-training/

I am seriously so grateful for you all.

The daycare vs school debacle currently going on at the main s i te makes me so. so. grateful that we can just ask questions here and not have our word choices picked apart and that we remain civil for the most part even when we disagree.

The end.

I am currently looking at different infant day care options. Ideally, we would be starting at around 3 months. I have the luxury of having a small day care facility for infants in my office building. I work downtown in public transportation city. Currently, I take the subway (or equivalent) every day to work. I could also take a longer bus ride. Is the thought of commuting with an infant crazy? Is it even safe? I can alter my hours (like 7-4) which might make the trains less congested, but I am still not sure about safety. Baby carriers or strollers? Train or bus? Should I just look for centers closer to my home? Thanks in advance!

Another sleep question… my almost 1 yo has been okay about sleeping all the way through the night. He will go for a couple weeks, but something always seems to come up to disturb it (developmental milestone, sickness, teething, etc.). The latest thing is some serious congestion going on almost 2 weeks now. It causes him to cough and also vomit sometimes, and sometimes he has trouble breathing. We did benadryl for the first few days while it was really bad, but it wasn’t perfect because the mucus build up would just cause him to gag and vomit whenever he woke up in the middle of the night. We have a humidifier in his room, and he won’t sleep on a tilt (he’ll just roll to the bottom).

And now I feel like we are starting to develop bad habits, like feeding him when he wakes up in the middle of the night, or waiting with him in his room until he falls asleep (otherwise we get screaming and standing that escalates).

I want to do CIO again, but feel like it is really mean to do this while he is physically struggling and uncomfortable. Also, it’s becoming less and less effective each round we have to do it after a disturbance – he’s just getting better at holding out until we give in, which we never had to have a high tolerance for because he used to “get it” fairly quickly.

Anyway, I don’t even really know what I’m asking. I’m thinking about calling a sleep consultant, but should I wait until the congestion is all gone? Any other advice from others that have gone through it?

Responding to yesterday’s question. Did not have a doula for my first and thought it was a “hippy, crunchy” thing that only granola mammas did. Ended up with a c-section, which was fine but not what I wanted. DH was in the room and wanted to help but didn’t know what he was doing. :) So not much in the way of advocacy. Lots of difficulty with nursing and felt that the nurses were not very helpful.

Hired a highly recommended doula for my second child, met with her a few times before labor to talk about expectations and that I wanted a VBAC, and she was incredibly helpful during labor. I knew that I would ultimately get the epidural, but I wanted to try to go as long as I could without it to help speed up my labor. There is no way no how I would have managed to go that long without meds without her. After birth, she came home several times to help me with nursing, since it was so difficult the first time around.

I think it’s critical to choose a doula you connect with. Most of them will have a free consult. Interview a few and see who you like. Also find someone who will help you with nursing after birth, if that’s the path you choose. Nursing is very difficult for so many moms. Good luck.

Ugh. Our favorite daycare teacher is leaving to be a nanny for one of the families who is having a second kid.

Happy Tuesday, ladies! We are hoping to move our ten-month-old from daycare to a nanny and we are beginning the search today. We hope this will be a long term relationship with someone who will care for the current child and for future children. Those of you who have a nanny, do you have any tips or lessons learned for the search or for getting started with the relationship?