Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: The Noa Cardigan
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Cardigans naturally lend themselves to nursing.
The Noa Cardigan from maternity and nursing expert Hatch has a unique asymmetrical neckline for easy nursing access. It also works if you’re expecting, since it’s designed to accommodate a growing bump. Made from 100% cozy merino wool, it’s something you could hang onto long after your nursing days are done.
This cardigan is $228 and comes in “buttercup” and “oat melange.” It’s available in sizes XS-XL (buttercup in lucky sizes only).
Psst: Looking for info about nursing clothes for working moms or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
Sales of note for 7/11
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance, up to 60% off!
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it’s a great separate)
- Banana Republic Factory – Extra 50% off sale
- Brooks Brothers – Up to 40% off sitewide + 40% off 3+ items
- Express – Up to 75% off all markdowns; sale on sale, up to 70% off
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles and all markdowns + 30% off tops, pants, jeans, and shorts
I’ll post again tomorrow if I’m too late in the day today but: looking for Philadelphia hotel recommendations that can help with babysitting (early elementary and a preschooler). Family would like to do a weekend there, with mostly family activities, except that husband and I would like an adults-only afternoon and evening to shop for art and go to dinner somewhere exciting and not kid friendly. I assume I’m looking for somewhere where the concierge can recommend a babysitter, but if there’s some other mechanism, I’m all ears for that too!
On the topic of finding joy in small things… I’m at the start of a 2+ week solo parenting stint and while I miss my husband a lot, both as a person and as a partner in running the household, I’m REALLY enjoying getting to cook whatever sounds good to me without having to account for another person’s preferences. I’m having asparagus, corn and tomato quiche tonight :)
Arg. I ordered a package and Fed Ex shows it’s delivered. Except the photo for delivery is of our crazy neighbor’s house. He’s not a nice person and screams at us if anything is in front of his house (e.g., the garbage men leave our trash can over an imaginary property line but still in the public street or a repair person parks on the public street in front of his house). I can’t bring myself to go ask him if he received the package so I’m probably out $50. I’ve contacted FedEx, but customer service is all AI now and it seems impossible to actually get a response from a human. So frustrating.
I know this is something that has been discussed on the main site before, but I’m in a job that is becoming increasingly toxic for a variety of reasons. I’m starting to apply for new roles, but I’m struggling emotionally which is not healthy for my family. Just 1 kid who is 6 so I don’t have super complicated parenting obligations.
I have worked for this company and for my current manager for nearly 10 years, but it was bought recently and a lot has changed culturally. I work from home fulltime and have a lot of good will built up from being here so long so I worry about resigning for a new role. My husband has also been unemployed for several months because of layoffs in his very niche field. We have been fine financially but it is a factor in leaving.
All that to say, it’s time to go right? I wake up every morning dreading work. I’m basically already checked out when it comes to productivity during the day. I’m a grouch around my husband and kid. My health is starting to be impacted because I have basically no appetite or will to exercise other than playing with my kid.
Sorry for the gross question and I will ask our ped at our next visit, but how were your kids’ poops around 3.5?
We are pretty much always swinging between constipation and mild diarrhea here. My kid is either at a 1 or a 5 on the Bristol scale, with very, very rare 2s and almost no 3s or 4s. Based on our ped’s advice at the 3 yo well child visit, we are giving Miralax whenever it’s been 2 days since a poop, and that often works by turning the poops into 7s (pure liquid). We’ve tried adjusting the dose down or giving a low dose daily, but we just never seem to get to what would be considered normal poops for an adult.
I’m trying to decide whether to schedule a visit now to discuss or whether this is just normal for this age range. It doesn’t *feel* normal. I don’t want to ask kid’s IRL friends’ parents because kid is already embarrassed by the situation.
Trigger warning re child abuse of spouse.
Thanks to a combination of factors, I think my husband is remembering abuse that occurred to him as a pre-teen. There is no way for him to confront anyone involved in the situation. He is an only child, who grew up without grandparents. His parents are long dead, and the individual is, for better or worse, already in jail for similar conduct to others.
He is in therapy, and he’s not ready to share any details with me, which is fine. I’m happy to go at his pace. But, ugh, has anyone been through anything similar? He’s had a really rough go the last few years (struggling with drinking and anxiety out of nowhere), and I guess I’m hoping that things improve? That he’ll be able to process better, now that he has a source for some of this unhappiness that seemed to come out of nowhere when he turned 40.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but a grocery run and your daily shower are neither hobbies nor me-time, when you’re a mother or otherwise.
What do we professional women of the North wear for winter coats? Yes, I have been living under a rock since Covid.
I’ve been wearing the same Patagonia coat for 12 years and it’s still going strong, but I’d like something a little more elevated for the days I’m the office. I’m in a cold NE city and take public transportation to work, so it needs to be warm, waterproof, and not too precious.
We are vacation this week and as the person in charge of packing, I forgot a few things this time. Just little minor annoyances. BUT I forgot to put bread for the kids lunches on the grocery list, and my husband told me he realized that but “didnt want to buy it because he thought I would be annoyed if he strayed from the list”. He strayed from the list and bought other stuff, but somehow it’s both my fault for forgetting bread and my fault he didn’t buy it??? Pretty sure I’m about to get my period but despite being on vacation I’m still not on vacation from being the primary parent and planner and it’s making me want to scream.