Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: 3-in-1 Maternity Hoodie
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Seraphine is probably most famous for being Kate Middleton’s go-to maternity brand. While Seraphine has you covered for your next royal appearance, they also have some very practical, everyday items, such as their 3-in-1 Maternity Hoodie.
This clever design has stretchy side panels to grow with your bump, a zip-off kangaroo pocket that fits over your baby carrier of choice, and features like a practical hood and pockets that will make you want to wear it long after your baby is talking and walking.
Both my kids were cold-weather babies, and I would have loved to have something like this hoodie during those countless walks around the neighborhood.
The 3-in-1 Maternity Hoodie is $89 at Seraphine.com and Amazon. It’s available in navy and gray, sizes XS–XL.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
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Kid/Family Sales
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I constantly get targeted ads for this. I use a Kowalli cover and it’s warm enough for our half-mile daycare commutes through DC winters
I bought the Etsy knockoff and really liked it. My baby hated being bundled up though – snowsuits just made him cry.
Please help me make my life easier! We have baby #2 coming in March and I’m fully into the nesting hormones. What have you done to make your household run smoothly on auto-pilot when you had a newborn (also post c-section)? My husband is an amazing partner and helps so much with childcare, but I do the vast majority of the household management. He’s capable but needs direction and works long hours at a big job.
Are subscription services like Grove or amazon subscribe & save worth it?
How do you organize your space so that other people can clean/tidy for you?
We have help (a nanny and grandparents coming) but they need direction.
Toddler wakeup woes. My 3yo has always had tough nights. He had a ton of night terrors when he was younger, and though those have abated, he still wakes up a couple times a night with bad dreams/sadness, sometimes fully and sometimes partially. About 50% of the time he whines a little and then goes back down on his own, but the rest of the time he needs a quick consoling pat on the back. It’s really hurting my own sleep and I am not really sure how best to help him. Ideas? He currently shares a room with his sister but I’d be happy to move him to a different room for a bit if necessary for a hard reset.
My just turned 5 year old will. not. listen. I realize that this is a very typical 5 year old behavior and will likely improve over time, but in the present it’s super frustrating (have to ask her 50 times to do something that she can/should do on her own like getting dressed) and sometimes dangerous (doesn’t stop to stay with us when crossing street or takes off while we are on a walk). Mornings have become super aggravating (I’ve tried a timer but that hasn’t helped at all because she just plays until the timer runs out!). And with the taking off issue, we end up yelling at her and then she starts crying and just turns into a mess. Also this carries over into other activities, too, like we got her a bike for her birthday but whenever we take her out to practice, she gets super distracted and doesn’t pay attention to where she’s going. Any tips to help address any of this?
Can we talk about general exhaustion and fatigue from the pandemic? I don’t mean people slowly easing their precautions after a year, but genuinely feeling exhausted and fatigued from the relentlessness of the situation. As we approach the anniversary of the first lock-downs, I am exhausted from trying to continue to work and parent and teach all of the times. I don’t want to be a downer and am generally an eternal optimist, but it feels like the end-line of this pandemic is forever just out of sight. I want to plan the summer as something to look forward to, but I have no idea what to plan (can we go anywhere for a vacation? summer camps?). And, as a single mom, I just feel at my breaking point with no ability to break and no end in sight. I’m still getting up and doing all of the things, exercising, and making the best of the situation, but man, this is relentless.
I need a reality check – and some suggestions for a solution. I’m not sure if our expectations are reasonable. Our nanny is supposed to start at 8am. To me, this means take over childcare at 8am. She sometimes arrives 2-3 minutes after 8am. This is a problem on days I work onsite (and leave before 8am) because my husband has a team check-in meeting every day that starts 8am, making a post-8am arrival disruptive. We are very good about her quitting time; she usually leaves about 5-10 minutes early. Should we talk to her about it? Ask her to change her start time (and pay her from) 7:45am?
Sort of related to the discussion yesterday about winter activities, has anyone purchased a pikler triangle? I have a super active 2.5 year old boy and a young baby so outside time in the freezing temps is sporadic on weekends. I’m considering getting a pikler triangle that comes with a climber too. It’s a set of 3. Right now, my kid spends every evening after daycare basically running laps around my basement. So I thought a climber could channel some of that energy. But these things are expensive and he does have one at daycare … so not sure whether it’s worth it. I’m just struggling entertaining him indoors evenings and weekends while also dealing with a baby. We’re also getting an outside playground installed in the spring. But live in a place with long winters and rainy seasons. And I have 2 boys. Someone local makes these climbers for $275. Should I go for it?
Can anyone recommend a 10 or 12-oz mug that has a lid on it but no handle? I’m looking for something to keep coffee warm and not spill on a baby. I bought a Yeti rambler but it sucks – it leaks/I dribble every time I take a sip and I find the handle is somehow always in the wrong place (as in, I set it up to drink with my left hand but end up needing it in my right or vice versa). TheDailyTay posted one in her IG stories a while ago, but I didn’t save it. TIA
Is it worth renting an airbnb this summer for our 2 and 4 year Olds? It’s by a lake but there’s not much else drivable where we live and not sure if it would be remotely relaxing. Likely not, but wondering if taking a trip is worth the effort. Last trip we did was a kid friendly resort when kids were 5 months and 2.5 and it as a disaster, lots of 2 year old tantrums due to off schedule, baby woke up constantly, we were so tired and worn out.
On the bike issue, I would suggest that she’s just not that mature yet. My almost 5 yo has similar issues and will forget to steer. It will come.
As for getting ready, with my kids it
really helps to set expectations up front. We’ll cuddle in bed first thing in the morning and I’ll tell her my expectations (dress, breakfast, teeth, shoes, etc). I’ll also propose some fun aspects if we stay on track, e.g., putting her favorite song on in the car if we’re not running late or a favorite hairdo, etc. Setting expectations seems silly when it’s the normal routine, but it really helps.
Little things to look forward to also help smooth the routine. Toothpaste with princesses on the front. Her favorite dress. Silly hair. Flashy shoes. A matching hair ribbon. Choosing a silly mismatched outfit. A favorite fruit at breakfast. A treat in her lunchbox. We’ll also sometimes do the whole routine in character, as pirates or princesses or monsters. It’s exhausting to come up with something new, but gets the job done without yelling.
My five-year-old has taken to ordering his three-year-old sister around or just generally terrorizing her whenever he is bored, hungry, lonely or otherwise cranky and prone to acting out. We are working to manage all of those conditions to minimize this behavior, but do any of you wise ladies have in-the-moment solutions for addressing the behavior that I’m not thinking about? We generally follow the principles in No Drama Discipline, helping him to find a safe place to calm down, then reinforcing that siblings are gifts for loving and/or he is not in charge of every human he meets, as the situation warrants. Nonetheless, the behavior persists… Help!
I heard on the news last night that the teachers union in Fairfax County, VA is refusing to go back in person until all kids are vaccinated and there is 14 days of no community spread. I just can’t even. I know we talked about NYC union using that as an opening position, but this is absolutely ridiculous. Why on earth even bother prioritizing vaccinations for teachers at that point? My 87 year old FIL still hasn’t been vaccinated and yet teachers are getting second shots but don’t want to go back in person.
Any recommendations for bubble bath for adults? All I see these days are bath bombs, bath oils, bath salts, or shower gels. I just want lots of bubbles like Julia Roberts in “Pretty Woman”. And all our drugstore has is kid stuff, like Elmo’s Bubbles or Mr. Bubble.
I posted at the end of the day yesterday about my kids stepping up to fill the household help role during COVID. I want to say that we have a biweekly cleaner, and we are a family of 5 (almost 3, 4.5, 7). My kids are NOT perfect. In fact, they are huge slobs. It took sticker charts and several weeks early in the pandemic (when we first put our cleaners on pause) to get them to step the F up. At the time, it felt insane and like we were peeing into the wind. But after nearly 9 months I can honestly say that my older two are legitimately helpful and really do reduce the burden.
Is my laundry folded less than perfectly? Yes. But my kids don’t need perfectly folded clothes, nor do I need perfectly folded towels.
Yes, the tupperware cabinet often looks like the stuff of nightmares. But then I assign one of them to organize it and the do!
It is totally not the same thing as having a housekeeper, but if we are talking about “running a roomba” as a time saver, my kids are 110% as competent as a roomba. I’m teaching my (1st grade, now extremely computer saavy) 7 year old how to do online grocery shopping. I write a list quickly and she does the “shopping” online. I check it before checking out. My kids put the groceries away when they are dropped off.
So al lthat