Nursing Tuesday: Nursing Shift Dress with Asymmetric Overlay
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This dress isn’t for everyone, I’ll grant you, but I’d take a chance on it — I like the high neckline, the fact that it works both for maternity and nursing. Also — am I the only one who hates “nursing” tops that leave, for example, huge slits in your shirt? I like that this one has you covered, and keeps you covered from both the top and the bottom when you’re nursing. It’s $56 at ASOS. ASOS Maternity NURSING Shift Dress With Asymmetric Overlay
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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?
So my MIL haven’t always had the greatest of relationships. DH and I have been together since high school, so I’ve known her a really long time, but she really is a mess. She heavily relies on DH for almost anything related to insurance, bills, housework, repairs…whatever…and I get that to a point, because my FIL had a horrible accident many years ago and she cares for him at home (her choice, money + insurance exists for both full time out of home care and respite care), so she is on her own. She was in charge of many of those things pre-accident, but we have a little displacement going on with her leaning on DH now, a LOT! So, anyway, that’s the short version. We’ve had our run ins, because I’m very straightforward and logical and she (even pre-accident) runs on her feelings and emotions.
So now she finds out I’m pregnant, and is super crazy exited (when we told her she started screaming at the top of her lungs and crying, “I’m getting a baby, I never thought I was going to get a baby!.” Uh…lady…we waited on purpose, career and stability came first for us…but ok…
So now she wants to be my best friend and go shopping for maternity clothes, and wants to come visit twice this year (we live about 800 miles away). It’s just so…fake! I keep having to remind myself of the horrible things she has said and done over the past 18 years, because as much as I would have LIKED this person to be my friend, I know she isn’t. Specifically, she isn’t reliable or trustworthy. And she’s already excommunicated one of her daughters, who has two kids of her own, and I think it is pretty messed up she’s acting like this is her first grandchild.
I don’t know what kind of input I’m looking for. My plan is just to keep her at arm’s length as much as possible, and she can see the baby a couple of times a year when she visits and when we visit her, that’s fine, but I’m VERY good at trusting people when I shouldn’t (I know, I should have learned by now not to give people the benefit of the doubt) and I’m scared I’m going to get sucked in (again), trust this woman, and get run over by a truck again (figuratively).
After three months of exclusive pumping from the start my supply completely stopped within 2 days. It was always low but now it is non-existent. . Between the domperidone, vitamins, the fenugreek and the blessed thistle I was taking about 20 pills a day and pumping eight times. I never wanted to do it from the start but was pressured into it and now it is all over. So relieved.
Ladies, what do you do about whining? I feel like I’ve tried everything and it. is. not. stopping. Any good resources about how to deal? DS is 2.5 y/o. I love him with my whole heart, but he’s driving me nuts.
Ladies,
Starting the registry and research process. Does anyone use a Dropcam as their monitor? Other than price (steeper than others), it seems pretty awesome. One thing I can’t get my head around: the lack of a constant sound monitor. I see that it sends you a text message when the babe moves, but how does that work at night? I’m pretty sure a text message won’t wake me up. Does that mean I need to hear the babe the old fashioned way (just through the walls) and the benefit of the Dropcam is that I can then pop the app open and take a look? I’d love your opinions if you use this as a monitor!
Thanks!
Ok ladies, logistical challenge today: how do you handle getting an infant onto a flight (and asleep) if the flight leaves at midnight? (Besides not booking said flight … Unfortunately our initial flight was canceled and this is all they could give us.) Baby usually goes to bed at 7:30ish and sleeps through the night. We have a hotel for the night, so we could put baby down at 7:30… But then we have to get to the airport, checked in, thru security, and boarded, so baby would be repeatedly in and out of his car seat and would wake up each time. My other thought was to get to the airport super early and attempt to put him down in a quiet part of the terminal (in his car seat or we have a travel crib) so all we have to do is board the plane, and maybe (?) he could stay asleep thru that.
I’m just a little terrified because he gets fussier as he gets more tired, and then it’s a vicious cycle of not being able to calm down enough to sleep. Any suggestions?
Ladies, hug your families today.
I just found out that a friend of mine, an attorney who has been married for five years and has a three month old daughter, discovered that her husband had commit suicide yesterday. By all accounts, they had a happy, amazing life. It just goes to show that you never know what demons someone is wrestling with behind closed doors. I cannot even imagine what my friend is going through, and how her life has changed so drastically in the blink of an eye.
“Mommy cards” (aka business cards with personal contact info and kids names/ages): Weird or useful? We are about to move to a new daycare and neighborhood so I’m thinking about getting some. Or is it silly and I should just use my regular work business cards?