Weekend & Family Friday: Obie Waterproof Boot
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We were lucky enough to be gifted and handed down a lot of cute pairs of boots for the newborn and baby stage. However, I was way too intimidated by a lot of the boots to actually use them. Let me explain — many of the boots for babies that age don’t zip up the sides. I was too scared to try and cram a delicate baby foot and ankle into a boot, which meant he didn’t wear a lot of the cute ones we had. Now that he runs away from me when I try to put shoes on him (screaming, “No shoe! No shoe!”), I have a new reason to appreciate shoes that zip, like this one. Also, so many extra credit points for both being waterproof AND having a zipper on the side. These are absolutely adorable, and also unisex, but if you’re more into the duck boot look, I recommend these. They’re a both a little pricey for kids’ shoes, but I know my son is going to do a lot of snow and puddle sloshing this winter, so I want to be prepared. The black pair is $64.95 and the duck boot style is $74.95–$84.95 at Nordstrom. Obie Waterproof Boot
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We’ve had good luck with the bargain leather mocs on Amazon but I do need to buy something more substantial for winter. The prices for kids shoes are ridiculous though! I’ve got a big-footed kid and have been handing down shoes to a mom of a more petite toddler in my baby group.
Hi ladies! I have a kid free work trip to New Orleans next month. Any hotel recommendations? I need to be walkable to the French Quarter. Thanks so much!
I’ve had good luck (so far) with Bogs Waterproof Insulated Winter boots. The interior is fleecy, so they’re soft, and my kid can pull them on herself. My kid is incredibly picky with shoes, so I’m glad I was finally able to find a winter boot that worked for her!
Thank you for fixing the collapse/expand feature!!
I left the breastmilk in the car last night. Should I throw it out? I took it out of my office fridge at 5:00, drove home, and left it in the car; it was about 55 degrees outside when I got home. When I remembered it at 5am the next morning, it was 45 degrees outside. So the milk sat in a non-running car for about 11 hours at somewhere between 55-45 degrees. Baby is 11 months old. I know I should probably throw it out, but it was several days worth of pumping and I just need someone else to make me do it because I CANNOT BEAR the thought. Thanks friends.
What are your favorite places for toddler boy tops? Looking for comfy, sturdy and cute, but in a sophisticated kind of way- ie no screaming/ busy graphics or wording. And no stripes. It seems like all boys clothes are stripes of some sort. I do think stripes are fun and colorful, but we have so may stripes tops and I’m looking to inject a little more variety in my son’s wardrobe. Does anyone make cute/subtle prints for boys? My first kid was a girl and I felt like there were so many more options for clothes that were well made and also appropriately tastefully patterned.
Gymboree, Boden, Tea, Childrens Place.
Flying this weekend with a teething baby who’s in a lot of pain – the last 3 days have been hell and I can see the teeth on the edge of breaking through. Will her pain be worse in the air? Anyone have any tips besides meds? (She can’t have Ibuprofen and I try to reserve Tylenol for night but will probably give her a dose right before we fly).
Paging moms of more than 2 kids. I’m 33 and we have a 20 month old. DH and I have always wanted four kids, but now I’m kind of at a loss as to how this is going to happen. I’d love to hear your experience and any advice – from how you decided to have more than 2, to how you manage day-to-day. DH and I are both from large families and grew up lower-middle class with SAHMs, so my kids’ will have a bit of a different experience. I don’t really have any mentors who model how to be a working mom to more than two kids…maybe I should look for one.
I know that I am probably being paranoid, but my third child, who is 13 month old has no words- except he will growl if he sees a lion or bear in a book. He also generally refuses to do hand gestures. We know he can do some limited signing (more and all done), but he generally won’t. He will occasionally waive good-bye or blow kisses, but he generally won’t. He will only clap if we are reading Llama Llama Hoppity Hop- where there is an instruction to clap. He was regularly giving us “high five”, but he often now refuses. He babbles and grunts. He does not do much pointing. I think he may be occasionally saying “ba” when he sees a ball, but this is with no consistency.
He makes eye contact. He plays with toys. He loves peek-a-boo. He wants us to read to him. He definitely knows his name, and he seems to know what “no” means.
My second child was speaking in sentences by 12 months, which I know is not normal. I also know that this little guy is having to compete for attention amongst a lot of “noise”. But it just worries me that his communication is so under-developed. Not sure what I am looking for here. Just needed to vent.
I have a toddler who’s very likely to be an only child. I’d say it’s 75% choice and 25% not by choice (health condition that arose after birth and would make future pregnancies complicated and risky). What do I say when people ask if an only child was a choice? I feel bad saying it’s not by choice, because it mostly is and I feel like that implies fertility issues which I don’t have (I got pregnant with my first insanely quickly, like literally the first time we casually tried, which makes me feel extra guilty about suggesting there might be any issues in that regard). Buuuut it’s not completely by choice, and saying it is feels kind of off to me. I know “none of your business” is an answer, but let’s assume these are people I’m relatively close to and I want to answer.
Any specific recommendations for cute toddler sweaters or non-zip sweatshirts you’ve come across? Prefeably unisex-ish (I have a 2.5yo daughter but want to hand them down to her baby brother eventually). We keep our house pretty cold and so I like to keep her in warmer tops on the weekends.
I know the conventional wisdom around here is that returning to work is hard but it gets easier as time goes on. That hasn’t been my experience at all. Leaving my 3 month old was pretty easy – I loved her deeply, but she was basically a blob, so as long as we had childcare I trusted (which we do, a great nanny) it wasn’t really hard to leave her. But it’s gotten harder and harder as time goes on and now she’s 9 months and is so interactive – babbling, squealing when she sees me and her dad, reaching out for hugs, crawling, etc. – she just gets so much more fun and engaging every single day. And I’m finding it so hard to go to work and be at work – all I want to do is be with her. I cry every single Sunday night because I’m dreading the return to work and being away from her. Fridays and Mondays are horribly unproductive for me – Mondays because I’m sad and missing her, Fridays because I’m giddy with anticipation for the weekend.
I don’t think this is just a case of needing a new job. I loved my job pre-kids, and objectively it has a lot of advantages – interesting work and nice colleagues, but moderate hours and a very flex schedule so I can work from home or adjust my hours as needed if I need to do something with kiddo during the day. The one downside is pay – not much, about what we pay the nanny – but I know the nanny is a short-term thing and I’m definitely not at a stage in my life where I want more money at the expense of work-life balance.
Did anyone feel the same way? Did it get better? I had been prepared for a rough transition back to work after maternity leave, but I was definitely not prepared to go back relatively easily and have it get harder and harder every day.
Hugs, I know EXACTLY how you feel. I went back to work when baby was 16 weeks and cried daily the last few weeks about returning to work. I worked ~40 hours in the office plus daily nights/weekends whjich was just way too much. I switched to a job that was purely 35-40 hours when baby was 9 months and I just switched again when she was 15 months to 20-25 hours a week. Part-time has been PERFECT.
The pain never diminished for me coming back from maternity leave, it never got easier and I know EXACTLY how you feel on Friday and Sundays. I agonized a lot over part-time because I made a lot of money and worked incredibly hard pre-kids, but it’s the best decision of my life even though I make 60% less than the pre-kid job.
Part-time was very hard in my industry and I networked a ton and kind of carved out this role for myself. It’s working out SUPER well, contrary to what everyone will tell you. I’d urge you to consider part-time if that’s of interest / feasible rather than quitting completely. My thought process was I can always quit completely, but atleast I can say I tried everything before I did.
Hugs, good luck.
I just need to put this out there. My 3.5 year old woke up around 11 pm last night, and I heard him crying in his room. When I went to check on him, he was trying to open the blinds to his window so he could “see a rainbow.” When I told him that he wasn’t going to see a rainbow at night, he had a complete melt down/exhausted tantrum because he really wanted to see one. I managed to convince him to lie down, close his eyes, and picture a rainbow in his head. He asked, “How do I do that?”, so I rubbed his back while describing a rainbow until he calmed down enough to go back to sleep (about 2 minutes because he really was exhausted). It was hilariously odd.