Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: OG Breastmilk Chiller
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A new-mom relation clued me into this breastmilk chiller — I wish I had this when I was pumping!
With this chiller, no fridge, no problem! You can pump straight into the chiller — store 24 ounces of your milk for 20 hours. It’s great for long commutes, road warriors, or anyone who doesn’t have ready access to a fridge. If you pump at night, no need to make a midnight journey to your kitchen and back — just pump and go back to sleep in the comfort of your room. I especially love that it looks like a fancy travel mug.
Ceres Chill’s OG Breastmilk Chiller is $68.98. It comes in nine colors (some are pre-order only).
Sales of note for 3/26/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 15% off beauty (ends 3/30) + Nordy Club members earn 3X the points!
- Ann Taylor – Extra 50% off sale + additional 20% off + 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Friends & Family Event: 50% off purchase + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles + extra 50% off all sale
- J.Crew – 30% off tops, tees, dresses, accessories, sale styles + warm-weather styles
- J.Crew Factory – Shorts under $30 + extra 60% off clearance + up to 60% off everything
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off travel favorites + use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $64.50 spring cardigans + BOGO 50% off everything else
Help! I’m so confused about calculating pregnancy weeks. Every calculator is telling me something different about which week I’m in (I haven’t had my first appointment yet). Does week 1 start the day of your last LMP or is that week 0? I’m literally getting different answers and advice from different websites.
My trusty crockpot of 10+ years has died. Ceramic bowl cracked somehow and leaks everywhere.
Any suggestions for one? Are there any that you can set to turn on at like 11am so it’s done at 5? Vs turning it on manually and then the food simmering in “keep warm” mode? That was my one complaint – if I set something as I left in the morning the food would inevitably overcook in the “keep warm” mode if it sat there for a few extra hours.
I have an air fryer (loveee). Is this a chance to get an instant pot? Will that still allow me to slow cook? Family of four, two full-time working-out-of-home parents and we live/die by the crock pot, particularly in winter.
TIA.
Reposting from the main board yesterday…
Long shot but any outer East Bay moms here with recommendations for infant daycares, center or home-based? Looking in Concord/Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Alamo, and Lafayette. I’m fully aware this is probably going to be a nightmare but would appreciate any recs. While we’re in fantasy land here, a place that provides meals and has good outdoor space would be awesome.
I’m having a hard time back at work after maternity leave. I WFH and got a new boss a few months before I went on leave. It’s been hard. A mix of boss micromanaging me, insisting on zoom calls vs emailing as communication, and a 3 hour time difference so instead of having 8 hours to work together, it’s more like 5. On top of that, I’m trying to pump 3 times a day, baby is going through sleep regression, and I feel like I’m not as sharp or organized still as I was prior to leave. Please tell me it gets better ):
I need your best tips for making the mornings go more smoothly. I have a 4yo and a 2month old and recently started back to work. They go to the same school-based program. The 4yo is so incredibly slow in the mornings. The last several mornings have ended in us leaving later than I would like with the 4yo upset that she can’t take her morning cup of milk in the car and eating her cheerios and apple slices on the short drive to school. I wake the 4yo an hour before I want to be out the door and give her clear reminders of time and what is coming next. UGH.
this morning one of my kindergartners was crying that she doesn’t want to go to school. She seemed to have an ok day yesterday, though by bedtime was saying she didn’t want to go back. Parenting is hard.