Maternity Monday: Bodycon Dress
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I’m not sure who it was at Old Navy who decided to call the color of this dress “sleepless indigo,” but C’MON. As if pregnancy isn’t hard enough, now your dress has to remind you of your lousy night’s sleep? Not cool, Old Navy, not cool. STILL: It is a really cute dress, is super affordable, and is available in a solid black as well as two dark stripey patterns. It’s $32 full price at Old Navy, but you can get 30% off your order today (no code needed). Old Navy Maternity Bodycon Dress
P.S. Even though this dress only goes up to a size XXL, Old Navy is one of the brands that our readers said was great for a plus-size maternity wardrobe.
Psst 2: There’s a pretty kimono top in the same color.
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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?
Let me preface this by saying I already called my doctor and am waiting for a call back, so I’m not asking here in place of medical advice.
I weaned a week ago and noticed a big lump on the underside of one bre@st. It doesn’t feel like mastitis, which I had earlier on and I’m not sure if a hot compress and massage helped. Intellectually, I think it’s related to nursing/weaning, but I’m kind of terrified. Obviously will follow up and get it all cchecked out, but has this happened to anyone?
My hardwood floor is filthy. I was wiping up toddler food spills this weekend and found that the floor is dirtier than I thought. It is a darker wood color, so I never really noticed. Due to general life grind we never get around to doing the floors. I also hate our mop. I’m hoping buying something new will make it more enjoyable. Do you have any favorite mops or vacuums?
It looks like I may need to take some antibiotics while still nursing. Seems to be safe and compatible but my crunchy friends are all making me freak out that this is going to “ruin the wonderful flora” of my baby’s stomach. Anyone want to make me feel better? The most ardent of my crunchy friends thinks I should switch to formula for the week I’ll be on meds & just pump and dump. I know she’s nuts but I am emotional and feeling bad.
My son’s about 19 months. I just got back from a 1 1/2 week long business trip, and he is acting totally different! Basically, he really prefers my husband or my mom, and he will cry when they leave the room. If Daddy or Grandma are around, he won’t let me hold him. I’m trying not the take it personally, but it’s really buggin me. Also, I’ve been back almost a week, and it’s still not changed. I’m also getting really sensitive about it, like each time there is some little indication that he favors someone else, I feel really hurt and angry. To increase the guilt, he did get sick while I was gone, so Daddy and Grandma really stepped up to take care of him, which probably increased the bonding. I should feel grateful about that. Still, I guess I feel frustrated mainly because the situation doesn’t seem to be improving. Make me feel better, please.
I am in the last weeks of pregnancy (I hit 40 weeks on Wednesday) and am working from home this week due to discomfort and just generally being over getting dressed for work. What are things you did to make the first days of a newborn a little easier on yourself? Are there things I should order? We have a rolling diaper cart so I can keep it with me and the baby throughout the day and I could stock a shelf on there with supplies, what should I include?
Also, I am expected to have a large baby. She was measuring around 9 lbs at 38 weeks. I bought a Fridet, but what else is helpful to have at home for that type of recovery?
Looking for a blog refresh – what other blogs do you read?
Looking for a good way to get comfortable at my desk job while pregnant. Is a cushion the answer? Should I try a food stool? Getting a whole new chair isn’t really an option in my office. Looking for any suggestions/recs to get working comfortably again.
My oldest starts kindergarten this fall and I want to buy her a new backpack. I was thinking Land’s End or LLBean with her initials or name on it. Suggestions on size? Is one brand better than the other? Is there another brand to look at for this kind of thing?
HELP! We’re driving from NoVA to Charleston this weekend, with twin toddlers in tow. We have new board books, travel aquadoodles, an iPad rigged up to play Elmo and other favorite videos, plus LeapFrog tablets on the way. I’ve also mapped out several McDonald’s PlayPlaces for running off excess energy. Oh, and we have snacks. So many snacks. Any other suggestions? There will be three adults — my husband, me, and my mother-in-law (God bless her). The au pair wisely opted out of this trip and will instead be enjoying a three-day weekend alone in a quiet house (yes, we’re driving down Saturday, and driving back Monday). If we can make it with only one hour of Twin B screaming “GET DOWN GET DOWN GET DOWN” I’ll figure it was a success. I’m afraid, however, that it will be 12+ hours of two twins screaming non-stop and every in the minivan hating everyone else by about hour 4.
My folks are coming to town this weekend and while its highly unlikely that we’ve made a baby this month, it got me thinking about when/how to tell.
My instinct is to tell my parents within a few weeks of finding out. If something went wrong, I’d want their support.
I wouldn’t however want to tell my husband’s parents until we’d done the scan. Two key reasons: I wouldn’t expect them to be supportive in helpful ways (I think my MIL would cry and I’d end up consoling her?). Also, my MIL cannot keep a secret.
Totally unfair? How did you navigate this?
I posted here a couple weeks ago about feeling like I had earned a black belt in adulting for taking care of and being POA for my friend’s elderly dying mother. Well, as of yesterday, she has started actively dying. There’s a hospice nurse in there 24/7 at this point and they have her comfortable, thankfully. I just had to tell someone. It has been really hard, but what has made it so much easier is that while she was still able, she made all her wishes known. So all I have to do is tell the nurses/hospice people what she wants, I don’t have to make any decisions myself. I’ve been putting off having my own estate planning done, but I’m going to do it this week. It’s so important that you have your wishes known.
Also, I found exactly what I was looking for in terms of a gold star necklace. Tiffany has a charm called the “super star charm”. I’m ordering it once this is all over, and using it as a pendant for a necklace. It is a smaller star within a larger star. This is the first piece of real jewelry I’ve bought for myself, and I’m pretty excited about it.