Maternity Monday: ‘Margarette’ Colorblock Dress
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Colorblocking can be hit or miss, but I think this it totally works here. It’s fun but flattering, and it’s a little bit different but still professional. Score! It’s $148 at Nordstrom. Olian ‘Margarette’ Colorblock Maternity Dress
A couple of colorblock maternity-plus dresses are here and here.
Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- 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.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
New parent question- if some kid is behaving really weirdly is this something we all ignore to be polite or can you ask about it? One of the kids at one of my kids classes is the oldest kid but appears to be non verbal and unable to follow any instructions. Given the age range it’s very distracting for my kid. Obviously I don’t really care if my kid masters preschool dance but having the one kid scream is unpleasant. And I may be a jerk but I’d rather my kid be in another class then one with twenty minutes of screaming.
What did you tell work for the day of your IVF retrieval?
I was considering telling them ahead of time (ie 36 hours-ish, whenever I get the call saying it’s go-time) that I have a ‘procedure’ or something, but now I’m debating just saying I’m sick that one day.
Not sure it matters either way, but I was just curious what others did. I told work I had “procedures” for all the workup stuff (HSG and the follow up to that which I can’t remember the name of), but then again those were scheduled many days out so it made more sense to block off my calendar. Not knowing what day it will be makes that hard and I wonder if just saying I’m sick will be easier.
I need advice on tactics to manage a 7-hour drive alone with a teething 20m old. Until very recently, he’s been super easy in the car (we do this drive a lot). He doesn’t need toys or distraction, just rides along until he naps, etc. The last time we made the drive he was super worn-out, but then only slept for 1 hour. The rest of the time was a lot of fussing and crying. Since I’ll be by myself on the drive in a few weekends, I was thinking an ipad movie… any other ideas or tips?
Any advice on how to handle a boss’ bad reaction to your pregnancy announcement?
I work a job that has a busy season and am expecting a baby right at the beginning of busy season and would take a leave until the season is over (think tax attorney leaving at the end of December and returning in May). So, understandably bad timing for my boss– she will most certainly have to hire someone to work long, long hours during our busy season. In addition, my boss is mean, and very insensitive to the fact that her staff has a personal life. For example, one of my colleagues toddler was admitted to the hospital and my boss “let her work from home,” i.e. still expected all assignments and responsiveness to phone calls/ emails, etc. I know she is not going to take it well.
I am expecting the following:
Redux: Happy news, I’m pregnant.
Mean Boss: [groans, rolls eyes] When are you due.
Redux: January.
Mean boss: [GROAN]
Any tips for handling what is sure to be a bad reaction? I know the general advice is to have a plan about how much time you will take off and how you will handle your clients/cases, but because of the season that’s a little hard in this situation since I know spreading the work around is not going to be enough. Advice/ spin / anecdotes?
Yesterday, my kid had the classic ‘little bit of a fever, not so much that I’m really concerned but it’s over 100 so we’re supposed to keep you out of daycare for 24 hours’. Of course, partner is out of town on business and I have an interview for a promotion.
I’ve managed to get Grandpa to watch the kid this afternoon and have spent my morning conspicuously productive online (kid has been either napping or happily playing with toys, in a shocking turn of events. My office has a specific line in our work from home policy that says it can’t be used to provide childcare, but I just told work I would be in late and didn’t elaborate. I’m really, really hoping that I can count at least a little bit of my WFH morning as ‘work time’.
I am deliberately not telling my job that I’m home with a sick kid because I don’t want that in their minds when they consider the promotion. Being a working mom is freaking hard, even with high quality childcare, a stable professional career, paid sick time, a good support network, and sufficient finances. Today I am so thankful to have all these things, but am still just having a moment where I need to vent and just say This is hard.
Posted last week about toddler bedtime getting later and later and later and…
The days I get it down to 7.45, he wakes up at 5. /sigh It’s like a sausage: squeeze one end and there is a lump at the other.
I am, shall we say, a little worn out.
I’m 8 days overdue. This isn’t my first (and my first 2 were late too…7 and 6 days respectively). But ughhhhh. I can’t be pregnant forever, right?
My other kids are so anxious. DH and I both thought this one would be *less* late, not more! I have an induction scheduled for Friday but I really don’t want to induce, have never needed to before. My feet hurt; it’s like walking on rocks. I have a toddler home with me (daycare vacation week and I already started my mat leave) so I can’t even check out and go to a spa all day. And it’s like 98* and humid.
Pity party of 1.
I’m due with my first in a few weeks. Up until now I’ve always read books on paper, but a friend recommended buying a kindle to read while nursing since you can read one-handed. I don’t want to spend a ton of money on this, but if it’s worthwhile I’m happy to buy it. Should I get a basic kindle? Kindle fire? Something else?
Any tips for doing some formula feedings at night? Baby is 6 weeks into the 4 month sleep regression (he is currently 5 months old) and I am OVER IT. He goes down around 8:30 pm and gets up for the day at 6:30 am and usually wakes up 4-5 times in between (so every 2-3 hours). I can usually eek out an extra 3-4 oz bottle for my husband to give him for one of those feedings, but now he has started refusing to go to sleep until I nurse him too (thus defeating the point of my husband giving him a bottle). I am thinking of doing 2 bottles of formula and still nursing 1-2 times at night until he (hopefully!) starts dropping some of these wakings.
…because I’ve told everyone I know in real life who will stand still long enough to listen. But my kid is almost 2, learning to talk but not really stringing a bunch of words together yet, and this weekend said “I love you” to me for the first time ever. MY HEART.