Washable Workwear Wednesday: Ombre Floral Dress
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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?
Here is how my mind is working right now:
we need a bigger house with more bedrooms – it’s too expensive – we should wait to save more – I can’t wait longer to have a second baby because I’m getting older – I can’t have a second baby now because we need more room – we should wait until I get a raise at work – I’ll never get a raise when I take a second maternity leave – how can we afford a bigger house with two kids in daycare at the same time – and on and on and on
UGH. I feel like the worst reason to not have a second baby is because we don’t have enough bedrooms. (Moving out of our neighborhood is not an option for a variety of reasons)
My baby is about to start crawling soon, and with a dog and a cat who shed a lot, we’re looking at some pretty dirty floors. How do other people deal with this? Let her get into the dirt? Sweep every day? I would love a roomba but I think it would really freak the dog out and also get stuck a lot amongst our various carpets and thresholds. Or, suggestions for a bi-weekly or monthly house cleaner in the DC area? Thanks!
Ok, time for our potty training discussion of the day! DS is almost 2.5. He absolutely refuses to sit on the potty without a diaper on. He’s becoming increasingly annoyed at having a dirty diaper, but what can I do if he won’t sit on the potty? Stickers worked for a hot minute and I don’t want to bribe with food. Is he just not quite ready?
I’m hoping someone can offer some ideas, and apologies if the below is a bit long – my 27 month-old used to sleep through the night, and fall asleep on her own if we put her down drowsy after a few stories.
We’ve now converted her crib to a toddler bed, so same bed minus one railing essentially, and at the same time she’s had a number of health issues (stomach bug, then bad foot infection that really bothered her), and then family came to visit for a few weeks.
Since then, she’s been waking up 2-3 times a night, and it takes her about an hour to fall asleep, during which time she calls for us, multiple time. And now she’s decided time was right to be potty-trained so she calls us 2 or 3 times before she falls asleep, and then again in the middle of the night to go potty.
I started going to her immediately when she was sick, when before I’d wait a bit, and now with the potty situation I do the same the first time. But she’s started calling us about 20mn later again asking to go to potty again. She never does anything, it lasts about 2 mn, and then she goes back to her bed herself. But it’s exhausting! Having to get up at 1am to take her to the toilet is bad enough, but a second time for nothing is really bad.
Does anyone have any idea or suggestions for us? fwiw, she’s still in diapers as she’s nowhere being fully potty trained.
thanks
Y’all. I just need to vent. I’ve been in severe, chronic pain from the past three weeks from a pinched nerve in my neck. I haven’t had any feeling in my thumb/wrist since then, either. I had an MRI yesterday, but my follow-up appointment isn’t until Monday. I took a steroid pack for pain last week and it helped a little bit, but mostly made me a sweaty, emotional basket case.
My husband is out of town this week and the muscle relaxer I was prescribed knocks me out completely, so I can’t take it until he gets back. It’s a crazy week at work.
Yesterday afternoon, we found out that a routine sickness issue my (very healthy) dad has is actually a terminal illness. We don’t know how long he has yet – could be a year, could be 5 years. But it was a total shock. Husband has been as supportive as possible as he can be from out of town, but I’m just exhausted. And the only thing I usually do for stress release is exercise, but literally every movement hurts. So I’ve also gained a few pounds the past month from lack of exercise, so I just feel out of sorts.
Other people have survived far worse, but this is a pretty crappy week.
My 2 year old has totally outgrown her towels but I’m not willing to pay $40 per towel at PBK. Where do you all buy your hooded towels?
Person I’m friends with on facebook just lost a two month old. And cupcakesandcashmere (anyone read her? I don’t know why I do, but I do) posted about a loss this week too.
Am ready to drive home and hug my kids. How do you block out anxiety? I can’t be anxious all the time, can I?
Venting. I have steam coming out my ears right now. The kid is on my husband’s health insurance. One doctor’s office refuses to let me list myself as the guarantor because the insurance isn’t in my name. Every freaking time I take her there they make me fill out a HIPAA form authorizing myself to receive personal health information, even though she is a minor and I am her parent. (And I gave birth to her in the same hospital so our electronic records are linked!) And every freaking time I call to pay the bill, they refuse to talk with me because I am not the guarantor and “You aren’t listed on the HIPAA authorization.” Yes, I am! And why does it even matter? I am listed as her parent! They let me pay the amount that I think I owe, but they won’t even confirm the account balance. This is freaking nuts and such a waste of my time.
This isn’t specifically a “mom” question but I like the quality and range of advice on thiss!te better than the mains!te, so . . . Ideas for a retirement gift? Retiree is at my level and has been a mentor and friend to me. I do not know if any other colleagues or the company are getting her a gift but I’d like to do something. Retiree is very down to earth, not fancy or a tech person, and plans to travel and see her grandchildren more often.
I have a 10 month old who is walking (with assistance). I hadn’t planned to buy her shoes until the summer since we’re in Boston and she’s fine with her Robeez for a good while. I have a pair of my ODD’s sneakers that kind of fit that I’ve been using on the handful of time when real shoes are required (playground when wet). But this kids feet are much narrower than her sister’s were at this age.
Well…we are going on a beach vacation and i realized her leather/suede robeez aren’t practical. Any ideas on mobile infant friendly sandals? Our stride rite doesn’t have sandals in yet so I’ll have to mail order, I guess. She’s a 2.5-3.
Follow on to yesterday’s post about apps:
With the caveat that I understand why some people like these, and I’m not trying to knock that at all… am I the only one who does NOT feel the need for constant updates on my kids? I love my kids. I like knowing what they’re up to, but I get that from a quick informal chat with their teachers at pick-up, or occasional emails with pictures, or whatever. Exception is babies; I think state licensing requires daily sheets for infants, but that is literally a piece of paper that I get at the end of the day saying when he ate and pooped and his mood/activities in 5 words or less. This is plenty for me. I think social media and the internet in general has created a this culture where people share such minutiae about their lives that we now expect it even when a third party has to provide it. I feel it’s an unfair burden to put on teachers (this is extending to elementary school, according to my friends). Their job is to take care of / teach kids, not document it for a PR missive.
Also, data privacy stuff for kids is serious, and I kind of wonder whether it’s always handled appropriately once you start throwing these apps around with people who aren’t familiar with those laws.
Hello hive, I need help establishing boundaries with MIL. Husband, toddler, and I are on our own in DC. All of our family lives in different states and we are expecting baby #2 this summer. Out of state grandparents makes childcare when I am in labor difficult to plan out (toddler goes to daycare and we don’t have any experience with babysitters). I would like my mom to come take care of toddler and MIL to come visit when baby #2 is about a week old. This will devastate her and I fear the emotional fall out. I would like to establish this boundary because MIL was all up in my business the first time. She came 3 weeks before the baby arrived, expected to be apart of the delivery and decision-making, was taking pictures at 4am while I was in the screaming throes of labor, on and on. She was the single point of stress before, during, and after baby arrival and I would like to avoid as much as possible this time. The positive part is that she is helpful with toddler, a bit more than my mom, but working with her is an all or nothing game. Meaning, she keeps toddler all to herself, there is no doing bath time together or other tasks and I already feel very sensitive about protecting my last few months with my toddler as my only child. I am not sure what I am asking for here, my thoughts are all over the place, because just thinking about this stresses me out. On the one hand, I don’t think my request is unreasonable, but on the other I know it will be like a punch to her face. Commiseration?
My son was never right on track with the wonder weeks, but there is always A Reason. You just won’t know what it is. It could be teething, illness, growth spurt, developmental leap, etc etc. Whatever it is, it will pass. It does get much more predictable and less mysterious as they get older and start to talk. Then you realize your child was freaking the F out about something as sinister as the wrong size piece of cheese or something.
Did anyone’s baby turn crazy town around three months? We were doing soooo good (great nap schedule, 6-7 hours at night) and right at 12 weeks it’s all gone out the window. I was thinking growth spurt, but we’ve been up every 1.5-3 hours and crap-napping for almost a week now.
A friend of mine just had her second baby girl. Kids are 2 years apart. Ideas for a gift for the newborn? Thanks!