Family Friday: One-Piece Rashguard Swimsuit
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Believe it or not, summer is right around the corner. If your kids have grown since last summer, it’s time to get a few new swimsuits.
I like rashguards for my kids, like this one from Target’s Cat & Jack. This long-sleeved suit helps protect your toddler from the sun and is made of soft, stretchy fabric. It has a half zipper for easy on/off, and there are even cinch ties to customize the length.
Finally, it comes in three fun patterns. I especially like the dinosaur one — I’ve never met a toddler (girl or boy) who didn’t love dinosaurs!
This rashguard is $15 and comes in sizes 12M–5T.
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
Do you put sunscreen on your kids every morning? And if so, any brand recommendations?
(My 2 year old goes to daycare. Daycare applies banana boat before afternoon playground time and we apply it at home before outdoor adventures. I use a daily moisturizer with sunscreen and am wondering if I should start something like that on my daughter too.)
A Friday self-inflicted injury. I sent an admittedly futile note to the year group whatsapp group after getting a face full of cotton candy vape, saying “can parents refrain…?” and from the response, you’d think I have asked them to crawl to school through broken glass.
What if anything should I do here? For reasons, my elementary school daughter is a full year younger than her grade which in 3rd grade makes a difference developmentally. Lately, she’s had some friend issues crop up and I think it’s tough on her self esteem. That said, I think she is causing some of them by not taking cues well and just being a lot. For example, they all love to hug, but she will chase her friends around wanting to hug them when they just want to walk around and talk about whatever drama is currently preoccupying their attention. I think part of this is diverging interests as friends are all very into T Swift and dancing and my kid is not but rather than find someone else to play with she just annoys her existing friends by trying to make a game of tag, which is something they would have done a year or two ago but now don’t. Do I intervene? How do i talk about this with her without causing her to have issues?
If you’ve lost the desire for gardening with DH post kids, did it ever come back? Since kid, pandemic, and chronic health issues, I’m just not feeling attracted to DH anymore. We still garden but it feels like another chore. He shared that he read something on the internet about how couples should make out every day and honestly that sounds gross to me. Especially because he suggested we do it during the morning rush when I am just trying to wake up and get out the door.
I am 5 months pregnant with my second and starting to think about what type of pump I want to get for this baby. I used the Spectra S1 with my first, and I am tempted to order it again through my insurance. I had no problems with it the first time around. However, I am tempted to go for the Willow Go or another wearable pump. These would cost more $, but part would be covered by insurance. I have heard that output isn’t as good with the wearable pumps. Can anyone vouch for a good wearable pump? Or should I stick with the Spectra S1? Thank you!
How do I get started building a baby registry? I’m 13 weeks, and some family/close friends who we’ve told have started asking how they can help. I’m an older first time mom, 40, and this may be the only kiddo. I signed up at Target and Amazon and felt overwhelmed with all the choices…
Having a tough few weeks with my 6.5 year old who has started becoming really defiant and refusing to do very normal things like get dressed or pick her up things off the floor when asked. We had to physically wrangle her into her clothes this morning like a toddler, although this isn’t just about getting ready for school and comes up in a variety of situations. It’s really frustrating my husband, who is generally a much more patient parent than I am.
I know she’s probably having some big feelings about the school year ending and her BFF going away for the whole summer, and we’re trying to be patient and make chores fun/silly, but it’s really hard when she’s looking right at us, smiling and saying “I don’t have to and you can’t make me.” We try to use natural consequences when possible (like if you don’t pick up your toys, your toys get taken away) but in many contexts there isn’t a natural consequence and I’m not sure what to do. It doesn’t seem like good parenting to just accept her refusal to do things we ask, but in most cases there’s no potential consequence that she cares about, except something arbitrary like taking away allowance, which I know you’re also not supposed to do. Any tips? How do you parent “gently” when your kid is being so openly defiant? My husband and I are exhausted; it feels like we have a 3 year old again.