Maternity Monday: Opaque Maternity Tights
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It’s still tights weather, and if you’re expecting, here’s an option that will keep you warm until your baby arrives.
These maternity tights have an opaque matte finish for a smooth and polished look. The comfort panel and wide waistband support your growing belly without uncomfortable digging or pinching.
Isabel Maternity’s Opaque Maternity Tights are $16.99 at Target and come in sizes S/M and L/XL.
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)
I am a couple years late but I just finished listening to the Sold a Story podcast and…wow. I am shocked that so many educators bought into the idea that kids can learn to read by looking at pictures and guessing, I.e. faking it until you make it. This was a method to teach reading that was not supported by evidence. And now 66% of fourth graders are reading below grade level? I saw posts here sometimes about teachers teaching phonics to their kids “in secret” and now I finally know what that means. I remember reading with my niece years ago who was in second grade and was struggling to get through the words, and her mom said “Look at the picture for clues!” I think that is actually a fine way to help kids learn to read new words, but it should be a tool in the toolbox, not the main method. The laws around the country to ban this method from schools entirely is concerning to me for this reason. To be balanced I thought the journalist who exposed all of this should have interviewed teachers who still believe in Lucy’s method. They must have observed that it was working in their classroom. Anyway, DS is 4 so I have no firsthand experience with teaching a child to read yet.
Suggestions for a maternity wardrobe? The current trend of wide leg pants and tighter top does not work for me rn, I’m not going to buy bigger and bigger tops every few weeks. But blousy top and wide leg pants is not a cute look (I’m short, maybe tall women can pull this off). I need a formula I can follow. Help?
One of my first graders is having a tricky social situation and this is my first time helping a kiddo deal with a friendship issue. There is a girl in her class, let’s call her Suzie, who is very assertive and has created a club in which she is the president and the other 5-6 girls in the class are vice presidents, assistants, etc. My daughter comes home from school all of the time saying things like “Suzie says…” and I don’t like the influence of this Suzie girl on my daughter. Suzie has a very close friend in another class who she knows from preschool, let’s call her Jane. Apparently this club involves listening to what Suzie says and if you don’t there is a “consequence.” Yesterday we hosted a party at a play place and Suzie wanted my daughter to climb the monkey bars, which she can’t do/is scary for her, and then told her she has to jump on the trampoline for 10 minutes as a consequence. My daughter was about to cry and I was also trying to attend to all the other guests and I told her in front of the other girl, that you can choose what to play, and you don’t have to do what Suzie says. My daughter has informed me that Jane is Suzie’s “sidekick.” And so if you try to play with someone else on the playground, Suzie sends her sidekick to find you, and gets the other club members to not let you play with someone else. I’m a little fuzzy on the specifics. Suzie has an older sibling and I also think spends too much time watching YouTube. Her mom is very very nice, but also hands off. Like there is a little playground near their school and the mom sits in the car while her daughter plays (which on the one hand, I’m a fan of giving kids space to play without adults hovering, but on the other hand, the kids are 6, there is a middle school right next door, easy to run into a parking lot, etc.). I’ve talked with my daughter about what a good friend is and I think she has finally figured out that Suzie is not really a good friend, but is kind of conflicted about wanting to still be friends with her because “when she isn’t being bossy or mean she can be nice.” We brainstormed some ideas for how my daughter can stand up for herself. on the one hand, I think she likes the attention from Suzie, and it feels good to feel wanted, but on the other hand, Suzie basically wants to spend time with her to boss her around. I do believe kids should try to solve problems on their own, but at what point do you engage the teacher?
Tips for cross country business travel with a 4 month old? My husband will come with us. I’ll be in meetings during the day, and they’ll hang out the hotel/take walks/etc.
Regular poster but due to specifics posting anon for this. I have what is basically a full firm partner meeting coming up in early March. It is a 5 day conference in a tropical location – temperatures should be mid 70s to low 80s and cooler in the evening. Most of the days have indoor programming but also activities that are outside. The dress code is business casual but that has been defined as golf/polo shirts and slacks for men and no real definition given for women. This is a new thing for our firm so I can’t ask anyone what to wear. What do I wear to the conference?
My 4-year-old is going through a super clingy stage with me/generally. Crying/clingy at drop-off with me (not as bad with DH, but DH can’t do drop-off daily for schedule/travel reasons), doesn’t want to sleep alone and makes every excuse possible to put off bedtime, after he screams in protest (MOMMY NOOOOO), I often leave him in there to cry it out and he’ll be asleep in 5 minutes. He’s fine the nights he bunks with his sibling, but we keep that to weekends/holidays. This has been going on since January with varied intensity (sometimes bedtime is fine), so I figure it’s some phase/leap he just needs to get through.
This too shall pass, right?
I have a 1st grader who is very fussy about his socks, most don’t feel right etc and meltdowns, to the point where he now won’t wear any, which is causing blisters. Are there any socks that anyone recommends to try for kids who are fussy about clothes feeling right (and particularly socks)?
Y’all were already super helpful with helping me brainstorm a scavenger hunt birthday party (thank you!) One more question, any good suggestions for prizes? We’re not really having a winning team but planning to award prizes, which would be the party favors if that makes sense. But fourth grade girls are hard. I wanted to do water bottles but that was the party favor for the last birthday party these girls went to apparently!
Hi internet friends. Been busy with… everything but wanted to check in. How’s everyone’s mental health? I’m not doing great. My professional life is highly impacted by all the chaos going on and I have this general sense of malaise…
I was waiting for norovirus to hit me as it ripped through my house and realized that’s just how I feel in general regarding the state of politics. Just waiting for it to hit me personally but knowing that something awful is coming.
I know this has come up before, but favorite convertible car seats? We have one kid (no plans for more) and we want something without flame ret*rdants or PFAS and that doesn’t have a black fabric – our infant seat is all-black and it’s impossible to see the buckles. No rethread and general ease of use would be really nice. We only have one car so there won’t be a need to lug it between vehicles.
I am going to DC with my kids (age 6 and 11) next week. Any favorite activities or food? We have some of the museums (but having hard time pikcing among them) national zoo, monuments on our itinerary. We may do a day trip to the aquarium in Baltimore (it’s on our way back home) and to old town Alexandria. Is there anything that I should skip? Anything to add? And would love restaurant recommendations too.