Washable Workwear Wednesday: Forest Boutique Sleeveless Top
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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?
We have booked full service movers, including packing. But since I haven’t done this before, I would like to ask some questions from those of you that recommended it!
Does it really take so little time to pack? Our guy reserved 6 hours, but said it would likely take less than that.
Was there a lot you ended up packing? Our movers can’t move plants, liquids, or perishable food. I have time scheduled in to pack and move what they can’t, be just hope it isn’t a lot!
I’m assuming I should be here for packing. But is there anything expected of me during that time?
Finally, if there is any other advice for moving with two kids, I would love to hear it!
If you are taking a couple of days from a business trip (international) to go see your in laws, do you buy some gifts? My husband says no need, but I feel a bit uneasy. If you do think I should get them some gifts, any suggestions? I am taking only a carryon, so something small? Thank you!
It’s winter gear time! I live in a pretty snowy area (Central NY state) and have a 3.5yo and a 21mo and could use some advice from more seasoned winter parents. The kids go outside at daycare even when it is snowy.
Mittens/gloves: My plan was to order a pair of Snowstopper mittens for each of them to keep at school and take home on weekends. But I also want a few pair of extra (aka cheaper) mittens in case we go adventuring after school, etc. Any recommendations for “spare mittens”?
Snowpants: Is Target fine for snowpants?
Boots: we have hand-me-down Kamik snowbugs for the 21mo but I need new boots for the 3.5yo. I liked the Kamiks but they did seem to let in some snow, so any suggestions on something else? People seem to like the insulated Bogs, are those worth it?
Anything else I am missing? (they already have good jackets). Tips for organizing winter gear/making this season easier on everyone are also very welcome.
I’m expecting #3. We currently drive (and love) compact hatchbacks. Despite our best efforts, tons of research, and purchasing narrower car seats, we have come to accept that at least one bigger car is in our future. My husband is all about a minivan-he feels it’s purpose built for hauling a family, why wouldn’t you get the most practical solution. On a rational level, I agree. On an emotional level-I hate minivans. I grew up with them, learned to drive on one, and can’t shake the ‘80s-‘90s sexism associated with them. I’d so much rather drive a 3-row SUV, even though they’re inherently not as useful and frankly are just as cliched as minivans. (Can you tell I have a lot of emotional angst about this?)
So, drivers of minivans or 3-row SUVs: convince me one way or the other. I really am trying to come around to the practicality of a minivan, but I’m struggling!
Rant ahead……I’m a FTM here, and thus have my first Halloween with the little one tomorrow. I reallllllly dislike Halloween personally. In general, I don’t like costumes, scary stuff, or theme parties at anytime of the year, and have so many terrible memories of kids being mean on Halloween, trick or treating in terrible New England weather, and such pressure to have the “perfect” Halloween as a kid (and this was all in the ’90s before social media!). I recognize that my 6 month old child has no idea what Halloween is and will just be his babbling, drooling, happy baby self. My spouse has much better memories of Halloween and thinks kid costumes (especially little babies) are the cutest best thing ever. So, I told my husband (many months ago) that he could be the parent that is forever in charge of Halloween – picking the costume, carving the pumpkins, going to a pumpkin patch, doing any house decorations, organizing any activities on Halloween. This is 100% fine with my husband, and he does not expect me to do anything with Halloween at all. But I already feel so much pressure about my child having some sort of magical Halloween experience…. everyone at work is asking what my kid is going to be, what are we doing with him, etc. I know they’re all well meaning people, but I am already dreading every future Halloween if this is the kind of pressure I feel when my child doesn’t even know what’s going on! And we have a nanny vs. daycare, so there’s not even any specific Halloween parties that my kid is going to at daycare or anything.
Anyone with me? Can we just cancel Halloween forever? I can’t even imagine how much more terrible it’s going to get next year when my kid is more aware of what’s going on and is potentially in daycare with a Halloween party or something. (Yes, I’m a grinch about this).
DH and I are trying to save up before trying for a baby starting next year. What were the things you wished you had factored int your budget as a parent? What does your budget picture look like with a kid (or 2 or 3)? What were the things you recommend getting out of the way pre-kid? We currently don’t have a car, live in the fringes of a medium-largish city with reasonably good but old transportation options (not the suburbs), live in a small 600 sq ft 2bed/1.5bath with lots of built in appliances (air conditioning, heating, dishwasher and W/D combo in unit).
For the last two weeks my five-month-old (our first) has been convinced that the day should start at 4:15am. He wakes up happy and seems hungry (his last feeding is generally at 6:45-7pm as part of bedtime routine), but then wants to play until he’s ready for a “nap” at 6/6:15am, at which point I decide that I too deserve a nap, but then I will arrive to work much later than I should. Does anyone have advice for helping him (and me!) sleep longer through the night or is this just something I need to grin and bear until he grows out of this phase?
Can you help me wean my 13 mo? I have to be 2 to 3 months post-BFing in order to do a frozen embryo transfer, which we want to do sometime in early 2020. So it’s time to wean. Right now, I give baby a bath at night and then BF him to sleep (I know, I know). Then I’ll BF him if he wakes up in the night in order to get him back to sleep. And then also sometimes when he wakes up in the morning. I haven’t pumped during the day in over a month, so I’m good there. Is the first step to create a new bedtime routine? And then drop any overnight feeds and the morning feeds? He’s gotten so he will pull on my shirt in the middle of the night to signal that he wants to nurse. If he does that do I just redirect him? Sometimes I think he legitimately is hungry (kid can EAT!) So maybe a bedtime snack is in order. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
Discipline help! I generally stick to “positive discipline” type techniques (i.e. how to talk so kids will listen style) but for the last few weeks my 3 year old has been just defiant/mischievous, doing things he knows are against the rules on purpose. I really don’t know what’s up; he started a new year of preschool back in September, but I’d think we’d be over the “big transition” phase, and not much else has changed recently. I try to stay away from punishments in line with my overall philosophy but my other tools aren’t working (for example, if he’s gleefully dumping my spices out all over the floor, laughing because he knows he’s being bad, I don’t think “redirection” is really going to work…) Help!
Caveat that I lucked into good sleepers, but have you tried a dream feed?
At that age ours would sleep 6:30pm-3am, but then would wake up to eat and not go back to sleep easily. We started waking them up at 9pm to eat before we went to bed, and that seemed to reset their internal clock enough that their long stretch of sleep would be 9:30pm-6am, which was much more feasible with our schedule. We ended up dropping the dream feed around 6.5 months, but from 3 to 6 months it was super helpful.
Just to confirm my understanding of dependent care FSAs, my husband or I can contribute $5k (with the other contributing $0) or we can both contribute $2,500, right? Standard married filing jointly, both W-2 employees, we obviously spend far more than $5k/year on daycare.
Help – going to a work conference at a Marriott hotel in Vegas and it’s sold out. Anyone know any tricks to get a room at a sold out hotel? Not mom related but you’re my source for all things work/mom!
Ladies, is there such a thing as a preschooler (3.75 yo) reliably playing by herself on weekend mornings? What do you do to make this happen? I desperately need extra sleep on the weekends and husband really needs to work in the mornings. We recently made a change to kid’s schedule where she wakes up around 7:20 each weekday instead of 8:30. Before she could easily sleep in to around 9:45 am on weekends which which is what we need. But now she’s up at 8:30 on weekends, wanders into our room and pretends to sleep meaning she kicks and laughs for an hour which kills my sleep and his concentration (his “office” is in our bedroom). I really don’t think this is necessary for her as we get plenty of snuggle and play time the rest of the weekend. Generally, she is a self-sufficient kid who can play by herself for hours but I’m not sure how to make it happen here. I think the three important things she needs are 1. food, 2. special toys or activities, and 3. a directive to leave us ALONE.
So, ideas please! 1. What food can she make by herself or mostly by herself? Right now I’ve only come up with dry cheerios and she’s not excited by them anymore. 2. Are there toys or play ideas you can recommend (or a website with these ideas)? We’re feeling a little stale here. She’s too young to enjoy trains or legos by herself but she does great pretend play (two weeks ago, with cheerios and a stern command to leave us alone, she put together chairs and couch pillows and made a “school bus” that was pretty great). I’d like to avoid TV because we don’t have a good setup and someone has to fiddle with a lot of cables and remotes to make TV happen. 3. Any words you can recommend to use to explain that we need to be left alone? We do have a camera and fully kid proofed space so I feel safe leaving her to her own devices with minimal interference. Thank you!!