Maternity Monday: Out of Pocket High-Waist Maternity Pocket Leggings

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Off duty, I lived in leggings during both pregnancies. This full-length pair from Beyond Yoga would have definitely found a spot in my weekend rotation.

These comfortable over-the-bump maternity leggings have discreet side pockets for small essentials like keys and credit cards. They’re made from a super soft and stretchy poly/spandex blend that works for both prenatal yoga and errands.

Wear them through your entire pregnancy as well as postpartum.

These maternity leggings are $110 at Nordstrom and come in “nocturnal navy” or “darkest night” (black). They are available in sizes XS–XL.

Sales of note for 9.10.24

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

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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What are good ways to keep long wavy hair from knitting at night other than braiding? My husband can’t do braids (he has actual motor issues – not willful ignorance), so the nights he does bedtime our daughters hair is a disaster the next day.

Maybe I will post this again tomorrow, but would love some paint color recommendations for a shared boy/girl room for two elementary school kids. Mine cannot agree on anything and I think I would do best by presenting them with concrete options. Neither wants any shade of white. Benjamin Moore preferred.

How do you handle mid-elementary kids who struggle with aggression? We have longer term plans (in therapy etc) but my spouse and I are really struggling with handling it in the moment- protecting ourselves while also parenting in a way that is not going to exacerbate the issue or cause larger problems. Kiddo does hit/squeeze/kick and also does a lot of what I would call menacing or threatening, like hitting AT you but not exactly hitting you, growling in your face, etc. We are working on so many strategies with him but they’re all obviously a long game. Major issue is he’s large and strong so it’s getting hard for me to just physically move him to a safe place, and in that state consequences or any kind of reasoning don’t work bc he can’t access his rational brain. Just looking to see how other families handle those few minutes to keep everyone safe, since we’ve got longer term work happening.

What do you do when your kids birthday is on a weekday? Do you still send them to daycare or try to take the day off? Mom guilt is high for me on this decision.

Silly question, but daycare has “pajama day” tomorrow. Our kiddo sleeps in her next day’s clothes and doesn’t really wear pajamas. She has a few fleece-y things she sometimes wears in winter, but nothing appropriate for summer weather and it’s going to be 90+ here tomorrow. Any brilliant ideas for what she can wear?

Has anyone here ever hired a sleep consultant? And if so, was it worth it? I’ve read Precious Little Sleep and am aware of the free resources out there, but I think I need professional help for my 14 mo.

For those of you with kids with ADHD, how do you talk about the ADHD kid’s behavior with his/her siblings? My 7 year old’s ADHD has recently been really hard on siblings. She has been having really hard bedtimes that just suck the energy out of the entire household no matter how we divide up or the strategies we use.

We try to avoid doing this at all costs, but every once in a while there is an unavoidable long car trip when ADHD kid is tired and it is just full meltdown city in the car. We had a long day driving home from the beach yesterday and there was traffic and about 20 minutes from home 7 y/o was yell-screaming “I’m bored” nonstop and drove us all f*cking crazy. My other kids are 5 and 10.

Also, we do a lot of “don’t sweat the small stuff” with 7 y/o and we don’t allow our other, neurotypical, kids to get away with those same behaviors. In many ways our year old is better behaved than her big sister.

I’ve been talking a lot to my 10 year old because she sees very clearly why her sister has “different rules.” Our 5year old has her bedtime routine disrupted regularly and is chill about it, but it isn’t fair.

My parents live a 10 hour drive away, and are retired. We see them 2-3 times per year for 1.5-2ish weeks per visit (they come and stay with us and drive to bring their dog). We haven’t been down to see them at their house since pandemic b/c of combination of births/kids too young to be vaccinated and don’t want to put them on a plane/kids with carsickness.

My in-laws live a 3.5 hour flight away and are not retired (and do not get paid if they do not work – and they need the money). We pay for their flights to see us, generally once a year. My husband does not want them to visit more frequently b/c they drive him bonkers.

Totally appreciate there is no right answer but I’m curious. How often do you see grandparents during the year? Assuming reasonable proximity, resources and good health?

My MIL is grumbling that my parents get more time, but she’s been up 3 times to hang out with my son and took a short trip with my husband. Think the news that my parents were coming for my son’s birthday pushed her over the edge, and husband has now appeased her with an invite for September and a promise of a visit in October. Christmas at my parents is a given – it’s also my bday and I’ve got terrible SAD and 10 days further south makes a huge difference. Typically, she comes when I’m in work city for a longer stint but I’ll be home more and the office/guest room overlap will get annoying.

I am wondering if this happens in another else’s local area/ neighborhood. I’m a member of my local neighborhood mom’s Facebook group. It’s really quite tame/minimal arguments and has a lot of valuable information. However, I have recently noticed an uptick in posts where people are asking for breast milk (not where people are offering it up, just people straight up asking if anyone has extra). Often people respond that they have X amount in their freezer stash. While I am all about sharing resources and supporting other moms…. When my child was and infant (now 3) I was breastfeeding and if I ran out of breast milk; the backup was formula (which I used when I returned to work so I didn’t have to pump) not another person’s breast milk. I understand that various formulas don’t work for certain babies/families, but it just strikes me as odd that you’d take breast milk from another person (where you truly don’t know the cleanliness practices of that house/storage practices, let alone if you needed to eliminate/avoid certain foods from your own diet due to a baby’s sensitivity, you don’t know if that person had that food), let alone you don’t control that supply, so it’s not a reliable source. Is this something that other people see in their neighborhoods, or is this just something that have become accepted practice in my local area?

Has anyone been to Madeira by any chance? Going with a 7yo in August for a week on a whim (found a cheap flight last minute!) and would welcome any suggestions :-)

What is your summer weekend vibe and has it changed since kids have gotten older? A few years ago (post Covid, when things were open again), we spent most summer weekends outside of the house going to zoos, playgrounds, water parks, etc., because my kids needed to be out of the house, especially the older one. Well, we spent most of yesterday hanging out at home, and it was actually nice. Kids are old enough (7 and 4.5) to do more complex activities like jigsaw puzzles, fuse beads and legos, along with backyard play. I think my husband enjoys being a homebody more than me, as I do think it’s nice to get out and enjoy the weather and easier schedule in the summer to do day trips, but yesterday felt nice too.

My husband’s former grad student has been staying with us since Friday. He’s a nice guy and basically an uncle to my kids at this point, but he and my husband are acting like 20-something frat boys, coming home tipsy late at night and waking me up after I’ve been solo parenting all day and it’s incredibly annoying. Counting the days until he leaves.

I feel a little silly asking this for my third kid but how do I wean a slightly older baby/young toddler? My first two kids I weaned easily at just over a year — I was nursing them only in the AM, then went on a work trip and stopped entirely. I *planned* on doing that again, but the baby kept getting sick before I went on various trips so I didn’t have the heart to do it. Now she’s almost 18 months and still happily nursing in the morning and night. And it feels so much harder now because she takes SUCH joy in it in a way that younger babies can’t quite express. She gives me giant heart-eye smiles when she switches sides, she happily sighs “Nyuk!” (her word for milk) when we settle into our rocker, etc. Anyway, ideas for how to slow her milky roll? I’m ready.

I didn’t like maternity leggings, I felt like anything over the bump just fell down. I wore my normal leggings most of the time and sized up in the 3rd trimester.

Can someone please explain the appeal of Scout bags? They are everywhere at my suburban pool. I was at a boutique this weekend and looked at one up close, and to me it had the consistency of a Trader Joe’s shopping bag yet retailed for $100. I’m still carrying my 5 year old LL bean tote here so maybe I’m behind on trends. I similarly don’t get Bogg bags; they look like a Crocs purse to me but I get the appeal of having water drain out.