Maternity Monday: Over-the-Belly High-Rise Flare Maternity Jeans
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When I was pregnant with my oldest, skinny jeans were at their peak. How times have changed.
Keep up your denim game while expecting with these over-belly high-rise flare jeans. These jeans are made from a soft cotton-blend fabric with spandex to accommodate your growing belly, so you’ll be wearing them on repeat. The elongating flares look great with everything from your favorite sneakers to fall booties.
Isabel Maternity’s maternity jeans are $35 at Target and come in light and medium washes. They’re available in sizes 00-18.
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
For those whose kids are not naturally very active, how do you get them to exercise more? And how do you make time for it? I have a kid whose interests and extracurricular activities skew artsy and imaginative (music, theater, painting, etc.), not sporty. I was a similar kid, so I get it, and it’s great that she’s finding hobbies she enjoys. But it’s clear she’s not moving as much as she should be, and we can see it in her lack of cardiovascular fitness – she basically can’t run at all. (To be fair, I also cannot run at all… but I feel like it’s more concerning when kids can’t because they’re supposed to be more active than us?) She has an increasingly busy schedule between school, aftercare, activities and play dates so there isn’t a lot of time for things like family walks or bike rides, but none of her scheduled activities involve much movement and I don’t really know how to add more movement to her day without cutting out things she enjoys. We walk to school when the weather is good but it’s not a long walk. In addition to her more structured activities, she also really enjoys playing with dolls by herself, playing board games with us, helping us cook, and reading, and I feel like it’s also important to make time for those things, especially the reading.
How do you handle birthday party invites for kids when your kid may not want to attend? I have historically been of the opinion go to as many as humanly possible because I’d hate for my kid to be the one with few people turning out and/or no shows (and if we RSVP yes we 1 million percent go). Plus, DD was young enough last year (in K) that she didn’t have strong opinions. Basically… a party? Heck yes, she wanted to go.
This year she’s a year older and has a year of school with her classmates under her belt. DD just got an invite to a party for a boy in her class who is really, really challenging. They spent a fair amount of time together in K because, I think with some unpacking from the help of the Hive here over the last school year, she was the designated obedient, well-mannered girl by the teacher so they were (too) frequently paired together. The relationship was straining on DD and caused challenges at home, too.
Anyway, we just got the invite and I’d like to ask DD if she wants to go or not, and totally take her lead. I say it’s 51/49 whether or not she just says YES! because #party, but I’m thinking I’d like to give her the choice. How do you all handle these dynamics? I’m probably just overthinking this and need to give her the choice, but I’m sensitive to any kid feeling left out.
There were some comments on Friday about gifted kids and I’d like to start a separate thread. I have a 3rd grader who had testing done due to at-home behavioral concerns. Her testing showed she’s highly gifted, in addition to being mild-to-borderline ADHD (she has the dx, but the neuropsych said it may be the sort of thing she grows out of as she gets older as she was just over the cutoff for the criteria). Currently, she’s not medicated. She told us that she opts to use a “quiet fidget” all day long when she’s bored in class.
We are in a state that does not include gifted kids in special ed, and none of the public schools offer G&T programs. My other kids are, on paper, better academically with top grades. It’s possible they’d test as gifted as well but I think it’s more likely they are like me- bright kids that listen in class and do their homework so good grades follow.
This child is clearly the most critical thinker, most deeply interested in subjects, and has a nearly photographic memory. But…misses questions on tests because she speeds through, or will get things wrong because she overthinks the question (DH, who was also gifted as a kid, could ID it immediately when she had a math test come home with 10/16 points for material we know she knows–it was basically “why would they even ask that question, the answer is so obvious. I thought I had to do THIS!” Or she’ll focus on part 3 and 4 of a question and get distracted and just not remember there were parts 1 and 2–which you have to have answered to get 3 and 4!). We are going to meet with her teacher to talk things through but I’m hoping for some suggestions on what to ask for.
I’m looking for TV recommendations for my 6yo and 8yo. They have aged out of the PBS kids stuff and want non-cartoons, but much of what is available on Netflix, etc, seems like such garbage — just tweens acting like huge jerks to each other (e.g Bunkd). They LOVE this Australian show called “The Inbestigators” about elementary kids who solve little mysteries. I want more like that — live-action kids shows that actually feature KIDS rather than ones that are focused on junior high drama.
I have a really wonderful husband. I only ever have minor complaints. I really want to figure out what the equivalent would be of, say, bringing home a bouquet of flowers or leaving a sweet note for someone whose love language is decidedly not “words of affirmation” or “gifts” and is very anti-materialism. It’s probably physical touch and acts of service, and to be frank I barely see him and when I do we are playing with our little kids or cleaning or getting ready for the next day. Sure we cuddle on the couch sometimes at the end of the night, but I’m trying to figure out what are low effort ways of showing appreciation that I could sprinkle into his day that don’t require a lot of time from me because we just don’t have it (neither of us work from home so we’re both gone all day). I know I could send a text of appreciation but it really doesn’t seem to have the same impact on him that it would on me (who is very much a “words of affirmation” person). What do you do to show your love and appreciation to your partner?
Last week DH was traveling for work from late Sunday night to late Friday afternoon while I solo parented our 6 year old twins. One got a stomach bug while he was gone, so there was a sleepless night bc of that, a different night the other one spilled water all over her bed, so had to deal with that in the middle of the night. The previous week he was gone for two nights and the other one threw up in the middle of the night. DH did handle bedtime solo on Friday evening while I left the house and then he wanted to ‘garden,’ but I had zero interest after the lack of sleep, constant touching of a week of solo parenting, so we didn’t, and I could tell he was kind of annoyed. I am not a physical touch kind of person, while he definitely is more and there are times when I try to lean into it for him bc I know it’s important to him, but other times the thought of being touched is like repulsive to me, especially when I’ve done a lot of solo parenting. Any tips?
Ack – I’m sure you are sick of feedback about the new s i t e, but comments are still all wonky. The default when I open comments under a thread is that the screen “jumps” to the very last comment, so you are scrolling back up to the top of the comment thread to start reading.
Also, this morning, the comments were listed oldest to newest, and when I came back two hours later (same browser, no changes), now the comments are threading newest to oldest. The subcomments are still a mixed bag, from what I can tell. I guess it’s okay if the screen jumps to the last comment if it is supposed to be the “oldest,” but it still feels backwards to jump down screen then scroll up to read.
I too am being super patient because I really like this community, but I typically read over here in between heavy lift documents for work bc it’s quick and easy to read (no graphics or other busy features). I miss how easy it was! I’ve been gravitating to the main page bc it’s still simple to quickly read and follow comments (but really prefer the community here).
My MIL watches and listens to our kids every night via the monitor. We allowed her access on her phone for the times she’s babysitting at our house. But it’s clear she leaves the volume on and watches/listens all night long. Yes, she’s an insomniac. This is super weird right?
Starting a new thread – @awayEmily I saw that somebody on the after dinner walks thread had asked you about 15 minute dinners. Let’s share tips here. I got really good at this because I used to get out of work at 5:30 but my kids wouldn’t eat if I tried to feed them past 6… so I got REALLY GOOD at getting dinner on the table fast.
Here are my tips for weeknights when I normally get dinner on the table in 15-20 minutes max. Once a week I grill or bake a bunch of plain chicken breasts, chop up a bunch of veggies for the week, and plan out all our meals. It takes maybe 45 minutes? This gives us a protein that can be used in multiple ways – on salads, etc. It also means I have meal prep done for lunches for work.
Day 1 is chicken breasts and veg (usually frozen veggies steamed in the microwave) plus an easy carb – this week it was naan. Day 2 is tossing that chicken into a jar of sauce and throwing it over pasta with salad on the side. Day 3 is something like tacos where I already have the veggies chopped and prepped and just have to brown ground meat and add taco seasoning and chopped onions.
Other options are breakfast for dinner, jacket potatoes, salads with protein, sandwiches, soups (I make and freeze so it’s easy) or crock pot meals which my kids suddenly eat and are great for a WFH day.