Feeding Tuesday: Berry Washing Bowl and Colander
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I bought a berry washing bowl — it’s like a tiny colander — sort of by accident a while ago. I got it through a catalog I had when I was reading Hellobee a lot and was obsessed with all the cute little lunches they were making for their kids. I bought some stuff that we don’t use any of today, but we do use the random colander we picked up as part of that order. (Unfortunately, I don’t remember the catalog!) We use the colander all the time — it’s great for washing berries or anything else for your kids that you want to rinse off quickly without pulling out the huge colander. I use it for draining cans of green beans all the time. This one is significantly fancier than the one we originally got, and what’s particularly nice about this is that you put the colander in the bowl and you just hand your kid the whole thing — the water continues to drain in the bottom of the bowl. This one also has a top to it, which is nice. It comes with the small bowl, the small colander, and the lid, and it’s sort of a pretty, happy red color. It seemed expensive to me when I bought it, but I’m very happy with the purchase. (FYI, it is not microwavable.) It’s $14.99 at Amazon. OXO Good Grips 3 Piece Berry Washing Bowl, Colander
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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)
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?
Mesh crib bumpers: yay or nay? My daughter is 5 months and has become enamored with trying to stick her limbs out of the crib.
There has been a bit of a groundswell on my town to create a working mom’s group. It started on Facebook and has about 800 members now. Initially, it was a few working moms who felt isolated in our very SAHM oriented town. Turns out there are way more of us than we thought, we are all just doing our best to tread water and haven’t had time to meet people!
So, we are coming up with a couple of concrete things the group could do to benefit working moms/families with two working parents/single working moms.
If this were your town, what would you want/like? We so far have a focus for meet ups for adults than welcome partners/children (trying to find kid coverage to attend a moms night on a weeknight? Yuck.), creating family events on the weekend, a mentor program (moms who have older kids and successful careers paired with new moms), a skills database, and since we have a lot of HR types in our group, a job search type function (esp since a lot of women say they’d love a more flexible role or one outside the city and closer to our ‘burb).
Any other ideas? I’m a mom of kids <6 but there are moms with kids all the way up into college participating, with careers all over the map, from part time/self employed to 80% travel, at all levels.
Has anyone had an actual dream – as in, while you were sleeping – about hurting your children?
I’m seeing my therapist on Thursday.
I had only slept 2 hours, woke to the 7monthold needing nursing (again), and the dream was VERY scary to me. In the dream I realized that I did not want to hurt my child, but it seemed like a good idea at the time, in order to have one less thing to worry about. I am rational about it, it could have been because I watched morbid TV show right before sleep, and I know dreaming does not equal subconscious longing or fact at all. I am taking today for some serious self-care and will probably take a benedryl or unisom tonight to get 8 good hours. I told my husband about the dream.
Anyone else been through this and can give me a range of normal on it? Kind of scary that it happened. Thanks.
I have the lack of concentration today that can only come from sleep deprivation. It’s 11:24 already and I’ve done next to nothing. Jesus, take the wheel!
How have others handled grandparents posting photos of their grandchild on Facebook? My husband and I are struggling with how to approach this as our baby is the first grandchild on both sides. We both have accounts but rarely post anything …we have often been told that we are too private by our respective families for this. We did establish a password protected website where we post a picture a day for the grandparents and family members. We initially asked them not to post to Facebook…this seemed to be taken as not until the baby is born, then one grandparent did it, then the other one shared…. Baby is now 3 months and the Facebook posting is starting to snowball with each side. We let it go at first because it was the holidays and everyone was excited about the new baby (and let’s be honest, baby is adorable in his holiday outfits) and they live far from us. It has continued though and I’m struggling to express why I feel annoyed/angry when I see a new photo (taken from the private website). Do I ask them to get us approve something before it goes up? Only allow things on special occasions? How do we balance their excitement as grandparents with privacy for baby and us? Thanks for your insights.
Are cheerios too pedestrian? I was raised eating cereal every day and have tried to keep it simple.
Keeping with the topic of food, any good ideas for breakfast for a 16 month old? He was consistently eating 2 scrambled eggs and a piece of toast every morning, but he is sick of it after a few months. He already has a container of Greek yogurt every afternoon before his nap which is working well, so I don’t want to move yogurt. He was not a fan of oatmeal this morning. TIA!
Car commuting help.
We’re moving baby into a convertible car seat. However, I now have no way to block the sun from her face and eyes. And, during my 35 min AM and 60 min PM commute, she is facing the sunrise/sunset. I have a blanket in her window for now, but I need a reliably shady solution. Suggestions?
I’m thinking about starting a blog – sort of an “Expecting Better” but for after the baby is born. I’m an economist and mom of 2 and there are plenty of topics I can think of. Off the top of my head I am thinking of – breastfeeding v formula feeding outcomes, impact of childcare costs across different demographics, gender norming in group childcare environments, screen time, “academic” preschools. What is something you would be interested in? Totally hypothetical at this point so hopefully it’s OK to discuss here.
Maybe I’m missing something, but I just wash berries in the carton they came in after removing any little cushion, then put the carton on a paper towel on a plate.
Hive, I am struggling.
I’ve been TTC #2 for a few months (less than 12) and I really thought I’d be pregnant by now. I’m a “planner” type personality and had been thinking things along the lines of “ooo I’ll have to remember to get a cute maternity outfit for X conference this Spring” and “I should schedule X work event for after X month in case I’m on maternity leave around that time”.
Now I feel like a stupid, silly, idiot for making those assumptions. :( I’m struggling more than I thought I would be. Like random bouts of crying, occasionally taking off early to just go home and crawl into bed for an hour before everyone else gets off work, etc. I didn’t expect to be so emotional like this, but I feel like I’ve hit what I “planned” to be the worst-case-scenario in our pregnancy timeline and feel like I failed.
Not sure what I’m asking for here, I guess some commiseration or tips to get through it. Or great cocktail recipes for when my period inevitably starts in the next couple of days. Might as well enjoy it, right?