Feeding Tuesday: Tot Sprout Chair
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If you happen to be in the market for a high chair, we’ve had this OXO chair for years and have loved it for both boys. A five-point harness (yippee), easy to clean (and removable) seat (as well as a very easily cleaned, lightweight tray)… all with a fairly good looking design as far as high chairs go. It’s also adjustable, so you really can have your kiddo in it up to 36 months. We have the green with the matching booster seat, but if I were buying it today I’d be all over this sophisticated taupe/walnut version. OXO Tot Sprout Chair
Psst: We haven’t yet gotten to this section in our registry series, but stay tuned!
Ladies, which high chair do you have? Which is your favorite?
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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 a keekaroo. We love it.
Inspired by someone’s post from yesterday and just for kicks–does anyone who wore a size 8 before pregnancy (ideally short to average height) have a maternity work wardrobe (whole or part) they would like to sell? At 21 weeks I can no longer zip up my skirts so I suddenly find myself needing new clothes urgently.
I run a department where I have 8 direct reports and each o fthem have a bit of a team. For the first time since I’ve run the department, one of my reports is pregnant and will be going on mat leave next month. A peer of hers has organized a baby shower and is collecting contributions toward a gift.
I would normally go my own way and purchase something, but it isn’t practical for various reasons here. I will be contributing to the pool. What’s an appropriate amount? When I had my shower years ago, I got gifts ranging from token books to $100 cash (!). There was also a group that pooled together for a couple of big items. I didn’t really know what people contributed at an individual level, and my direct boss actually gave me gifts vs $$.
Just wanted to post a follow up to my daycare question from last week about choosing between a no frills daycare (Daycare A) or more expensive daycare (Daycare B). The lack of frills at Daycare A wasn’t the issue so much as it was the passive care/heavy reliance on bouncers and the like versus the much more engaged care my daughter would receive at Daycare B. We toured Daycare B last week and loved it.
In the end we decided to go with the more expensive daycare for the 6 month period where we have reduced tuition, and look for a home daycare or a nanny share towards the end of that period if we’re not able to transfer her to a less expensive center within the chain. It’s not ideal from a consistency perspective, but when I shared the thread with my husband he said that he hadn’t realized that the no frills daycare made me sad and that he didn’t want to make daycare hard for me emotionally. I feel so much more at peace with our daycare decision.
Thank you again for all of your input!
My baby is almost one and I’m wondering about shoes for him. He’s scooting on furniture, not walking. I forgot to ask our ped at the last appointment and the Internet advice ranges from absolutely no shoes to soft shoes only to structured shoes. (Of course). Anyone have advice for shoes that are easy on/off and good for this age?
How much milk should I aim to have pumped and frozen before I go back to work, at the point when baby will be 16 weeks old and in day care full time, about 7:30am to 5:30pm?
I plan to pump at work, so I would think she would get yesterday’s pumped milk for her meals. Is that a bad assumption? Is the need for frozen milk based on the risk that I won’t be able to pump as much as she will eat the next day? Or that at some point I may get sick and not be able to pump enough? So the frozen milk is basically insurance? Or should I expect to be using it too?
I am 9 weeks into my 18 week leave and have about 120oz in the freezer in 4oz portions, casually pumping about 10oz a day across two sessions, once in the morning and once at night.
I need a reasonable goal and a stretch goal to work against.
Any car-less parents around here? We live in the city and are going to try to hold out on getting a car for as long as possible. It doesn’t seem like it’s worth getting a nice car seat since we won’t be using it that often, and baby might grow out of it fairly quickly.
Anyway – if anyone has thoughts on the topic or has been car-less with a baby, would love to hear about experiences or how you made it work.
Also, daycare will be by husband’s work, which he currently walks 1 mile to. Not sure what the plan will be when the weather is crappy. . .
I’m due with our first in November, so this is a first-time parent question: should I register for a high chair or just buy one later? Will we need this soon enough to justify having it take up space from the beginning, or should I wait until he can actually sit in a high chair and worry about it then?
We had a FP Space Saver which was fine up to 2.5 years. Our straps were removable (which enabled us to lose one in a move). We then got a Keekaroo which is pretty awesome. All wood so it is easy to clean and high weight capacity so that an adult could sit on it if needed. We never used it with the tray so I can’t speak to that aspect, but it looked sturdy.
We have the Fisher-Price space saver, which attaches to a chair. Also a five point harness, adjustable seat, cover is removable for washing. We don’t have the room for a highchair in our dining room, so it was the perfect option. It’s also small enough to take with us to visit family or vacationing in a condo or cabin.
The only thing I haven’t been happy with is not having an easy way to clean the straps. My kid is a chewer and likes to chew on the highchair straps – but they aren’t removable like the cover for easy washing. So they’re pretty disgusting. I guess I’d have that with any highchair that has the five point harness.