Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Pleated Maternity & Nursing Midi Dress

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A woman wearing a black pleated maternity/nursing dress

When I shopped for maternity/nursing clothes, I always looked for pieces that do double or even triple duty. I wanted my changing body to look and feel great; but didn’t want to build a whole new wardrobe.

This dress from maternity/nursing expert Seraphine checks a lot of boxes for me. This office-friendly dress combines a soft silky shirt with a structured pleated skirt. Pre-baby, the skirt drapes over your belly, while post-baby, the button front makes it easy to nurse or pump. A contrast button placket, collar, and cuffs are elegant finishing touches.

This pleated maternity and nursing midi dress is on sale at Seraphine for $169 and available in sizes 2–14.

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)
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I am so g-d tired of being the one in charge of chores that everyone hates so that I just get to be the nag all the time. Home with my three kids today—13, 10, 7. Gave them each an easy list of chores to complete this morning, all of which could have easily been completed in about 1.5 hours. It’s 3:00 pm and none of them have finished. Serves them right I guess, they are the ones who wasted their day. I’m trying to WFH and alllll I hear are demands, arguments, and reasons why I am so annoying and unfair.
Ugh. Rant over. Raising functional adults means they don’t get to be happy all the time. But WHYYYYYYYYYYY (now I sound like them haha).

I have a 5 year old whose hair is a stringy, tangled mess. We do brush it every morning, but unless we pull it back in a tight ponytail or bun (which she doesn’t like) it looks bad within an hour. She gets regular haircuts and we use both shampoo and conditioner. We have tried everything from washing her hair daily to only washing once a week – nothing seems to make a difference. It gets worse in the summer when she spends a lot of time in chlorinated pools, but is not great even in the winter. Any thoughts on how to make it look better? Right now other kids her age don’t really care about appearances, but I know they will soon.

I’m pretty confident we have the right number of kids (2) for our lifestyle, finances, careers, etc. and I go into a full blown panic at the thought of being pregnant, but I’m still irrationally sad about my husband getting a vasectomy and the end of the pregnancy and baby years.

Has anyone else ever dealt with this? Do we just need to get a dog? ;)

Thanks to all who weighed in when I posted last week about whether I could ask to take a younger sibling (very close in age) along to a preschool birthday party at the park. I ended up just texting the parent and asking, and they were happy to have both kiddos come. Both kids had a blast and I was glad one wasn’t stuck home with the baby. So it all worked out and I definitely did not get the sense that the parents were secretly resentful or anything.

If it had been something that included an admission fee per child I would have left sibling at home. If I really couldn’t figure out child care, maybe I would have brought them (after asking, of course,) and paid their way myself if that was an option.

Been solo parenting for six days (yep, including Father’s Day) and so far: kid 2 is melting down at dropoff every day because dad is away, kindergarten transition is imminent, and we are planning and packing to move out of state; our washing machine has broken for the fourth time and will only be replaced next week; I forgot kid 1 had Monday off school and had to take the day off; the toilet became clogged and I unclogged it with dish soap and hot water; and I had an anaphylactic reaction to a piece of fruit that landed me in the ER for a couple of hours. I need several days alone with no work and no one speaking to me…

Can we talk presents for 6 year olds? My in-laws are asking for a list, but I’m all out of ideas. He’s getting a new bike from us (but it’s just swapping in his rental bike for the next size up so doesn’t feel like a real present), the new Ninjago Lego temple, a fitbit and a new backpack from my parents.

He’s into Japanese writing and Vikings. He doesn’t tend to play with play figurines, etc, so the How to Train Your Dragons ones I got have sat in a box. Nothing feels like it translates into a good present, and these are present people. We’ve got a good collection of Magnatiles and piles of Lego, which do get used regularly. Museums are free and we have a zoo membership, and honestly, they want a present in a box.

Good morning! Can we talk morning routines on busy weekdays? We are still getting into the swing of things with me back to work + nanny coming and I would love to hear how the rest of y’all get it all done.

38 weeks pregnant with baby no. 2 and now my toddler is sick with a fever and we suspect Hand, Foot, Mouth. Hoping that he is better by the time baby makes her appereance but am still wondering: How do you bring a newborn home if an older sibling is sick? Do you make the sibling quarantine in their room? Things like hand, foot, mouth are contagious for weeks so I don’t know what the best approach would be.
Any advice would be appreciated.