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Readers continue to sing the virtues of this Pleione wrap top for pumping, nursing, and general wear. Long-sleeved versions are on sale, but they just came out with new colors in this sleeveless version. This pretty rose cross print looks lovely — springy, feminine, flattering. It’s $58 at Nordstrom. Pleione Sleeveless Faux Wrap Blouse
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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
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Philanthropy Girl says
Pretty! I also like the Navy/Magenta. Alas, ’tis not in this month’s budget.
My eight-month-old’s eyes seem to be extremely sensitive to sunlight. Any recommendations for baby sunglasses?Hats don’t seem to cut it.
mascot says
Have you looked at BabyBanz? They fit similar to goggles and have a neoprene strap to keep them on. They even have a polarized version. Teaching the baby to keep them on may be a little harder, but its worth a try.
CHJ says
We have these for DS. He’s willing to wear them when the light is too bright and bothering him, but otherwise he’ll pull them off. They are only $5, so not a big investment if your baby doesn’t like them:
http://www.carters.com/carters-baby-boy-accessories/V_28930.html?navid=carters-xsellCartRecentlyViewed
anonymom says
We liked the “Looping” series of baby sunglasses by Julbo.
Newly pregnant says
I’ve always thought Babiators looked cute, and they have a 1 year guarantee.
Maddie Ross says
My daughter has babiators – they are adorable on and seem to hold up well to being tossed in bags and tossed on the ground. That said, if you think there’s a real sensitivity issue and she “needs” the sunglasses, they aren’t your best bet. They do not stay on well at all.
Philanthropy Girl says
Thanks ladies. I’ll do some shopping!
KJ says
Thanks for all the labeling advice yesterday! I just ordered a bunch of Namebubbles and have come up with a plan to con Husband into being the one to put them on the clothes. Win!
NewMomAnon says
When my kiddo was in the ‘growing out of clothes every 2 months” stage, I would put a label on her clothes as I was getting her dressed in the morning or throwing clothes in her daycare bag. I kept a sheet of stickers on her dresser and one in her daycare bag. But as I admitted earlier, I’ve fallen off that wagon and now we just lose clothes regularly, so maybe the batch approach is a better idea now that she is wearing clothes for longer.
Anon says
I have 11 week old twins and am now working part-time so I have a lot more time for casual clothes which I do not own and don’t know how to wear. Are these sneakers fashionable? I’m thinking I could wear them with ankle jeans or shorts when I need something more substantial than flip flops. Does it work?
http://www.rei.com/product/889239/teva-freewheel-perf-shoes-womens-2014-closeout
Due in December says
I like them! Preferably with short socks/no socks.
KaLuLo says
They look like mom shoes to me – but cute young mom shoes. If you’re looking for something that is more fashionable, meaning on trend this season, maybe check out Vans? It’s what everyone is wearing on the blogs and in NYC.
MSJ says
As a mom of young twins, I would suggest a slip on style. I’m looking for the same myself. Getting out the door is such an ordeal, having to worry about sitting down to tie your shoes in an unwelcomed extra step! I also prefer laceless styles for ankle pants, although I think most sneakers work with shorts
hoola hoopa says
+1 to slip-on.
I do have a pair of shoes with shoelaces perpetually double knotted to where I can slip them on, so that may be an option here, but you’d have to try them on.
Ciao, pues says
I like them, too! They definitely don’t read mom shoes to me (but I am a mom, so maybe blind to that?).
Anon S says
Hello ladies! I’m a new first time mom, baby girl is 5 weeks. I had an original plan for a family vacay (me, husband and baby) to San Francisco next year after she turned 1, but lately I’ve been hearing the best time to travel with baby is before 8 months. Can current moms shed light on when is the best time to travel with an infant? TIA!
anonyc says
We had a great time traveling by plane with a 5/6month old (to SF, coincidentally) and a horrific time with him on a short plane ride around 9/10 months–once they are really moving (crawling, walking, etc.) confining kids to a plane seat can be very, very difficult. We’ve found it’s hard to fly with kids between 8 months and, honestly, 2 or 3 years for this reason. Babies are doing their own baby thing, and are smaller so easily worn/nursed/cradled to sleep on a plane. Older kids, in the right circumstances, can be lulled into napping or sleeping in their car seat on a plane, but the ones in between don’t get why we all need to sit still and quietly for hours. Once a kid can pay attention to a screen (I know, I know) the misery starts to lessen.
I’m sure someone will say that their child fly without incident at any of those ages but unless you have a very chill kid or one who regularly flies, I think it’s pretty hard. My kids were probably right in the middle–neither constantly moving psychos or placid zen masters–and after a two-and-a-half hour flight in which we had to physically restrain our 9.5 month old between the two of us, we passed on flying for a good while.
NewMomAnon says
I traveled with my kiddo at 4 months and just recently at 15 months – if you had asked me after the first trip, I would have said it was “hard.” In retrospect, it was a walk in the park. I was able to easily hold her (she weighed only 15 pounds!) and nurse her under a cover so she fell asleep, and she slept on both the outward and return flights at 4 months old. At 15 months old, even the “good” flight was an exhausting effort of providing nourishment, chasing things thrown into the aisle, containing curious little hands that wanted to feel the hair of the passengers in front of us, and coming up with a steady supply of activities to occupy the kiddo for 5 minute increments. The “bad” flight involved a full-on screaming, kicking, biting tantrum spurred by skipping the nap that we had planned to happen during the flight.
In summary – travel far while kiddo is young. Try a short flight when kiddo is older, if it’s a disaster at least you won’t be stuck on a cross-country flight with a screaming, sleep deprived toddler. And if you do travel with a toddler, try to have a competent companion so one person can occupy the kiddo while the other preps the next activity. And be ready to be exhausted.
TBK says
Oh man, we’re flying up to Boston next weekend with our 14 mo old twins. They’ve flown at 4 mo and at 10 mo. Really not looking forward to this flight — 4 mo was so much easier!
hoola hoopa says
Around age 1 is the hardest time to travel. They are beginning to be mobile and want to move constantly. They are also napping less but still really need a nap.
Best age is 18 months, IME. Before they start solids is the easiest infant age, IMO, because you don’t have to think about having appropriate food.
anonymama says
How long is your flight? I think it’s generally much easier before they are crawling and walking, but at least with my kids was really not that hard when they were a bit older, especially if both of you will be there. Part of it depends on your preparation and your capacity for entertaining constantly (and of course, baby’s capacity for not melting down). (Paging through skymall magazine…. look, a doggie! a baby! a kitty-cat! Looking out window… constant narration of what all the workers and trucks and airplanes are doing). And if you can trade off with walking around, and sit next to other kids for your baby to watch, it’s definitely still doable.
Anonymous says
Travelling with little babies is easy and everyone is super patient and nice to you. Seriously, other passengers, flight attendants, everyone will be nice to you. The flight will probably go by without your kid even waking up.
Everything is much worse when your kid gets seriously into moving. Mine at 5 months needed to be jumping/bouncing all the time and soon he is going to want to be walking/standing/all the time.
Anon S says
Another post from me :) Next week when baby girl is almost 6 weeks, we’re going on a relatively short road trip to visit family (the drive normally takes 4 hours, so I’m anticipating it taking a little longer with the baby since we’ll probably make one stop). We will be staying in a hotel for 2 nights and plan to bring her bassinet (that’s what she normally sleeps in).
Any general or specific advice about road tripping and staying in a hotel with an infant? I just want to make sure we don’t forget to pack anything and minimize disruption to her schedule as little as possible.
anon says
6 week olds do not have and should not have a schedule. If you have food and diapers, you’re all set.
RDC says
We traveled with our baby when he was 3 months. For staying in a hotel, it was helpful to have his white noise machine (one of those cloud b toys). We put his mini-crib in the closet or tried to block off a corner of the room for him with blankets, so that we could stay up after he went to bed (he went to bed around 7:30). Pacifiers, if she sleeps with those. Other than that, lots of diapers and extra changes of clothes.
PregAnon says
I did not even think about blocking off an area. I’m so glad I read this comment!! We’ll be travelling when LO is 3 months.
hoola hoopa says
I agree that you’ll probably make one stop. Even if they could sleep the entire time (which at that age they might), I don’t generally let my newborns sleep more than 3 hours just to keep daytime for wake time. 6wk olds are still very flexible, though.
Hotel + baby is rough, I’ll be honest. If it’s in the budget, it’s nice to go up to a two-room suite. Ditto RDC to commandeer the bathroom or closet for their ‘room’. Bring headphones so that you can watch tv after baby falls asleep.
Anonymous says
It’s totally doable. I thought the most important things were whatever we usually used to put baby to bed. We brought a sleep sack, white noise machine, humidifier (it was winter), pacis. The hotel provided a crib for us.
Philanthropy Girl says
We traveled with our son when he was 6 weeks old, the first leg of the journey was about 4 hours. It was very doable. The white noise machine (I love our Sleep Sheep) was very valuable as was the swaddle. We would toss a blanket over a pack-n-play to minimize light/sound, but that’s probably not doable with a bassinet because they’re so shallow. I found booking a room with two queens (rather than a king), was very helpful. We used the second bed as a “baby station” – changing place all set up, comfy pillows for nursing, and somewhere baby could (under supervision), have space to move around a bit after being in a carseat for a long day.
A seat mirror and a toy hanging from the car seat was all the entertainment our son needed, but as a somewhat neurotic first-time mom, I did bring some children’s music CDs (one for calming sleep, one for playtime), so I could interact with baby from the front seat.
Meg Murry says
Lots of extra clothes for baby AND you – blowouts and spitup happen, and they can very easily hit your clothes.
If you use pacifiers, lots of spares.
Chances are you’ll remember your baby stuff. It was my own stuff, like socks, underwear or toothbrush I always forgot because I was so focused on baby stuff. Make a checklist an cross things off as you pack them – its too much to hold in your head on little sleep.
Carrie M says
On the blowouts: We would place a cloth diaper or burp cloth in between baby and the car seat. That way, if there were a blowout, we could just pick up the cloth to wash instead of having to wash the car seat padding / cover.
+1000 on the checklist – and use it when you’re on your way back home too to ensure you’ve gathered all you traveled with. We once had to get off the NJ turnpike to go to Babies R Us to pick up valves for my pump when one of them ripped and I forgot my extras at the grandparent’s house (because my mom moved them to a totally random location without telling me). So annoying on so many levels.
Carrie M says
If you’ve started pumping, pump in the car. It always felt great to get to my destination and not have to worry about sneaking away for a pump session.
We did several very long car trips around that age, and our baby would fall asleep and stay asleep, well past the 2-hour mark. She had been struggling to gain weight, so I had been very strict about feeding on demand and no more than at 2-hour intervals. But…I let that slide in the car. She was sleeping, we weren’t in traffic, so we just kept going. Obviously do whatever you feel comfortable with, but long car rides were definitely the time when I heeded the “don’t wake a sleeping baby” advice.
mascot says
At least bring a hand pump. I remember a particularly painful late night drive through the middle of nowhere at about that age with a sleeping baby and no way to pump. We’d already stopped about 5 times on that trip and were so happy to get to our destination.
Anonymous says
Bring wipes, bring diapers, bring laundry detergent you use for baby stuff, bring mini baby shampoo. Bring microwave bags if you regularly use them or boil anything. Call ahead to see what their policy is on providing crib sheets and playpens and jumpers- some hotels provide literally everything. Bring bags for disposable diapers so you can seal them in a bag before throwing them in the trash.
Ciao, pues says
Deal Alert: groupon has replacement tubing for the medela pump in style on sale!