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I was poking around Walmart for shelves recently and stumbled upon their line of modern baby furniture, MoDRN Baby. Wow!
The line is sleek and really affordable compared to a lot of the other baby furniture out there. This $45 dresser changing pad topper is a bestseller, and it’s easy to see why — it easily converts a sleek dresser into a changing pad dresser. You can attach it to a 3-drawer dresser ($299) or a 6-drawer dresser ($399).
That said, always anchor your furniture, ladies! We still have every shelving unit, dresser, and television anchored into the wall, and my eldest is 6!
Where did you buy your nursery furniture from, ladies?
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College admissions counselor recs? says
Can anyone recommend a college admissions counselor or service? We’re in NOVA / DC. Looking for help in finding colleges that are a good fit and navigating the application process rather than exam coaching. Thanks!
Realist says
I know it is not quite the same, but for fit I have had people ask me for their children . . . go on LinkedIn and see who in your network has an undergrad degree from colleges your child is interested in. You can drop them an email or do a phone call and just ask about their undergrad experience and those of their friends. Those Princeton college guides can also be helpful for a general overview of each college, they used to cover both academic and social life for each campus and let you know if things like sports were a big deal for school life.
Anon says
Ugh people ask me to do this a lot and I kind of hate it. For a close friend’s kids, sure, but I really don’t want to talk to some vague professional contact’s kid about my undergrad. I don’t have the warmest feelings towards my alma mater though.
Anon says
Also honestly if you are asking people your own age they graduated from college at least 20 years ago…things reallllllly change over that length of time.
GCA says
Regional alumni clubs (‘The Yale club of DC’) might be able to help in terms of fit. You could let this be the student’s project – reaching out to alumni networks, thinking up questions for those informational chats – and I guarantee that the prospective student’s project management, organization and motivation will impress alumni interviewers.
Melster says
Caryn Sanders-Marcus (link to follow) is great at this. She is in Chicago, but everything is virtual now so I don’t know that her physical location would matter so much?
Melster says
http://www.collegepersonalstatement.com/
OtterMom says
Yesterday, daycare sent our 8 mo daughter home with a sheet to sell candles as a “fundraiser.” I get this for schools, but this is a daycare, where we are paying them. Are we really supposed to harass our friends, relatives, and neighbors to buy candles to raise money… not for a school, but for a business that we pay for? Is this a thing?
Anon says
No, you put in the recycling bin. I’ve been in daycares that do this, but I have never participated. I don’t do it for kids sports either.
Anonymous says
Whoa that’s crazy to me. I would not participate.
Anonymous says
Ugh, I hate fund raisers like this. I could kind of make the case in elementary school that *IF* the kid takes the initiative to sell, it teaches some life lessons, but obviously not for a baby.
Our kids have always gone to nonprofit daycares, so they have legit fundraising goals and donations are tax deductible. For example, there’s a spring fund raiser every year where family and friends pledge for the kids’ bunny hop-a-thon. 25 cents per hop or whatever. We usually just round up to whatever we’re comfortable giving, irrespective of the number of hops. If this is truly a business like BH or similar, that would make me angry.
Anonymous says
Nope trash that
anne-on says
Sadly, daycares are often underfunded despite what seems to be high tuition. I got these, trashed them, and then asked the daycare director or room teacher what they wanted instead. I preferred to buy something myself or give cash straight to the daycare – the cut they get from these sales is awful.
God bless the PTA parents who send home the ‘please cut us one check and we promise not to make your kid sell stuff’ notes…
Anon mom says
I would not sell candles for an 8 month old. If this is a for-profit daycare, I don’t understand the concept of a fundraiser—they can raise fees or take less profit if they need more.
My kids go to a nonprofit daycare and we do write a check for the annual appeal. Same idea as giving to a nonprofit K-12 school.
Anonymous says
We go to a non-profit daycare too that has fundraisers like silent auctions. But I would be pretty annoyed at something like this. These things make sense when the kids can do or at least help with the selling. If the kids are babies or toddlers, you’re just asking parents to raise money and I would rather be asked directly.
Anon mom says
Anonymous, I totally agree. I really don’t like kids being asked to sell things and I think such tactics should only be used for older kids when a primary point is that the kid is learning by selling.
I give generously to my kids’ daycare annual appeal, but I’d be really unhappy to get a request like this and immediately trash it.
AnotherAnon says
WTH? This would make me livid. Was there any explanation of what it’s for? Just raise tuition if you want to pay teachers more or buy new furniture.
OtterMom says
There was an explanation attached – the purpose is to make up for lost revenue during the daycare’s closure in March-May. BUT, we only started our child in the daycare in July. So, while I get that they lost revenue (and may have had expenses like rent or whatever), we weren’t even customers then!
Eek says
Ohhh ok. In that case, it sounds like they’re trying to find ways to make their budget work in this strange year. Even through it’s a misguided attempt, in my opinion, it sounds like their intentions are probably good and they’re trying to avoid raising tuition on families — so I would be only mildly annoyed. Recycle and ignore.
AnotherAnon says
Yep, this is understandable though the method is frustrating. I might even go a step further (YMMV) and let the director know I’d be happy to donate to a funding campaign. I definitely sympathize with the budget issue – it’s only the fundraiser method that I despise.
anon says
Yes, it’s definitely a thing, but no, you don’t have to do it. Some daycares will allow you to make a blanket donation if you’d like, which I prefer because a) less hassle for everyone; b) the daycare actually gets the full amount. It took us a few years to figure this out, but DH and I usually made an annual donation to the daycare’s fund and completely skipped the fundraiser stuff.
Most of the time, these fundraisers are not used for daily operating costs, so don’t be put off by the ask. They’re for special equipment, new toys, and other splurge items.
Anon says
Our daycare fundraises for special events, like additional field trips and parties. We usually just buy too much ourselves. We don’t sell to anyone else. We would just give directly to them if they asked.
Anonymous says
We got our nursery furniture from a hodgepodge of places. We got the crib from a neighbor (some fancy convertible one they sold us for $100 when their 5 year old graduated from toddler to twin bed. We had it for 6 years and three kids, then I gave it to a friend. Sturdy furniture lasts! It’s worth checking craigslist/garage sales), Hemnes dresser with a changing pad on top to double as a changing table, and Kallax shelves from Ikea, Dutailier glider from somewhere (I gave that to the friend, too). Rug we already had, lamps were gifted to us.
Anon says
Our crib was a Da Vinci (ordered from Target so I could return in store if I didn’t like it), mostly because I was looking for a mid-tone solid wood crib. Came with the toddler rail included, which was helpful when DD climbed out at 17 months the night before I left on a business trip. We just put a changing pad on top of the existing oak dresser in that room and ordered a power leather rocker recliner from a furniture store we liked. My aunt painted the room bubble gum pink per DH’s selection (something about how if it was going to be pink, it should be really pink) and we found a floral rug. Some wood crates for books and toys and she was done.
anne-on says
I’d also check your local buy nothing group, or simply make it known to your friends/neighbors/facebook you are looking. We gave away all of my son’s baby stuff to friends/neighbors/acquaintances just to get it out of my house! Similarly – our rocker was a gift from a local colleague who just wanted the baby rocker out of her office – for the less than price of a new Dutalier we re-upholstered hers to fit our nursery color scheme.
Anonymous says
We got a crib from Target that we converted to a toddler bed and still use at almost 3; bookshelves and dresser/changing table from Pottery Barn Kids (do not recommend) and a glider from Babyletto (love).
Pogo says
We like our Babyletto crib, survived through 2.5 years of the first kiddo and now on the second. For dresser/changing table, I bought two normal dressers (one from a local furniture store and one from Article) and use the Keekaroo on top. I chose the IKEA Poang over a glider and I love it, but I feel like that’s totally personal preference. Both boys’ rooms also have lots of KALLAX in various configurations. For rugs we order from Wayfair, and chose rugs that could work outside a kids room. Honestly other than the crib everything could be used in a regular guest room or an older kids room.
Cb says
We used a rental service for a sidecar sleeper, and got an IKEA cot as a hand-me-down (the one that looks like a baby jail, but free won out over cute). We thought we didn’t need a changing table and then ended up at IKEA with a 2 week old when we realised yes, we did. We stored his clothes in baskets under the changing table. We bought a rocking chair at a futon shop, and I’m so glad we did, as it’s been in every room and doesn’t look like a nursing chair. At 3, he has a Hemnes bed in his room, a repurposed TV stand for his clothes, and a cool Mutable play table, but I’m looking forward to doing a bit more decorating when we move in December.
SC says
Our whole house contains furniture from a hodgepodge of places :-) For nursery furniture, our crib was a Da Vinci crib, which ended up in pieces on the curb when Kiddo outgrew the toddler bed. We’re using a dresser that my parents got when I was a baby, and that spent 30 years in my bedroom (used daily for 18 of them). We also have a book shelf that was in FIL’s childhood bedroom, and that MIL refinished and put in DH’s bedroom. We also recycled an entertainment center from Pottery Barn for a changing table–it’s now being used for storage for outdoor toys and lives in the garage, and it’s nearing the end of its useful life. I bought a Pottery Barn chair and a rug new, and they’re holding up well, though the rug needs to be cleaned. Now we’re using a bunk bed that we bought off FB Marketplace for a few hundred. It was from Rooms to Go, and it seems pretty sturdy, so I hope it will last until Kiddo outgrows the bunk bed.
Trundle Bed? says
Plusses or minuses to a trundle bed for a toddler? Looking at a PB Kids trundle that is on sale for our 2.5 year old. We haven’t transitioned her yet but we will soon enough. I always wanted a trundle as a kid so maybe that’s why I’m swaying that way. Thinking it gives toddler some “choice” and flexibility in her room. She also has a few cousins that live very close by and are the exact same age so sleepovers seem inevitable and welcomed.
I’m certain I’m over thinking it but figured what the heck – why not ask the hive. TIA.
Anonymous says
I would not get a trundle bed unless you have enough space to put a nightstand on one side and pull out the trundle on the other side, and you have a ton of storage and are certain you will never need to use underbed storage boxes.
OP says
Thanks for the perspective. We have plenty of room so layout and storage in the bedroom won’t be an issue.
Anonymous says
This. Like the OP, I always wanted a trundle bed! But there are very practical reasons why my parents didn’t get me one that I understand now. :)
Cb says
We have the IKEA hemnes for our 3 year old and I like that it includes both storage and the possibility to expand it to a double if we have guests or if one of us needs to sleep with kiddo. It was a bit tricky to put a rail on but we figured it out and he seems quite happy in there.
octagon says
We have this one and are going to get rid of it soon. The storage is nice but it’s tricky to pull out the trundle with a rug. And because we have a real mattress for kiddo we have to store the trundle mattress somewhere, and it’s not worth the storage space for something that will get used a handful of times a year.
Sleepovers aren’t happening now at all, but when they return we’ll do sleeping bags or air mattresses.
Cb says
Yes, we have laminate throughout so it’s pretty easy to pull out. I’d get one of those bed chairs, they can be used as a squishy chair and they fold out into a padded bed.
katy says
Have been considering getting this one. (Plain beds with storage surprisingly hard to fine). A couple questions for current owners:
if we don’t want to pull out trundle are the drawers themselves hard to pull out?
is the “normal” mattress weirdly high in the frame?
how “sturdy” are the slats. An ex had an ikea bed with slats that you used to fall down (ahem). Kiddo will definitely be leaping on and off of the bed.
THANK YOU.
Marilla says
The drawers are fine – my daughter’s is on a rug and it’s easy for her to pull them out by herself. They’re also nice and deep so they fit a lot. She doesn’t jump on her bed daily or anything but definitely jumps a normal amount for a kid and so far so good – we’ve had it around a year.
anon says
We don’t have this bed but have several other IKEA ones and I’ve never had problems with the slats, even in the super cheap MALM that I had for 10+years.
Cb says
Drawers are super easy to pull in and out, and really spacious. And the bed feels sturdy, even with three of us sitting on it. We’ve just got the two standard IKEA mattresses on it but I think a normal mattress would be fine as well.
katy says
Thanks ladies.
anon says
Warmest sleep sack for a toddler? LO is probably not going to be old enough to manage warm blankets this winter (14-15 months at the coldest point) and for reasons that can’t be fixed right now, our temperature options for his room are either quite cold or jungle hot. The complicating factor is that he has a wool sensitivity, so no wool content will work.
Anon says
Halo has fleece options that seem pretty warm.
anon says
+1 We used to do Halo fleece sack + fleece pjs (Carters and the like) on cold nights. My kids room probably never dropped below 60, though, so it depends on how cold you’re talking about.
Anonymous says
Agree – this in combination with warm jammies. Fleece + fleece was always too warm for our kiddo, but it could be an option for you. Or layering an undershirt or socks under regular cotton jammies. Thta usually worked better for us.
Anon says
We use the fleece option. The kid room is a bit above 60 on cold nights. Sometimes he gets too warm, so we often do long sleeves and no pants.
Ashley says
Kyte has some 2.5 TOG sleep bags that I’m sure would be warm. We have the 1.0 TOG version right now and love it in a room that is 68-69 degrees at night. My 2.5 year old begs for his “comfy seep seep” (comfy sleep sack) every night.
Pogo says
We bought a 3.5 tog sleep sack from the Austrailan brand ergoPouch for camping with our son. They have several different versions with ratings from 1.0 to 3.5.
Anonymous says
Ah thanks for this! I’ve always wondered how to keep a toddler warm while camping
Anonymous says
We have the Kyte 2.5 TOG for our toddler and it’s super cozy
anon in brooklyn says
The Baby DeeDee Sleep Nest is a very warm option. Basically a quilt in sleep sack form.
Cb says
We used grobags in the heavy tog.
anon says
Parent/teacher conferences in middle school – useful or not? This year, we are given the option of meeting with one of the teachers (who provides feedback on behalf of all teachers) or (if the student is performing well) not doing a conference. Is a conference worth it? I’ve always done the conferences but in elementary school, I also knew his teachers really well – in this case, it’s my only opportunity for one on one interaction with a teacher (unless I go out of my way). On the other hand, I have no actual questions (I know what he needs to work on and I can reinforce that at home) – plus, I don’t even get to meet with all the teachers. Thoughts? I’m leaning towards doing it but don’t really want to be *that* parent.
Anon says
is this virtual? or in-person. i went to private school growing up so i guess maybe it was different, but my parents always did parent- teacher conferences. if your kid is currently in virtual school the need for them seems different since parents now know too much of what is going on in the classroom
avocado says
For older kids who are working independently, it’s entirely possible that parents have no clue what goes on in the virtual classroom. All I know about virtual school is what my daughter chooses to complain about. I’d say a parent-teacher conference is needed more this year than in a normal year, and possibly even more for virtual school than for face-to-face instruction.
Anonymous says
I think you do it to hear teacher perspective plus as a signaling device to kid that you care. Regardless of whether you hear anything new.
Anon says
I would do it, even if it’s just to meet the teachers and here directly that your kid is doing well.
Anonymous says
Given all the challenges this year, I would focus how your kiddo (who seems to be doing well academically) is doing socially. There is likely some value in having a third party view on that (at a cost of 15 mins). Make sure the child is not around for the conversation.
avocado says
If they will talk to you, I’d take the chance. In our school system, the kids whose parents are in constant contact with the teachers and administration are the ones who get announcements about programs they might be interested in, get appointed to student task forces and advisory committees, and win the “citizenship” awards.
They may not actually grant you a conference, though. Our middle school used to invite all parents to sign up for conferences, then refuse to grant time slots for kids with good grades. For high school courses you used to be able to sign up for a time slot using a web form, but when I tried that the teacher cancelled. This year they’re not even offering sign-ups, even though they’re taking two days off of school next week specifically for conferences.
anon says
Thanks everyone; this is super helpful and consistent with the direction I’m leaning in. I have no idea what he’s doing in class, other than seeing his grades, because he’s the oldest and the most independent and who has the time? But I feel like if nothing else, there are two more kids to send through this grade so it can’t hurt to show I’m paying attention.
Anon says
Former middle school teacher and I would encourage you to sign up. I always appreciated being able to put a face to a name and learning more about my students by hearing what’s going on at home (ex. It takes him 2 hours to complete homework – something I never intended as a teacher and then talking out strategies to whittle that time down)
EP-er says
We just did MS conferences last week. They were 5 minute Zoom calls with each of the 6 teachers. (Elementary school is this week, 15 minute Zoom call.) I found them worth while, personally. It is nice to get the teacher’s perspective (do they know my kid or is he just a name?) I got some constructive feedback on ways to help in a few classes, and some positive comments from his teachers that I could share as confidence boosters. I guess if you aren’t meeting with all of the teachers, I kind of see your point… but I think that it is more important to so it as a signal to your child that you care. I would do it.
Anon says
has your city/school district announced what metrics it will use to determine whether schools should stay open/close and if so, have they changed the metric since schools have reopened? i live in Houston and they had announced that if the percent positive rate for the county was above 7%, school would shift fully virtual. The rate is now 7.6%, and they’ve decided to update the metrics. I’m all for keeping schools open as much as possible and so far rampant spread in a school doesn’t seem to be happening with good measures in place, but I also don’t know how I feel about the idea of changing the metrics used to fit your needs, though i know we are constantly learning new things about the virus, but in-person school has only been happening here for like 2 weeks, it seems like they should’ve taken what was learned elsewhere in the country and adapted the metrics before opening schools.
Anon says
Sort of? I don’t know that it was ever set in stone but there were mentions of closing if we got to 5% positivity as a county. We’re flirting with it right now (been in the high 4s for the last week or so) and I don’t think anybody expects our schools to close. We’ve had only a handful of cases, none linked to each other, so there appears to be not only no classroom spread but also no spread through athletics (which is more surprising to me).
I don’t know that changing the parameters is that weird. Re-opening schools was kind of a giant experiment and if the experiment has taught us that there’s minimal spread via the classroom, it makes sense to keep schools open even as numbers rise in general. There appears to be way more spread linked to bars and restaurants and small family/friend gatherings, so I only support school closures if a state chooses to go back to a full lockdown with all non-essential business closed and people ordered to stay home and not gather with friends.
Anon says
And to your point that your schools should have learned from the rest of the country, I get that, but I also think there’s value in an individual district wanting data about how their own precautions are working before revising the metrics and not just relating on data from other districts/states. My understanding is that most large cities in the US still have virtual school or only just opened schools so there isn’t a lot of data from large cities yet, and I can see why Houston wouldn’t find data from schools smaller towns in Texas that compelling.
Anonymous says
Athletic spread doesn’t seem surprising – breathing heavily in closeish proximity to others seems prime for spread.
Anon says
There has been NO spread via athletics, that’s what’s surprising to me. I did not expect a lot of classroom spread given all the precautions, but did expect spread via athletics.
Anon says
Indoor hockey has had a lot of spread in Mass in NH.
Anon says
I was referring just to my local public school system, not trying to make a universal statement.
Anon says
I just looked up our metrics here in NY and it’s an infection rate of 9% (I was surprised actually, NY is being pretty conservative) – so maybe your area is adjusting to be more on par with other areas? I mean, really this whole thing is politics and they’ll see which way public opinion is going and adjust, I’m sure, but I agree it’s kind of jarring to keep moving the goalposts.
Individual schools around me are also being VERY conservative on their own. An elementary with *one* case closed the whole school for two weeks (which seems crazy, but maybe they have really nervous parents?)
Anonymous says
I live in Iowa where the state is controlling this. (Not without pushback, but that’s another discussion.) The state requires at least 50% in-person instruction unless (1) there is a 15% positivity rate; (2) there is 10% absenteeism in the district*; and (3) you’ve submitted a peition asking for virtual from the state and it has been granted. Our school district’s plan is pk-6 totally in person and 7-12 50% hybrid on a 2-week schedule. Our county is getting very close to 15%, but I’m not aware of any significant absenteeism. We’ve only had one classroom need to go virtual for two weeks because of possible exposure. They’ve been in school for about two months now.
* that I know the 10% absenteeism is a criteria in my district, and I assume it is a state criteria, but I don’t know for sure off the top of my head.
In my county, our positivity rate skews high becuase we’re in a less populated county. One day we might have only 5 new cases, but only 20 tests total. So, boom, 25% that day. So that’s where the absenteeism comes in.
Anonymous says
PS – the 15% positivity rate is measured by county.
Anonymous says
Our district has stated that it will close if ordered to do so by the governor, implying that it does not intend to close otherwise. It is also refusing to notify parents of exposure unless their kid sat right next to an infected kid in class–apparently being in the same classroom all day does not count as exposure.
Anonymous says
I think schools should give parents a head’s up if there was an infected child in the class (because some families might want to be cautious for various reasons, eg., grandparents) but technically the school is following CDC guidelines. If you weren’t within 6 feet of someone for 15 minutes you aren’t a “close contact.”
Anonymous says
Even if the CDC guidelines don’t require quarantine for kids who weren’t within 6 feet of the infected person, it’s awfully strange that the entire class used to get a letter for minor things like lice, but exposure to a life-threatening disease is being actively concealed.
Anonymous says
I said I agreed with you that the parents should be notified.
Anon says
Not sure as DD is not yet school aged (I’m in MA). But I do believe that it can be, at times, appropriate to modify the data or how it’s interpreted, which may or may not feel like “changing the metrics used to fit your needs.” One example of this that I am stoked to see is that the state will be releasing town stats with footnotes to indicate concentrations linked to prisons, retirement communities, hospitals and the like. I live in a county that’s been in the red since there were something like 150 positives overnight reported at a local prison. I’m not dismissing the severity of the outbreak in the prison, but I don’t like 150 new cases overnight in a prison that is closed to visitors should govern whether or not the kids go to school.
Anon says
Agreed. Our state specifically has an exception if the numbers are skewed by cases in a congregate setting like a prison or nursing home.
Anon says
But the children of those corrections officers presumably go your kid’s school, right?
Anon says
Sure, but not 150 of them. The point is large outbreaks slew the numbers, especially positivity, if, say, 80% of the inmates test positive and they’re all tested in the same week. Any parent or kid can be positive since Covid is pretty much everywhere at this point, but the major outbreaks give misleading numbers if most of the infected people are not interacting with the general public.
Anonymous says
The NYC metric is 3%, which the city surpassed. So they changed the metric b/c it was very high rates in only a few neighborhoods and increased restrictions in those neighborhoods. The rest of the city was hovering around 1% if the neighborhoods with increased rates were removed. And since they started closing those neighborhoods, the rate has begun to go down.
People seem to be taking school closures as a “this is serious” sign, whether or not that’s what they should be for. (Schools aren’t big spreaders if masks are used.) So, yeah, at 7% I’d be calling all my city council members and screaming at their staff until they cried.
Anonymous says
The citywide average never surpassed 3% though.
Anonymous says
Our school district remains fully virtual with 3% test positivity rate. So whatever their metric is (which is not advertised, to my knowledge), it is likely unattainable this school year.
anon says
Teachers in our area have announced that they are not comfortable coming back in person at all until there are 14 days with no new cases in our region. So that’s a 0% rate of infection and likely unattainable even with a vaccine.
As for our school district, they’ve said they’ll have K-2 students back for 2 days a week (half capacity, with cohorting, masks and distancing) if positive test rates drop to 3-5% and there are enough teachers who agree to come back in person. They’ll have older students back 2 days per week if rates drop to 1-3% and enough teachers agree. Local expectations are that we won’t go back to public schools in person at all this school year, as about 70% of teachers have voted that they are not willing to come back and teach in person with those metrics.
Anon says
That’s absolutely insane. Where do you live!? Are there private schools with teachers willing to work? Even with the vaccine, Covid is never going to be eradicated. In fact, it’s probably going to become another seasonal virus like flu that kills tens of thousands every winter in the US alone. The vaccine is just going to hopefully allow us to get back to something resembling normal without hospitals being overwhelmed and millions of people dying; it’s not get cases or deaths to anywhere near zero. Ahh. I would be so frustrated by this.
anon says
Northern Virginia. It is insane and very frustrating. Private schools are mostly open, though my other child’s private pre-K announced in July that they won’t even consider reopening until fall 2021.
DC Runner says
We’re in DCPS and equally frustrated. I don’t know if my kindergartner will go back at all this year. It’s beyond frustrating.
Anon says
My son is coughing. I think it is due to his runny nose. He’s excluded from daycare today. I am fine with the rule, but I feel like this comes up every two weeks (we have two kids). I am just tired of it. And I think I am getting his cold.
octagon says
We all got kiddo’s cold when he started back at daycare. The six months of lockdown were hard but it was nice to not have any outside germs invading us!
Anon says
I know it’s nice not to be sick, but it’s really a good thing for your kids to be catching colds and other routine bugs at daycare. See eg,. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/parenting/children-immunity-staying-home-coronavirus.html.
We’ve had zero family illness since February and while it’s nice not to be sick and to know that our daycare’s precautions are working well, I’m actually hoping for a common cold at this point. I don’t want my kids in a sterile environment.
Anonymous says
Yeah, but if you have asthma and every single cold turns into bronchitis or worse, I’m not sure constant illness is worth it.
Anon says
rain boots for toddlers? i personally think adult rain boots are sooo uncomfortable and always give me blisters, but i always see kids hopping around in boots
anon says
I loved Hatley, plus they come in fun designs. Western chief is a little cheaper.
Anon says
Bogs!
OP says
also just adding that we live in a warm climate, so dont need the boots to keep the feet warm
Anne says
We had a hard time finding ones my toddler could run in and the target brand ones were actually best after trying several more expensive pairs.
anon says
Crocs boots are pretty good.
Anon says
I grew up in Florida and never had a rain shoe. My rain shoes were flip flops.
Maybe you can just get a more waterproof sneaker? My kids prefer sneakers because they can move more. We only do boots because I live somewhere cold now.
Anon says
where does one purchase waterproof sneakers?
Anonymous says
REI. Keen and I think Merrell make them.
Anon says
If your climate is really warm, you could just do Crocs? That’s what my kids wear to jump in puddles in the summer and early fall.
Anon says
Totes Cirrus from Target. We’re on our 4th pair (for growth reasons, not lack of durability)! Kiddo wears them even when sunny.
MNF says
ISO wool toddler sweaters. Last year around this time we had multiple wool sweaters that we had received as gifts that baby wore all winter. I’m looking for something similar and am not finding a lot of options. There are a few options on Etsy, but fewer than I expected. Any retailers I’m missing? Do you have an over-producing grandparent or aunt that makes more sweaters than your 24 month old can wear?
AwayEmily says
Check baby boden, we had some wool sweaters from there.
Anonymous says
LL Bean or Boden