Family Friday: The Sweatshirt
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Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + 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?
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Pregnant with my second and just impulsively bought a spectra s2 pump on amazon because it was a great price, and I am in Canada where they aren’t available. I had serious supply issues with my first and my Philips pump didn’t cut it. Online reviews of the spectra are great and I think I have seen good reviews- someone assure me it was a good buy?
Is it normal to have a harder time feeling fetal movement as you get into late pregnancy (I’m 35 weeks now)? I can tell she’s still moving around in there because when I put my hands on my belly I feel movements, but it’s hard for me to feel from the inside (which is weird, because I felt movement internally long before I or anyone else could feel it on the outside…). She also seems to have longer sleep-wake cycles now – when she’s moving, she’s still very active and I have no problem getting my 10 kicks within an hour every night right before bed (usually takes more like 20 minutes), but I feel like now even when I’m sitting or lying down and paying attention to movement I can easily go an hour or two without feeling her whereas before it was unusual to go more than about 20 minutes without feeling some kind of movement when I was on the lookout for it. Any idea if this is normal?
Oh pregnancy, that beautiful time of life when you can barf and pee yourself at the exact same time. :(
Talk to me about vacations when you have a 1 year old. We can’t decide if we want to have a relaxing adults-only vacation or if we want to take the baby with us. DH is pushing for an adults-only vacation, but I’m not sure I want to leave her for a week. We are leaning towards a tropical vacation of some sort (outside of Florida where we live), but haven’t narrowed it down beyond that.
Any tips for talking to your kids about remarriage? Divorce was 4 years ago. Thx in advance.
Has anyone else found their immune system nosedive now they have kids? I used to have an iron constitution. I think I took a total of three sick days in my whole working life pre-kids (and was only too sick to go to class once in college, never in law school). On the odd occasion I did get sick, it was the lightest version possible (my husband, then fiance, got pneumonia and was out for a week; I got the same thing but didn’t know it and drove five hours in a snow storm through the mountains to take a deposition in a prison while I had it.)
Now it’s not just that my kids get the typical colds etc., but I often get things they never do. And anything that goes through the house, I get the worst version. In the past six weeks, I’ve had stomach flu so bad I could only crawl on the floor, strep throat that kept me up several nights in a row because the pain was so intense it would wake me up, and now I’m working on a cold (coughing, sore throat, chest congestion). That’s not including the first ever migraine I had in September that was so bad, I couldn’t sleep or even watch TV, just lie in bed miserable and nauseous for the full 72 hours it lasted. What’s wrong with me?
We are doing so well with sleep training (Ferber) at night but naps remain a struggle. I’m back to work on Monday so I suspect grandpa will just let him have pram naps but any advice? He did ok the first day but hasn’t managed a cot nap since.
My husband or I are usually dropping off/picking up our son around the same time as a girl in his class at daycare. They seem to have fun together (as much as two 18mos can). This morning she was playing peekaboo with him, then offered to hold his hand while they walked back together. Um, it was ADORABLE. The dad snapped a pic. I thought later as I got in the car, I should have asked him to text it to me, but I felt too weird about it. I would love to make other parent friends, as I don’t have many, but I’m not sure how. Do I just ask them if they want a playdate? If they don’t want to will it be weird forever at drop off and pick up? I was thinking of the poster on the main s!te the other day who suggested building a rapport with people you see often and I feel like we have sort of done that, but I can’t tell if the other parents are shy or just don’t want friends. Can someone help me with a script and/or share a time this worked for you, and didn’t end with another parent thinking you’re a real weirdo?
I have an 18 month old and I’m would really like to enjoy spending time with her. Most of the time with her, I’m either frustrated trying to get her to do something, or bored playing with her. She’s not old enough yet to craft together or bake together, or really anything that would also be fun for me. I’m an introvert, and since she doesn’t talk enough to have a conversation yet, I have a hard time carrying the whole conversation myself. It’s better when we can get out somewhere, but it’s hard in the winter.
We found a great preschool by our home that we love. Our daughter is 7 months and our moms watch her right now. It’s going great and moms are happy to keep watching her. They think starting school at age 2 would be better.
I think it might be nice for her to go for two half-days (the program is only half day) for the socialization etc when she is 15 months old (next August). Is 15 months too young? I’m so torn as to whether she’d have a hard time adjusting for just two half days and whether she’d get anything out of it.
FYI, we’ve found Primary to run small, at least in the baby sizes. 12m Carter’s pants are equivalent to 18m Primary pants, etc. Great quality, though!
General plug for Primary: I have found their stuff to be really well-made and thoughtfully designed, and I appreciate their gender-neutralish approach. If my picky child didn’t insist on wearing prints most of the time, I would probably want to outfit her in all Primary clothes.
Unexpectedly (but thrilled) pregnant with number 2. I was a basket case during the first trimester with my first, counting down the days until I hit second trimester. I really don’t want to let the anxiety dominate me for the next however many weeks. Does anyone who has been in this spot have any mantras or coping mechanisms that they have found helpful? I do have access to professionals to treat the anxiety but I find that hearing from others with similar experiences more helpful than actual therapy…
Sigh, why is it so hard to find cute 100% cotton tops for kids? Sweatshirt looks fine, but the inclusion of polyester means that it is going to pill in a few washes. I have this issue with buying printed tee-shirts from Old Navy and Gap too. They look awful within 3 wears.