Maternity Monday: Printed Compression Socks
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It never crossed my mind to turn to PBS for compression socks, but these are super cute!
Most compression socks lack personality, but these printed knee highs come in more than 30 patterns! Made from a nylon/spandex blend, they have graduated compression that is perfect for everyday wear. They’ll help alleviate the swelling and fatigue that sometimes come with pregnancy.
Keep a pair or two post-pregnancy for long flights or anytime your legs need a boost.
These compression socks from Celeste Stein are $16.99 a pair (3 for $15.99).
Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
Specific to technology in school only, do your districts have 1:1 programs where each kid receives an iPad or Chromebook and if so, what grade does that start in? how much are your kids on them during the school year?
Our local district is 1:1 with ipads starting in kindergarten. yes, kindergarten. I despise it. it comes home daily with my 1st grader and we’ve chosen not to allow him to use it home, which works for us. he seems to use it a lot during the day and even talks about what he watches on YouTube Kids which really grinds my gears since he’s never watched YouTube other than on his school issued iPad.
Anything you do to cheer yourself up when you get your period while TTC? I need to mix up my sushi and wine ritual. It’s only been a few months and I have a great kiddo but…still sucks.
My husband is having a vasectomy in early December. How many days after do I need to give him a free pass at life, lol. Thanks!
Hello, I recently was advised to do IVF and it’s been stressing me out. I dont think we’ve been trying that long, I wasn’t expecting that type of advice. It made me feel defective while everyone else i know managed to do this just fine. At the same time it feels like ages and ages, it was boiling hot outside when we started trying and now it’s cold. We haven’t told many people about this so I feel very alone. My husband is really confused as to why I’m so stressed out about this. His brother recently had a child and my husband was upset when he asked me how I felt about them having a baby and I said I wasn’t that happy for them right now because it is painful for me. We got into a fight about it because he’s upset with me for being so sad and angry about a lot of things right now. This is true, i am sad and angry right now, as I have to face IVF and my job has been incredibly stressful and hard. I dont even know WHEN I could do it with my work schedule, I’m scared, I don’t want such an invasive procedure, I’m worried it won’t work, I am exhausted. I feel unsupported and ya, I am unhappy.
I dont really know what I’m looking for here, support/advice? I hate that every holiday event with his family will now be centered around their baby, and everyone will be so excited and happy and I am dying inside. I just want to get to January.
Knowing that we have a long winter ahead, I’d like to get my older kids a (joint?) gift of an active toy that can be used indoors. Kids are in late elementary and middle school, which is a bit trickier. We already have a gymnastics mat that gets used quite a bit. We have a decent-sized playroom to store said item. As a kid, I loved over-the-door basketball hoops, but my kids aren’t super into basketball. Any brilliant ideas for things that would appeal to older kids?
My 4yo got RSV two weeks ago and is now otherwise fine but still has a sporadic cough, and sometimes pretty bad coughing fits (usually at least once a night and a few times during the day, especially when he goes into the cold). The pediatrician took a listen and said it’s nothing to worry about and will go away eventually, but I’m wondering whether your any of your kids had this and if so, (1) how long it lasted and (2) if there was anything that helped alleviate it in the meantime. We’ve been giving him spoonfuls of honey. I feel so bad for him — it’s obviously uncomfortable and affecting both his sleep and play.
Any recs for Uniqlo heattech dupes for toddlers? I am looking for thin legging like bottoms he can wear under his normal pants during the winter.
I really like Uniqlo’s because they are thin, don’t add a lot of bulk, and easy to layer, but cost $12.90 each and looking for something a bit cheaper (adds up when you buy multiple…).
Same parent, different question (I’m seriously questioning my relationship to technology or how I parent around it after a weekend away with a couple families). Our kids are in 2nd and 1st. We were traveling to a farm for 48 hours where the kids would be bunking together and every other kid had brought an ipad. My kids don’t actually have ipads – just kindles – although they can sometimes use mine. Am I way out of touch here? It was kind of a bummer for me, but it also made parts of the evening easier, so I get it. But when do individual ipads become a thing? And when do they get brought on vacations like this?
PSA – Hanna Andersson is having a 50% off sales for pjs.
If you’re like me and placed an order late last night, you won’t be able to get a price adjustment or cancel your order. Instead, you’ll have to place a new order and return the package you receive. So rather than adjust my order by $40, HA will lose an additional $14 on shipping. Ugh.
For those of you with older kids, do your kids use facebook messenger (the kids version) to message with classmates outside of school hours? and what age did that start? DD is in 2nd grade and at least five of her friends are on the kids messenger and have chats going. I know I’m not ready for that now, but wondering when I need to be.
Sidenote: mom I was talking to had given her daughter her old phone to use. It’s “only connected to the internet.” I feel like that’s the last thing I’m going to get DD? DD is smart and suggested that maybe I let her have messenger but she could set one time a week to check it and reply to friends. I told her that would be a great policy… in a few years.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a romance book in which the female lead has a postpartum body? I’m finding that my (3 years…) postpartum body is making me feel less-than or that I’m out of the game and think maybe reading a book about someone overcoming that insecurity would help.
Also interested in any personal experiences about romantic relationships in a postpartum body!
DC area moms, any intel on pumping rooms at either DCA or BWI? Which would you rather?
Advice needed re: traveling with a 3 month old. We will be visiting my grandfather over the holidays because he is not well and it might be his last chance to meet his great-granddaughter. 4 hour flight, and we will be staying in a hotel, and we will need a rental car once we’re there (not a walkable area). I have never traveled with the baby. Can I gate check the car seat + base + stroller frame? We have the Uppababy Mesa/Vista. I don’t need a seat for her, right? And for hotels, how do I handle sleep? She’s in a bassinet but naps in her Pack’n Play in the living room during the day. Any hotels have a pack’n play option? Do I need to bring that too?
yesterday i had what felt like a sad parenting moment. we live in Houston and took my 4.5 year old twins to a new to us playground and there was a sign on the gate with a picture of a gun with an X over it instructing people not to bring guns into the playground. my girls wanted to know what the sign said and what a gun is…
Out of curiosity, how long did your kids stay attached to their lovey? My 7 year old is still pretty attached to hers. She never leaves the house with it, but still carries it around the house and sleeps with it. Just wondering when she’ll grow out of it. We live in fear of something happening to it!