Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Racerback Hands-Free Pump & Nursing Bra
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From the very beginning, I had to nurse, pump, and supplement with formula. It was basically a full-time job. For those who pump — exclusively, as part of combo feeding, and/or at work — I have no idea how you would do it without a hands-free pumping bra. As much as I disliked pumping, at least it was a time I could scroll vacantly through social media or catch up on text messages/emails. This bra also doubles as a nursing bra, which is nice. If I lasted longer at pumping, I would have invested in better-quality pumping bras, but I made do with cutting holes in old sports bras (haha!). If you do buy one of these, I advise buying a few, as I personally found I needed to wash them frequently. Not to mention when you’re getting the hang of nursing you may leak a lot. This bra is $27.99 at Buy Buy Baby, and a non-racerback version is available at Amazon for $34, eligible for Prime and free returns. Rumina Nursingwear Racerback Hands-Free Pump & Nursing Bra
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- 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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Saw your post yesterday on “big” vacations with toddlers. I’d add the South of France to your list. We took our almost-2 year old to Nice for a week and had a blast. It had the beautiful beaches– they’re rocky, but we rented chairs in a private area a couple times. It wasn’t too expensive, and it was nice to have someone bringing us food and drinks. Plus, my kid loved to just throw rocks into the water over and over. The rest of the town was pretty kid-friendly too. There’s a huge playground near Vieux (Old) Nice and it has a huge fountain area that was full of young kids running through in their bathing suits. It’s a pretty touristy area (and France!) so generally kid-friendly. I LOVED it.
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Lived in this br* while exclusively pumping. I had both, but preferred the non-racerback option. I found a bit more comfortable & it worked better under a variety of shirts.
Looking for recommendations for high quality and comfortable maternity leggings. I realized I have several maternity tunic tops and nothing to wear them with now that my belly has outgrown my stretchiest normal leggings. I want to avoid the “sag as soon as I walk around” problem if possible. TIA!
I posted recently about my 5 month old baby who was suddenly fighting her normal (for her) 8-9 pm bedtime and refusing to go down until 11 pm or even later – people had a lot of helpful suggestions, but it turns out she needed to drop her last nap of the day, which was sometimes ending as late as 6. Now her last nap ends by 4 pm at the latest, usually closer to 3 pm, and she has no problem with an 8-8:30 bedtime. Just wanted to share the story has a happy ending and we didn’t even have to get blackout shades or put her down at 6 pm. ;)
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I’ve got the names of a few recruiters that have contacted me in the past, but I’ve got no sense of who has a good reputation or not.
Any suggestions on making a move to that area, or a geographic move in general would also be most appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
We will be starting IVF with ICSI soon (after 6 months of trying, a visit to the RE, and testing that revealed it to be our only option for biological children).
We’ve always wanted 3 kids. But i feel like i hear about people who had one baby via IVF, or maybe two. I never hear about more. Am i deluding myself to think it is possible?
To be clear – i’m not talking about multiples (although if we had spontaneous twins we’d be thrilled) – but we’ll transfer one embryo at a time.
This may out me to some but oh well. Our firm “year” ends today for review purposes. I’ve busted my butt to position myself for my partnership decision this year (I’ve been told by all it’s very likely but who knows) but I’m just drained by getting everything in and this self-assessment we have to submit on our year. I’ve only taken two days of actual vacation this past year because the rest was spent on sick kid time or conferences. I’m thinking of taking this Friday off to treat myself to a spa day and a day of nothing but feel guilty taking a day off before reviews start next week (though I’m in a branch office where no one sees me anyway). Am I overthinking this?
Does anyone know where I could find a solid coloured puddle jumper for my toddler, or are the bizarre cartoons on them unavoidable?
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My husband is a side sleeper and is never comfortable in bed. I am a stomach sleeper and prefer a firmer mattress. We are on our third mattress in 10 years and he has fashioned all manner of foam pads, down comforter layers, pillow configurations, etc. in vain attempts to get comfortable.
We have a very high quality mattress right now and I feel like we could sink money into this problem forever if we aren’t careful. Is a sleep number bed the answer? Separate beds? Help.
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So for the record I exclusively pumped for 8 months, and I just bought two snug sports bras from Wal-Mart and cut holes out for the pump. Total cost = $15 total (I replaced them around month 4 when they started to fray a little). But with the caveat that I am small-busted.
Not sure if this will thread, but thank you for the south of France travel rec! That’s on our radar too – where did you stay? And did you rent a car? Thanks so much!!
Am I the only one that just continued to wear normal nursing bras and just clip them down and wear a hands free bra over that only when pumping? My hands free bra zips in the front so it’s super easy on.
I like an underwire and padding to prevent ice pick nips way too much (and found they didn’t give me blocked ducts) so there’s no way I could wear something like this all day.