Family Friday: Kids’ Rainy Days Jacket

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A girl wearing a purple jacket, pink top, and navy leggings

Leave it to Athleta to make kids’ clothes that I would want to wear.

This rain jacket is made from 100% recycled polyester. The seam-sealed protection and water-repellent/waterproof finish will keep your child dry on dreary days. At the same time, unlike many kids’ raincoats, this one is also breathable.

Add a layer underneath this relaxed fit jacket for extra warmth.

Athleta’s Rainy Days Jacket is $95 and comes in “Cascadia violet” or navy. It’s available in sizes XS/6 through XXL/16.

Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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Last week i said to myself that if we’re going to get sick let it be before spring break…well i should be careful what i wish for…my daughter was sick Saturday- Tuesday and now I’ve been sick since Tuesday…we leave a week from Sunday? That’s enough time to get better and pack, rt? Though I’d prefer to be better by this Sunday when DH goes on a business trip and I have to solo parent

Question inspired by a post above about Montessori school. What is the difference between a Montessori preschool and a “play based” pre school? I only have one kid, and he’s a Montessori preschool. We at at this school because it’s full day, and it was literally the only daycare we got into, and not because we’re Montessori diehards. I don’t have any experience with any other type of school, but his school has all certified Montessori teachers, and they follow the Montessori methods (at least that’s what they say; the website says, and what it appears to be based on my very limited research on what Montessori style/philosophy is). But, at 4.5, having been there since he was 15 months old, it appears to be just all playing? Yeah; they have “works” and things are organized on shelves and all of that, but the works appear to be largely normal kid toys and arts and crafts. Some of them are clearly not typical kid toys that you’d get at the toy store (like the beads used for skip counting practice in the primary classrooms), but this appears to be a very small percentage of the works. So I am curious what happens at a”play based” school. I just see a lot of comments on here that Montessori isn’t for everyone, but I don’t know what would be dramatically different in other preschools (other than they probably do that celebrate Peace Day like our school does!!! Biggest day of the year.)

It’s my last day before maternity leave, welcoming the baby we worked so hard to have and going from 1 ->2. Anything I can do now for my future self, work-wise?
And I have scoured the threads, but top transition from 1-2 tips??? (DS is 4yo).
thanks Hive!

WWYD? 5.5 year old boy has been mostly dry at night for months but occasionally no. After two weeks of dry pull ups we’ve been doing undies at night. First five nights were great. Wet the bed last night. Back to pull ups? See what happens a few more nights? I’m not alarmed by this, mostly happy to wait it out (my brother was probably 7 before he was dry at night), just trying to scheme what will work for this kid and also whether I should keep or return the giant unopened box of pull ups I would need to open.

At the suggestion of this community, I bought the book Amazing You to discuss my daughter’s private parts, etc. with her several years ago. She is now 8, and I’d like a more age appropriate resource I can go through with her. I could just talk with her, but I think she gets a lot from the book, and I appreciate the resource myself. So, any recommendations for books for an eight year old girl to discuss her body? Is this too young to truly describe where babies come from? I’m open to that as I’d really like her to feel comfortable having conversations about sex with me from a young age. I’m also open to her learning male anatomy now. But I also don’t know what’s recommended?

This is sort of an odd question, but here it goes. A number of couples in our social circle have gotten divorced recently, including people we’re close to: my sister (who we’re very close to), our next-door neighbors (whose daughter is DD’s best friend), and family friends (one couple was close enough to go on vacation with). My 9-year-old seems to be having a hard time with this and keeps “checking in” to make sure DH and I are okay, asking if we’ve ever thought about divorcing (no), etc. She’s seeing her cousins and friends moving from house to house, and it has affected how much time she gets to spend with them on weekends.

This morning, I was annoyed with DH over a very minor issue and I guess I let my annoyance show because Kiddo started tearing up and asking if I was going to fight with Daddy when he got home. Now … DH and I rarely fight at all, and if we do argue, it doesn’t last long and is not in front of the kids. We have a solid marriage and show affection in front of our kids. But clearly,the idea of divorce is weighing on my kiddo, and I’m not sure what to say or do, other than to reassure her that her parents are doing fine and she doesn’t need to worry. She’s asked for reasons why people get divorced, and I am absolutely not giving specifics about the people we know. With my sister and BIL, she has asked whether BIL is still her uncle, and I really don’t know how to answer that one. Our relationship with him will be limited to him being the kids’ father. And she knows that since the family friends divorced, we have only maintained a relationship with one-half of the couple (infidelity was involved, the marriage blew up spectacularly, one spouse showed their true colors).

TBH, DH and I are sad about some of these breakups, too. It’s been a lot of change to process, and adult relationships/friendships have changed irrevocably. And maybe that’s all I can do, to reassure her that it’s sad and it’s OK to feel sad. But it feels like I could or should be doing more, and yet I don’t know what that would be.

Talk to me about the world of braces. My 12 year old has been recommended to get braces. We have a quote. Is this like car shopping—do I shop around?
We were referred to this orthodontist a few years ago by our dentist and they have been seeing kid 1-2x/year to ensure there was enough space as kid’s adult teeth came in. Never recommended any intervention until now. I’m not opposed to getting them (I had them and am very happy with my teeth), just don’t know if I should be shopping around. I’m in a large urban area—finding another orthodontist isn’t difficult, just takes time (ha, time).

My husband and I have a meeting scheduled next week with our 4.5yo daughter’s teachers. I’m looking for some guidance or good questions to ask the teachers.

As background, E is our oldest, and she has an 8 month old sister. E is in her second year of a Children’s House program at a Montessori School. It follows true Montessori programming. E has attended the school since she was 2yo (she started in the toddler program for one year). E has a very strong-willed personality and is having trouble regulating her emotions when she gets upset. Some examples that the teachers have given are that she will yell “no” at her teacher or disrupt other students when she does not want to do what the teacher is asking. According to the teacher, E will also escalate. We do notice these behaviors at home and try to address them with consistent responses: ask E to please use her indoor voice, take a deep breath, walk away for a bit, divert her attention, and time out when she escalates. We always talk about why there are consequences, etc. We also have implemented a reward system (both small for good days and larger for good weeks). E’s teacher has been communicating with us on a daily basis over the last two weeks about E’s “defiant” behavior and “escalations.”

Over the last two years E’s lead teacher has had concerns. When E had just turned three, this teacher was concerned that E was not vocalizing her emotions, was not following directions the first time asked, and was not always finishing tasks that she began. The teacher suggested we have E evaluated. We did, and it turns out there were no language, social or other issues found. This year E’s teacher had concerns that E was not having appropriate social relationships. If a friend asked E a question (such as “how was your day?”), E answered but did not always reciprocate.

E attends before and aftercare at the school. We have not had more than a handful of reports in the last three years from the teachers that run those programs, and I think those were related to minor injuries but no real issues. E also attends a toddler program at our church every Sunday morning for a few hours. In over two years, the teachers have mentioned issues only a handful of times, and those were related more towards potty training. And, her Sunday School teacher is a former early childhood education teacher. We do recognize that E has big emotions, and as mentioned, we work with her on this daily. We have two flex babysitters that help watch E and her sister on in-service days at our house. One is a former daycare director, and one is trained in early childhood education. Both of them have recognized that E is strong willed, but there have been no actual issues that we know of.

We know of at least two children with the same teacher who have had similar issues. One child’s parents even pulled the child from the school last year because of these issues. My parents were both educators, and I truly support teachers. And, I fully recognize that E needs to work on appropriate. However, the feedback is coming from primarily this one teacher. Also, this teacher’s personality is extremely bubbly, and during parent observation nights, I can see how she is a bit of a micromanager.

I want to ensure I can ask appropriate questions next week about what expectations this teacher has, and what proper expectations for a 4.5 year old are. Any advice you have to prepare for this meeting would be helpful. Thanks!

When did your kid start wearing “real” clothes to school? My son is 3.5 and pretty much wears sweatpants and a long sleeve tshirt to school every day. I see most of the boys his age at school wearing jeans, but my son has a strong preference for cozy clothes as he calls them. I don’t think it’s a sensory thing because he will wear nice clothes for special events.