Washable Workwear Wednesday: Reversible Wrap Sheath Dress
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- 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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- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
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- 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?
Others on here with young children have described mood/rage and anxiety problems that I have definitely recognized in myself — looking to you guys for help. I have low-level anxiety about pretty much nothing in particular most of the time, and my anxiety spikes out of control when things actually get stressful. Sometimes but not always tied to those high-anxiety times are occasional bouts of rage about things that I should objectively be, at most, only annoyed at. I have a Mirena IUD that makes me have periods very briefly and rarely, and after many months I have determined that these problems are not reliably PMS-related.
Both my mother (who has treated-with-meds anxiety) and my husband (who has treated-with-meds depression) have urged me to get medication to help me manage these issues. I am finally to the point where I can acknowledge that I am not managing them well on my own, and I have an upcoming appointment with a GP, whom I’ve actually never seen before. (We have Kaiser Permanente [HMO]; I first asked my OB/GYN, but she directed me to my GP.) No surprise, I have anxiety about how the appointment will go and how many hoops I may have to jump through to get on medication, so any tips for how to approach this appointment so that I can get started on medication quickly?
Wondering if you guys can help me figure out what my DS is asking for – he says his summer camp has some “connectors” that they play with but that are not legos. They are sticks and circles (maybe?) that they can connect. He doesn’t know the name and the summer camp is over. They are colorful and plastic and have small balls at the end that connect to tubes (aka the “connectors”). He requested this for Eid – any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
We have two nannies right now – one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The afternoon one we’ve only had for about four months. Lately, my four year old is telling on them with each other. Telling the afternoon one that the morning one says she needs to do a better job with clean up (stuff that the four year old wouldn’t be doing, like kid laundry) and telling the morning one that the afternoon one lets her do things. Obviously addressing this with the four year old, but tips for handling the situation at home? The two have no overlap, just a hand-off. We let the existing nanny interview the afternoon woman to confirm she’d like her. But I think both are feeling insecure about it. I’ve tried just telling both we’re happy with them, but I think having two people watching my kids is just setting them up with two sets of rules and ways of doing things which is throwing everyone off if that makes sense.
Any advice on how to get through post-dinner, pre-bedtime dessert grazing?
We eat dinner as a family and afterward we all enjoy something sweet, usually a square of dark chocolate or something homemade. Then I go back for seconds, shielding my loot from the kids. Then thirds while they are going upstairs to start brushing teeth. Once we are all upstairs, I am fine and don’t go back for more.
Any advice on how to stop at just one? I am thinking brushing my teeth will help. Can’t do tea or anything that close to my early bedtime. Other ideas?
Has anyone figured out a way to make the Munchkin weighted straw cups leak milk everywhere? I love them for water, but if they drink a little milk out of one and then I set it on the counter, I come back to a small puddle. I assume it’s a temperature issue. This happened with my oldest too, so I relegated the cups to water only, but I’d really love to use them for milk with the twins. Any tips?
Vicarious shopping help? Maybe better for the main site, but thought I’d try here first.
I’m going to a summer party where the dress code is all-white (well, tones of nudey pink, oatmeal, beige, tan mixed in probably ok, but majority white). I have ZERO white in my wardrobe, never have (I’m a spiller, among other things).
Anyway, size 14 apple with a very large chest, willing to do flowy pants/top or skirt or dress. Prefer v-necks or boat necks. Looking at Old Navy/Target/Macy’s price range. Prefer to order online. Would prefer some sort of tone-on-tone pattern or embellishment somewhere to break up the . . . . whiteness of it all.
Anyone have any ideas or recommendations? Thanks!
What backpack do your elementary school kids use? I have a girl entering K and we just looked at the PBK catalog and all the ones she liked are sold out in the size she needs (large).
Uhoh. I literally just ordered a PBK one this morning for my son who will be starting Pre-K this year. We looked at all the choices together and (after he got over the disappointment that the construction print was out of stock in the right size) settled on a white/blue stripe with a rocket ship applique. I’m hoping that 1) “small” was the right size for a 4 year old, 2) it holds up to said 4 year old and 3) the white stripe doesn’t look dirty immediately.
I know it varies from kid to kid, but how long did your child take to go from first steps to walking confidently/no longer crawling? My 16 month old finally took her first steps last week but is still falling a lot and much prefers to crawl unless we explicitly stand her up and encourage her to walk somewhere.
I just posted about picking out a PBK backpack this morning and I’m sitting here worried about my very very anxious to be starting PreK almost 4 year old. I’m wondering just how normal this anxiety is.
He did 2 mornings a week preschool when he was 2 and 3 mornings a week preschool this past year. Starting in a month, he’ll go to public 5 day a week full-day public preK. So it isn’t like he hasn’t gone to school before. I’ve visited the classrooms and they’re warm and lovely with 2 teachers per 18 kids. I don’t know which specific classroom he’s going to be assigned to yet (and hence I can’t tell him which specific kids he may know in his class), but we did take him to see some of the classrooms in May and he played there and was pretty excited about their dinosaur and dress up collection.
But in the last month he’s started asking about whether he’s going to know anyone in his class. I have told him that I’m sure he will know someone in his class but that they haven’t posted the class lists yet so I just don’t know who yet. He keeps saying he wishes he could just go back to his old school (probably doesn’t help that baby brother is due the same week–so he’s got a lot to process in his 4 year old life) and he doesn’t “want to go to 4s.”
His birthday is the week before school starts and he’s started saying he doesn’t want to have a birthday because “he wants to stay 3 forever so he doesn’t have to go to 4s.” He literally cannot even talk about his birthday “because he is NOT turning 4 and going to 4s”–at the start of the summer he was planning what his cake would look like and now he can’t even talk about it. He was interested this morning in picking out a new backpack (which is basically the only school supply he needs) but he told me that he is “NOT going to use his backpack at school b/c he is NOT going to 4s.”
He has always skewed a bit towards sensitive (ask me about our several weeks of cookie monster related nightmares after seeing Sesame Street Live) and I know I’m probably hormonal at 35 weeks pregnant, and that of course he will be fine, but this is breaking my heart.
On top of that, I’m literally due the first week of school and I’m in a panic that I’ll be in the hospital on his first day. My husband or mom can of course take him but I’m just so nervous about it. Also, he’s been suddenly quite grouchy and extra–I don’t know if this is anxiety related or if he’s growth spurting or whether he’s so worried that he isn’t sleeping as well so he’s tired but….
Any advice? Any amazing books I could order on amazon right now and read with him? Any other mamas deal with this?
Any recommendations for a lunch box to send to daycare? My 15 month old is starting full day daycare soon and I’ll need to pack a lunch and send a water bottle. They don’t heat/cool the lunches so I’ll need to pack some sort of ice pack maybe. Or a thermos. I think they provide milk and a morning/afternoon snack. Also, does he need a backpack for daycare? I’m not sure what exactly he’ll need on a daily basis. He will have a locker where we can leave diapers and extra clothes. Thanks!
any recommendations for healthy frozen fish options? My kids LOVE Dr. Praeger’s Fishies and they are now impossible to find near me. I went to their website and the search function says I have to go to Brooklyn for them (I’m not even in NY). Anybody have an alternative brand option that their kids like?
Anyone know of resources for families moving to Philly? I’m specifically looking for info on childcare for an infant and 2.5 year old. Thanks so much!!
I’m headed to a wedding in TN in September. Anyone have any fun dresses they have recently purchased or are coveting? TIA!