Maternity Monday: Suzie Pencil Skirt
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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)
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?
Does anyone have any experience testing positive for the antibody that can cause hemolytic disease of the newborn? I am of course freaking out.
Does anyone have a Spectra S1 breast pump? I was thinking of getting it for my insurance covered pump to keep at work, since it’s apparently super quiet, but almost everyone I know is a Medela person.
Super gross question. One of my sons seems to consistently poop sometime in the middle of the night. I check on them when I go to bed, around 10:30 or so, and if I smell a dirty diaper, I’ll get that twin up and change him. But most nights they’re clean as of my bedtime. But when I come in in the morning, this one always has a dirty diaper and by the slightly dried/sticking to his backside/crotch I can tell it happened a few hours earlier. This is causing really bad diaper rash. The purple Desitin does a good job on it, but poor little man was walking funny this morning his diaper area was so red and sore. This happens at least 3-4 times a week, so the diaper rash never fully clears up before he has another bout. Since it seems to be happening at like 4:00am, I can’t figure out what to do about it. Any suggestions?
Related to the discussion on the main site on Thursday or Friday, do you love where you live? If so, why? We love our city and our region but the COL is high and housing is a bit of a nightmare, which has become much more glaringly obvious to us in the wake of having a kid. We talk about moving to some smaller city with a lower COL, but aren’t sure where that mythical city with a good job market actually is. I enjoyed reading about everyone’s perspectives on the main site, but would love to hear from parents where they enjoy raising their kids – or where you wished you were living instead.
What age did you wean your kids from bottles? We only use sippy cups during the day but still have a bottle in the morning and at night. I know the pediatrician said to stop at a year (she’s just over a year) but that didn’t seem feasible at the time. Now wondering if we should bite the bullet.
This is probably a really basic question, but I’m new to motherhood and pumping and can’t figure out how to make this work. We’re doing a 5-6 hour road trip with our then-six week old next week. I’d like to bring some bottles of pumped breastmilk in the car as an emergency tool in case of freaking out crying. Even apart from the trip, I’d like to know — if you’re used to warming the bottle, how do you give a baby a bottle of refrigerated breastmilk out of the house? And how long can we keep it on ice in a cooler in the car?
So my 3 year old woke up normally, got ready for preschool, had a bowl of cereal, immediately told me she felt sick, and then threw it up. I took the day off and prepared for a day of couch snuggles and puke buckets.
Whelp, it’s 2.5 hours later and she’s totally fine. A little ginger ale and 3 (!) pieces of peanut butter toast have stayed down fine. She tells me she feels great (which she did this AM
Until saying “mama mama I feel sick and bad!” And promptly barfing).
It’s 84 degrees and sunny out. Am i insane for thinking of taking her to the park / beach? She doesn’t seem sick at all. I had the same milk she had in her cereal and feel fine, so I don’t think it’s that. Maybe she just ate too fast?
Day is a wash for work anyway so if we can have an unexpected fun day I’d like to take it…
When do babies like reading books? I can’t get my 7 month old to sit still and read. She’d rather be crawling around and exploring.
Anybody have an audio-only monitor they’d recommend? I have a video monitor from #1 that is good enough, but doesn’t have enough range that we can bring it outside or to the basement/Rec room of our new house so we want an audio monitor with a big range to bridge the gap.
The reviews are all over the map so was hoping for first hand recs.
Do most babies really consume the same amount of milk after they start on solids?