Maternity Monday: Rita Ribbed Sweater Dress
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I’ve adopted Universal Standard’s comfy, well-cut T-shirts, joggers, and jeans as a mainstay of my work-from-home uniform. I’ve always thought some of their stretchy pieces would make fabulous maternity wear, and apparently, they thought so too!
Now, Universal Standard has curated all of their pregnancy-friendly clothes under one, user-friendly tab. What’s even better is that all of it qualifies for their Fit Liberty program — within a year, if your size changes (which it will if you’re pregnant), Universal Standard will send you a new size for free!
There are so many pieces to choose from, but I particularly like this dress. I love its “dress up, dress down” versatility, practical pockets, and flattering V-neck that’s just screaming for a pendant necklace. Although I love wool, I know many do not, and this dress is made from a deliciously soft non-wool alternative blend.
The dress is available in merlot (perfect for the holidays) and black, sizes 4XS to 4XL. It’s currently on sale for $165 (marked down from $185). Rita Ribbed Sweater Dress
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
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?
Help! We’re on Day 2 of the Oh Cr*p potty training method but my kid is completely terrified of the potty. She’s used it before but something about it being Official Potty Training Time means she bursts into tears every time we suggest it. We’ve tried rewards and the Daniel Tiger potty episode, but nothing is helping. She’s been sobbing non-stop for about 3 hours now at the suggestion she sit on the potty. She’s not having accidents though – she’s stayed completely dry while naked and is just using her diapers at nap and nighttime, which is not terribly surprising because her daytime diapers have been reliably dry for a while now. What do we do? Do we try eliminating the nap diaper? I feel like it’s illogical to take away her nap diaper before she’s reliably peeing in the potty, but I don’t know what else to do.
The above question made me think to ask this. Has anyone had kids with very different ages share a room, or grew up like this? How did it go?
We currently have a 5 year old, and are contemplating a second, so they would be 6+ years apart. We definitely could not afford to move to a bigger place while we have major childcare expenses, which would be at least 4 years. So we are looking at a 10 year old and a 4 year old sharing a room, but it might be more like 11 or 12 and 4. We could switch rooms so that they have the bigger bedroom, but the layout would not allow it to be split very well. We have a large common living area, so I was thinking baby/toddler’s play area could be in the living room, with bedroom just for sleeping and older child’s stuff. Unfortunately, there’s no way to carve out another bedroom from the living area. Is this a really terrible idea and would it traumatize my older one? Spouse and I were both only children so we are having a hard time figuring out the dynamics of all of this.
I can’t share this in real life and I’m half excited; half terrified. After a lot of soul searching, DH and I have decided to start trying for kid two. (My two closest friends who I would ordinarily tell are both doing IVF and have both had recent miscarriages – so sharing seems not right at this moment.) Its just so nice to have something to potentially be excited about and look forward to. I’m on the older end and I had a high risk pregnancy with number one, so it might never happen, but just the prospect is so exciting. Potentially looking after two kids is almost more terrifying than looking after one. The further I travel into motherhood, the more I realize how many hidden rockstars are out there, and feel a bit foolish for not recognizing it before.
Any introverts have experience with au pairs? I think we’ll need one when we have a third baby, but the idea of someone living in my house isn’t thrilling to me. Am I right to assume that the au pair would be just as interested in having her own life as I would be in her having one? I’m ok with daytime presence, but I hope we’re not all plopping on the couch together w a bowl of popcorn to watch TV every night. (We would have a basement bedroom with a tv area and bathroom of her own.). Is this just a terrible idea for someone like me? Not sure we could afford an alternative.
Does anyone have a rec for a bunkbed? What features did/do you find helpful, particularly in the long run? And did you assemble it yourselves? We are looking to get bunkbeds for our 8 year old ad 4 year old who share a room (currently the latter is still in his toddler bed, but we want a more efficient floor layout). I think we would like to get a twin over full so that we can also use their room for guests if we need to. Do they make a twin over full where the full is perpendicular to the twin? I don’t think I’m using the right google search terms to explore this option. Thanks for the input!
My cousin asked me over the weekend if I had any book recs for a fourth grade girl. Any ideas? Classics or outside the box? My oldest is in kinder but we just finished reading Anne of Green Gables – together- so that’s what made her ask me if that helps!
This is an extremely random comment but I was catching up on one of the older threads from last week and saw someone asking for toddler TV recommendations. May I make an enthusiastic recommendation for Bluey?
It’s on Amazon Prime and Disney Plus – an animated show about a family of dogs in Australia. The episodes are short and funny and the animation is beautiful. It’s currently the only show that my husband and I don’t mind watching with our son (almost 3) and he also thinks it’s HILARIOUS. I appreciate the Mom-Dad dynamic – it avoids the Peppa Pig style “Dad is a loveable idiot” trope and doesn’t make Mom a killjoy. It also serves as a great example for the imaginative games you can play with your kids. The only hilarious downside is that in a recent game of Doctor, inspired by Bluey, my son just diagnosed my husband with “bum worms”….