Postpartum Tuesday: Essential Rollover Skirt
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Reader E wrote in to recommend her favorite skirt: “Someone recently asked about maternity leave clothes that aren’t yoga pants, and several people suggested knit skirts with foldover waists. I think this is my favorite knit skirt from Royal Robbins — it is a thicker knit than the Old Navy jersey skirts, and doesn’t hug every curve. It also has a little zip pocket that is just big enough for an iPhone or a key, if you’re carrying a newborn. Very comfy, and it hit me just below the knee — I’m petite with short legs, so it would probably be a modest knee length for all but the tallest women.” It looks lovely! It’s $50, and available in 3 colors. Royal Robbins Essential Rollover Skirt
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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?
Something about raising a toddler has lowered my patience for this year’s batch of summer associates. Either that or they are more annoying than previous classes. From the summer who proudly wanted to discuss my ex-husband with me because she knew him “very well” from a previous internship, to the summer who is sure that he knows me from somewhere and keeps finding me to discuss, to the summer who has a project from me and keeps finding “big issues” that aren’t big issues….I just don’t know if I have it in me this summer. I’m trying to dig really deep and pass along the patience that so many had for me when I was a summer. But I may be hiding in my office when I see a bunch of smiling faces in dark suits walking the halls in a pack.
Dear moms:
Nail wraps for the office: yes or no? I know what the answer would be on the main site (a resounding NO), but things are somewhat more realistic over here and I’m curious. Pre-baby, I loved giving myself a nice manicure. Post-baby, I haven’t done so even once. However, there is a mom at my daycare who is a rep for Jamberry and I have decided to order some nail wraps from her, just to try. So far I’ve ordered the plainest and most neutral ones I could find, but there are some super fun patterns that I love. But I am conflicted about it. The fun patterns don’t read as particularly “professional”, but on the other hand, if people are judging my work by my nails, I’m obviously not doing a good enough job.
What say you, o knowledgeable moms?
Thanks for the great feedback yesterday on two boys. I read the rest of the responses last night and shared them with my husband, and we are both encouraged by the responses. I think we are going to focus on keeping our home fun, busy, and engaged in the kiddos we have, rather than thinking that adding more kids will necessarily lead to happy, close adult siblings.
How do you deal with getting out of the house in the morning when you still have a young infant with an unpredictable sleeping schedule? My 11 week old daughter wakes up for the first time generally between 3 to 4 in the morning (although sometimes much earlier and sometimes much later), with the second wake up 2 to 3 hours later. I have to be out the door by 7 AM to get to work and it would best for both me and her if I could squeeze in the second feeding before we leave. I know that I’ll need to have as much as possible ready for me and her the night before (lunch packed, bottles ready, etc.), but it seems like it’ll be really difficult to know when I need to get up when I don’t know when the baby is getting up. Any suggestions from those of you been through it all?
Thanks everyone for the feedback! I appreciate the support and am pleasantly surprised about the respect for his wishes–I say that because I truly feel the exact same way, but my entire family and friends have encouraged me/pressured me to believe that since I’m the one carrying the baby, going through labor/delivery etc, that he should defer to me on this. But I do agree that it’s his child too and we’re in this 50/50, and I shouldn’t just get my way “because.” And that’s entirely how our marriage is (equal partners)–which flies in the face of many family members and friends whose relationships consist of the wife getting her way ALL the time. I’m constantly told that my hubby should be giving in to me on various issues from paint colors to furniture choices. I really appreciate the feedback re: it’s a surprise either way and of course we will love our child either way. It helps put it all in perspective because right now it does feel super important, but I don’t want it to become a thing. I guess I am mostly frustrated because I can imagine myself compromising and finding out now, but the possibility of waiting is not on his radar at all. His only plans are to both find out, or he finds out and doesn’t tell me (and I agree it will get back to me). I guess I’m just a little put off that it’s his way or the highway on this.
Another tech issue: disappearing comments.
Garnier ad is covering up the first comment again!
Help! Hubby and I can’t agree re: finding out our baby’s gender. I want it to be a surprise, and he wants to find out. I’ve explained all my reasons for wanting to wait; his reason is that he “just wants to know.” He won’t budge, his solution is that he’ll find out and won’t tell me. He also won’t promise that he won’t tell anyone like his mom or best friend. I’m afraid it will get back to me and I’ll be more disappointed when the surprise is ruined in 2 months via someone slipping, than me just finding out now. I tried the trump card, that I’m the one carrying the baby etc but it didn’t get me anywhere. Looking for suggestions or help from anyone who was in a similar situation. I asked my dr for advice and she said “discuss it more.” I’m frustrated and know he should be compromising and respecting my wishes, so please save the comments bashing him or concerned about what this says about our marriage–not helpful right now!
Pro tip: Don’t prepare to have a baby within a week of your anniversary. You will forget your anniversary. Even if you knew that this was coming for 9 months and intentionally scheduled the delivery to be as far from the anniversary date as possible, you will still totally forget about the anniversary.
I have a similar skirt from Target that is a maternity skirt… I’m actually not using it much for maternity at all (finding it has too much volume on bottom, and I already have plenty of volume on top!) so extra glad to hear it might be useful post-partum.
I have an international flight coming up soon with my 16-month old. Will be flying without dad’s help (please send good travel karma my way). I don’t normally allow DD very much screen time if I can help it, but all bets are off for this long flight. Any recommendations for videos, apps, games, etc. that I can download onto my tablet to keep DD amused? Also — this may be a stupid question, but can I use headphones with her (with the volume turned down low?). Don’t want to bug our fellow passengers with the noises from our games, but I also don’t know how delicate her ears may be. Thanks!
Tech note for Kat: That Garnier ad is still messing with the site formatting… I can’t see the top comment
Any advice on SOs with physically tiring hobbies?
My SO has taken up a hobby that takes hours at a time and is physically tiring, but not really fitness-related. He comes home tired and is less than happy to take over caring for our toddler. How do I balance not becoming ‘stuck’ on child duty all the time with understanding his social needs?
To make things less easily balanced, my hobbies are reading, internet games, netflix, etc. where I don’t really leave the house, so I am rarely gone. My only out-of-house hobby is shopping, which I am trying to cut back on for financial reasons. I’d appreciate hobby suggestions that work in a small town too :)