Accessory Tuesday: Sadie Wedge 40mm
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Everyone sings the praises of Cole Haan Tali wedges, but the bow can seem a little fussy to me — so I much prefer these simpler wedges with the flexible foot. The snakeskin print featured here is a great neutral for a lot of different outfits, but note that they’ve also got black patent, black suede, beige suede, and more. They’re $179.95 at Zappos, and you can also find them at Amazon and Nordstrom in lots of colors. Cole Haan Sadie Wedge 40mm
A more affordable option is this lovely Franco Sarto wedge at DSW.
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Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
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?
Do you use an exterminator in your home? We have had a quarterly treatments at our house for the past few years and my spouse wants to up to the amount of treatments. I haven’t given it much thought up til now, but is it common to actually spray in your home? We have two toddlers and while we don’t spray their rooms we do spray the playroom.
For question re sleeping arrangements: agree with others to make a plan and then be flexible. It depends on your baby and your circumstances. For us,
First Baby slept in crib in own room, naps and nights, from the first day onward;
Second Baby slept in bassinet in our room for 4 months, then moved to crib in own room for all sleeping;
Third Baby was in bassinet in our room for 3 months, then crib (also in our room) still now, at 21 months. We are rearranging things to move Third Baby to one of the older siblings rooms (small house!), but in no huge rush. Third Baby is a good, quiet sleeper, unlike the older siblings were at that age.
Good luck!
I had a variety of minivans when mine was in the shop (sideswiped in the parking deck). The Odyssey is, hands-down, the best thing ever. Get the EX-L for the leather, which is so much easier to clean. They hold their value pretty well, so if you get one that is a couple of years old, you can sell it in 2-3 years if you really don’t want it as your forever car and recoup much of your cost. But the sliding doors are awesome when your kids are old enough to get themselves in/out of the car (school dropoffs when they go to elementary school). And it is big enough for easy diaper changes / having a small car potty when they are old enough to potty train (but you don’t want to lug a bunch of kids across a mall parking lot to look for a bathroom).
My husband has an SUV with 3 rows and I hate it. I can’t get into/out of it in a ladylike manner when either pregnant or in a skirt. And kids really struggle with big heavy doors (pinched fingers / me worrying about them ramming their door into another car b/c of the weird momentum it takes to get them to move if you are a kid).
If you needed similar in a car, the GMC Acadia is nice but so much harder to move around in which you need to do all the time with tiny kids.
Was anyone else dreading the end of their maternity leave, but then found that going back to work went better than expected? I’m due back in a month or so when DD will be 4.5 months old, and I want to cry whenever I think about going back to work and being away from her. I never thought I’d be like this but I really love being a mom and being with my daughter all day. I’m tempted not to go back at all, but I want to give working a shot because I invested so much in my career for so long and I believe I owe it to myself to give going back a serious chance.
Any words of advice/encouragement?
We have a kindergartner and are expecting twins, so we need a new vehicle that can fit 2 infant seats and a booster. I would rather not get a minivan. Is the only option an SUV with a third row? Any recs for something reliable and affordable?
People are really different about this, and I think you’ll get a lot of different answers. I thought I would have baby sleep by my bed until he was done nursing, maybe about a year, or sooner if he dropped night feedings. I thought I would do that so I could just scoop him up, nurse him, and put him back in his bassinet.
Turns out nursing was a huge fail, so that timeline didn’t matter, and also turns out baby was a loud sleeper, like made adorable little noises all. night. long. to where neither DH nor I could sleep. So baby ended up in his nursery after about six weeks. We had a monitor and the room was also right by our room, so we could hear if he cried or needed us.
Naps are really up to you– for the first few weeks you may want her to nap in your room while you are also napping!
My husband and I are expecting our first baby next month and I’m am curious how long the baby should sleep in our room (we’re planning to co-sleep with the baby in a bassinet, rather than sharing the bed with us). I plan to discuss this with my pediatrician – but since no baby yet, no pediatrician! I’d love to hear what worked (or didn’t work) for your families, any advice you might have, and recommended resources. Also, a related question: if the baby is sleeping in our room at night, does that also mean she will sleep in our room when she naps during the day? Thanks!
Breakfast at daycare or breakfast at home?
Do you send kiddo’s breakfast to daycare or feed them at home before you drop them off? I’m just starting to give my guy yogurt or oatmeal in the morning, but his morning nursing session already takes 20-30 min. I don’t really want to spend another 20 min fighting the spoon war with him, but when I brought his breakfast to daycare yesterday, she mentioned the other moms feed their kids breakfast at home. Hm.
I think she would give it to him if I insisted, but I don’t want to be difficult I guess. Do most people do breakfast at home?
The only thing that worked for us was my husband’s stubborn persistence. He just kept trying. We bought some different bottles, but that didn’t seem to matter – he ended up getting my son to take the ones we started with. Good luck, I know it is terrifying when you are planning to go back to work. You’ll figure it out eventually.
(And we were kicking ourselves too -my son was in the NICU for his first week so had lots of bottles early on, and then when we finally got him home I didn’t want to deal with pumping and washing bottles. Oh how I regretted it! Hindsight is always 20/20, and you know babies like to play tricks on you, so if it wasn’t this it would be something else. Hugs!)
I’m sure this has been asked before but I couldn’t find it. My 7-week-old is refusing the bottle – HELP! This is totally our fault for not practicing more…we tried one at 3 weeks and he was fine with it so we got complacent. He won’t drink from it at *all* — just gags like it’s the most disgusting thing in the world (he does the same thing with pacifiers, actually). So far his father (who is a much more experienced bottle-giver than I am; our other kid was a bottle champ) and I have both tried — no dice.
What worked for your bottle skeptic? I don’t really want to buy a million types of bottles but will if I must. Ugh I feel so dumb — every piece of advice out there is “make sure to practice a lot during the early days so they get used to the bottle” and we did not do that because we are lazy idiots.