Washable Workwear Wednesday: Scuba Sheath Dress
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Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
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?
We have a million high quality swaddles and are good on the car seat front- we’ll need a new one but for the older guys (a booster), not baby. We have a perfectly serviceable high chair- definitely not getting a new one this late in the game!
Baby is due in Late May/early June so no need for Easter outfits.
Would be interested in hearing your experiences with postpartum weight loss. With my first baby, I gained about 30 lbs during pregnancy, exclusively nursed/pumped, and easily lost weight to the point where I was down to 10 lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight about 6 months pp. After I stopped nursing (around 15mo pp), I slowly gained until I was back to my normal weight and stayed there until getting pg again.
With my second, I gained about 35 pounds, did combo feeding, and have been stuck around 9 lbs above my normal weight for the past 5 months or so. I’m currently just nursing evening, morning, and at night. I would like to continue nursing through the end of the flu season at least, and probably until around June when baby is 15mo.
I’m wondering if I can expect any changes to my metabolism/ability to get back to normal weight once I finally stop nursing. This has been so different from the last pregnancy so am curious what anyone else’s experience has been.
How early is too early to buy (and wear) maternity pants? I’m 7 weeks but most of my pants are feeling tight (it’s bloat – I haven’t gained any lbs.) (Also, half of my clothes are at the cleaners and not ready until Saturday so I’m looking for an excuse to buy a pair of pants for tomorrow and Friday. #lazy)
My grandmother and DH’s grandmother have been asking what they can get us for our new baby, due in late spring.
This is our 3rd girl. One has a birthday in the exact same month, so we have all the seasonally appropriate clothes. They are young, so all their gear is still totally usable/clean.
I cannot think of *anything* that’s a baby gift. We are going to buy a second (used) crib for my middle kiddo, but I definitely don’t want the grandmas to shell out for a brand new crib (it’s going to maybe have 6-10 months of use- middle May even be out of the crib entirely by the time new baby comes, but we don’t want to pressure her). We already have a double stroller and a few single strollers, already have a wagon and baby/big kid swings, etc.
All I can think of is boring disposable stuff (diapers, wipes) and stuff for the older girls- they’ll start sharing a room and could use fun new room decor.
We don’t have a name picked out or maybe I’d point them to some personalized stuff so #3 her own new stuff (step stool, blanket, that sort of stuff?).
Any ideas?! I’d hate to just say “money for the 529” because though it would be appreciated, it’s not a “gift” and not what they want to do.
Okay, so kiddo will be four next month. He’s been a good napper for a long time, but I think those days are coming to an end. The problem is that if he naps, he’s up and bouncing off the walls until after 9:00pm (bedtime is at 8:00. My bedtime is 10:00. He’s been awake past my bedtime some nights). Then awake again at 6:00am. If he doesn’t nap, he’s a crabby, teary monster. We’ve tried short naps, but he wakes up crabby from those and is then miserable the rest of the day. Help. What do we do?
Sigh. Saturday was my son’s 4th birthday, and it was also ‘parent’s day’ for his early morning gymnastics class (normally they make parents stay outside of the room during class because we’re too distracting.) Kiddo was bouncing off the walls before we even got to class because he was having a birthday party that afternoon, and he was a total mess during class – refused to line up, ran laps around the gym, kept running up to DH and I and yelling silly things (Poopypants is the current favorite.) All around disaster. The first time he came running by, I told him that he if he didn’t use his listening ears with teachers than we were going to go home … but he thought that sounded awesome, so, totally ineffective threat. The next time he came running by, I kneeled down to his level and told him that if he couldn’t listen, we wouldn’t be able to have his birthday cake later. THAT worked – too well. Total meltdown. I felt terrible because of course I wouldn’t actually cancel his birthday party, but in the spur of the moment I picked something I thought might actually motivate him to pay attention in class. It took 40 minutes to calm him down.
In retrospect, I’m not sure if maybe we should have just skipped class (too much excitement on an already exciting day) or if I should have just picked a more reasonable, motivating consequence (special snack in the car if you do a good job listening??) I sure felt bad about the meltdown.
I love Maggy London dresses in general but not too crazy about this one. I would have to see this one in person to tell if it looks cheap.
Just be glad he is eating that variety at home. It may be he’s less hungry at daycare. Or maybe they don’t reheat to his liking? Who knows.
Help me assuage the working mom guilt – food edition. My 19mo has basically stopped eating anything but prepackaged stuff I send to daycare. So, he’ll eat mandarin oranges, string cheese, animal or goldfish crackers (but not regular crackers), pouches (I try to send veggie ones so he at least gets a vegetable), applesauce, and these veggie quinoa cakes from Costco. He will NOT eat leftovers, even previous favorite foods like sweet potatoes, fish, even corn fritters he ate enthusiastically at dinner the night before. Is this something I should work on with daycare? Just ignore it and keep sending what I am sending? He eats whole foods at home for breakfast and dinner, but it is frustrating that he won’t eat the same foods at school.