Maternity Monday: Secret Fit Belly Straight Leg Suiting Pants
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When I was pregnant, my mother-in-law generously took me shopping for a few nice maternity pieces. Luckily, most of my maternity wardrobe came in the form of several black garbage bags stuffed to the brim with clothes that were passed around to a few different friends. For work though, I definitely needed some quality pieces, and this pair of pants was one my MIL purchased. I even went the extra mile on these and hemmed them so that I could wear them with flats. These are a nice thick material and held up well throughout my pregnancy. I probably wore them at least twice a week, and they matched everything because they’re a very classic cut. They’re $98 at A Pea in the Pod. Secret Fit Belly Straight Leg Maternity Suiting Pants
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
Silly question, but are daycare tours ever like preschool interviews? In other words, can making a favorable impression during the tour bump you up on the waiting list? Or do they go strictly in order of who signed up first?
On the lines of daycare, a plea for anecdata. Baby (nearly 11 mos) has had 3rd settling in visit. They have you hang out in the staff room for longer intervals at each visit. My husband took him today and he made it for 5 minutes before they came and got him – he made it 20 with me last week. I get that their ethos is a gentle process but I can’t help thinking that after about 10-15 minutes of crying, he’d accept our absence and start playing.
How long did it take your babyto settle in?
Good morning! We are considering a trip next winter to an all inclusive resort in Mexico, like one of the Karisma resorts if anyone is familiar, with a six month old and a two and a half year old. We would be going with grandparents who are not very active or hands-on, but would likely hold the baby every once in awhile. It would be about a three-four flight. The resort would supply all cribs, high chairs, etc, not sure what we would do about car seats. I’m hoping the baby would be small enough to be pretty flexible and the our toddler, at the moment, absolutely loves the beach and pool. And of course we would probably all love a mid-winter break. But then I start thinking, well their nap schedules will be off, what if we’re stuck in the room the whole time, what if someone gets sick, etc.
Are we crazy? Has anyone done this and had recommendations on how to make the most of it? A swim up suite might be an option, which could be nice for us when one or both are napping. Or, a huge danger if our toddler wanders out there.
Anyone ever start a new job while still pumping? Vying for a job that would when my baby will be 10.5 months, so I really want to make it to the year mark. I wouldn’t bring it up until after I get the offer. What’s your experience?
Finally need to up my cupsize @ 6.5 months – I’m looking for a sports bra that comes in cup sizes (probably 34GG or similar). Would love to not pay $80 for this – any suggestions?
I am wondering if anyone has used a night nurse and would be willing to share their experience. I’m expecting #2 and I was a complete mess with #1. I think a lot of it was related to anxiety, which then caused me to be completely unable to sleep. My husband realizes in retrospect that he was not that helpful but I think he is concerned that an increasingly busy job combined with caring for baby #1 (now toddler) will prevent him from really being able to help much overnight with #2. Has anyone used a night nurse and found it was not very helpful? Anyone find it a complete lifesaver? TIA!
Do any of you have any advice/insights/whatever for talking to your kids about what’s happening with family separations? My kid is 3.5 and I try to keep her vaguely up-to-date, like “some grownups are letting dangerous things go into schools so kids aren’t safe! and the kids are saying, ‘hey, grownups, we need to be safe!'” type stuff. And anyway, this weekend I’m going to one of the Families Belong Together marches and she’s coming and I’m just wondering if there’s a way I can talk about this with her without gratuitously horrifying her. (She’s been waking up crying from a nightmare where ‘monsters take me away forever and i never get to see you!’ so it’s already a sensitive spot.)
Thoughts?
Also, I’d like to request that political disagreements go in another thread? I don’t know if that’s allowed under whatever the rules of the board are, but I’m looking for parenting advice, and I think my politics are pretty clear (family separation? detention of children? opposed to it.) so not really here to debate that, just here to ask how you’re having these conversations.
In line with the thread about travel up top, can we discuss flying with two? We’re debating a 6+ hour trip cross country when oldest will be a few months shy of 3 and baby would be about 8 months. We’ve previously gone on 2-4 hr. flights with oldest but my mind is overwhelmed at the logistics of 2 kids. This would be somewhere where driving is required so just the notion of packing 2 car seats, a stroller, etc., seems like so much. How do you all do it?
Another travel question! My husband has a conference in San Francisco later this year in October. Baby will be 11 months at that time. I’d obviously love to tag along, but am worried about the 5 hour plane ride and time change coming from the east coast. We just did San Diego in May and it was…OK, but definitely not great. I also got food poisoning which may have colored my view. I am really debating because of course SF has such good food, it’s generally expensive so going with the conference will help with cost (only one plane ticket vs. two, and lodging) but am really not looking forward to the flight or messed up sleep schedules.
Has anyone vacationed in Vancouver? Recommend? Would be with a child just turning 3.
Gift ideas for grandparents who flew in to watch an infant for the week while the nanny was out of town? I know from this board how rare this kind of backup help is, and I really want to get them something so they know how much I appreciate their help. My mom did 95% of the child care, so its fine if it’s more of a gift for her than my dad. They are late 60s, have a lot of money and a very small home, so I’m not sure about anything physically large. They don’t drink and I normally do candy or flowers for birthdays/Mother’s Day. I send photos of the baby regularly. Their main hobbies are reading and travel and they both have Kindles with lots of unread books on them.
Gift certificate to a local spa – manicure, pedicure, massage, etc.? If it’s anything like the weekend my parents just had watching my LO for the first time, they may be physically exhausted, sore, sleep deprived, and in need of some TLC. Or maybe your kid is way easier than mine. I will say when we got her back last night, she slept 8 hours straight, so I am unexpectedly grateful for their 2 days of no sleep, since it tuckered my gremlin out well enough for her to sleep well before I had to go back to work.
Yet another travel question! My husband has a sabbatical next year. 8 weeks off + 3 weeks vacation. So technically 11 weeks off. I have my usual 3 weeks off. But I have Ok from my boss to work remotely for a few weeks. I have always wanted to spend more time in Europe, and DH and I have been discussing where? He’s from eastern Europe, so we are thinking somewhere other than that region will be great. Since we’ll be in Europe, we can easily take a weekend to go visit family, or even have them visit us. We will have our currently 5 month old baby with us. Any suggestions for a family friendly, nice place? When to take this longish vacation? Air bnb or local rental?
Fyi, I am seriously considering Barcelona or Seville. I spent 2 beautiful days in Seville two years ago. Never been to Barcelona.
Thank you!
Looking for recommendations for your most fun and minimally cheesy baby shower games/activities. I’d really like to avoid anything that focuses on the sex/gender stereotypes of the baby. Thanks in advance!
I have a much older kid question–what should we do this week? The lad is off at scout camp until Saturday. Yesterday we had wine & Thai food and watched the Crown. Today we might walk 2 miles to the pub. What else should we do? I haven’t had this much free time in ages! Friday we are taking the day off and going to the Cloisters in NYC. If weather permits we’ll also get a long walk in as prep for our pilgrimage later this summer.