Maternity Monday: Knot Front Dress
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Seraphine’s most popular dress style is a classic, must-have piece for every pregnant woman in the summer months. It’s flattering, comfortable, highly-reviewed — and machine-washable. It’s available at Amazon in the pictured green as well as fuchsia, turquoise, and navy, and polka dot and purple floral prints; prices range from $89-$159 in sizes 2-14. Seraphine Maternity Knot Front Dress
Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines.
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus 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?
Looking for new shampoo/conditioner for my 3 year old. She’s got hair that’s just too static-y for the “all in one” drugstore type kid shampoos. She really needs a conditioner, which I can’t find for kids–all I see are danglers.
Any online recs? Or adult shampoos/conditioners that won’t burn her eyes if she gets some in there?
First time parenting a girl! What do I do about my toddler’s hair – it looks messy, and it falls into her eyes.
– Hair band? The ones I’ve found are either too tight (baby ones) or too loose.
– Hair elastics to pull into two ponytails?
– Should I attempt cutting bangs?
THANK YOU to whoever mentioned switching away from the pink-and-green L’Oreal waterproof mascara! The dark circles under my eyes from inadequate and rushed face washing are mostly gone (I still have two terrible sleepers, so they’re not totally gone)! I also switched from black to brown which probably helps. I picked…something else, I couldn’t tell you what brand.
My husband’s cousin is getting married two states away next month. I’ll be 28 weeks pregnant and barring any crazy complications, I’d like to attend. It would be an eight hour drive (all interstate) or an hour long flight with a two hour layover and then a 90 minute flight. Assuming cost is not an issue, which would you do?
Anyone have recs for good face masks for postpartum? My LO is almost a year and my skin is just…not what it was before I was pregnant. I don’t even know what it needs, hydration, I think? I can’t afford to try a bunch of different pricey ones, so I’m asking the hive.
I got this dress in coral for $45 (pea in the pod sale) and wore it all the time.
With 8 month old – would you prefer to do a 7 hour drive or a flight with 1 layover?
Sleep question here: my second baby is just shy of 5 months. From about month 2-4, he went to bed between 6 and 7, had a dream feed around 10:30, and then woke up after 6:30 for the day. 4 month sleep regression hasn’t been terrible. He still goes down for bed at the same time, still gets a dream feed, and then when he does wake up crying (about half the time, but more frequently the last week or two), it’s anywhere between 4:00 and 5:30 and I nurse him. If he wakes after 6am, we call it morning and get him up.
We’re getting ready to sleep train but I’m not sure what to do. Should we wait until he’s back sleeping from the dream feed until morning more consistently and then drop the dream feed? Drop the dream feed, nurse when he wakes up for a while, and then drop the middle of the night session? Drop them both cold turkey?? Other imp info: he just learned to roll back to tummy last night in his crib. And we did sleep training for bedtime already, so he knows how to put himself to sleep and back to sleep (I let him cry for 10 mins before going in and sometimes he’ll do it). Thx!!
Forgive the cross-post, but I thought this group would have valuable insight.
So I’ve got a pretty great problem. I’m about to go onto maternity leave with our first baby in a few weeks. My boss, on her own, said that she wanted me to know that, while she certainly wasn’t pushing it, she would be open to me working four days a week at 80% pay — or working four days a week at 100% pay (by putting in longer hours on those four days).
Personally, I’ve wanted to work less when the baby was here (really, I wish I could find a way to work three days at week but I don’t see that happening) but I’m worried that the first scenario (4 days a week at 80% pay) would just mean a pay cut and no real reduction in work. But I’m also worried that signing up for 4 days a week at 10 hrs/day is going to feel like too much schedule-wise with a new baby.
For what it’s worth, I’m going back when the baby is 4 months old and I can work from home most days. (I know, I’m extremely fortunate). Other missing piece of the pie is that I currently make about $125K and my husband makes $85K in a “medium” cost-of-living area. We can afford either scenario but would definitely have to cut back a little more if I took a 20% hit. And it doesn’t seem like our daycare costs would go down because part time is 3 days a week. Thanks in advance!
This is a cute dress, love that color.
Kat/Kate: When I clicked on the link for this s*te from the main, it was blocked on my work computer. Works fine when typed out. Just posting in case there is something wrong with the link. FYI.
I splurged on this dress in two colors during my pregnancy and loved them – even appropriate for court with a blazer or depending on type of hearing and personality of the judge, just a cardigan. I have them both packed away in my “just in case” box despite no immediate plans for another pregnancy.