Maternity Monday: ‘Shannon’ Maternity Dress

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A woman wearing a Shannon Maternity DressWe’ve featured a couple of Kimi and Kai dresses before — the brand has comfortable, affordable workwear like this stretch-jersey dress. It’s a pretty simple dress that you could dress up or down, it comes with a removable belt, and it’s machine washable. Pleats like this aren’t that common in maternity dresses, so it’s nice to see something a little different. The dress only has one review so far, but it’s very positive and notes that the style is flattering. It’s $88 at Nordstrom and comes in black, purple, and bright green in sizes S–L. Kimi and Kai ‘Shannon’ Maternity Dress This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

Sales of note for 9.10.24

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

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

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Rather late, but remember that Old Navy dolman sleeve maternity dress from a couple of weeks ago? On the enthusiastic recommendation of folks here I ordered two. They’re a bit baggy for my 18-week bump so I’m not breaking them out regularly yet, but they are cute and fit well!

Anyone have a good experience at a kids salon? This would be my son’s first cut…

Re: adult ADHD (can’t reply properly on my phone)

My DH was diagnosed as an adult. His therapist said she sees ADHD as a positive brain adaptation to certain time periods/cultures/lifestyles that just doesn’t provide those positive benefits to most modern office workers/parents. So medication is a good coping strategy if you can’t realistically change your entire job and lifestyle.

DH started on the lowest dose of Adderall and from my perspective, all his most annoying characteristics immediately disappeared, and from his perspective, his mild anxiety + depression got 90% better because he felt subtly more in control of his life. Made me a big believer in trying meds for adults who think they might have ADHD.

Divorce attorney recommendations for Richmond Va? Wife is a SAHM and husband just asked for a divorce. Thanks.

I’ve posted before from my experiences as an adult with ADHD. One thing I’d look for are what things trigger him into sensory overload? There are certain things I find extremely challenging and they can put me in a bad mood for a few hours. If I was an 8 year old, the response would probably be a tantrum.

My number one struggle is the grocery store. There are so many sights and sounds and smells and colors and choices and people! So many people. Everyone’s in a rush, everyone is trying to get by, everyone seems to need the same thing in the same aisle at the same time. If you can find a similar trigger, maybe you can find a way to take that out of his life for now. He waits in the car (when old enough) or you get groceries delivered or you go on a day Dad watches him. If he has to go, maybe you let him use noise cancelling headphones and ride standing on the back of the cart so he’s always out of the way.

I also get irrationally angry when I’m cleaning. I try to break the tasks into smaller tasks and it takes a lot for me to not fall off into a completely different task. This past weekend I started out cleaning one sink and one toilet and ended up scrubbing a cat door and two regular doors as well as my washer and dryer and then was exhausted and miserable with no energy for the chore I still really had to do – mopping my floor. I got it done but then had to sit alone in my room for awhile to decompress before I could get ready for friends coming over.

“Get ready” can also be overwhelming. Sometimes I wish I had a life coach to just stand next to me and talk me through each step, keeping me on task. Brush your teeth. Good. Now take your meds, good. Put on clean underwear. LOL. The stress of forgetting something is always ticking away in the background.

Another post regarding the multiple children question…can anyone share anecdata if you seriously considered having another child but ultimately decided not to?

Question – does anyone get kid help from neighbor friends, and how do you keep the favors even? A few ladies in my neighborhood have mentioned being willing to take my daughter to the bus stop occasionally. I took one of them up on it once but I don’t want to take advantage of their kindness. Any idea for things a working mom can do to help out in return? Feels weird to offer to pay but I’m willing to do that too.

I could use some recommendations for sippy cups. At our 1 year check the pedi said to start offering most liquids in a cup (looking at you, day care!) He drinks water from the Take N Toss cups, but he definitely enjoys tossing them and the lids come off. That’s fine for water but not for milk. We had some of the 360 cups but he didn’t get it and he’s big into chewing lately so I’m not sure those are right either. He can’t quite drink from a straw yet but I’m not opposed to teaching him. I just want something that doesn’t spill when he drops it…4x per meal. Tips? Try the 360s again?

And you said you weren’t ready to address the smell, but just throwing it out there that I think your husband telling her she needs to change clothes before stepping foot in your house with such a young baby would be totally reasonable as well.

Could use some advice in dealing with my in laws. I’m in the northeast. They’re in GA. Baby is due first week of May. Our first child and their first grandchild. SIL lives in Asia and has a long term boyfriend, potentially soon to be fiancé? DH and I haven’t met him.

We have a small (1,600 SF) 3BR, 1 BA home. One guest room with a queen bed and no room for much else.

SIL and BF want to stay with us for 7 nights in mid June. MIL and FIL want to come up at the same time. Baby will be maybe 7 weeks old, depending on actual birth date. All are well intentioned, but not helpful in the slightest. MIL is also a smoker and while she smokes 4-5+ cigarettes outside per day when she visits the smell is god awful and tracks with her. That’s a whole other issue I’m not ready to navigate..

I refuse to have 4 house guests/people crashing on my couch, which is their strong preference. DH is completely on board with that and is actively working on setting that expectation.

My gut is always defensive and “no” with them – I recognize this and am asking the wise hive if having two house guests with a 7 week old is nuts. It would prob be SIL and BF I’ve never met, mostly because of MILs smoking. But on the other hand feeding, my hormones, lack of sleep, etc with someone I’ve never met in my tiny home is also unnerving. Am I being crazy? DH is supportive and will have the hard conversation with whomever based on the final decision but I don’t know if saying no house guests with a 7-8 week old is way too harsh, even if it is my gut reaction. Thoughts?

Taking our first flight with LO (almost 7 months) tomorrow. Contrary to my mother’s instructions, we are not drugging her with benadryl, and contrary to my aunt’s instructions, we are not bringing goody bags for all of our seatmates. I feel like everyone was a baby once and can just get over themselves (we too would obviously like to minimize the crying, however much there will be). Cross-country flight + first class with a lap baby, but hoping it will go well. Send good wishes!

Llama Llama Misses Mama — yes or no?

I’ve got a just-turned-three year old and she loves Llama Llama. I travel for work and am, in fact, going away for a week in a week. I wanted to buy her the book but my husband is scared it will make her too sad. She *is* a sensitive little fish, like was moved to tears by the “sick feet” in that Dr. Seuss foot book (like, “slow feet, quick feet, something feet, sick feet”). But I thought it might be helpful.

Anyone have birthday gift ideas for two 2 year old boys? One is a friend and the invite says no gifts, so just something small/token to bring. The other is a family member so more in the $30-40 range, and would love something somewhat unique – they already have most of the usual suspects/classic stuff.

Looking for Amazon accessible. TIA!

Can we talk about bouncy seats? I never really bothered with any fancy contraptions with my oldest; we had one of those fisher price loungers someone gifted us and then borrowed a swing and excersaucer from friends, but my daughter never cared for any of it beyond ten minutes here or there. But the new baby like to be held/rocked and I’m finding myself looking for ways to contain him when I need to deal with my daughter. I no longer have excess to the excersaucer and don’t want the swing given how much space it takes up.

Im finding myself tempted by the Baby Bjorn bouncer or one of those 4moms loungers. Are they really worth it? Am I just buying into the aesthetics?

Has anyone been through an ADHD diagnosis with a kiddo? How long did it take to get a definitive answer? We started the process about a month ago, starting with the pediatrician. It is frustrating, emotional and I just want answers. We’ve filled out the Vanderbilt, Connors, and another evaluation, as have his teachers. The teachers’ evaluations don’t match ours — based on ours, he’s rated clinical, and based on theirs, he’s borderline or normal. Which, given the emails we’ve received from teachers and principals the past 3 years about his many issues with impulsivity, doesn’t seem accurate at all. His psych agrees. So kiddo is doing several more in-person evaluations with her, and the school psychologist has to see him, too. I have very little faith in the schools at this point, so we’ll see how that goes.

And if it’s not ADHD, what the heck IS it? He struggles mightily with impulsive behaviors, and it’s affecting him at school, at his after-school program, with friends, and with us. I’m worried that his mood swings are getting worse, not better. I love him dearly and he’s an amazing kid, but incredibly difficult to parent. Parenting him and his sister is just a night and day difference, and it’s not because she’s so chill and laid-back. It’s to the point where I’m almost hoping for a diagnosis so we have some real direction on how to help him.

We like his psych a lot and she has a great relationship with our pediatrician, so I’m trying to think of all the positives of having that team on our side. And the psych says our ped is not one to over-diagnose. It’s just hard.