Splurge or Save Thursday: Shea Butter Hand Cream
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During the fall and winter, I keep tubes of hand cream everywhere — on my desk, in the bathroom, in my purse… Those little tubes can add up, so I’m always on the hunt for cheap, but effective, hand creams.
One I have sitting on my bathroom counter right now is Eos’ Shea Butter Hand Cream. I find this cream absorbs quickly and doesn’t leave any greasy feeling behind. I have lavender, but there are several other scents to choose from (I’d like to try Pink Citrus).
It’s also a “clean” product — no parabens, no phthalates, and it’s not tested on animals.
This hand cream is available at Target for $2.99.
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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- 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?
My husband is taking his first work trip (!) since Covid. We have two kids (one of whom is a 20 month old who is suddenly waking up in the middle of the night regularly?!), and I am dreading the week ahead. Other than stocking up on easy meals, any other suggestions for making it an easy week?
Hi everyone. I saw the thread yesterday where people mentioned how breastfeeding made them feel like they lost bodily autonomy and it got me thinking. I’m less than two months out from my due date and have been reading a bunch about breastfeeding and… I just don’t know. I’m pretty crunchy in general (aside from being very much into modern medicine) and had always imagined myself breastfeeding when the time came. But after a long period of TTC followed by infertility treatments and then pregnancy, I’m kind of over having so many of my lifestyle choices and demands on my body being dictated by having a kid. The feminist in me is also relatively annoyed by the biological fact that between my husband and I, I’m the only one who goes through the more invasive and time-intensive fertility treatments, goes through pregnancy, and can breastfeed. I’m glad I’m ABLE to do those things, don’t get me wrong… but there’s no meaningful way to divvy up that work!
All of that being said… I think I want to give it an honest try for at least 4-6 weeks (because I do know a number of people who had a relatively easy go of it and even enjoyed it, and maybe that’ll be me, too), but I’m trying to give myself permission now to throw in the nursing bra if it’s not working out and not beat myself up over it.
If breastfeeding does work out, would it be feasible for me to combo feed with the goal of not having to pump at work when I return around 16 weeks and to be able to FF baby at daycare and at night, or is that not enough time to establish a supply? I guess in that case it would look something like nursing in the morning and the evening only.
Thoughts? Anyone feel similarly? Thank you for reading my novel!
Definitely possible but will depend on your individual supply.
I felt the same way before birth of my LO (now 3 months old). About a week after I found I enjoyed BF more than I thought I would. I do combo feeding to take the pressure off being the only source of nutrition.
Whatever you choose to do is valid and great for you and baby! Fed is best.
Satin sleep cap or satin pillowcase? For a 1 year old.
Gorgeous curls, super healthy hair with no breakage, mostly doing it because I know I’m supposed to.
Before I just order 5 from Amazon, any specific suggestions?
What do most people do with the week between Christmas and New Years with very young kids? This is our first year with daycare closed and it’s hard to think of what to do given we’re pretty covid cautious and have a 1 year old. We’ll spend the first weekend doing Christmas with my family but no other plans.
I am the OP from yesterday’s breastfeeding thread and wanted to check back in. Thing #1 is you made my anxiety around this so. much. better. Thank you for countering some of the stressful LLL statements that formula would be the beginning of the end. I cluster fed through the 6:30-8:30 fussing, and then we gave 3.5 oz of formula last night as part of bedtime. (Bonus — DH fed the bottle and sang to her). She slept 5 hours! I have no idea where we will end up in two weeks, but for now, combo feeding is so much nicer. It’s also what I originally hoped to do, so I feel much better. Thank you!
We took our 22 month old to the dentist for the first time and it turns out he has a fused teeth on the bottom as well as a tongue tie. I’m not so concerned about the teeth but I’m a bit concerned about the tongue tie. Kid was screaming through the whole visit so by the time the dentist finished and discussed what she saw, I was so rattled trying to calm the kid down that I couldn’t really process what she was saying. Kid is on track developmentally with the amount of words he speaks, but we do notice that “R” and “D” seem to be hard for him to pronounce. I hadn’t thought much of it because he’s still so young, but how do we know when this is an issue? He’s not due for another doctor’s check up until December, so I’ll ask about it then but if anyone has experience with this, I’d be interested to hear. Thanks!
Does anyone else have a high needs kid that just absolutely cannot handle full day school till 3 and after school till 5:15? My 3.5 yo needs 1 on 1 attention basically at school and they can’t do that in after school…we have a nanny that watches baby during the day and both from 3-5:30 (but it’s a pain to pick him up bc nanny doesn’t drive and not to mention cutting our workdays short!) we are getting all sorts of behavioral and ot evaluations but am I just destined to limit his schooling to 3pm forever and also employ a full time nanny? He absolutely needs to be in a school setting (and not in our 2br apt) so a nanny to watch both is not a solution for us…
If you’ve ever pulled a tick off your kid, did you send the tick to a lab for testing? Pulled one off of 3 YO’s shoulder yesterday. It was very, very small. It is now in a bag. Wondering if I should send it to a lab. Thank you!
My 3 year old has started talking in the most bizarre combination of a baby voice + Cockney accent almost 100% of the time. What’s the fastest way to get this to stop – ignore, or constantly say “I don’t understand you, try again in your regular voice?” the latter is hard to be consistent with and I’m worried it might be drawing extra attention, but this is surprisingly frustrating!
For the last few weeks my 4 year old has been throwing huge fits about going to preschool – yelling, hitting, kicking, refusing to get dressed. Once she is there she walks right in to play with her friends and teachers say she is engaged and fine during the day. When I ask her what’s going on in a calmer moment, she says she misses me and likes home better. Any suggestions on how to make getting there less fraught?
My 14 month old is suddenly waking up multiple times in the middle of the night screaming hysterically, arching his back like he is in pain, and generally inconsolable. It’s horrible and I have no idea what to do. He’s fine during the day. Help?
I am pregnant and need to share that news with my boss in the next week or so before I see them at an event and it’s obvious. I’m having a really hard time mustering the courage. They are generally very family friendly but for some reason I have this idea that they are going to be mad or disappointed because this is going to interfere with my career trajectory at a pretty critical moment. I also think part of me feels like this is the beginning of the end for this job – it’s hard to imagine keeping up with it after a second kid. Any advice?
Thanks for your advice earlier this week! I passed my proposal today so I am ABD :)
Congrats!