Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Side-Zip Maternity/Nursing Sweater
This post may contain affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
It’s sweater weather! This ribbed tunic will take new moms and moms-to-be from casual Fridays through weekend errands.
This soft, long sweater stretches with your bump and includes a side zipper for easy nursing or pumping access once your little one arrives. Add sleek cigarette pants for a casual office or leggings for the weekend. It’s also machine washable (because you have other things to do).
Ingrid & Isabel’s Side-Zip Maternity/Nursing Sweater is $98 at Nordstrom. It comes in XS–XL and is available in asphalt (dark gray) or beige.
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+
Our state 529 plan doesn’t seem to have had that much growth…about 10% total since early 2020, which is way less than the market has grown in the same amount of time. Is this normal? I guess it is more conservatively invested than our retirement funds, because we need the money sooner (college is a little over 10 years away; retirement is 25-30 years away).
does anyone have a recommendation for an NYC based bakery that can do custom iced sugar cookies to give as party favors for a baby shower? Thanks!
Moms, I could use a hug. Most of the time I feel like I’m doing OK juggling being a solo mom to a toddler and having a big job. Maybe I’m in survival mode but I’m surviving, and life is so much better than when my child’s dad lived with us. But this morning just kept kicking me. I tried my best to have everything prepped and organized the night before. But the dog refused to go p*tty because it was raining. My normally angelic toddler (I know, an oxymoron for sure but she really has been so sweet up until now) probably sensed that I was rushed, refused a diaper and peed on the floor, and had had a blowout p*op overnight that was all over her bed and sleep sack. Then the bag I used for her messy diaper split open, twice! Spilling the contents on the floor. Then I sliced my finger open on a kitchen knife. Had to rush the toddler to preschool where she bawled her eyes out at dropoff. And now I am on the train late for a meeting with my boss where I need to make a pitch for the continued existence of my team. And I am dreading the holidays because my ex is coming to stay with us for 10 days. It’s better than letting him take out girl somewhere else where I can’t keep an eye on things, but man I’m not looking forward to it.
Thanks for letting me vent. Today is a “left foot, right foot” kind of day, just focusing on moving forward.
i just got a text from my daughter’s teacher that her lunchbox at school was empty…DH filled the lunch bags with the empty lunchbox from the drawer rather than the full one from the fridge. i also specifically asked him this morning if he had included the ice packs bc he often forgets and he said yes…so he sent our kids to school with empty lunchboxes with ice packs.
i was the poster yesterday with the 5.5 year old twins who are basically a hot mess express and engage in more physical tantrums now than at age 2. i’m not opposed to time outs per se, but when my kids are behaving like this i don’t think they have the capacity to think like if i do X, my consequence will be Y. it’s like they are in a certain ‘mode’ that is instinctual and not able to think/control themselves
Just need a gut check here: at parent/teacher conferences, our daughter’s K teacher told us she is taking way too long to finish their handwriting worksheets and sometimes she has to finish them in the morning when the other kids have playtime. I fully believe that she is super slow at the worksheets – she’s a perfectionist and generally does not like to be rushed. I’m thinking that I will ask the teacher to just give her the same time in school as the other kids and to send home what she doesn’t complete and we’ll do the practice at home. Any negatives to this that I’m missing? I get that she needs to get faster but I don’t want her missing out on socialization.
My son does really well with drop off play dates. Is there a way to invite his friends over for a drop off play date directly? Things are so busy now and it is too much to chit chat with them for 2 hours every time there is a play date, but it seems that every play date the moms linger. But I don’t want to be rude and say “come back in 2 hours!”. He is in K. Some of these would be friends of ours and I think that’s easier (I usually say oh drop Johnny off if you need a break and they are happy), but he has friends where the moms and I don’t know each other super well where he has only had a play date or too; and also others from daycare he still sees where I feel like the moms and I don’t have much in common so it’s not so fun to hang out.
So we’re (me, DH, 4 YO) traveling to see my dad for the holidays this Friday to stay for a week. However, my dad just fell and broke his arm, and is currently in the hospital. We’re expecting him to be home by Friday. I’m not even sure what questions I have here, but just… has anyone been in a similar situation, and what should I be planning for? I already set up a grocery delivery to arrive a few hours after we do on Friday, so we won’t have to worry about going to the store. Also, I know it’s awkward, but any advice on how we can set up some procedures for what happens if he gets hospitalized again while I’m not there — this time, I had to call around to hospitals to figure out where he was because he left his phone at home when the paramedics came to take him to the hospital. Also, do I need to start worrying about power of attorney type things? Thank you!
How do you guys do Christmas gifts/Santa? Or Christmas traditions in general? My kid is almost 3 and this is the first year where we’ve really been thinking through stuff, so I want to hear all the details please! Number of gifts, how you throw them off the scent, what’s in the stocking, what you leave out for him to eat etc etc, whatever you want to share!