Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Sitz Bath
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OK, so this one makes me cringe just having to recommend it, but I am assuming that those reading this site either have had kids, are about to have kids, or are considering having kids. We are all in this together, so here goes: I am recommending a sitz bath for those postpartum days. For those who don’t have a bathtub, or for those like me who have one but didn’t have the time to fully fill a tub and get in it as much as I needed to, this really came in handy. For those who have never had the pleasure of using one, it fits over your toilet and you fill the baggie with warm water and sit on it — like a mini bathtub for your sensitive areas. The baggie drains the warm water into the tub portion and you can fill and refill as the water cools. Soaking in warm water was, for me, what helped ease the pain and made me feel like I was recovering. It lives in the back of a secondary closet now, and when I happen to glance at it, the memories come flooding back. Childbirth is truly glamorous, right? This is $12.13 at Amazon and is eligible for Prime. Sitz Bath
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- 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
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- 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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Thank you for recommending stuff like this. Otherwise women are relying on word of mouth from friends and relatives to relieve the pain AFTER childbirth, which is not talked about nearly as much as the pain of childbirth. So then you end up evangelizing “get the blue numbing spray!” Or “tucks pads!!” To everyone you know who just had a baby.
You guys, you were right. Berlin is a toddler paradise. We had such a great time, amazing food, super accessible city, great playparks.
Looks like we are being real about the post partum phase today!
Currently pregnant with number two. I think I’d like to wear adult diapers after giving birth instead of giant pads. Any recommendations?
Should I get my 16-month daughter a potty? We’re not really interested in potty training this early but as a result of her predisposition to diaper rash we give her a lot of diaper free time every day and she’s learned to not pee or poop while she doesn’t have her diaper on – though not through anything we’ve done consciously. I think she gets stressed when she doesn’t have a diaper on but has to pee and while we always quickly put on a diaper when she indicates she has to go, I was thinking that having a potty she could use during diaper-free time might be less stressful for her. Anyone have any experience with this?
What are your favorite places to shop for baby (in my case boy) clothes? LO is 8 months old and pretty much lived in gifts and hand-me downs until recently.
What are your favorite places to shop for baby (in my case boy) clothes? LO is 8 months old and pretty much lived in gifts and hand-me downs until recently.
Any unique or particularity fun/cool/low key activities you have seen done at a baby shower recently? I’m throwing one for a friend in a few weeks at a restaurant. I don’t want to get tooooooo “game-y” but do feel like I should do a thing or two to make it special. Thanks in advance!
My just-turned-3yo is really into coloring with markers, which makes me think maybe I should invest in some other art-related supplies/activities. What does your kid like to do? Bonus points for “things that I do not need to assist with.”
Ladies – Suggestions for slip on-and-off commuting shoes? I typically drive to work, and a few times a month I take public transport to offsite meetings.
Details: Looking for something cute, comfortable, and can be statementy. Getting tired of wearing sneakers (especially as it warms). Have used Soludos in the past, which I loved, but I did find they frayed quickly so probably need something more hardy. I’m open with spending some money, but Rothy’s prices seem overblown to me, feel like I can get something in the low-end designer realm for the same cash. Have also used Tom’s in the past, and really liked them but open to something different.
Hi All. I’m not sure what I’m looking for here, advice I think, but also maybe just a reality check on whether this is normal. My kiddo is 3.5. We have a neighbor kiddo who is 4.5. Now that the weather is nicer and my kiddo is more into playing with other kids, she has sort of discovered neighbor kiddo. They’ve played together 2-3 times over the last few weeks as the weather has gotten nicer. Neighbor family is good, so no concerns there. Anyway, my problem is that I don’t love the dynamic between the kids. The age difference seems really exaggerated, but it could be personality differences too, I don’t know. My child is an only child, and neighbor kiddo is the youngest of many kids. In addition, my child has had more experience in groups with other kids (daycare vs. nanny who doesn’t take them out too much). Anyway, I feel like the other child tends to put my child down. I don’t think she necessarily means to; I think she is just 4.5. For example, my child drew “a city” on the driveway with sidewalk chalk over the weekend. She showed it to neighbor kiddo yesterday who said “that’s just scribbles.” In another example, they were kicking around balls “playing” soccer, and my child would say stuff and neighbor kiddo said “I know, you don’t have to explain it to me.” My kiddo tends to be sensitive to kids who are mean, so I’m hoping if this continues, it’ll work itself out (although it hasn’t bothered her yet). I plan to encourage playing with a couple other kids in the neighborhood instead (one is a friend from daycare/preschool a little further down the street), so kiddo maybe latches onto the problematic neighbor kiddo less. Any advice or thoughts? Are neighbor kiddo’s comments typical? Ideas on activities where the age difference might matter less? Thanks!
Ladies, thank you to everybody who chimed in yesterday about the work opportunity that I was struggling with. I really appreciated all the comments, both the positive comments and the reality-check comments. I also really appreciated the book recommendation. I picked it up on my way home and started to read it. I already feel like the book is going to help me reevaluate how I feel about the whole opportunity.
Now that I have slept on the opportunity for a few days, I’m going to go for it. Worst case scenario, I realize I can’t handle it all and step back. I would hate to have the regret of passing up the opportunity without even trying .
I’ve got 2 days left to my due date. I honestly feel OK, not great, but OK. My induction is scheduled for next week and I plan to work until my due date. My coworkers (well-meaning ladies) keep giving me shocked raised eyebrows and exclamations of “you’re still here!” Getting a bit old, but I just say cheerily “Yep, two more days!” or I say sadly “I know!! Why??” This morning one coworker was really getting worked up over it, and its annoying because I know my body and I know I’m OK to be here right now. I have a desk job and its not like I can’t leave if things start picking up. UGG people just leave the preggo ladies alone!
Can we have a thread of hilarious things your kid(s) have said recently?
We were having Easter lunch with friends, and the following interchange happened at the kids table:
Friend’s son (age 4) kept putting food in his mouth, spitting it back onto his plate, laughing hysterically.
My kid (age 4): *staring at him in mild disgust*
Boy : “ITS FUNNY!!!”
My kid, completely deadpan: I am not laughing, am I?
It was just perfect, hilarious, blunt, socially unaware 4 year old, yet also seemed like it would be so relevant at age 35 in an inappropriate joke situation.
Also, husband and kid were driving in the car, kid was eating a trail mix with nuts in it, husband called her a nut.
Kiddo: “Chapter one, I am not a nut! Chapter two, you are a nut!”
I have no idea where she got the chapter 1 and chapter 2 bit, but I thought it was hilarious.
For anyone who remembers my question a couple of weeks back about the yellow fever vaccine vs nursing: the travel clinic nurse did a bit more research and we figured out, based on baby’s age, that I could get the vaccination, pump and dump for about 2 weeks and then resume nursing. So I craftily scheduled my vaccination appointment for today, right before I leave on a (different) work trip, and now I don’t have to worry about storing and transporting the milk home, and then I just pump and dump for about a week after I get back. Best of both worlds indeed!