Finally Friday: Mini Battery Operated Fan
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Sure, it’s disgusting and gross outside, but this shouldn’t concern YOUR little prince (or princess), amiright? This battery operated “stroller clip-on fan” looks great, whether for the stroller (or, fine, the bedroom, where sleeping is a concern) or even (gasp!) for you in your office or on your commute. The fan is $12.99 at Amazon, available in blue, black, and purple. SkyGenius Mini Battery Operated Fan
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Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
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?
It’s the last day of the annual week-long daycare shutdown, and can I just say: after spending the better part of a full week with my charming, adorable 3 and 1.5 year old kids (when, of course, it has largely been way too hot to spend much time outdoors, 9 months pregnant or not)… Monday cannot get here soon enough. Full time childcare would be worth it even at twice the price.
I am taking my daughter (a year and a half) on a flight, then we are staying in a hotel for a week, and then flying back, obviously. I flew with her when she was a little squishy thing, and it wasn’t that hard, but now that she’s fiercely mobile, I’m worrying!
Advice? I am mostly worried about how to keep her happy, or if not happy, un-miserable, on the flight. We didn’t buy her a seat, but she’ll have two parents on the plane to bounce between.
I bought her some kiddie headphones but she’s never used them before. We probably need to practice, eh?
Any experience with those coloring books where the pen is just water?
And then, any advice on living in a hotel room with a baby for a week? (Why did I think this was a good idea?!) I think I’m planning on getting familiar groceries when we get to the destination, at least for breakfast and snacks.
Any tips on dealing with favoritism of grandkids? My mil spends two full weekdays with my sil’s two year old and has since he was born. She commutes for over an hour each way to do it. Our son is only 3 months old but she’s really stingy about time with him, and we live in the same town. For example, she’ll volunteer to spend a random time period with him (say two to four on a Saturday). Shell make a huge deal about how we should go have a date. She’ll show up at two thirty, then when we return at four she’ll stick around chatting for another hour. So it’s evident she wasn’t busy. She and I have never been close, but I was hoping she would have a close relationship with our son. Now, I’m so hurt at her stingy efforts, I kind of want to avoid exposing my kid to her at all. I imagine it will be so sad for him to find out how much she favors the other grandkid. My husband says we should ask to “take over” one of his sister’s days but I think that would backfire and we are already paying for prompt and professional childcare.
Recommendations for maternity coats? I know I’m kind of off-season here, but I didn’t get one during my last pregnancy and later regretted it when it was freezing out and I had nothing that could cover my tummy. This time around I’ve decided to splurge on a good coat. I’m looking for a winter coat the triangle insert thing so you can wear it for both maternity and baby wearing. There are a few options on figure8maternity, but does anyone have a specific recommendation? (Or, anyone want to sell me a gently-used one??)
I’ve been thinking about the “Maternity Leave/Paternity Leave Expectations” thread from yesterday, and it occurred to me that I would have been (and would still be) so upset if I requested that a partner prepare dinner, and he/she handed me a bowl of cereal. Not because that is an objectively inappropriate dinner selection, but because “acts of service” is my love language, so asking a loved one to prepare dinner for me is actually asking for a display of care and affection and not simply delivery of nutrition.
So, OP, if you are reading this – if you’re actually feeling unloved because your to-do lists are going undone, think about how to communicate that to your husband without piling on a laundry list of overwhelming “responsibilities”. Maybe you don’t need him to run through a whole to-do list regularly; maybe it would be enough that he consistently empties the trash (or the diaper pail) and gives you a kiss on his way out the door.
And hugs. Having a tiny baby can be a lonely place.
We are finally biting the bullet and figuring out childcare for after our kid is born. We’ll need to get a nanny for about 3 months right when I go back to work in March, and then we’ll start daycare in September (we won’t need childcare for the summer, and most centers seem to make you pay for the summer even if you’re not using it, which is why we’re going to start w a nanny). Questions:
1) how did you find your nanny and do you think it would have been impossible to find someone for the short term or who was willing to work only during the school year? If it works out, we’d be open to just staying with the nanny once our summer childcare ends, but we don’t want to commit to that yet
2) how much do you pay the nanny for 5 days/week? We’d do it on the books and live in a HCOL area–suburb of big east coast city.
3) do you think it would be a deal breaker for your nanny if one of the parents worked at home and there was a low-maintenance dog at home?
Thanks so much! I feel totally in the dark on this.
So I’m in the in-between stage of my pregnancy where my regular clothes don’t fit quite right but I’m not big enough for maternity clothes yet either. I tried on some dresses at the store in a size larger than my usual but it just ended up highlighting my belly by looking baggy everywhere else except there. Anyone have any recommendations for styles of casual clothing that I can hide in for a while longer? I’m thinking A-line dresses but I’m having a hard time finding stuff that is neither too poofy/girly nor a super-structured dress, which would look strange in my casual office.
I have a hard time believing that little cherub is just going to sit there pensively enjoying the breeze… pretty sure if I sat my toddler that close to a toddler-size fan we’d have a severed finger and/or a broken fan in a matter of seconds.
For something a little larger, I had a fan similar to this one on my desk at a previous job. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001V99X1G/
It is a little on the noisy side, but since I was in cubical-land I liked having the white noise – sometimes I would turn it on but aim it mostly toward the cube wall just to cut back on the amount of chatter I could hear around me.
I don’t know that I paid $25+ for it like it is listed for right now, but I may very well have after spending a week of heat wave intending to go buy one after work and never getting around to it. It held up well, so it’s probably worth the money.