Everyone Thursday: ‘Velma’ Leather Pump
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I’ve always been a fan of Söfft shoes — they’re usually a bit more fashionable than “comfort shoes” without being quite as fancy as their big sister Isolá. These simple 2.5-inch pumps look walkable but still stylish, and the comfort footbed looks a-ma-zing. (It’s kind of interesting to compare the comfort footbed in the pump to the footbed in this very similar strappy pump — the classic pump looks like it wins hands down.) The pictured shoe is $99.95, available in five colors and two widths. Söfft ‘Velma’ Leather Pump
The shoe is sold out in wide sizes in all colors but one, so here are a couple of other options: one with sizes in narrow, wide, and extra wide and another in wide sizes.
(L-5)
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Hmmmmm, these look very orthopedic to me. I think I’d rather not wear heels. the strappy shoe is a bit better, I think.
Does anyone have any suggestions on mobiles that their babies seem to enjoy? I was planning on ordering a whimsical paper one from etsy but a few friends have recommended that I get one that plays soft music to help soothe the baby to sleep. Any recommendations? TIA!
My 2.5 year old has beautiful, curly, mixed hair. When she was less defiant, she would let me put a clip or elastic in it on days when it was out of control. She has been flat out refusing for the last few weeks, so I’ve been letting it go. But this morning it was a MESS. I still sent her to daycare with her wild hair, but I need some tips or ideas on how to get her excited for (or at least tolerate) me brushing it. I’ve tried videos / ipad time, but that’s not working anymore. Any special barrettes your kids have loved, or products that help with the frizz/messiness that is inevitable after sleep and car seat rides and general toddler-ing? Our mornings are already hectic enough, but I’m starting to feel like I’m getting the side eye from people at daycare that I bring her to school looking like that!
We did (modified) Babywise with our 3 1/2 month old son when he was 6 weeks and he would go to sleep really well (like I could lay him down awake and he would fall asleep) and generally slept for 7-8 hours from about 7 weeks. Around 10 weeks he started getting up to eat once at 3 am – still pretty good. Then he started adding in a wake up around 4 or 5 am, but I could just nurse him for a minute and put him back down until he woke up at 6:30. Now he is super difficult to get to sleep. He screams bloody murder when we put him down in his bassinet (even when we put him down fast asleep) and it sometimes takes an hour to get him to sleep. He also started doing this when I put him back down after night feeds. Then this morning he woke up at 5:45 and just decided he was up for the day. It is crazy-making and I need sleep. He has a good schedule at daycare and gets 3-5 hours worth of naps there, and will sometimes take another 30-90 minute nap when he gets home from daycare. I am not opposed to CIO at some point, but feel he is currently too young for it. Any advice?
I know this is not a huge deal and I have it pretty lucky with good in-laws, but…my father in law just sent an email out saying that he rented a boat for Father’s Day and expects us all to come and bring lunch. Yeah, I am not getting on a boat for four hours at 37 weeks pregnant. So I’m sending my daughter and husband along with sandwiches and wishing everyone a good time. My MIL is super reasonable, how did she not mention this? It’s not like some huge family where it would be crazy to make an accommodation for one person. Perhaps you could have asked me or my husband, is this something you would like to do? Or even be able to do? So I guess I’ll be at home by myself with the added excitement of planning a separate Father’s Day thing for my husband. Woo.
I need some flats and/or low wedges to get me through the rest of my pregnancy. I’m thinking black/patterned black, light-beige “nude for me,” and one fun color. They’re going to get stretched all to h3ll with my swollen summer pregnancy feet, so definitely nothing over $100, and under $50 would be even better. My office is fairly casual, so peep toes are OK. Nice sandals that aren’t too bare are probably OK too, for that matter.
Any suggestions?
What age was your child when you first spent a night away? I am in the processing of weaning my 17-MO son. We are down to one short feed at bedtime. I am experiencing all of the weaning sadness that was discussed recently, but otherwise it’s going fine and I think we will cut out the last feed sometime soon. We are also planning a July 4 weekend trip to my in-laws. My husband recently suggested that he could take the baby and my (grown) stepson and leave me home to rest and have some time to myself. I rejected the idea instantly. I’ve never been away from the “baby” (my first / only) for longer than a workday. I don’t think I could handle being separated from him for a couple nights, especially during weaning. And I am really concerned that he will feel abandoned or scared or sad without me, especially right at the time he is losing his nursing time. BUT… I have to say, today I started thinking how nice it could be to have a whole weekend to myself. I’m feeling very torn. Anyone have thoughts / advice?!
Rant ahead. So for about the 10th time this week, I clicked on an event posted on Facebook page (this time, Mommy & Me Yoga at my favorite studio) because I was interested in attending with my toddler, and it’s at noon on Wednesday. Great! The only parent/child class that this studio offers ever is in the middle of a weekday. Can we just start calling it “Stay-At-Home-Mommy-And-Me”?! I have NOTHING against SAHMs, I swear, but other than swim lessons, I have not been able to find any kind of fun activity I can do with my DS and I am SO SO frustrated by the assumption that “Mommy” is free at noon on a weekday!
I think this time the rage was the “Mommy and Me” label. I mean, first of all, yuck, why not just call it Parent-Child so we don’t exclude 50% of the parents, and second, MOMMY HAS TO WORK, OK?!
It may be a little late in the day, but the Father’s Day thread above got me thinking… I need suggestions for something nice, but not too expensive, to do for my husband for Father’s Day. The catch is that we’ll be staying at the beach, in a family member’s condo, with my MIL, SIL, BIL, and our 1-year-old, and driving home the evening of Father’s Day. My only idea so far is to do something fun for breakfast (maybe cinnamon rolls) or lunch (but not sure what).