Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Space Saving Drying Rack
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Post-baby, we had A-LOT of bottles — some in the fridge, some in the dishwasher, and some drying.
For the ones drying, this space saving drying rack from OXO would have been handy — its compact design makes use of vertical space with nine angled hooks for bottles and sippy cups. There’s also a top compartment for drying lids, nipples, and other small parts. Everything comes apart for easy cleaning.
This would be especially good for drying parts at the office.
This drying rack is $23.99 at Bed Bath & Beyond. It is also available on Amazon.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
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- 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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- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
I love love this bottle rack. It was one of the few things we bought for my third kid and one of the few pieces of baby gear I rave about. I wish it had been around for the first two. The rack we had for the first kid was so took up so much space and got gross so quickly that we didn’t even use a rack for the second. And this rack is still in use today even though we haven’t used a bottle in two years- it’s great for drying all manner of kids’ cups and water bottles and other containers and also we use it to dry out Ziploc bags that we rinse and reuse.
My hair is air-dried and messy-looking. Anyone have the Dyson Airwrap? How often do you use it?
I have a bright spunky 4.5 year old girl. She is taking a toll on me. Everything is an argument or us having to ask 10 times or things like chasing her around the house to put on sunscreen. She is an only. We are older parents. We have made some mistakes with both yelling and giving in to her. We have an appt to see a parenting therapist (both me and H) soon.
Reading the thread yesterday made me a bit sad. I don’t often love spending time with my child these days. This is coming off of a long trip with family including a rule following quiet child with far less energy of the same age (so couldn’t help comparing plus I know (overheard) family was judging our choices to allow certain things vs ww3 that would result) My pediatrician says my daughter is developmentally normal and she has never had problems in school or camp (instead, gets props for being a helper and an award for being sweet). I have observed her listening and follows the teachers in swim and gymnastics classes (and seems to really enjoy these things).
I guess I am asking for commiseration and it gets better stories from those with similar children – high energy, stubborn and strong of will. A fighter. A random stranger at a restaurant told me that there is a high ceiling for her – if I can survive this. Maybe I need a weekend away. Or tips to end the arguing.
Please talk to me about hair bows. My almost 2 year old (with fine, thick hair) needs more hair accessories to keep hair out of her eyes. Where do you get yours? Bonus points for cute but not incredibly expensive (aka probably not from Maisonette…)
How early can babies develop nightmares or fear of the dark? Our 4 mo old woke up suddenly screaming when he was sleeping alone in a dark bedroom. I picked him up within 2-3 minutes, but he sobbed for a full half hour. He seemed a little calmer when I took him out into other rooms but cried more in the dark bedroom. He’s had a few very unhappy wakeups before, even daycare has commented on it, but I don’t think he’s ever been alone or in the dark when it happened.
I know this varies widely by market, but we are looking at giving our nanny a $3/hour raise for the birth of a second child. I think that is fair, but I don’t have a lot of ways to compare or sources to look at. We are in a medium-high cost of living city and we’ve been doing $1/hour raises each year since she started with my firstborn. Thoughts? What have others done? For what it’s worth, I think her pay is currently at or above market for a single child. We love her, so I want to make sure we are being fair and she is happy.
Sorry for the novel. Please reassure me there is an end in sight…
I have a 3.5 year old and a 15 month old. The 15th month old is and always has been an excellent sleeper. The 3.5 year old was always an excellent sleeper (I know, I got lucky) up until about 6 weeks ago. For context, we moved a month ago to a new house, new town (but she’s in same school for now, changing schools at end of August, which she is vaguely aware of).
About 2 weeks before we moved, she started throwing a tantrum/screaming hysterically (with her sister just a bedroom away, so we really needed to stop her screaming) if we didn’t stay with her while she fell asleep. The issue is that it would often take her an hour or more to fall asleep. This has continued for the past 6 weeks, resulting in me (she only wants me, not my husband, unless I am out with friends, which has happened twice, in which case she lets my husband do it) lying in her bed with her for 45-90 minutes while she falls asleep. I feel like I’m being held hostage. It means that by the time I’m downstairs and able to do anything (chores, hang out with husband, shower, literally anything) it’s after 9 pm. I’d like to be asleep by 10, to get 8 hours of sleep, but when my evening doesn’t start til 9, I’m usually not asleep til 11:30. My sleep is suffering terribly. She often also wakes up in the middle of the night, realizes I’m not in bed with her anymore, and screams til I come lie in bed with her again (where I usually fall asleep until she wakes me up at 5:45 am – thankfully she now has a full size bed so it’s relatively comfortable).
I feel like I’ve now started her on this horrible habit that I will never be able to break. I need my evenings back, I need my sleep. I can’t let her cry it out because a) she will wake up her sister and b) she is old enough to be able to get out of bed, out of her room, and stand at the top of the stairs (with gate) and scream til we come up.
Something like this but not as intense happened about 6 months ago, and we were able to solve it by doing the “I’ll check on you in [2, 5, 10, 20] minutes” method. But that’s not working very well now. Sometimes she’ll stay in bed during the 2, 5, 10, 20 minute interval, but usually not.
I’m at my wits end :(