Feeding Tuesday: Personalized Labels
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We got these stickers a while ago through a Groupon, and loved them as a great way to “mark” Jack’s cups, spoons, and Bento trays at daycare. We got the small rectangle labels, and they have held up amazingly well to dishwashing, handwashing, regular wear-and-tear, and more. (A lot of the stickers still look like new!) Word to the wise: if it’s your first kiddo, think about getting just your family name on there, because you will be passing these down to your younger kids. Prices are around $15 per page of labels (depending on your choices). StickerYou Personalized Labels
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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+
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?
Name labels are a MUST. As they get older, more and more things need to get labeled. My oldest just started Kindergarten and they require a label (or 2!) on everything, and I put them on anything that could even possibly come off his body. I’d hate to lose some of his and my favorite items. I didn’t love StickerYou as much. I prefered Mabel’s Labels or Label Daddy. Both have made it through one kid and still are holding strong for the youngest. Also love that they have packages that include a variety of sizes. One package I purchased even had a couple of pull tabs for sweatshirts or backpacks. We got some with each kid’s name on it (the preschool required first names so they can help identify their own things as well as others) with a cute motif, and then got some in black and white with just our last name on them. But seriously, they are a MUST.
I used the Clearblue Fertility monitor versus the OPK sticks. It might have been a bit of overkill, but it made it really easy to track everything and recognize patterns for me. I also used Fertility Friend app and input the information there. I was going to try temping as well, but got pregnant before I could institute it.
Also, if you haven’t read it, Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler was great.
I really enjoyed The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant by Jean M. Twenge as well.
Hi all – this is my first time posting on the Mom’s site. We’re TTC (just starting) and I’m trying to find reasonable blogs/websites to read and the best ovulation tracker. Any recs?
Pumping at work question. My baby only likes MAM bottles which have a wide neck. I have a medela pump so there is no way to pump into these bottles. What is the best way to handle transferring milk from medela bottles (or whatever else I pump in?) to the MAM bottles. If I keep milk cold all day, it will separate and stick to side of bottles, so do I warm it up to room temp when I get home in order to prep bottles for next day? What is best way to do this?
We’ve been happy with the Name Bubbles labels. I have the laundry-safe small round ones to label clothing and larger rectangular ones for bottle labels. We used them on bottles for 9 months, washed every night in the dishwasher, with no damage to the labels. Same for the clothing labels. I’m still finding labels from kid #1 as I pull out the clothes again for #2.
Mabel’s Labels are awesome.
Curious as to what other people had as a pregnancy food indulgence. I’m about midway through and recently discovered full-fat dairy after a lifetime of skim and low-fat products. Liberte and Noosa yogurts, I’m looking at you!
And was it hard to break the habit postpartum? I’m already sad at the thought of not having these on a regular basis.
We’ve been using Whoozem’s labels on bottles for the past 8 months, and they’ve held up very well. Just this weekend I finally noticed that a few had started to separate from the laminate after almost daily dishwasher runs:
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For bottles we bought these reusable Inchbug bands that you can wrap around bottles/sippy cups. When we were touring daycares one of the providers mentioned them to us and said they were great.
Also, update! I’ve returned to work and am in training. I’ve figured out the pumping situation but it was a rough first two days where the HR person didn’t respond to any of my voicemails or emails related to the nursing moms room and I had to get other people involved. It’s still not perfect, but once training is over it should be fairly routine. Thanks to everyone for their advice!
Hi ladies – I had a mini-freak out this morning about feeding my DS and was hoping you all would have some good advice. Any tips for what a busy working mom who can’t really cook could feed a one-year-old? Would love some ideas for food with more flavor and slightly more texture than purees, that I could easily make ahead in large batches and freeze or that wouldn’t take too long to prepare the night before, and also that doesn’t spoil quickly. DS had been doing great on store-bought purees of all varieties and pureed ground chicken or turkey that I cooked myself, with baby oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, but lately he’s been turning up his nose at everything he used to love. “Just feed him what you’re eating” isn’t a great option for us right now, for a variety of reasons – we eat more take out than we should; nanny gives him dinner because we’re home late and it’s a nanny share so having her cook isn’t an option either; we’ve tried giving him what we’re eating when we do cook (e.g. spaghetti) and he hasn’t tolerated the textures well (he’s 11.5 months but 9.5 months adjusted and no teeth yet). Yesterday, he wouldn’t eat his baby oatmeal or pureed fruit, but couldn’t get enough cut up watermelon and scrambled egg – but since he wouldn’t eat it on his own (I don’t think he likes picking up things that are slimy – I know I could try coating it in Cheerio dust, but that’s another step and yet more time), I had to slowly feed it to him, which took 45 minutes for prep and eating – and I don’t have that kind of time in the morning. (Again, because of the nanny share situation, having the nanny give him breakfast also isn’t a great option – and I do enjoy getting to do one meal with him.) To top it off, because he’s not eating as many solids, he’s up again nursing at night. Any advice would be appreciated – thanks!!
Guess what! I’m feeling like I have my registries fairly complete!
My husband and I fully nerded out and read probably 20 articles on ‘what you do and don’t need’, used Lucie’s List, Consumer Reports and every piece of unsolicited advice we got. I had my best friend and wise mom-guru go through it and give suggestions on what to add.
For someone who doesn’t love shopping and HATES ‘stuff’, this is actually a big accomplishment that I had to share with someone.
We got something similar through namebubbles and I LOVE them. They are so cute and customizable, and hold up so well.
So far have told only my boss and my two direct reports about my pregnancy (still early)… this morning a coworker from another department loudly congratulated me on it and proceeded to ask me a bunch of questions in front of about 4 other people including my clients by the coffee machine. gee thanks.