Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Stroller Fan & Mister
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This might fall into the category of overkill, but if I’m hot, I’m sure my baby is too.
This stroller fan and mister keeps your baby cool as the temperatures climb. The fan mounts onto your stroller’s handle or bumper bar for cooling on the go. In addition to a water reservoir for misting, there’s even a USB port to charge your own devices. I could also see “borrowing” it to clip onto my poolside lounge chair.
Larktale’s Stroller Fan & Mister is $49.99 at Best Buy and $52.99 at BuyBuyBaby.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- 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
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- 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
I was at an event recently and another mom had one of these. We were in line and she kindly let my kids (3 & 5) use it. They sprayed each other and had fun. If I’d known how much it cost, I probably wouldn’t have let them use it .$50 seems like a lot for this!
any favorite places to buy swimsuits for older kids?
PSA: I was putting my three month old to bed the other night and went to turn on her Hatch by touching the top. A huge silver/blue spark flew off the top of the metal ring at the top of the Hatch to my middle finger and pain radiated up my arm. Now the light won’t turn on. Really scary. We unplugged the light and removed the one we had in our son’s room. We’ve contacted Hatch customer service. I know a lot of you use Hatch lights too, so thought I’d share.
My son and I have been reading up a storm lately and I thought I’d share some recs for some longer chapter books we enjoyed.
Mr Penguin’s Adventures – these are silly and fun
Unicorn Rescue Society – so good, lovely illustrations, my Peruvian accent for Mr Fauna could use some work. We asked the librarian yesterday and she’s ordering the rest of the series for us.
Kate on the Case – my son liked that the mum worked away as a scientist in Antartica like me (political science, NI, same difference…)
What have you been reading and enjoying.
Speaking of hatch….we are going on an extended trip this summer to a different time zone, and for most of our trip, WIFI & electricity is very limited or unavailable. Does anyone know if a travel alarm clock exists that (1) has a color feature like Hatch that you can set to specific times without needing a computer science background to program the light feature, (2) is battery operated/small, and (3) isn’t shockingly expensive? I love the Hatch, and our kids really do a good job with the light indicating when it’s time to get up (plus aren’t ready to tell time yet), but I’ve found it really hard to travel with.
Looking for advice, please be kind. How much do you push your kids to do stuff they don’t want to do? I’m thinking along the lines of things that might get them out of their comfort zone, not like chores or whatever. My 6 yo has lots of friends, does well in school, is good in social situations. But I cannot interest her in getting involved in any activities. She loves to dance and sing but has repeatedly refused to take any classes. I was kind of ok with that, but I’m starting to wonder if it’s less of a rebellion against structure and more of a confidence thing. Reason is, our pool requires kids to pass a swim test in order to get a green band. She took lessons last summer and is taking them right now. She’s doing ok, but is not ready for the test. I’ve been practicing with her when we go to the pool, trying to motivate her to practice so she can get a green band. She told me yesterday that she doesn’t want to take the test, she’s fine with not getting the green band. I was adamant with her that learning to swim is as much about safety/life skills as it is about fun and that she needed to work towards the green band or I wouldn’t bring her to the pool anymore. Maybe not the best reaction but . . . she got upset of course and I dropped it. I don’t want her to associate swimming with negative feelings but I have to admit I’m super frustrated. I know part of it is that I was super active as a kid, I tried lots of different activities, some of which I stuck with for several years. My parents didn’t force me, but they supported me enthusiastically. And I got a lot out of it, many skills which I still value today. I want her to have that same experience, but I don’t want to force her because that defeats the purpose. Anyway, this is long and mixing up a few different issues, but I wanted to see if anyone has thoughts on how to approach this.
I’m 6 months postpartum – having really bad body image issues. Trying to give myself grace. Haven’t been able to consistently workout – still breastfeeding working full time. Any ideas or ways that other have made progress in this area? Thanks in advance!
Has anyone here been to Legoland Florida? I’m considering it for my daughter’s 5th birthday trip in February. She’s Lego-obsessed and I’ve heard it’s a lot less stressful and crowded than Disney. There’s apparently also a small Peppa Pig theme park on the same property that I think she would really enjoy.
Or any other suggestions for a warm-ish place that would be fun for a newly 5 year old whose interests sure a bit young (see eg Peppa) ? It will just be us two, we’re coming from the Chicago area (so our bar for warm in February is very low) and are fine flying anywhere in the mainland US. Will probably have 4-5 days including travel days. Not Disney. I don’t think either of us would enjoy the crowds and lines and I’m not up for going there without another adult.
Just read this and it’s a really beautiful essay on raising children with childhoods very different from your own
https://lithub.com/reyna-grande-on-giving-her-kids-the-childhood-she-never-had/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20June%207%2C%202022&utm_term=lithub_weekly_master_list
I am an associate at a small lifestyle firm. I have been back from maternity leave for about a year. While I was pregnant, I pretty much stayed out of the office due to Covid. The firm was great about allowing me this accommodation, but I definitely was out of the loop on certain things and in retrospect, not really getting projects that were giving me great experience… but I was really fine with that due to a difficult pregnancy/Covid/etc. Once I got back into the office, I had a hard time getting back “in the loop” and getting projects that were really at my experience level and felt like I was getting mommy-tracked. I talked to the firm about this, and they agreed to put me on different projects with more responsibility. This is great… except since that change, we’ve had some type of illness in our house for about six weeks straight. In addition, I now seem to have someone almost always mad at me because they expected me to have experience doing the projects I’m now being asked to do, and I should have had that experience, but I don’t. I just don’t feel like I can catch up with this experience I missed out on if I am constantly missing work because of some illness. Part of me feels like I need a new job (maybe in-house), but part of me feels like some of these problems are just due to being in a difficult seasons and I should just tough it out. Does this get better or should I move on?
Good morning! I am 26 weeks pregnant with my first child and just moved from Large City to a suburb that is 45-75 min away, depending on traffic (rush hour can be BAD). My OB’s office has a location near me in the suburbs, in addition to its Large City location, but only delivers at Major Large City Hospital. To deliver at a hospital near me (~12 min drive) I would have to switch OB practices. I like my OB but am nervous about the hospital being so far. In an emergency I would obviously go to a nearby hospital. WWYD?
someone posted recently about their 4 year old who wanted to quit soccer because another kid had the same name. any updates? i have twin 4 year olds and we had the opposite problem on the first day of camp – there is another kid with Twin A’s first name, so for anything with their name it has first name, last initial, like Olivia K and Olivia G. Well Twin B is the only one in the group with her first name, so all of her name signs just have her first name and no last initial and she is upset because she wants a last initial too. oh to be 4!
Need to scream in to the void for a moment.
Background: I just took a Big Promotion. It’s a high profile role, somewhat business development (think Big Law Partner, but transactional finance) and I’m the only woman in the company (market?) in this seat. I’m insanely proud. I am married, 37, and have a 4 year old. I’ve been in fertility treatments for …mmm… 2.5 years? I pursued the Big Promotion because I’m tired of putting off life while we work though this horrific fertility slog (2 MCs, 1 ectopic, countless indescribable let downs) and the timing was just as such that it was now or never. I have six genetically normal embryos on ice (making embryos is not my issue – my uterus is just angry, it would seem).
Big Promotion went in to effect yesterday. Announced today. We’re doing press and the whole nine yards. My fertility treatments are such that my next embryo transfer would be mid July, so, if it works – and we all think there’s a decent probability given a number of factors – I’ll be pregnant and giving birth within a year of Big Promotion. I’m so fearful this will hurt my career trajectory, and the momentum from building this new team that I’m at the head of. For example, how do I show up to a BD meeting, ask for business with a belly, saying I’ll work my a s s off on the deal, all while the elephant in the room being that I’m going to be out and on leave with a newborn while the deal is in process, if that makes sense? So now I’m for the first time – EVER – thinking, life wouldn’t be so bad with just one kiddo, so why not just take bird and hand and get on with life in general. But the other side of me is like WTF you never wanted one kid, and family will be around far longer than this job…
My husband is wonderful at helping me talk through this, but he’s also deferring to me ultimately, which I get. I think the sane part of me knows that it’s been 2.5 years with no live birth and, gently (to myself?), the odds are not in my favor so just keep on keeping on, don’t delay the next IVF transfer. I don’t want to give birth after 40. I’m overweight as it is (thanks medical crap) and really want to put ME first, for the first time in literally years – get healthy, lean in hard in to my job, etc.
I’m a freaking mess and I don’t know what I’m asking. How would you consider career vs kid at this point? It feels like an impossible choice. FWIW, I do have a team but I am 100% the face of the team and the face that would be bringing business in/executing so it’s not quite as straight forward as just laying business off while I’m on leave.
I’m renting a movie theater for my daughter’s 6th bday party. We can bring in the movie.
Suggestions for a crowd pleaser for boys and girls 6-8? Descendants is her fave but sorta girly (yes, boys could like it too but I’m looking for something eveyone will be *excited* about). Toy story would be good. My daughter is suggesting Disney’s Sword in the Stone which is our family’s absolute favorite but I’m not sure how much other kids will like it (it’s kinda slow).
There’s a kid in my child’s preschool class who my son refers to as a bully. Son has been saying this other child is a bully for a couple of months. I haven’t said anything to the teachers because they’re 3 and 4 year olds and I don’t think there’s actual bullying going on, but it sounds like the other child is a bit pushy and wild and not a great influence on my kid. Over the summer, the school is going to put together classes for next year. Should I request that my son *not* be with this other child or is that going too far? Fwiw, I would probably just say that it seems the kids don’t mesh well.