Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: The Cocoon
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Most nursing covers look like cute aprons. Here’s one that actually works as part of your outfit.
This knit nursing cover can work as a cute poncho, cape, or scarf for you, and as a blanket or stroller cover for your baby. Because it’s made from breathable and lightweight yarns, your nursing baby can see out, but others cannot see underneath. It’s also wrinkle- and stain-resistant, since you have more important things than laundry to think about.
We Are Amma’s Cocoon is $99. In addition to ivory, it comes in several other colors.
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
This is a gross one but… how did you teach your kids to wipe themselves well after the bathroom? Are they using wet wipes? We were trying to stick with toilet paper so we can dispose in the toilet but it’s not working so far.
Just found out I’ll be sandwiched in between my kids (6.5, 3.5) on a ~3 hour road trip. Survival tips? Ways to find joy? I feel like it’s going to be endless switching of books/sticker books and picking stuff off the floor for 3.5 year old.
Saving the tablets for the destination (relatives’ house that has a soon-to-be-college-aged kid).
Why do kids act out in class? My nephew is 13 and is a sweet kid, smart, athletic, and an avid reader. His parents are teachers and are involved and supportive parents. But he has been in detention and suspended multiple times over the past two years. He has ADHD and depression, is gay in a red county, lives in a community that had a school shooting recently, and has an older sister who gets a lot of attention. I suppose any one of those things would be difficult for a person. But given how his parents do not tolerate their own students who act out, he is the last person I would expect to get in trouble at school.
Today (second to last day of school) was a free dress day for my kids and I forgot. I don’t think all kids did it but pretty sure my first grader is going to be mad at me. May is tough on parents! That is all.
Trigger Warning for miscarriage.
3 weeks ago I had a miscarriage at 7 weeks, it happened naturally and bleeding stopped after 10 days, it was confirmed by a scan at hospital. I’m still getting some pelvic pain which is general aches and twinges below the knicker line. I presume this is ‘normal’? I had a lot of similar pains when first pregnant and I know the internet says it’s your uterus changing so this is it going back I guess? Not in the US so options are either emergency appointment with GP or wait 3 weeks for a standard appointment and I guess I’m just looking for reassurance it’s normal to still feel aches after a few weeks. Not told any friends in real life so I feel I’m relying on Dr Google. I’ve no other ongoing symptoms or problems.
Do we have any medical professionals on here who know anything about Miralax for kids? My 9 year old was really backed up and the gastroenterologist prescribed a 2 day clean out 2 weeks ago, and then a capful of Miralax a day for a month, with a reduced dose afterwards. I just read a bunch of info about the risks of Miralax though – I left a message to discuss with the nurse but in the meantime, curious if anyone knows about this.
I enjoyed yesterday‘s discussion about social media and how it makes millennial parenting harder. One other thing that I noticed is that so many parenting influencers seem to be really intent on making you worry about stuff that you didn’t know you were supposed to be worried about. I’ve literally seen posts on Instagram asking “is it safe to give little kids oranges??” and then after you click through three slides of fluff, the answer is yes. I honestly think this is contributing to parental anxiety for those who do use social media. Other things are presented as safety musts when really they might just be things that are recommended depending on your circumstances.
WWYD, youth travel sports edition – so feel free to scroll on by if not interested.
My son, age 9, tried out for our town’s very competitive travel soccer team in May 2023. Many of his good buddies made it, but he did not. The coach, who has coached my son in his rec league, suggested he work on a few specific skills, and also go to some neighboring town’s try outs, since he felt like my son got nervous and didn’t represent his skills accurately at the May 23 try out, to get ready for the May 24 try out. My son took the advice to heart, and spent all of last summer working on those skills. He then asked to go to a bunch of other try outs (we are in the burbs of Boston, so the next town is like a mile away), and to everyone’s shock, made a neighboring town’s team in Nov. 23. We had asked for some schedule details when he got the invite, but got nothing substantive in response — just that they would play some tournaments in the spring, and the majority of the season plays in the fall. We only had 24 hours to accept the invite, so we accepted, and my son has been faithfully attending winter clinics and spring practices with this team. However, despite hearing that there would be spring tournaments when we accepted the invite, his team hasn’t and won’t play any spring tournaments.
The try-outs for our town’s travel team are now coming up, and my son wants to try out again. Based on his improvement in performance that has been noticed in his rec league, there is a lot of chatter that he will make it if he tries out.
My husband is against him trying out at all. He thinks the other town’s team took a chance on him, and their very well-established coaching system and clinics are why he has improved so much. He thinks it’s poor form to be trained for a full year by a team, and never play a game with that team. He also thinks our town’s team plays way too many tournaments throughout the year.
I think he should try out and see what happens (but knowing that if he makes it, he’ll want to play for our town). The primary reason he’s on this other team was bc he wanted to get ready for this spring’s try out for our town’s team. He has spent a whole year working to try to make the town team, and all of his buddies are on this team. I don’t think he should be limited bc the team he is on now didn’t play tournaments in the spring (I also kind of think it’s crazy bc it will be full year between when he made the team and when he will play a game). He loves to play games, and the full year of extra practices have been good for him — but he wants to actually play games. Our town’s team has played like 6 tournaments this Spring, so it’s not like travel teams aren’t playing right now.
Additional information/biases — The bias I will admit is that I also know all the parents on our town’s team, and they are my good, close friends. My husband’s bias is that he’s a little bitter that my son didn’t make it last year, and thinks it’s a good thing for him to have a little separation from the rec team/school kids. My son’s bias is that the town’s team is a Big Deal in his school, and his current team is considered a competitor, so he gets razzed when he wears their gear to school (for instance). It will get harder and harder to make this team every year. Assume the travel/cost is not a factor for purposes of what we do next.
Shout out to everyone making it happen through the last week(s) of school – you are heroes! This week is kicking my behind, but there are only a few more days until the long weekend…
TL;DR the below: do you have a great process or system for reviewing the upcoming week’s schedule with your kid(s)? Please share!
As life gets busier with sports and extra-curriculars, I need to teach my oldest in particular to plan ahead to make sure he gets homework done and has enough down time during the week. I currently manage this for him, but I want to set him up for success as he approaches late elementary/middle school and responsibilities increase. He wants to play his sport all day every day and we have discussed how that can leave him too tired to perform well, too busy for friends, and crying before bed when he realizes he hasn’t finished homework. I think a visual schedule/planner would help him determine whether he is happy with the week’s balance. Does anyone have a calendar or planner they use that, ideally, he could take ownership of (instead of me) for this purpose? Thanks!