Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: The Explorer Bundle
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When did Banana Republic get into the baby business? So far, I like what I see!
Here’s my pick for the parent-to-be whose style goes beyond pink and blue.
The Explorer Bundle is for babies (and their parents) who have places to go. This giftable bundle includes a vest, short, linen shirt, reversible bucket hat, and a very reusable gift box (no need to wrap!). The gender-neutral zoo print works for everyone so it’ll be easy to pass on to the next little explorer.
The Explorer Bundle is $250 and available in sizes 3–6M to 18–24M.
Also, check out their parent/baby coordinating outfits (some are even nursing friendly).
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+
Any Ohioans here? Thoughts on Columbus vs Cincinnati for a weekend trip with a preschooler? They’re approximately the same distance from us. This is a very belated birthday trip for my kid who turned 4 back in January. Zoos, splash pads/small water parks and ASTC-affiliated science museums would be good, but it seems like both cities have a lot to offer in those areas.
Does anyone have a new Sienna (since they became all-hybrid), AWD Sienna, or Carnival? Or Odyssey? If so, what do you love / not like about yours, especially after driving for a while.
FWIW, I see seat adjustment groves in the floor of the Sienna and Odyssey and have horror flash-forwards of vomit I can’t get out (or worse). Have not gone to see a Carnival based on annecdata that local dealers do not have any in stock and will soon be that woman peeking into cars at Target to see what they are like IRL.
Silly question but how do you get your 2yo to take a passport photo? Dreaming of a belated milestone birthday trip to the Caribbean later this year but I can’t wrap my head around getting my current 2yo to sit still for a passport photo.
Having a really hard time today after the shootings yesterday in IL and PA. I’d deluded myself into thinking that my affluent, blue neighborhood is safe but the reality is that if it happened in Highland Park, it can happen here. I’d like to take my kid to a public event next week and now there’s a part of me that is trying to calculate the risk. I’m so, so angry at the government that let it come to this and people who shrug and say “that’s just how it is, thoughts and prayers.” It doesn’t have to be this way.
Anyone else kind of happy to be back at work today? We last minute hosted a July 4th BBQ which means Sunday was packed full of prepping/cleaning (why does picnic food take so long to prep?!?) and Monday was exhausting between setting out/clearing food and breaking up children who had too much sun, fighting over water guns/water balloons/sparklers/etc. I collapsed with a drink on the couch at 8 and was honestly relieved to send my kid off to camp today.
For those with out of town parents or in laws, when they visit, do they stay at your house or a hotel?
What are your favorite board or card games for 4-5 year olds? Looking for ones that incorporate letters and numbers but also some just for fun
What are your favorite water bottles for toddlers that do not have a straw? My toddler wants to tip his water bottle back to drink from it like a cup and isn’t quite grasping that doing that doesn’t work well with a straw.
Do people actually buy this silliness? $250 for a baby outfit?!
My son just completed 1st grade. We finally got his standardized test information in the mail — I know, I know, standardized tests for 1st graders, I know — and he decreased in percentile rank in both math and reading throughout the year. Not by a marginal amount, but clear decreases for each testing period — mid-80th %ile in October, mid-70s in February, and mid-60s in March, in both reading and math.
We received an email from the principal the last day of school saying that they find there can be great discrepancies in student scores on this test and their actual achievement and mastery of subjects, and that they use this as a quick benchmark throughout the year to ensure students are growing and mastering concepts. It seems based on my son’s performance that he isn’t progressing as they would expect based on the test, but he’s been receiving nothing but the highest marks they can give on his report card throughout the year, so something seems amiss.
Do I bring up my son’s concerning testing results with the school and the discrepancy with what came home on his report card? Seems like I shouldn’t worry too much as even the concept of a standardized test for 7-year-olds seems pretty ridiculous, but, I mean, this is their stated benchmark and he’s clearly falling behind in a measurable way, even though he’s getting the best grades possible on his report cards.