Maternity Monday: The Long Sleeve Tee
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Everyone swears by Hatch — people love it — and although their styles tend to be a little too casual for most conservative offices, this tee just sort of has this perfect, cool look. It’s a great maternity tee (if you feel like spending this much on a maternity tee). It’s at Shopbop for $98. The Long Sleeve Tee
Update: This has now sold out at Shopbop, but it’s available directly from Hatch in six colors for $98.
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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?
A little story of encouragement for any moms of littles who are concerned that if they don’t night wean/sleep train NOW it will “never” happen. We happily co-sleep and are a non-CIO family.
On Friday night we night-weaned my 18-month-old, and it was so easy and pleasant. Thursday night we talked about how this was the last night that we would nurse during the night time because mama’s b – – – sts needed to rest at night, and she could have a milk in a cup if she was thirsty. We reminded her a couple times on Friday and talked through how she might feel.
Friday night she woke up at the usual time she wakes up to nurse first, and asked to nurse – I reminded her that we could not nurse at night, but we would in the morning. She cried angrily in my arms for about 5 minutes, then asked for a cup of milk, drank it, asked me to rub her back, and went to sleep until morning.
Saturday night she woke up twice and asked me to rub her back, but did not ask for milk and did not cry.
Sunday night she woke up but crawled into our bed and went to sleep without intervention. We’ll continue letting her crawl into our bed partway through the night until she’s in a good place to stay in her own bed the whole night. Or at this rate she might make that choice herself.
When I think about how much I stressed over the “right” timelines for night-weaning and independent sleep, I wish I could have told myself to just chill for a couple more months until she’s ready, and it will be so much easier. If I live to be 80, I will have spent less than 1.9% of my life caring for this child at night – what a privilege.
Daycare question…
How many did you look at before deciding? What were deciding factors? I looked through the archives and didn’t see a post tailored to this – some discussed costs and pros/cons of different childcare (very helpful!)
I feel like there’s so much to consider, and if two places seemed truly ‘equal’ in my mind I’m not sure how I’d decide. People tell me I’ll have a gut feeling but I’m worried I won’t. We’ve looked at two so far, and have plans to check out two more. Is a half dozen a normal amount to tour? 10?
Did you tour both when center was open (to see how children were tended to) and closed (so you could talk to teachers/director 1:1 without distracting them from their job)?
How long does the baby putting-everything-in-the-mouth phase last? I feel so caught off guard since my first was (a) the worlds easiest baby and (b) in daycare. The second is giving us a run for our money and we are trying to decide how to child proof based on how long she’ll be jamming stuff in her face.
She’s 7 months now.
Shout out to working moms out there, and an inadvertent benefit of our “villages.” My husband ended up in the hospital this weekend (thankfully all non-life threatening issues, but serious nonetheless). We’ve had two long term nannies in the last five years (basically, the first year and a half of each of our children’s lives), and even though we have not employed either in over a year, I heard from both of them within 24 hours. One brought our family dinner and stayed and entertained our kids for a bit, and the other – though out of town – reached out of her own volition to a few sitters to check in and make sure we had coverage if we needed it while he was in the hospital. I also had a friend at my house within minutes of texting on a late weekend night, no questions asked.
There have been times when I’ve really wondered if going back to work was the right call (seems like more and more happens as they get older). But when I think about all the extra “aunties” and “uncles” my kids have in a city with no “family” – nannies, daycare teachers, sitters, close friends – I feel fortunate that they are learning to be part of and rely on their community.
Kat, there is an auto-play ad with sound in the top spot (just below “recently seen on [mains1te]”). It’s for amovie from Focus Pictures and the first few seconds are kind of nsfw with a slow pan up a lingerie-clad torso. I’m using Chrome on a laptop.
So pretty random. My daughter is ~ 15 months and recently started biting her hand, mostly when frustrated by something. Is this normal? What does one do? My guess is that she is frustrated by her inability to do certain things and/or communicate what she wants but I don’t want her to hurt herself.
This is a bit of a random question, but do any of you use a table cloth? We have a standard-issue Ikea table that worked well for us through our 20’s but is now pock-marked as a result of lots of toddler fork-banging and a bit of an embarrassment when we have people over for dinner (or, would be in theory, if we ever had adults who are not family members and/or who don’t also have toddlers over for dinner). One day, once our kids are done with mistreating our furniture, we will buy a grown-up table, or maybe I will inherit a lovely teak midcentury one, but for now, I’m thinking of buying some table cloths. Do any of you use these? Any recs for ones that won’t get terribly stained (or show their terrible stains)?
You’ve been on my mind since your post last week. Hope things are going ok and that you are getting the support you need!
We want to replace our nanny. No immediate issues, but we pay above market and she does not perform above market, despite setting expectations when she took the job and weekly conversations over the last 8 months.
The problem is she is active on all the sites/boards/groups I have used previously to find a nanny, so I don’t know how to go about searching for a new one without her knowing (I want to take my time finding the right person). Do I need to use a nanny placement service or something? Or is there no way to accomplish this without firing her first and then finding a replacement? I am probably overthinking this.
What are some great websites/blogs about feeding babies and toddlers? We’re just starting the process of feeding our 6.5 month old “real” food (we’ve been giving him baby food for a few months) and I’m at a total loss of what to feed him, as well as some techniques to actually get him to eat (he mostly just plays with the spaghetti and other foods we’ve put in front of him). Also, any guidance on how much they should be eating at this point? I would have thought this would be instinctive but I’m really struggling (probably overthinking things, as I’m wont to do). Thanks!
Thanks everyone for your kind words a few weeks ago re: my child eating crayons, glue and generally acting unlike her usual sweet self.
We took her to the doctor who ran test and could not find anything. Ped told us to wait and said that toddler is probably going through a sensitive/transition period. One thing she did tell us to do is to enlist older sister to help educate younger kid around what is good modeling behavior and encourage for them to be more affectionate with each other. This has been really great advice and has totally helped our overall morning and sleeping routine.
Ok, so we don’t actually have lice (yet), but I have a daughter (4) and she wears her hair down all the time (well, I try and put it up, but it’s fine and it falls out and she would prefer it down anyway, so it’s a struggle) and there was just an outbreak of lice reported at her school. Other than instructing her on not sharing brushes, hats, clothes, pillows, etc., is there anything preventative I can do short of shaving her head? This freaks me out so much.
Anyone else dreading the upcoming east coast snowstorm? I’m really hoping it isn’t as bad as they’re building it up to be, but it looks like my area may get anywhere from 12-18 inches, which is way too much to even try sledding and just makes the rest of the week a total nightmare for childcare/scramble with work.
Morning all – sleep question for my son who will be 1 year in 2 weeks. He has been a good sleeper for many months sleeping 11-12 hours each night straight. The last 2 nights in a row he was awake for 2.5 hours and 4 hours in the middle of the night screaming. He has 8 teeth already, could be teething? I don’t think that’s it. Do I just let him cry it out or go in? When I go in he will fall asleep in my arms and then as soon as I put him down he is screaming again. Is there a sleep regression at 1 year? Any advice? How long do I let him cry like this? Last night I tried to go in every 10 minutes to put him down (he was standing in the crib) and rub his back and then leave….maybe that wasn’t such a good idea.
I’m at 30 weeks and we’ve been getting a lot of generous gifts and hand-me-downs from friends, coworkers, etc. What I’m wondering is how to handle thank you cards? Several people have given things a few weeks ago, then a second batch this weekend, etc. Do we do a card for each gifting? Just one for the first gifting? Only for new items? (This last one doesn’t seem quite right, as we got a second-hand BOB stroller, but would you do a card for old clothes?)
TIA!