Makeup & Beauty Monday: The Poppy
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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
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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?
Anyone find any good deals on Amazon Prime Day today?
I like the Full Focus Planner, and it NEVER goes on much discount, so I was pleased to see it at $30 on Prime. (It says list price is $60, but it’s usually $40 at the FFP website, though without the free shipping. Still, a good deal.)
Last week was on vacation and one of my 14 month old twins was sick for most of the trip with a high fever, waking up in the middle of the night, etc. we got home Friday – she went to bed later than usual due to flight delays but slept fine. The past two nights she has been up all night screaming! She is totally healthy now. Is there a 14 month old sleep regression? With the exception of illness she has slept through the night since she was 5 months old. Help! We are soo soo tired
In my previous life I generally wore all dresses to work – I liked how I didn’t have to pull together an outfit, felt put together etc. but now pumping am finding I greatly prefer blouses I can push up with pants or skirts. I don’t want to spend a lot of money here but am willing to invest some (oh also my old clothes don’t fit since baby?)! Any favorite tried and true separates – machine washable being a giant plus? I don’t love button downs since my chest is huge. I tried searching the archives but was a bit overwhelmed! TIA!
favorite toddler water bottles?
We’re about to send our first to Kindergarten and need to supply lunches for the first time ever. (We’ve been beyond blessed with lunch-providing daycares & preschools up to this point). I would love to come up with a basic, simple-to-make/put together menu that doesn’t have temperature issues for each of the 5 days and just put that on auto-repeat every week. I’m thinking someone on the internet has had to have laid out something like this before I recreate the wheel. I can google, but thought I’d see if there are any recommendations on where to look from the group here?
Also, should we get one of those “bento box” type lunch boxes? To save from using baggies, right?
Thanks!
Moms who br3astfed: Do you feel like it took some time for your hormones to settle down after you weaned? My son stopped nursing back in March, after which I instantly got my first post-baby period and it lasted for forty (40!) days. Then I got another one that lasted for forty (40!) days, then last week I got one that lasted for…five days? I’m exhausted from trying to predict what’s going to happen in any given month.
Complicating matters is, I got the birth control implant almost a year ago. I really like it, but I can’t tell how much of this hormonal drama is from the implant vs how much is my hormones still getting settled.
My daughter is having a girl over that she only knows a little bit- they played soccer together last year but will be going to kindergarten together in the fall and when I asked my kid if she’d like to have her over she was really into it.
Her mom warned me that she can be a bit shy, as can my kid.
Any ideas of good activities or outings that would be good to put them at ease? Or just put them in the playroom and they’ll make it work?
Usually my kid has kids over she knows pretty well and they’re old enough not to need much intervention (almost 6).
Is there a nice way to ask people to take off their shoes when they come in your house without being off-putting? We have a crawling baby and I know germs are good, etc. – but it grosses me out anyway. I know I can just ask, and I’ve done that it the past, but I feel like people are mildly offended by it.
Hydroflask with the straw lid. My 17 month old just started using it.
First time poster here!
We have 8 month old twins and my husband took a step back from a mid-size law firm — he works 66% now — so that he could see the kids. He is at home with them 2.5 days a week and we have a nanny for two days, and MIL takes care of the other .5 day.
My question is — most of my friends and a lot of posters on this site talk about how much their kids love their daycare, etc. Some of my SAHM friends still have their oldest going to “school” at some point during the week for a few hours or whatever. I have total day care envy (activities! learning!) but for us with two its the most expensive option, plus husband working full time means he would never. see. them.
My question is:
(1) Is this a thing or should I just not worry about it and put them in kindergarten whenever people do that?
(2) If it’s a thing, what should we do? Maybe have husband up hours and put them in something fun one day a week? Classes or something?
I really need a pep talk, or advice, or something – I don’t even know. My baby is almost 1 and I’m so completely freaked out by the time warp that the last year has been. I can’t believe how old he is( and I’m starting to feel like I’m missing his childhood by working full time. I know that’s not actually true, but I can’t seem to stop feeling like everything is on fast forward and there’s just never enough time. Is this a normal thing or am I being overly emotional (or both)? It sounds stupid when I write it out like this, but it’s really upsetting.
3 year old is home sick from daycare. I have to do a bit of work, but not much. The current bug going around daycare takes a couple days to get over.
I’m not even mad, I’m just over here organizing my closets while kid watches too much TV and I force as many liquids into him as I possibly can.
what is the difference between a balance bike vs. getting a small bike that could have training wheels and pedals and just not attaching said training wheels or pedals?
Similar to the weaning question above, how long did it take you to get a period after weaning? I weaned in May (at 12 months) and haven’t gotten it back yet. I had my hormones tested and my estrogen is super low (like menopause low) so the doctor said we should start iui with hormone injection since I want another baby soon. I took provera in hopes of restarting it and it didn’t work. Fertility treatment seems extreme considering that we conceived my baby after one month of trying naturally. And I’m only 29. I don’t really remember what my periods were like pre-baby unfortunately since I didn’t get them regularly on an iud for 5 years and then conceived the first month after removal. Anyone have similar wonky hormones and things corrected themselves naturally? We’d like to have another kid so I don’t know if we should go the iui route now or if waiting will be a waste of time…