Organizing Thursday: Thin Bins Collapsible Containers
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I have an entire kitchen cabinet dedicated to food storage bins of all shapes and sizes. These space-saving collapsible bins gifted to me by my mom make me wish all my bins collapsed.
These bins feature snap-tight lids and an air vent for microwave heating and are made from silicone (so they’re microwave, freezer, and dishwasher safe). The most ingenious part is they collapse to about a third of their original size and stack easily on top of one another.
I’d toss one or two in my bag before a dinner out so I could do my small part for the Earth by providing my own containers for leftovers.
These bins are available in a set of four at Amazon for $19.99.
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?
What storage containers are the best for when people keep losing them and they get aggressively moldy? I’ve used glasslock but they’re heavy and the lids are hard to demold.
Is it a bad idea to try to WFH for a week with an 8 year old? My daughter really wants to do a gymnastics camp but it ends a week before all the other camps and I don’t want to have her sign up for a random camp for a week. I am hoping she can entertain herself for 4-5 hours while I do work and then I can entertain her for the rest of the time but maybe it is idealistic.
A trial that has been scheduled for mid-July this year for about a year and half was just confirmed to go forward as planned. I’m surprised because of all the other things that had to be delayed. Anyway. Now I need to figure out how to make this work – I’ve never been in trial. I am still pumping 3X/day for my 9-mo old (no other kids). Right now, I do mornings and my husband makes dinner and does pjs, then I do bedtime. I know we’ll need some help for the weekends, as I anticipate having to work weekends, but how can I get my family ready for this? My husband’s job is 40 hours but he gets maxed out easily and I don’t know if we really want to just assume he does everything.
My 4yo daughter has suddenly started pretending to nurse on me (clothed), at least once a day. Which is surprising because she gave it up at 7 months and never looked back. I’m letting her do it assuming that she just needs extra cuddles and love, but reassure me this is just a phase?
Any favorite “big” items for three year olds? Looking for ideas on what to get my son for his birthday!
Can we talk about morning routines, particularly with littler kids? Now that everyone is back in person, getting two adults, a baby, and a 2 year old out the door in the morning is — rough. To say the least. I try to have everything I can ready the night before, but it’s still chaos.
I just found out that a two-week trial I thought would be canceled is going ahead as planned. I have a 9-month old and am still pumping 3X/day, nursing once in the morning and twice at night. It’s local, but I don’t know if it will be virtual or in-person yet, but I’m expecting long days and weekends. How can I prep for this? Right now I do mornings and my husband makes dinner and I take care of the baby while he does that. I’m thinking we could use some help a couple of nights during this period for an hour or so, so that I can keep working while DH makes dinner. And then I’m thinking some kind of childcare for a few hours each weekend day so I can work and DH can have a break. Any other thoughts/ideas that have made your life easier in trial with a baby?
Gotta love those joyful parenting moments of catching your toddler mid-poop and running while carrying him to make sure he makes it to the potty in time. And then cleaning that potty! I wonder how other managers at my company spend their nights – probably not the same as mine.
How long does it take you to recover from sleep deprivation? Baby is finally sleeping through the night after several miserable months – and yet, I’m feeling worse instead of better. It’s only been a few days so maybe I just need to give it more time. Has this happened to anyone else?
My kid is almost five years old, and she is going through a phase of saying things are too easy for her. Then, when we give her something that requires effort to do, she screams, cries, and refuses our offers to teach her through it because she she “doesn’t want our help.”
Advice?
Sharing a happy moment. I just got two baby-related texts — one friend had her second baby and another friend got her anatomy scan ultrasound for her first LO. All healthy. Such a good moment. My DH and I’s siblings aren’t having kids any time soon, so our friends/kids’ honorary “aunts”/”uncles” are so important to us (especially when we were the first to have kids out of our friends — it was a little lonely at first!). Happy tears.