Maternity Monday: Three-Quarter-Sleeve Twill Maternity Button-Up Top
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This new-to-me maternity brand has some great pieces if your office skews more formal.
Marion’s collared shirt has a button front, no-gap placket, and is made from fabric that’s cool to the touch for all day comfort. The curved hem and three-quarter length sleeves keep things from being too uptight.
This top is $165 and comes in white and pale blue. It’s available in sizes XS-L as well as petites for select sizes.
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Sales of note for 5/19/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Lots of markdowns on AGL (50%!), Weitzman, Tumi, Frank & Eileen, Zella, Natori, Cole Haan, Boss, Theory, Reiss (coats), Vince, Eileen Fisher, Spanx, and Frame (denim and silk blouses)
- Ann Taylor – 50% off summer-ready styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50-60% off select styles
- J.Crew – 60% off sale, and 40% off packing picks (prices as marked)
- J.Crew Factory – New arrivals, plus up to 60% off everything plus extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Daily flash sales, and lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off. 5/19’s flash sale: Jardigans down to $175-$209, dresses down to $150, blazers down to $250
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes, and accessories
I know it’s late in the day but seeking advice on best friends. my 9 year old has a friend in his class who lives in our neighborhood and they hang out…literally every day. or ask to. it’s constant. I’m concerned a bit bc a) seems like he’s his exclusive friend outside of school, which feels too eggs-in-one basket-y to me, and b) this specific friend isn’t my favorite (he’s not a bad kid just not like an entirely positive influence either). WWYD? Is my son old enough that I should just back off given there’s no real problem? Or should I affirmatively work on this? And how?
Longer post stuck in mod, so I will try the short version here: My 14yo son (8th grade) uses my number to text friends. Yesterday, they started a new group chat with 11 kids. Most of the messages were innocuous, but one kid repeatedly posted entirely inappropriate and disturbing things. (I may try and add some detail in a comment.) I do not think my son saw the texts as he was on airplane mode all day yesterday due to travel, but I will talk to him this afternoon. I know all the kids and parents. Do I alert all the parents or just the kid of the parent who was posting these things?
My 14yo son (8th grade) uses my number to text and FT his friends from his device. My son really doesn’t care about the shared access, and I don’t either for the most part. (I find it annoying when his friends repeatedly FT him while I am working but I just silence my end.) For the most part, I don’t follow the texts and will just glance at them in passing. I know all of his friends and most of the parents.
Yesterday, one of his friends started a new group chat, with 11 participants. I started paying attention when one of the participants posted a WWII German symbol (trying to avoid mod). When I went back through the chain today, most of the texts are harmless and I have no problem ignoring profanity. However, the one participant posted raci$t memes and jokes, joked about mole$ting little leaguers who start on Friday, posted the smile face emoji followed by a g@n emoji. Do I alert all of the parents that this kind of thing is happening or do I just go to the one kid’s mom? Reading through it all again makes me sick to my stomach. I think that my son has not seen these texts because his device was on airplane mode yesterday as we traveled, but I will definitely be discussing with him in either case.
NICU moms- what is the most helpful thing someone did for you during a NICU stay?
I’m guessing the best answer is to just let this be, but I’d like to hear some thoughts on what to do with tween girl drama. My daughter is almost 10, and she has been near-inseparable besties with the girl across the street since they were 3. We have become close with her parents and spend time together most weekends – usually the girls play happily for hours while the adults play cards, and everyone enjoys this.
DD has mentioned recently that Neighbor Kid (NK) sometimes has a “sassy attitude” and that a lot of her school friends don’t get along with her. (They are in different classes, but have recess and some other activities together.) Last week, there was some sort of issue involving a playground game and NK started accusing DD of cheating; I guess DD’s friends supported her and, well, I don’t know, but it ended with NK insisting she didn’t want to be friends with DD anymore, and DD’s teacher sending her to the guidance counselor when she came in crying. We’ve had a couple of sobbing meltdowns at home, and apparently NK is pointedly shunning DD since.
We saw NK’s parents over the weekend, and they seemed pretty clear that NK is the one creating the problem. They’ve said she’s also been emotional, saying she has no friends at school and that no one likes her (with them trying to gently point out that she may need to think about how she’s interacting). We said DD is willing to apologize if there are any hurt feelings and have talked to her about making sure not to exclude anyone. We had hoped that they would get together over the weekend and get over it, but NK made a point of staying in her room almost the whole time we were over and not speaking to DD when she came out. DD handled this well, just played with her Ipad, but was hurt. NK’s parents did mention that they had told NK they weren’t going to stop hanging with us just because of this.
Anyway, I’m glad to hear that no one seems to think that my kid has done anything wrong (I didn’t want to be one of those parents) and she doesn’t seem to be getting shunned at school, but I definitely don’t want NK (who I think of as family) to suffer, either, and I absolutely hate the idea of them losing this great friendship they’ve always had and DD being so upset. Plus I like hanging with our friends, too – it’s not necessary the kids play together for that, but it certainly helps. I guess there’s not much we can do with this, but I thought I’d ask if anyone has any thoughts or experiences that might help.
I posted a couple weeks ago about my 7 year old whose friend was really mean to her at the friend’s birthday. At the time I was mainly worried about how much I could steer her away from this friendship, but that hasn’t proven to be an issue because the other girl has continued being really mean and my daughter now wants nothing to do with her. She keeps harassing my kid on the playground and their shared sports team. There’s less than a month left in the school year and sports season, so I’ve told my daughter to just ignore her and focus on other friends, of which she thankfully has plenty.
I’m friends-ish with the other girl’s mom but am not planning to discuss this with her because I 100% agree with those who said no good could come from talking to her about this. I think she’s probably heard a very different version of events than I have (this girl lies shamelessly to teachers and coaches when she gets in trouble for mean behavior, so I assume she may be lying to her parents, and even without lying you could tell a selective narrative that distorts the truth). And since I don’t really want to encourage the friendship, even if the mom believed me and took my kid’s side, it wouldn’t really fix the situation.
I am pretty sad that our friendship will likely be strained, but I guess it is what it is. I don’t think we’re close enough to sustain an adults only relationship, especially with the way things ended up between our kids. If the girls had drifted apart more amicably, I could see myself texting her something like “hey I miss seeing you regularly, want to catch up over coffee?” but that seems weird given the current degree of conflict between the girls.
I am 15 weeks pregnant, and need to tell work. I’m an income partner in BigLaw, and it’s been a long road to get here (it’s taken us 3 years and multiple rounds of IVF). Certain partners at work know about the IVF, so this shouldn’t be a surprise but I am very anxious about telling the partners for some reason. Any words of wisdom?
We are having a tough go with my almost seven year old son. He is an incredibly sweet, thoughtful and bright kid and generally does well at school (academically, socially, behaviorally), but struggles on the weekends. We do our best to create structure and provide opportunities for physical activity, but also want to get in some down time. He gets extremely upset if we are not physically with him, cannot be in a room by himself, and would be content to stare at a screen all day. He has huge meltdowns involving crying and throwing things, sometimes reacting violently to my husband and me or our daughter. This is incredibly depleting for everyone and I feel like a terrible parent. I have requested an ADHD questionnaire from our pediatrician, but can’t tell if that’s the right direction or not, as a lot of the behavior seems to be anxiety-driven. Has anyone else dealt with a situation like this?
how do you decide when to talk to your kid’s school about something? for context, my first graders have been complaining all year about the new music teacher. i’ve checked with other parents and they also don’t like going to music. my kid is generally very happy to go to school and earlier this year we had a few days where she didnt want to go and it was bc she had music those days. idk why now, but last night she was hysterical for like an hour bc she didnt want to go to school today bc of music. before she became hysterical, i suggested she write a list of why she doesn’t like the teacher. it says things like “will not let us make mistakes,” “gets too mad,” “is so mad about us,” “is negative,” “is not happy ever with us,” “always raises his voice,” “isn’t with a great attitude,” — I think the principal is aware that kids dont love the new music teacher, and I totally believe that kids need to learn to learn to deal with different personalities, they might not like every teacher or adult they encounter, etc. , but it seems off that my kid is more upset to go to school on days with music than days with tests?
My work mentor was hospitalized for a few days for pneumonia and is now back home and online again. Would it be weird to send some sort of food care package (like soups)? He’s mid 60s, empty nesters.
Any book or podcast recommendations for how to deal with tweens? I feel like my daughter turned into a different person overnight and she’s not even 10. Whatever I’m doing doesn’t seem to be working and I feel like I am just not prepared for the kinds of tantrums we are having now with a previously easygoing kid.