Organizing Thursday: Threshold 13″ Fabric Cube Storage Bin
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Kids have a lot of stuff, and that stuff needs to go somewhere. Enter fabric storage cubes.
You can buy these lots of places, but I really like the ones from Target — they come in a rainbow of colors and patterns to match any decor, fold flat, and have cutout handles that make them easy to pull in and out of their coordinating cubbies.
We use them to hold diapering supplies for our son and toys/books/games for our oldest. These cubes also make it easy for the kids to help clean up — we have several cubes in different patterns/colors and they know what item goes into which cube.
The bin is $10. Target conveniently has a whole page dedicated to storage cubes and cubbies if you’re looking for ideas and inspiration.
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?
Tips for being strong through tough times? This last year has been very very hard for my family – on top of COVID, we lost two beloved relatives, we had a baby, DH has had 5 colorectal surgeries, our oldest is a very challenging 3 year old, and we both have very intense jobs that have been busier than ever. With the vaccine and a proposed surgery plan for DH, I really thought we could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but DH’s latest surgery was unsuccessful so that plan is out the window. DH’s colorectal issues have required daily wound packing and dressing changes by me for over a year, and since the surgery was unsuccessful, this will continue for many months and potentially years. This has impacted our quality of life (including no gardening since our youngest was conceived), and each surgery means that I take on more of the load so that he can recover. To be clear, I don’t begrudge him this, but I’m just so tired and scared of the potential long term impacts on our quality of life and ability to do things together that we both enjoy (garden, travel, exercise, etc.). I can’t talk to DH about this, and I need help digging deep to help carry us through this.
I have truly the best mother in law (they exist and are wonderful!) and need some advice! My mil came in this month to help with our two month old, and she’s staying about a month and will probably return about a month later as well. She is the first person who has come to help and it’s been amazing. She’s been cooking, doing some cleaning, giving our baby extra love and cuddles and refuses to let me wash dishes unless I sneak in when she’s in the other room. I’ve told her how much I appreciate everything and thank her obviously. I’ve also tried to clear as much space as possible so she can unpack and feel at home, and the baby and I are getting her an Easter present. She also has as much time with her granddaughter and (her favorite) son as she wants. But is there anything more I should or can do? Should I try to cook a few meals here or there? One thing to note is there is somewhat of a language barrier.
What do folks think about the Freemie pump? I’ve never used it but there’s a sale today and I’m tempted to try it out.
Has anyone had a child start daycare during the pandemic? Any advice? My son will start this summer (at 1 year old). Seems like around here parents are not allowed in the building and we cannot really visit with the baby before leaving him, so we just hand him to a stranger who will take him into an unfamiliar building where he will spend the next X number of hours with strangers? That sounds pretty awful. I’m thinking of asking if one of us can come in with him on the first day if we provide negative COVID test results and quarantine for a period of time first.
My toddler rejected his “speedy” yellow shoes today because “I am a sloooowwww cat today”. Same, kiddo, same.
ISO Sock Recommendations – I am done matching kid socks. I want to order like 14 pairs of socks for each of my kids that are the same color and style per kid. (10year old and 7 year old) Any recommendations? Bonus if they don’t have weird, uncomfortable or “itchy” seams.
My 2 year-old tears off her fingernails. She always has raw and bloody fingertips because she tears them off too short. I don’t know how to make her stop – she complains when they hurt and asks for bandaids, but will take the bandaid off shortly thereafter (hard to keep bandaids on toddler fingertips).
I try to keep her nails clipped short so there is nothing to grab, and if I notice her doing it I’ll offer a fidget toy or something else to do with her hands, which seems to help temporarily, but she doesn’t even seem to realize she’s doing it until she’s ripped one far into the nail bed and it’s bleeding.
I don’t bite or tear my nails so I don’t have any personal understanding of this habit, but I know there are lots of people who do… any advice, wise moms?
Welp, my city and state just lifted our mask mandate. DH and I are vaccinated but still very hesitant to do stuff indoors unless everyone is in masks and I feel like we’ll have to pull back on some things we were already comfortable doing, like taking kiddo to the grocery store and library. Just feeling so sad and frustrated. I thought vaccines were the light at the end of the tunnel, but now that no one will be in masks it kind of feels like we’re back to square one in terms of what we can safely do.
Does anyone have any good resources on research on risk of covid for kids? I know that it is rare for kids to be symptomatic, but I am worried about long covid etc. I would love to hear of a good source of information to make decisions when we are vaccinated but the kids are not.
DH was ranting this morning about something asinine his boss did yesterday. He was actually fairly worked up in the kitchen while DD ate a room away. My not quite three year old felt the need to chime in, “Daddy. Take a deep breath and take a lap.”
Lol wut. Confirmed with nanny – no one has used that phrase around her, not known in any TV shows or books we read to her. It caught us so off-guard that it deescalated DH perfectly. Kids, amiright?
If you want a laugh (or something… maybe cry?) go back and read the posts from a year ago this week. One day someone said we’d be locked down for 18 months and we were all like, No way! And now, 18 months would be just about right if my company’s return to work goes according to schedule.
Fun reminder that 1. your toilet seat probably comes off very easily to clean and 2. a new one is probably only like $20.
I-for some reason-assumed it would be impossible to get the same model toilet seat we have because I have no idea how old our toilets are. We’ve redone our bathrooms and were advised to keep our toilets because they’re good toilets I guess? The underside of the seats are stained (were before I married my husband and moved in, to be clear!) and I have never been able to fully bleach them. I remove them occasionally to clean under the hinges (they just snap off) and finally looked up the model and of course it’s stupid common and cheap to replace and I can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner and I wish I could have the hours I spent trying to bleach them back.
Anyway, that’s my PSA for the day. Why didn’t I look this up sooner/know this? Ugh.
Is casually training your kid on the potty a thing? DD is 2.5 and goes when we cue her but doesn’t cue herself. We haven’t pulled the cord on diapers yet (we will soon) and I guess we’ll make a weekend of it, set the timer, and all that stuff, but is that the only way to effectively eliminate the diapers and train her to cue herself?