Maternity Monday: Tie-Dye Tiered Maxi Dress
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How is it already August? If you’re a glass-half-full type of person, there’s still over a month of beach outings, backyard gatherings, and dining al fresco.
If you’re expecting, this dress from BB Dakota just screams summer. This tiered, tie-dye maxi dress is perfect for all those outdoor gatherings on your calendar. The light, flowy texture will keep you and baby comfortable during warm summer days — just add a light cardigan or shawl for when the sun goes down.
I’d pair it as pictured with strappy sandals, or even white canvas sneakers.
This dress is available at A Pea in the Pod for $128. It comes in XS–L.
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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I posted on friday about my husband testing positive while I was negative after attending a family party. Well after a weekend of quarantine and multiple tests, it seems very likely it was a false positive. Husband had a rapid test and PCR test on friday which both came back negative. 1 yo had a negative test. I had a second negative test.
Happy we are all healthy, but it was a long weekend being everyone’s butler.
Car seat question: We have a 9mos old who is ready to transition from his infant car seat to a convertible seat. We have one parent car and a nanny who will be driving the baby for short trips around town (library, parks, etc). It seems like older baby/toddler car seats no longer have bases so we can’t just get a second base for her car, which was my initial thought. The nanny would, understandably, prefer not to have a car seat permanently in her car. How have others solved this problem?
3 year old has runny nose and a bit of a cough. at home with a vaccinated nanny. how do you decide whether to test for covid? no fever. idk where he got a cold. everyone else in the home feels fine.
Any thoughts on short intellectually stimulating activities while on maternity leave? I’m 3 weeks in (this is my first child) and honestly, I’m a little bit bored. In a delicious newborn haze of love and sleep deprivation, but when she’s down for a nap there’s only so much laundry, novel reading and TV I can do. I’m not looking for any big projects or wanting to put pressure on myself- it’d just be nice to use my brain for like 30 minutes a day when I have the energy to do so.
We decided over the weekend that the best solution for fall after-school care for my soon-to-be kindergartener is hiring a college student (or someone) to watch her from 3:00 – 5:15, Mon – Wed (we have other care on Thurs/Fri). I know a lot of you have done something similar…any tips for hiring? Is care.com the best route, or did you have any success reaching out more directly (we have two early ed degree programs in our area)? The school year starts on Sept 6…when should start looking? Any advice would helpful, we’ve never hired a nanny/babysitter/etc before so we are very new at this. Oh, also cost — would $120 a week be appropriate in a LCOL area? Works out to about $16/hour.
Hi hive – need some…reassurance. I’ve posted before about how DH and I went through a YEAR last year to the point where I almost lost my marriage. We’ve done therapy (together and individually) and things are a lot better, we feel like best friends, a team, all of that stuff. We go on date nights and are a lot more affectionate/snuggly and jokey.
However, our gardening hasn’t exactly bounced back or found a good new rhythm. I brought this up to DH and he said that he’s very interested but he feels like his body is still basically recovering from everything we went through last year, reubuilding trust with mine, and adjusting to our new normal, and that he hopes time will help. He also mentioned that our therapist said this to him to regarding time when they spoke about this.
Additional context: we have a 3.5 year old and 7 month old, I had a parent pass away late last year, DH had a big shift with a parent where he had to set very strict boundaries earlier this year (a huge 180 for their relationship), and we’ve had other sickness/death on DH’s side of the family. Not adding this to justify but just to contextualize. We also moved states in December 2019, and the sh*t hit the fan for us in March-April 2020.
Talk to me about big-ish age gaps between kids. We will most likely end up with a min 4 year gap. Most discussion here and IRL are about significantly smaller gaps and the challenges that come with that.
Anyone who can share their experience with bigger gaps? Was it planed that way or just how life happened?
Talk to me about a potential age gap between siblings. DH and I are on the fence about trying for a third, and if it happened, there would be a 7 year and 5 year gap between kids. This feels doable or even nice in the first few years, but the thought of parenting a 14 year old and a 7 year old at the same time makes me want to lay my head down on the desk. Any thoughts — positive and negative — would be appreciated!
My sibling and I are 6 years apart, I’m older. When I speak to my Mom about it, she actually liked that age gap since I was able to be so independent and helpful. Plus, my sibling and I are still super close!
What do you do for safety restraint while flying with a four year old? Car seat, CARES harness, something else?
Any recommendations for a mask for four year olds that is more protective than a cloth mask? Like a KN95 equivalent?
We’re about to start house hunting in earnest (toddler in an 800 square foot condo is starting to be too tight for us). I’m weirdly nervous about it! When we bought our condo it felt like, well, we can sell in 5 years so it’s like picking out a longer-term apartment. But now, I feel like whatever we buy should be our house for the next 20 years. Plus the market is being ridiculous right now. And neither of us has lived in the suburbs in 20+ years, so that will be a big adjustment. Do y’all have any advice? Should we consider renting for a year in our chosen suburban town to see if we like it? Would that be worth TWO moves with a toddler?
Ugh – Covid. I haven’t seen my dad and other family from my home state in 2 years since he’s a 3.5 hour flight away, and we were so excited about a summer trip where he gets to meet the baby born in July 2020 and for her big brother to play with all of the cousins. Now, with the Delta variant and worries about flying with a baby who can’t be masked … we just made the decision to cancel the trip. I was super bummed all weekend. I rescheduled everything to now make the treck out in December, but who knows. Maybe this never ends? We’ll get Delta under control but then it’s going to be something else? I’m just feeling very discouraged, and angry at all of the morons who refuse to take the simple step of getting a free and widely available vaccine.
We’re expecting baby #4 in October. I’ve always been pretty parinoid about sickness around new babies, but COVID has certainly heightened that. What type of restrictions would you put around visitors? Older kids are 7, 5, and 2 – so they will be bringing germs from school/daycare – so I want to keep outsider germs to a minimum.
Here is what I was thinking:
-only those that are vaccinated can visit (this means no kids under age 12)
– those traveling from out of town on an airplane (my mom) need to wait X number of days and test negative before visiting (what would the proper amount of days here?). She is vaccinated, but I know that does not keep her from spreading. She’s also the worst post-baby visitor, so I am happy to limit her visits to an hour or two with a mask on.
-vaccinated adults must be completely symptom free.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Just need to vent. I’ve been back at work for six weeks from mat leave. I was really proud of ourselves that we’d found reliable childcare before I went back to work. We had DS at an in-home daycare for the past month, and things were going pretty well. Then, the past two weeks, we had to keep him home for 3 days– 2 because nanny was sick, 1 because other kids were sick. (He hasn’t gotten sick yet.) I was so excited to start our formal daycare today. Today, school was closed for a power outage from a storm on Saturday. So, now I’ve had to stay home with DS for three days in the past week… for things that are completely out of our control. And DS hasn’t even been sick yet.