Washable Workwear Wednesday: Tie-Front Jacket
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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?
Definitely just forgot to lock the door to our pumping (“wellness”) room for the first time ever… and got walked in on by a guy taking a phone call. Oops.
I’ve decided he gets to be the one feeling awkward. My bad though!
I need some under arm protectors for dresses. Does anyone have a recommendation that they’ve actually used and had success with? Thanks!
I started with four ounce bottles at that age, but with my first, he quickly wanted more. My second seems content enough with the four ounce bottles for now. I more so wanted to weigh in because lots of the other responders seem to have far more productive workers than mine are — at least as far as the pump is concerned. It takes me four pumps a day to make about 16oz. So, if you aren’t producing as much as these ladies are with a pump, you are definitely not out of the norm!!
So my kid has worn shoes today for two hours and this is a huge victory for us (special needs family) and this has not happened since the kid was like two.
So I’m just feeling very grateful right now. Pray that we make it another five hours. <3
I’ve decided to aim for capsule wardrobe: Home edition. The towel/sheets laundry piles up because we have so much of it, it becomes easy to let multiple sets of sheets pile up before washing, and it all just takes so much room.
So far, I’ve winnowed down to each bed having only 2 sets of bedding. (Meaning sheets, pillow cases, and a white blanket. each still has a comforter or quilt and shams, but those get washed less frequently). I also switched out all of the bath mats to the same color, so they’re largely interchangeable. I’m slowly transitioning all of the towels to white towels as well so they match all the bathrooms. There is no longer a difference between the “nice” towels and our regular towels. If these wear out, I’ll replace them, but I do not have room in my home to accommodate towels that only get used sometimes.
Anyway, so far it has been freeing and I do not miss all of the extra bedding etc, so wanted to share!
We’re doing family photos in a couple weeks and just wondering if anyone has suggestions on what I should wear. I’ve heard that long dresses are really flattering, but struggling to find one that looks appropriate for fall. Thanks so much!!
On day 10 of solo parenting my 15 month old twins while DH is away for work. Last night one threw up at bedtime and then i was up half the night throwing up….is it Friday yet?
I have 8 nieces and nephews, 6 of whom have birthdays in October/November/December. The kids’ ages range from 2-7. Given the number of kids involved, I usually try to buy similarly-themed gifts to simplify shopping for me and keep it fair and even across the board. Budget is $25 per kid. And I’m kind of running out of ideas — what do you think of these?
1) Hardcover book geared to each kid’s interests, plus some other book-themed gift?? I’ve already found great books for each kid that I’d like to give, if I can find a supplemental gift.
2) A board game — any favorites for the preschool and early elementary crowd?
3) Fun pajamas and slippers — probably not realistic for the budget.
4) Nice fleece hoodie from someplace like Primary, in each kid’s favorite color, plus a Beanie Boo or other small toy.
My siblings all have homes with not much storage space, so I’m trying to go with a blend of practical + fun + doesn’t take up a ton of space.
Vent about sleeping ahead. Earmuffs for mamas of babies who are currently sleep deprived and holding out hope that time will solve all problems.
My kids (ages 6 and 2.5) have never been great sleepers, but for the last year or so they’d been sleeping through the night until at least 6 am. Recently, my 6 yr old has been waking up crazy early (between 4:30/5) and although she mostly stays in her room, she’s not always super quiet. The 2.5 yr old has also been waking up early, around 6 or so, when he seems to need to sleep until 6:45/7.
The early wakeups are really taking a toll on me. But last night might have broken me. Toddler woke up and needed soothing around midnight. I finally got back to sleep and 6 yr old appeared in my room around 2 am wanting to sleep with me (husband is in guest room bc he wakes at 4 am to get to work). I let her snuggle but can’t sleep with her, so eventually get her back to her own bed. Finally get back to sleep. I wake up when husband leaves the house at 4:30. Finally get back to sleep. Toddler awake at 5:45 in a godawful mood. Six year old, whose birthday is today, appears at 6:05. For the next two hours until it was time to leave for school, they were alternately crying (wailing, really, about the dumbest crap) and whining, and I feel like I spent the entire morning screaming at them. I am so g*ddamn tired and I feel like such a sh*tty parent. I screamed at my daughter on her birthday! I yelled at a 2 year old! I know it’s a phase and the kids were completely happy at school drop off, but for some reason I can’t shake the terrible morning. I feel like I haven’t had decent sleep in six years. All I want to do is go to bed and sleep for the next week.
Where could I fly to this weekend out of IAH that’s cheap? Just need a little getaway.
Has anyone here taken depression/anxiety meds while pregnant? I’m just into my 3rd trimester, and feel the anxiety creeping in. I mentioned it to my OB this morning, more as a “hey, watch for this” because I had PPD with my first pretty badly (in retrospect) and never got help, and don’t want to repeat the experience. He’s open to prescribing something, and if my current plan of yoga, early bedtime, and pacing myself at work better doesn’t help, I’ll call back and ask. But I have some crunchy-mom influence in my life and have always been hesitant to take drugs, esp. while pregnant. If I decide I want to try a medicine, what am I looking at?
I’m flying into Boston with my two-year-old and four-year-old next month. We will be getting in late at night (10ish), and will need to get to a hotel in Cambridge. I am guessing that my best option will be to fly with our car seats and buckle them into an Uber, but if you ladies have any other suggestions please let me know! Thanks so much.
How would you manage the following situation: I’m 100% certain I want kiddo #2. DH is on the fence. I’ll be 37 next summer. DS is almost 2 and is generally a pretty good kid so far, and DH is very hands-on with him.
DH will sit down and talk about it of course, but I am asking any suggestions on managing in terms of my own anxiety, racing thoughts, etc. Anyone been in a similar situation?
Similar to the post above about misc playground scrapes. My 15 month old just started daycare. She’s the youngest in the younger toddler (15 months-2 years) room. She’s been there 2 weeks and each week, I had an injury/incident report. Both times she hit her head. Once, she “tripped over a chair and hit a wall.” The other time she “was walking and walked into a wall.” Both times she had a big bruise; the second time she had a cut as well.
So, I have 3 kids that have gone through daycare. This is not my first rodeo with incident reports. I get the occasional scrape, bite, what have you. But two in two weeks? My older kids both went to this daycare but there has been turnover with the teachers in this room so both teachers are new to me. My kid is not a klutz. She has never “tripped over a chair” or “fallen into a wall” at home or with other caregivers. DH thinks they’re just not paying enough attention to her– either she’s getting pushed or tripped, or she’s running around when she shouldn’t be or what have you. I think this is being compounded by the newness of the teachers– I picked up DD once and she was HYSTERICAL when I walked in, and the best they could tell me was “she’s upset that other kids are napping.” My kid, who is the most chill kid I’ve ever met, doesn’t get hysterical like that. I’ve seen it exactly once in the 15 months she’s been alive.
So, am I just feeling extra overprotective of my last one here? I already met with the director about the two incident reports–not that they happened, but I was annoyed that they didn’t call or give me a heads up about a head injury, which, while minor, I was pretty sure was their protocol (especially since they didn’t put anything on the one that was bleeding a bit–“we are not allowed to put medication on”–come on, no Neosporin?). As I said I’ve had 2 other kids go through this daycare and I was always in the past given a heads up during the day if my kid got some kind of head injury. I am otherwise inclined just to grit my teeth and count down until my kiddo is ready for preschool, but I don’t want to short change the third kid on safety, either.
How much do you pump on average on each breast? I’m going back next week at 17 weeks and I have no idea how many oz baby needs on average? I’ll be gone 6 hours a day. Tia.