Maternity Monday: Tie-Waist Linen Maternity Shorts
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In May, it turns into shorts weather around here. These linen maternity shorts are a step above your typical pair.
These surprisingly versatile lavender shorts are made from 100% breathable linen. They have a bump-friendly elastic waist, self-tie belt, and a Goldilocks not-too-long-not-too-short 6-inch inseam. Add a pretty cotton eyelet shirt or crisp button-down when you want a relaxed, yet put-together look. (Shorts aren’t appropriate at every office, of course, so know yours!)
These maternity shorts are $49.95 at Nordstrom and come in sizes XS–XL.
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Do you remind DH to do something for MIL on Mother’s Day (e.g. send a card or flowers?) Or do you send them to her yourself? Or do you do nothing for MIL and leave it up to DH?
My 7YO has been taking piano lessons since hte start of the school year. The piano teacher is setting up a small “recital.” I know my kid will not want to participate due to anxiety. Should I force it or leave it alone?
i have twin just turned 5 year olds and while one is much more social than the other, neither have really been invited for playdates. idk if it is because people think they need to invite both, but honestly i think it is almost harder for me when i see little girls going home together after school or pics on social media and mine aren’t included. at this stage almost all bday parties have been the whole class or all girls or all boys, so i think it is actually strange the parties arent more inclusive, but i also don’t think the kids really notice. one of my twins i think has adhd, but hasnt been diagnosed yet, and seems to have more trouble making friends so i do worry next year when we start kindergarden at public school one twin is going to be invited a lot and the other isn’t. (at their smaller private preschool most people know they are twins). one thing i am trying to do as a parent, though admittedly don’t always succeed, but trying not t o let things bother me if they don’t bother my kid. parenting is hard, and dealing with all of this social dynamic stuff as they get older is super hard. whoever told me little kids, little problems, big kids bigger problems, was totally right and mine are still fairly little and i feel like the problems are still getting bigger
Im so sorry. :/ But are you sure the parties and play dates are happening without you? 4 isn’t really an age at which most kids have a solid “crew” and birthday parties tend to be entire class or just family/close friends of the parents. Even if people are doing small parties, it’s not necessarily a reflection on your kid. And I think a lot of people just don’t have that much interest in play dates at this age. Are you hosting play dates? We have a very social kid but do almost 100% of the play date initiating and hosting. It’s not a great feeling and sometimes I get sad about it, but I try to remind myself that it’s not necessarily personal to my kid (the kids we host always seem to have a fantastic time) and likely has more to do with it just not being a priority for the parents.
And so it begins. My adhd/nd 4 year old is clearly not being invited to parties or playdates and is being excluded from play with peers at preschool. We are doing social groups and therapy with him and taking all the actions, but it’s still heartbreaking. He doesn’t seem to “care” yet, but that’s probably not too far away. I just didn’t expect this to happen so young. Any suggestions/commiseration?
I have made it to the promised land! A birthday party invitation that explicitly states it is drop-off. (Kid is 7.) Now to figure out what to do with myself with two hours of solitude….
Another screen time question. I have two kids, 13 and 8. 13-year-old is home for several hours after school, except on days when he has after-school activities. The 8-year-old attends an after care program. When both get home, the first thing they want to do is zone out in front of a TV show. Which I get. They’re tired, have had a long day, and just want to veg. That, I don’t care about so much. But then, in the evening, the teen goes back to the screens after he finishes homework (which is typically done on a Chromebook). I’ve noticed that when my 8-year-old gets bored, she defaults to the screen. She also spends a lot of time outside and doing creative things, but her screen time goes way up on the weekends we don’t have much planned. And sometimes I let it happen because I need a break and want to veg!
IDK. I can’t decide if this is okay, or if I need to set some boundaries around screen use. It seems like, cumulatively, they are getting a lot of screen time. 30 minutes here, 30 minutes there, and before you know it, they’ve spent 3-4 hours on screens. And Friday and Saturday nights are already designated movie nights.
I’ll admit that we built some of these habits during the pandemic and that DH & I have definitely used screens as a means to get some peace and quiet on the weekends. But I don’t love it and wish they would do other activities instead, whether that’s reading or art or whatever.
Any suggestions for how to deal with a**hole neighbors?
I had a group of five 9-10 yos over to my house this weekend to practice a skit for an upcoming performance. Their cardboard box set was in our garage, so they were rehearsing in our front yard mid-afternoon on a Sunday for about an hour. Nothing super loud. Just 5 kids doing their kid thing with some boxes.
Across the street the neighbors were sitting on their front porch blasting music. They had two 60-something yo parents, their two mid-20s sons and the sons’ gfs present. It was a nice day and not weird for them to be on their porch.
Parents showed up to pick up the 9-10 yos and the kids went inside to take off costumes while parents chatted in front of our house. I was helping with costumes inside, but apparently the two sons and one gf pulled down their pants and mooned our house, with a very very full show. Then one son stripped off his shirt, was lathered with soap and hosed down in some ridiculous show, presumably also directed at us. We kept the kids inside so they didn’t see any of this, but everyone was super uncomfortable.
I probably should have called the cops, but didn’t have evidence, didn’t see it myself and don’t really want to start a war with the neighbors. But now I’m super uncomfortable at my own house. I have a 7 yo and 9 yo and don’t want them exposed to male parts and don’t want to worry about aggressive neighbors or them yelling lewd things at my kids or guests. I’m not sure the other parents will ever let their kids come back to my house.
I really have no idea what’s up with the neighbors. They are super aggressive about people parking in front of their house so we don’t park there ourselves, but occasionally our cleaners or guests or repair people do briefly. But it’s a public street in a condensed suburban area–you have to park in front of someone’s house. It happens.
Any suggestions for how to resolve this? I’m not sure I’m up for confrontation. The 60-something parents who own the house were there and apparently thought it was funny, so they’re not going to be any help. I really just want to feel safe in front of my house.
Best place for maternity pants for work? looking for simple and black. I’m a pear – big-ish behind. Curvy is a must and I’m also borderline tall at 5’8″. I don’t like the crop look so I often get ankle pants in long sizing. TIA.
I feel like such a cliche for posting mother’s day drama today, but ugh, my first mother’s day was not what I had hoped. We had agreed to host my MIL, SIL and BIL in the afternoon, which I was ok with, but I’m an introvert, so I was really looking forward to our quiet morning of just us. I told DH I wanted “nothing fancy, just breakfast from [local favorite] to go and eat in the park across the street while the dog and the baby play on a blanket” I think DH took “nothing fancy” to mean “I don’t care”, but I was actually really looking forward to it. Well, around 9am as we were about to leave, FIL came by to surprise me with flowers. Which was nice, really, I like FIL generally. But then of course he was like “oh I could get breakfast too” and tagged along, and then they both decided the line at my breakfast place was too long and went somewhere else, and honestly I was in a foul mood by then but plastered a smile on my face all day. So of course DH and I got into an argument last night which wasn’t ideal, and he was feeling like he tried to do all the right things – he did get me flowers and made a very nice toast in the afternoon – and I know he means well but also, my in-laws showing up unannounced and inserting themselves into our plans is an issue and I was really hoping it wouldn’t happen on this particular day. I’ll be more explicit about what I want next year, but yeah, just venting here.
The TWW is torture
Any amazing kid Mother’s Day cards this weekend? My 9 yo wrote: “Thank you so much for raising me. You did a good job.” It was all I could do not to laugh out loud at her very sincere sentiments.
How was everyone’s mothers day/what did everyone do?
+1 other than a few times in high school when I wanted to show off my home ec cooking skills (remember home ec, lol?) my mom provided all our meals until I graduated high school. Even when I went back home in college and behind she’d normally cook for me. I don’t think that’s terribly unusual nor does it make me a dysfunctional adult.
For Xmas last year DH and I sent each other lists of gift ideas for ourselves. It worked out well because DH is not great at gift giving and usually gives me things I don’t want and end up in the donation bin. I sent DH a gift list this year a few weeks before Mother’s Day. He ignored the list and got me something else, a digital picture frame that my sister suggested. It’s ok but not what I wanted. (It wasn’t preloaded wit pics or anything, so it can be returned). I feel disappointed but not sure I am justified in feeling this way.