Family Friday: Two-Piece Baby Play Set
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Here’s a darling outfit for the little Valentine in your life!
As I’ve written before, I’m a huge fan of holiday clothes that work well after the decorations come down. Tea’s red cherry pattern evokes Valentine’s Day but works equally well for early spring. This two-piece set is made from easy-care 100% cotton and has a crewneck and drop shoulders.
If you like this pattern, there are also dresses, coordinating leggings, and tees for siblings. This set also comes in a fun rainbow ice cream pattern.
Tea’s Two Piece Baby Play Set is $52 and comes in sizes 3–6M to 4T.
Psst: Tea has launched a Tea Rewear program. You can trade in gently-used Tea clothing to get a discount toward new items as well as sell or shop pre-worn Tea.
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?
I love this! Kiddo and I have matching heart PJs from Lindex. He’s very keen on matching with me now, and I suspect those days are numbered, so making the most of them. Regretting not buying the GAP crazy stripe jumper in every size.
Yesterday, we were debating whether a posh cafe we passed would require bow ties for both of us, or just him.
Thanks for all of the comments yesterday; I feel heard, and not alone, and you all gave me some things to try / think about.
To those who said ‘just divorce’ – of course, I’ve thought about it. But here’s the thing: he’s not abusive. He loves me and the kids to death, and the feeling is mutual. He’s always been incredibly supportive of my career choices. He’s just ill – chronically ill, and it’s unknown whether or not this is as good as it’s going to get. Moreover, I’m not sure what divorce really solves for me, here. I separate the kids from someone they love, we lose his financial contributions (in fact, I may need to pay alimony), and I end up doing 100% of the work for the kids. Plus, I hurt someone I very much love, in spite of everything.
Years back, when I finally confronted him about his drinking and gave him the choice of the booze or the family, he chose us. What none of us could have known at the time was that the alcohol was covering some very significant mental health issues, and once he quit drinking my confident, successful, emotionally invincible DH became crippled with anxiety, insecurity, and shame. We’re all still navigating how to live with this new version of him.
Anyway, thanks for all of the thoughtful responses. No one is guaranteed a perfect life, a perfect spouse, kids who are always healthy and high-achieving. I’m wondering if maybe I suggest that *he* take a step back from work for a while – give him more time and space to work on himself, without the pressure of working fulltime with kids. It might free up some of his emotional bandwidth to manage the other routine stresses of life.
I’ll be taking my first overnight away from our daughter (15 months) since she was born. I’ll actually have several overnights over a few week period (for IVF appointments – we now live in a different city than the city we started the IVF process in and where our frozen embryos still live, so I travel back for the appointments).
She’s always been a super chill and happy baby, but we’re starting to see the first signs of 16 month separation anxiety and wanting mama. Excellent timing, right?
How do I make this as smooth as possible for both of us (and for dada)?
Happy Friday! How much vacation do you ladies have/take? I am an attorney working as a consultant and get paid hourly. I have been with this employer/project for a year now. All days off are of course unpaid and yet I have anxiety about requesting time off for the fear of appearing not committed. We as a family value our vacations plus my parents live in Europe. I took a week off for Thanksgiving and I would like to request a week of at the end of month begging of March. I also plan to vising my family in Europe in the summer and I would need a week off then and the rest of the trip work remotely (company is fully remote). I value this gig because it is laid back and I can cover the sick day/off days for my son who is 5.
I am curious to know your opinion before I call my recruiter to ask for time off for this month…
Thanks ladies!
You all warned me, but now I know — Summer Camp registration He11. We’re trying to send our kid to a couple weeks of the “camp” offered by her preschool. Registration opened today (i.e., midnight) and I heard from the coordinator this morning that they really would like the kids to do the majority of the summer and, also, registration is essentially a request. Like they take all the requests and then try to fit the puzzle pieces to get the best schedule for most families. If that’s the case, why did I stay up until midnight to register? Could this have been an email?
Yesterday I found out that my embryo transfer failed and I am not pregnant. Our first cycle went well and we now have a healthy and active toddler, so I was hopeful it would work just as easily this time around as well. We have a retaining mosaic embryo which we are considering using, and I am in the FB and Reddit groups about mosaic embryos. How do you deal with disappointment?
Happy February!
The Valentines Day party reminders are starting to come in-
What are your best, least annoying, non-food Valentines day favors to buy in bulk and send to class. Kids are 10 and 5.
I’ve always been pretty minimal about class Valentines Day stuff, but it’s been such a sh*tty year (or two) that I want to indulge the kids this year.
My husband and I are trying to figure out how much we want our budget to be for a house. We plan to buy one in 6-10 months. We are having our 2nd child in a few months and then will want to buy once life settles down a bit after the baby arrives. We both have comfortable, family friendly government jobs with a HHI of $260k. We will have at least $85k set aside for a down payment but likely won’t have a full 20% down payment so we are looking at PMI. We currently don’t have any other debt, but once baby arrives we will have about $3600/month in daycare costs until my older daughter goes to kindergarten in 3 years.
A lot of the houses I like in our area are around the $700k mark but I’m beginning to think that should be out of our price range. We could probably find something decent closer to $600k, but we would be compromising on a lot of what we want in a “forever home.” We do not want to be house poor. We want to be able to save for college, potentially helping aging parents down the road, and our own retirement.
We are both the first in our families to go to college. I, in particular, come from a very blue collar lower middle class upbringing where you just barely made it from paycheck to paycheck, so I have no idea how to deal with the “we have a good amount of money but should we be spending it this way” issues. I think this background also makes me feel bummed out that I have come so far, but can now barely afford a house in the same area as my perpetually broke parents because of housing price inflation.
This is the worst form of “snow day” – kids are home but we can’t go outside as there’s freezing rain and the roads are icy. My older one especially goes stir crazy being cooped up inside. Ugh. How’s everyone else’s Friday going?
I’m in the same area as OP. Our kid hasn’t had a full week of daycare in…6 weeks, maybe? Fortunately DH and I WFH and have light meeting schedules today.
Maybe too late for responses but… do you tip your house cleaner? If so, how much / how often? Context: large, relatively HCOL southeast US city. I hired an agency that sends the same 2 people to clean every 2 weeks. These people are not self employed, probably making minimum wage, so a tip seems like the right thing. Do I tip them every time? Once a month? Only at holidays? And how much in each scenario (percentage wise)? There’s a lot of info on Google but very little real world/regional advice.
Anyone else’s company claw back or cap the dependent care FSA if you are above a certain income threshold?
I found out from my manager that, although she put in 5K each year the last two years, they clawed back 2K at the end of each year. This year she just put in 3K as a result.
I contributed to mine for the first time this year (5K) and assumed that was that. Now I’m wondering what I missed!