Make My Life Easier Thursday: Ultra-Thin Non-Slip Hangers
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I enjoy watching and following professional organizers on social media, and I’ve noticed that the first thing all closet organizers recommend is buying all matching hangers. When my husband moved in to our first apartment together, closet space was at a premium and the first thing we did was buy a huge set of slim, felted hangers. It felt so good to throw out all of the weird plastic/metal/thick hangers that were wasting space. Not only does it look nice, but it saves a lot of space in your closet. These hangers are $19.99 for a pack of 50 at Amazon and are eligible for Prime. Ultra-Thin Non-Slip Hangers This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
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- 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 suggest a foaming handsoap, easier for the littles to get a lather going, maybe even an automatic one depending on your kid. They didn’t make those in “elmo” so we just added elmo stickers and boom, foaming automatic elmo soap dispenser acceptable to our 3-yo.
I might ask again tomorrow, but when did you potty train your children? I was apparently trained shortly after I turned 3, which my mom claims was totally normal in the 80s. But it seems like most people now train their children by their second birthday or right after turning 2 at the latest? Some of my friends have even done it as young as 18 months.
I ask because my 22 month old doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of readiness and it seems logical to me that potty training will be easier and smoother if we wait for her to take the initiative, within reason of course (we’re obviously not going to send her to kindergarten in diapers). I find diapers so convenient, honestly, especially with as much as we travel and am no hurry to ditch them and start the process of helping my toddler use public restrooms (ewww). But all my friends are asking me why we haven’t trained yet and telling me it will be harder if we wait (!? that’s so counter-intuitive to me, but multiple people have told me this). For context, she’s generally a laidback, easygoing kid who handles new situations and takes direction well but she can be REALLY stubborn when she makes up her mind about something. She has excellent receptive language skills but probably average at best expressive language skills and she’s not consistently able to communicate to us when she needs a diaper change (she frequently says she did when she didn’t or vice versa).
I feel bad for admitting this, but I have several weekends of solo parenting this fall that I’m not looking forward to. I don’t even have babies or toddlers, and I’m still dreading it. Mainly because I struggle with keeping both kids occupied, while doing my regular cooking/cleaning/household maintenance routine. Oldest can play alone, until he hits a limit, and whines that he’s borrrred and wants to goooo somewhere. My preschooler is in a Stage 4 clinger phase and her ability to play independently has regressed quite a bit over the summer. I’m not OK with them being on screens all day long.
And have I mentioned that I’m an introvert who really needs some downtime during the course of the day, not just after they go to bed, or I turn into a cranky monster?
Sometimes getting out of the house is the best option, but I’m really struggling to find activities that both of them enjoy right now. Preschooler loves the park. Elementary-schooler is totally over it, unless his friends are there. On the weekends, DH and I like taking everybody out for bike rides, hikes and being active, but I’ll admit that it sounds exhausting to do it alone.
Ideas, please? And trust me, I feel bad enough about not loving solo parenting. I thought it would get better as the kids got older, but it’s gotten more complicated in different ways.
Random question, has anyone turned a front room (formal living room or dining room) into a command center/mudroom-like area? We have a big dining room table that we almost never use and could really use a storage area for shoes/backpacks/homework/papers instead. I searched Google and Pinterest but didn’t really see anything like what I’m looking for. I’m thinking no renovation, just removing the dining room table, adding storage furniture and maybe moving the light fixture.
My kids have pottery barn water bottles. They are in love with them.
The water bottles do not have any kind of handle/ring/clip and have a tendency to fall outback of my K kids backpack on the bus.
Anyone have any product or hack to add to a water bottle so it can clip or attach to a backpack?
I could just clip the contigo on with a caribeaner or whatever but now we apparently can only bring the unicorn water bottle which has nowhere to clip the caribeaner.
So…I am probably starting a thread where people will eat me alive. But, being real for a moment, I’m pretty ready to stop enforcing hand washing on my three year old every time she uses the bathroom in our own home. She washes all day long at daycare/school (after restroom, before meals). She washes in public restrooms. She washes before meals at home, in the bath, and often right before bed (after peeing) without much fuss. But every other time she pees at home, it is a giant battle to get her hands washed. And her resistance has led to her wanting help at every stage of going potty at home. And, honestly, I just don’t care enough. I’m not horrified by germs. I wash my hands at all of the above times and also before preparing food because I know I should. But, honestly, I’m just ready to let it go with her until she is a little older and more self-sufficient. Am I a horrible parent?
My boss just told me that my job will be ending at the end of the year as the main contract I am working on has not been renewed. I had a suspicion that the companies financial picture was not great overall and appreciate the advance notice but I am really bummed. I am also due with our second child in February and obviously an unfunded maternity leave is not ideal, nor is starting a job search while pregnant. Ugh. In the grand scheme of things I realize this is not dire, we have substantial savings, I can get decent healthcare through my husband’s work, and we will be fine on just one salary for quite some time. I also realize my best bet to start networking now but I was really looking forward to being home with baby for a few months and even if I do get another job before the baby, the idea of a super short maternity leave is just making me sad. Mostly just needed to vent. Thanks for sharing any inspiring stories of people who got through something similar.
I’m struggling with whether or not to tell work that I am pregnant; I am currently still in my first trimester. However, I am currently on a year-long contracted secondment position with a client, which involves substantial travel. My secondment ends on September 16, but will likely be renewed for another year. However, the relationship partner does not yet know I am pregnant, and my firm has (very generous) maternity leave that I plan to take advantage of. So I will be on leave for 6 months out of the next year’s contract, and likely travel restrictions prior to that date (I am already on modified bed rest for complications). Travel is at least 50% or more of my job (I have been across the country for the past month without getting home, making scheduling prenatal care nearly impossible). I don’t think it is fair to the client to have me signed up for another year, only to find out in a couple of months that I cannot perform 50% of the duties and will only be working for half of the contracted period.
So long story short, do I tell them now so they have time to put someone else in my position? I will have other work waiting for me back at my workplace for the next 6 months until I give birth, with zero travel. I’m just uncomfortable telling so early, but I feel like I would be shirking my duty to the client and destroy the client relationship if I spring this after they make the decision, especially given that I am counted on to be on the road and there are very few options for others to cover for me.
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with leaving a law firm as a very senior associate without becoming a SAHM?
I don’t hate my job exactly but I just can’t seem to make it work since becoming a parent. My work itself has been really good, maybe even better than before, but the logistics are just not working. My kid has been sick a ton and my hours are absolutely horrible, to the point where staying may honestly not even be an option. I know I’ve largely brought this on myself, but here we are.
I’m in litigation which seems to limit in-house options. I’m in a midsize city so there aren’t the number government options you’d find in DC or elsewhere. I already lateraled once (followed husband to a new city, which in retrospect was probably a mistake as my network here is not what it was or what I wish it was.) I’m lucky in that I could stay home if it comes down to it, but that really isn’t what I want.
What do former litigators do? Ugh.
My 7 yo is starting to play a sport this fall and I’m wondering what “normal” grandparent behavior is. My mom is a narcissistic widow with no boundaries, friends, or hobbies. So I know she will want to/expect to come to every single game. I didn’t live in the same town as any of my grandparents growing up, so I don’t know what’s typical for grandparents, but this seems excessive. I would really prefer she not always be around, but am I being unreasonable? I want to start setting boundaries now, because I can foresee my mom expecting to come to every single event whether it’s school, sports, music, etc. So far it hasn’t been an issue because the only events we’ve had are things that lots of grandparents come to like a winter music program at school.
All advice welcome. After a long, rough week evaluating all potential possibilities, we’ve finally determined that our HCOL apartment is not actually livable (i.e. the actual apartment is safe, but access to it is not). Now I’m struggling with what comes after. We’re breaking a lease and doing what we can to recoup costs but I’m struggling with the next steps.
We’re debating between several neighborhoods in our same city or a move to the burbs. We eventually do want to move to the burbs but weren’t ready to make the jump now. I can’t decide if we should move neighborhoods to prioritize green space and quiet streets (20-40 min commute) or stay in the current neighborhood and prioritize commute for my husband and me (15-min walking commute) for the next 1-2 years until we are ready to jump to the burbs. Or if we should just go for it, and rent a house out in the burbs to see how we like it (35-55 min commute). I’m just in decision paralysis. I’m also considering a short-term, furnished rental until we can make a decision but my husband thinks we can just deal with the unsafe access for a month-ish until we figure out the housing plan because the short-term rentals are $$$$. I’m distraught but trying desperately to keep perspective. We are safe and healthy and can deal with this. Anyone else had to deal with an abrupt move for whatever reason? WWYD?
For those of you whose parents watch your kids so you can take vacations, have they just offered or have you asked them about it? I would love to take a quick two-day getaway with my husband to the big city a couple hours away and do some toddler-unfriendly stuff. My parents visit us and our almost 2 year old about four times/year for roughly a week at a time. I was thinking of asking them if DH and I could go away for a couple days the next time they come. Is that unreasonable? My mom has vaguely mentioned that they will take our daughter “when she’s older” so we can go on a real vacation (one week trip) alone. I think this “when she’s older” is out of concern for my kid, not for herself – my kid is easy as toddlers go and my mom has no problem changing diapers and stuff like that, and my mom has indicated she thinks this would be traumatic (?) for my kid before the age of 5 or so. But I really think she’d be fine with her grandparents for a couple days now- she knows them fairly well and has come out of her shell a lot since starting daycare, and taking her for something like two days and one night would be a lot easier on my parents than a full week. What do you guys think…ok to ask them directly?
Update time! I posted a while back about concerns re my MIL and favoritism/visiting after our second child is born. While we haven’t addressed the favoritism issue (will do gently next time it happens), we did straight up ask her to come right when the baby is born and she agreed! She said she’ll stay for a week. This is both a big load off of us in terms of childcare/stability for #1, as she’ll be able to make it to our city before baby and I leave the hospital and stay with our older kid, and makes me feel a lot better about our relationship. Thanks for all the advice, ladies – the commiseration helped as did the straight-talk, “just ask” responses.
So our daycare has interpreted the Contigo recall to mean that any with the black lids can no longer be used, even if you check them and are instructed not to order a new lid per the recall instructions. That means I have to buy a new water bottle. Any recommendations (kid is 3.5)? TIA!
Thanks for the advice a few days ago about my maybe-miscarrying. I had my levels tested and things are actually looking good, just earlier than I thought. My doctor is optimistic! Which leads me to my next freak-out. I have a 10-month-old infant and am pretty surprised by this pregnancy. My daughter will be 18-months to the day on my due date. Please tell me it will all be ok? I am having a lot of guilt over depriving my baby of her babyhood or something. Anyone else w kiddos so close in age?