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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
- Has anyone given birth in a teaching hospital?
- My child eats everything, and my friends’ kids do not – how should I handle? In general, what is the best way to handle when your child has some skill/ability and your friend’s child doesn’t have that skill/ability?
- ADHD moms, give me your tips to help with things like behavior in the classroom, attention to detail, etc?
- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
- If you exclusively formula fed, what tips do you have for in the hospital and coming home?
- Could I take my 4-yo and 8-yo on a 7-8 day trip to Paris, Lyon, and Madrid?
theonlyworkingmominTulsa says
Any blogs that you all use for weeknight recipes? I’m not the biggest fan of All Recipes and would love to find some new bookmarks for easy, healthy, fast meals that are tasty.
Anon says
Plain Chicken is the blog that basically taught me to cook. Most recipes are not super healthy, but could be made healthy with a few easy substitutions, and she does work in some healthy ones here and there. All her recipes, for the most part, are easy and quick.
AEK says
Funny handle.
I love the Kitchn; this round-up is good: http://www.thekitchn.com/categories/quick_weeknight_meals
Also Food 52: http://food52.com/blog/category/178-20-dollar-20-minute-meals
JJ says
I love Skinnytaste recipes. Every one that I have tried has been excellent. And if you keep a well-stocked pantry and fridge, it doesn’t require buying ingredients beyond the protein.
hoola hoopa says
I use quite a few skinnytaste recipes as well.
Rachel Ray. As a foodie, I feel like I should be embarrassed by that… but a quick home cooked meal is exactly her deal and some of my favorites are from her.
I do a lot of quick protein (pre-cooked and frozen chicken breasts, sausage, soy beans, deli ham/turkey, scrambled eggs) + 2 simple vegetables (steamed broccoli, frozen peas, tomato salad, baby carrots, snap peas). Add chopped herbs, lime, prepared salad dressing, sheep feta, etc to make interesting if desired.
RDC says
Budgetbytes! Most of my go-to recipes are from her at this point.
ANP says
Try the Dinner: A Love Story blog. Jenny’s published two cookbooks and her recipes are always delicious!
Butter says
I’m a big fan of Cooksmarts. It’s not free, but the cost is pretty minimal for what you get. It sends you weekly customizable healthy meal plans that include grocery lists, prep ahead instructions, and cooking instructions for four nights of dinners (bc who is cooking more than that). Almost everything I’ve made from there has been really great, and it keeps it interesting and easy.
EB0220 says
I’m wondering about hormone changes when weaning. I’m in the process of reducing my pumping sessions at work now that my daughter is 1. She’s about to transition to the toddler room, so no more bottles. Problem? I feel like I’m losing my mind. In the last week, I’ve lost my cell phone and work badge. I am totally scatterbrained. I guess it could be from lack of sleep, but that’s nothing new. How did the hormonal changes from weaning/partial weaning make you all feel? I had a major thyroid problem when I was weaning my first so I don’t really know what “normal” weaning feels like!
Anon says
Cup of Jo had a post a while back about how weaning threw her into depression and there is a recognized medical condition that it can be a form of post-partum depression for some women.
EB0220 says
I’ve heard of this happening. I think there was a thread on this site about PPD @ weaning a while ago. This is weird because I feel ok other than being more scatterbrained than usual.
anon says
I weaned rather abruptly and was extremely blue and down in the dumps for one or two weeks.
TK says
I weaned slowly over the course of a couple of months and was fine during that process, but once I weaned entirely I was bonkers for a few days – short tempered, weepy, couldn’t concentrate, etc. It was a marked change, I even wondered if maybe it was delayed PPD and I need to to talk to someone. It went away after about a week or so. I’d never heard of that response before it happened to me, and only realized what was going on in retrospect. Scary – much sympathy for moms who actually have PPD, I don’t know how you all managed to function at all.
Meg Murry says
I had a very bad reaction to weaning/slow tapering down to nursing. Being scatterbrained was a big part of it, but it also caused a lot of anxiety and depression – with part of the anxiety coming from the scatterbrained-ness, because I wasn’t doing well at work at all.
I wound up needing antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds to get through it. But even now, I am still pretty scattered (I always have been to a certain degree, but long term sleep deprivation with kids never helps). The coping mechanisms I’ve found to help (a little) with the scatterbrained-ness are:
-Pay attention to what I am doing, and talk to myself, either in my head or out loud. Like at home, I might actually say out loud “I am setting my phone on the washing machine while I unload the dryer.” Somehow, that helps me remember.
-No multi-tasking, because that is when I am most likely to set something down and leave it.
-Teach my children that “find mommy’s phone/keys/wallet” is a fun game, with a prize.
-Have “homes” for things like my car keys, immediately next to the door.
-Heavy use of wheresmycellphone.com – and it’s associated Android app.
Good luck, and don’t beat yourself up over the scattered-ness, because that only makes it worse.
EB0220 says
This makes me feel better, although I’m sorry that you had a similar experience. I’ve always been scatterbrained, too, and usually have some good coping mechanisms (I’m going to implement a few of yours as well). Thank you!
Meg Murry says
I’m not sure how much of the scattered-ness was due to weaning, and how much was just “ok, you’ve been back from maternity leave for 6-9 months now, so now it’s time for a full work load” while still adjusting to the routine of 2 kids at home instead of one, and months of not getting nearly enough sleep catching up to me. I think changing up my nursing and pumping routine was screwing with my head too, so I found that taking a short “me” break of 10-15 minutes when I used to pump to sit in a quiet room with a book or play a midless game on my phone helped with the transition. Sudoku or crosswords were also good to keep my brain active (in a different way) but still give me a little break.
Also, regarding the work badge – if you only need it at work, and drive to/from work every day, find a home for it in your car, or in your bag if you carry the same one daily. One less thing to worry about at home.
A few other things that I would do that may or may not work for you:
-Turn off email, close all web browsers and set a timer that was right next to my monitor. Then I would tell myself “I am going to work on X for the next 30 minutes.” and every time I found myself distracted, I would look at the timer and say “X for the next 13 minutes, remember?”
-I found some white, pink (and maybe grey and brown?) noise mp3 that I would play off my phone with earbuds in that helped me focus on what I was doing and not what other people were talking about around me, etc
–To do lists. And every other kind of list. All kept in one notebook, in one place on my desk. Stray thoughts went there, to be picked up later.
But overall, be kind to yourself. Can you put yourself to bed tonight immediately after the kids go down? Or take a nap this weekend when the kids nap? You’ll get through this – and no one will care if the carpet looks like it could use some extra vaccuuming or you eat take-out for dinner a few extra times for a few weeks.
Carrie M says
These are some great tips – thank you!
MSJ says
I am in the process of weaning, so this all makes me nervous. I just dropped the before bed feeding and am down to first thing in the morning, which I am probably phasing out by the end of the month (I’ve had plugged ducts and mastitis, so am prone to taking it slow). I actually felt mentally sharper when I finally stopped pumping two months ago but still not back to my high IQ pre-kids self, despite getting enough sleep.
Really hope I can manage to escape the PPD, but will be on the watch for it – especially since I think my period is finally coming back if my middle of the night cramps can be believed.
I second the advice above regarding dealing with the scatterbrained feeling – all appointments and important to-dos get calendared immediately on my phone and I have a running “post-it” on my computer desktop. Lists make me feel much better. Still working on the focus. It also helped immensely to hear from a few other new moms who I have a tremendous amount of professional respect for suffering from the same. I have problems with the term ‘mommy brain’ but it doesn’t diminish the fact that this is a real struggle for many of us post-partum and it doesn’t help to pretend that it doesn’t exist.
CPA Lady says
I weaned my daughter at 6 months. I had heard all kinds of horror stories, but just wanted to say that I didn’t have any particularly strong emotions or feel any different or more scattered than usual. I was a little bit sad about it, but not in a “spinning out of control” sort of way. I did feel slightly sick to my stomach for a couple of days, but it might have just been something I ate.
So for people who are scared– it might not be bad after all! After I got over the initial sadness, it was very freeing.
meme says
+1. I also never had any problems weening any of my kids. Between 11-13 months. And after I got over the bit of nostalgia, my main feeling was elation at having my body back to myself for the first time in 2 years or so.
Bloom says
FYI for Kat. For a few days now, it’s been difficult to access this page on my phone (on Safari). I have to do some combination of clicking on the link and then refreshing. No problems with the main page or any other website.
EB0220 says
Agree, I’ve been having problems on my android phone with Chrome.
(was) due in june says
Me too. Droid, chrome. I can only get to the specific post (as opposed to the main landing page) by following the link daily email autosent to me with the link and summary. Clicking a specific post on the main landing page, or clicking the “# comments” link on the main landing page does nothing. It’s really bizarre.
lulu says
This is basically what has been happening on my Windows phone.
Anon in NYC says
Same with my iphone/safari.
Meg Murry says
Me too. I found I can access on my phone only by holding on the post title and then using “open in new tab” option in Chrome.
meme says
Same here.
MSJ says
ditto
Anonymous says
Same
RDC says
Me too — iPhone with safari.
NewMomAnon says
Has anyone else lost the check box to subscribe to comment chains via e-mail? I’m having computer issues (really outdated version of internet explorer coupled with computer on its last legs) and I also couldn’t double check on my phone because the site wasn’t loading properly (iPhone, latest iOS).
Anon says
Kat posted about this on the main site. They had to get rid of this function.
lulu says
Thanks to everyone who posted stroller recommendations yesterday. Looking forward to trying them all out!
Anon in NYC says
If you were building from scratch a fall/winter wardrobe for an infant, what would you buy and in what quantity? I realized that while I have a lot of footie pjs and short sleeve onesies, I don’t have much else in the 3-6 or 6-12 month range. She’ll be starting daycare in mid-September and we do laundry about 1x a week, so I know I’ll need more clothing on hand. Is 10-15 long-sleeve onesies and leggings too many or too few? Same with cardigans/sweaters? Some days she goes through 5 outfit changes and other days she manages to stay in the same onesie all day.
Anonymous says
Until my son was about 11 months old (he was born in the spring), he wore zip up footie pajamas every day during the fall and winter until it got warm enough for him wear shorts/tshirts. It made life easier for us and kept him warm and comfy. I saw other babies at daycare wearing cute litte jeans and sweaters but that didn’t work for him. He would pull his socks off immediately and then have cold little feet. Also, shirts/sweaters that didn’t button at the crotch would just ride up and expose his belly to the cold air. So, my advice to you is to buy a bunch of footie pajamas and keep baby in them until warm weather gets here next spring!
(former) preg 3L says
Fwiw, I hated trying to deal with footie pjs for diaper changes, and found a handful of pants that actually covered the baby’s feet, like the bottom half of footie pjs. Agreed 100% on onesies being far superior to tshirts because of belly exposure.
(former) preg 3L says
cardigans/sweaters – make sure to get a few lightweight ones (daycare is well heated) as well as a few heavier ones (for when you go outside, under a winter jacket)
leggings – I got some pants too. You can find fleece-lined jeans for babies, also check out sweat pants, because being on the floor is colder than walking around in your home, and you might not realize what a marked temperature difference there is. you won’t need as many of these as you will onesies, so 7-10 should be fine
long sleeved onesies – I needed about 10-15 per week, between diaper explosions and food messes, plus 3ish extra for daycare
short sleeved onesies – I never used between October and April in the northeast on my February 2014 baby.
Meg Murry says
We also did a lot of footies/ one piece “sleep and play” outfits at daycare up through 9-12 months. It was just easier than having to have a separate “daytime” and “nighttime” wardrobe for my kids. Although long and short sleeved onesies and leggings/sweatpants are a good choice too – although I second trying to either find ones with feet or trying to put a soft soled shoe (like Robeez or the generic) in order to attempt to keep their socks on.
You also should ask how the daycare runs, temperature-wise. When my youngest was an infant the heating system was crazy messed up, and it was 75°-80° in the infant room every day except for the very coldest months of the year in order to be a reasonable temperature in the older kids rooms, so by 10 am pretty much all kids were stripped down to just onesies.
Because kids go through those sizes so quickly, I would ask around your network to see if anyone has hand-me-downs for you, or if you can find a place to buy things like onesies and leggings second hand.
MSJ says
I was able to get large lots of gently used clothing from my local parents listserve which was a huge money saver. I also found once they get closer to 9M (age not clothing size) the rate of growth slows quite a bit and they stay the same size for far longer.
Anon in NYC says
I’m definitely open to secondhand items and have searched on the local listserv. I have my fingers crossed that some items in the age range that I’m looking for will pop up.
Jdubs says
I am probably an outlier, but I would have 15 outfits minimum. We only do laundry 1x/week too and daycare changed my daughter’s outfit after lunch and then also for any “accidents” so considering 2-3 outfits/day for 7 days – i would have at least 15 ready to go! I would rather have more clothes just ready to go than stress about having to get a load done in our building’s communal laundry after bedtime on a wednesday or thursday.
Meg Murry says
Not an outlier – my kids had a ton of clothes, because we also had spares at grandparents house, in the car, at daycare, etc. We have amazing resales a few times a year around here though, where you can pick up second hand clothes for super cheap – like $1 a onesie, $2-$4 for footie sleepers, etc – so I just bought tons, and then resold or gave it all away. That way also if it came down to it, I didn’t care if I just threw out a onesie that was in a terrible diaper explosion – some things just aren’t worth scrubbing.
My main advice is to make sure as much as possible can be mixed and matched, as opposed to “outfits”. Unless you don’t care that your kid is wearing a red shirt with orange polka dots with purple plaid pants. Becuase sometimes that’s all thats left in the drawer at the end of the week. Or because daycare generally only changes the soiled part of an outfit, so your kid might go through 4 tops but only 2 pairs of pants in one day. Buying as much as possible in solid colors for the pieces instead of cute prints really helps with this.
Anon in NYC says
That’s a good point about buying mix and match items. Her clothes need to be as easy as possible when my husband and I are both working.
sfg says
I think Zutano makes fleece booties – my kid also doesn’t do well with socks, and these stay on her feet.
JEB says
I second the Zutano bootie recommendation! So much easier than socks…they actually stay on.
In the cold months, we pretty much exclusively dressed the baby in footie one-piece PJs. It was just easier that way. We also had a few cardigans to throw on over the PJs when needed. The cardigans were sweater or sweatshirt material, so they added some warmth but they were still thin enough to use in the car seat.
NewMomAnon says
Can we talk about dentists? The pediatrician is recommending dental check ups starting at a year, and using flouride toothpaste at a year. My kiddo is 18 months old and I’m lucky if I get 15 seconds to brush her teeth, and she doesn’t know how to spit so I’m worried about flouride toothpaste. My dentist (who isn’t a children’s dentist, just a regular dentist) says he doesn’t do first visits until 2.5 years to 3 years old.
On the other hand, I’m hearing horror stories about toddlers with cavities that lead to infections because everyone assumes the dental pain is “teething.” Any insights would be appreciated! Also, do you use a children’s dentist or does everyone in the family go to the same regular dentist?
kc esq says
There was a change in the the ADA recommendations for under 2 brushing a year ago.
It is summarized by the NY Times at the link below. Per the recommendations, we used a tiny smear of fluoride toothpaste (regular Crest, no whitening agents) on the toothbrush twice a day until age 2.
We did our first children’s dentist visit at age 2. I recommend finding a child specialist. It was a big hit — the office knows how to handle kids, but the exam was very limited. The dentist looked in the kid’s mouth for about a minute and said, great, no issues, see you in 6 months. Then she did the mechanical brushing for a minute. It was good to know there are no issues, but I wouldn’t stress to much about an office visit if you’re brushing at home.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/dental-group-advises-fluoride-toothpaste-before-age-2/
Katarina says
My pediatrician did not recommend visiting a dentist until 3, so we have not gone yet, because my son is two. I do use a very small amount of fluoride toothpaste, as little as I can get on a toothbrush, which is based on the updated recommendation from the ADA. I plan to use a children’s dentist at first, but my dentist is close to work.
Meg Murry says
Same here, the ADA recommended we start with dental visits as early as 1, but we couldn’t find a dentist with our crummy insurance who took kids under 3, 4 or 6, depending on the office – and at the one place that did have a pediatric dentist, she was out on maternity leave for 3 months and then scheduled solid for the 3 months after she was back.
Luckily, I found out our insurance would cover a pediatric dental practice, but only for kids under 7, and that’s why they weren’t listed in the “dentists who take our insurance” directory. The pediatric only-practice was great – they had child-sized equipment, as well as an option for the kids to sit on my lap while being worked on, and all the staff was excellent with children. Unfortunately, it was way out of our way (an extra 40 minute drive from home which means I basically had to take at least a half if not full day vacation) and booked up way in advance so now we’ve found another dentist closer to home that takes kids.
According to my dentist, most of the horror stories are due to people letting older kids fall asleep with bottles in their mouths, or giving tons of juice or even pop in bottles. The other thing he said to watch out for is gummy snacks like fruit leather, fruit snacks, gummy vitamins, etc. In his opinion, he would rather see a kid eat straight up candy that is then rinsed from their mouth with saliva than a “healthier” option like fruit leather that can get stuck on or between teeth for hours.
Jdubs says
My Ped recommended starting at 1, but we procrastinated and didn’t take her until around 2.5 to a regular dentist which was a big fat FAIL. (long story, but they weren’t equipped to handle a skittish toddler). We finally found a pediatric dentist and got her there at 3.5 – it was awesome! They were so prepared for her and everything was geared towards kids – she said she likes to start the exams at 1 just so that they get used to it before they know any better, once you hit the 2-3 range no one is going near their mouths. So i’m going to try that theory with my younger daughter and we are taking her for her first appointment next month at 18 months to see if that goes better.
NewMomAnon says
Thanks all! Guess I’m switching to flouride toothpaste (love the picture in that article, I always wondered what a “smear” looked like), and maybe we’ll look for a pediatric dentist just to introduce the idea. Part of me thinks that the early age visits are just a grab for additional revenue, but we have insurance so….not my money?
sfg says
FWIW, one of my best friends is a pediatric dentist and she has a strong belief in the early dental visits – not only to get the kids used to going, but also to catch problems. The number of procedures she performs on toddlers – in particular, root canals and pulling rotten baby teeth – is staggering. (Her kid also hates brushing, though :))
mascot says
I understand the importance of peds dentistry, but didn’t actually bring in my child until close to 4. Oops. That being said, my municipality treats the water supply with fluoride. We drink filtered, not bottled, water so I figured that he got some fluoride benefit already.
We were also told that it was fine to let our child “brush” their own teeth some, but that they don’t do a proper job until they are closer to 7 (when they can easily tie their shoes was the mentioned milestone). We still have to brush behind him 2x day
anon says
+1 on pediatric dentist. We went to our regular dentist at first, and it didn’t work at all. We did start at 1 year. FWIW, my kids hate the dentist (they are shy and have strong gag reflexes), but we go anyway. I tell them that I have to go 2X a year so they do too :).
Anonymama says
Special pediatric dentist is soo worth it… Think of it as an investment in making the future 18 years of appointments easier. Also the first couple visits they don’t necessarily do much, but tips to the parent on brushing, flossing, and potential problem areas are invaluable, as was getting kid used to the office and aware of all the toys/swag. Also having an authority figure lay out the importance of brushing was really effective in getting my kid to cooperate with brushing (dr smith said we have to!) and helping me be less wishy-washy about it.
ANP says
Hi gang — going back to work from maternity leave in 3.5 weeks, and thanks to the good advice of the hive here I’ve decided to ease in by starting part-time, 2.5 days/week, for the first month.
Help me remember: what should I try to do/pay attention to before I head back? I don’t mean house projects and the like — I mean things I should make sure are as buttoned up as possible before we descend into the craziness of three kids — 2 at daycare and 1 at school — combined with two working parents. So far all I can think of is making sure I have go-to outfits in my wardrobe and some meals on standby…
mascot says
Any maintenance appts that you can get in for yourself. I probably also stockpile some gifts for bday parties to avoid last minute scrambles.
Meg Murry says
And for the kids. You don’t want the call that your kids are getting kicked out of daycare in one week unless you get this form filled out by their pediatrician saying their vaccines are up-to-date (been there, done that). Does anyone need an annual prescription refilled in the next 3 months? Etc.
And since you are working at a school (I think, if I remember right), can you made pediatrician/optometrist/gyn/dentist appointment now for fall or spring break?
Set up either automatic payments or reminders to make certain payments in your calendar for your main bills – don’t let your internet get turned off and then you have to spend a day waiting for the guy to come turn it back on – been there for that too.
sfg says
+1 on self-maintenance appts, a massage if you can. Run through your morning routine to the extent that it is different now than with two kids (if you were already going to two locations with two kids, then probably not so important).
sfg says
Oh, and if your car is due for any maintenance, I would do that now if feasible. I had an inkling that my battery was dying but didn’t do anything about it until my car died about three weeks after I went back. Oops.
(former) preg 3L says
No personal experience, but here’s what comes to mind:
– make sure the new baby will take bottles and formula, in case of a pumping disaster, or in case you plan to wean soon (if you already are bottle feeding, disregard)
– medical appts for your kids — schedule as many as possible, put reminders to schedule future ones, especially if your daycare requires proof of immunizations on a regular basis
– medical appts for yourself and your spouse
– Subscribe to regular deliveries for diapers, wipes, diaper pail refills, lanolin, toiletries for you/hub/your kids, so that you don’t have to worry about running out and buying toilet paper
Good luck! You’ll do great mama!
hoola hoopa says
I’d focus on anything that needs to be done in the first 3 months after you return to work. IME, that was the craziest period (with 3 in 2 schools, 2 FT parents). I’d decide what you can postpone and what you need to do now, and try to keep those three months clear.
Halloween costumes.
Meg Murry says
Oh yes, Halloween costumes. Fall coats. Maybe even winter coats. Do you travel for Christmas to see family and do you need plane tickets? Any birthdays you need to plan parties for? Does your car need new plates, an emissions check, or you need your license updated?
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Do you have a backup babysitter in case one of the kids is too sick for school/daycare and you have an important meeting that day? Does your school have any “staff inservice” days where you have to be there but the kids don’t? Put that on your husband or babysitter’s calendar now, and then a reminder in your calendar one week out to remind them. Do you have access to all the forms that need to be filled out before your kids go to school and baby goes to daycare (like emergencies contacts and the like?) Fill those out now if you can get your hand on them.
Do you have to pack lunches for the older kids? If so, FYI, you can freeze an entire loaf worth of PB&J at one shot. Buy cases of juice boxes if you use them – and hide them so the kids don’t drink them on the weekend.
Are you going to have to provide snack for your kids class? We had to in kindergarten and 1st grade, on a rotation so it was every 3-4 weeks. FYI, little raisin boxes make an excellent backup and are shelf stable, and pretty much no kid is allergic to raisins.
Does everyone have enough socks and underwear to get through a while in case the laundry doesn’t get sorted for a while? Can’t hurt to buy more, especially socks that are all the same.
Has baby been added to your life insurance and wills?
What about your husband? Does he need to take clothes to the dry cleaner, get his tires rotated, get a haircut, whatever? Encourage him to do it now.
Good luck – even if you don’t do most of this stuff, you’ll be fine. Busy, but fine.