Weekend & Family Friday: UV Eco Swim Flap Hat
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This was my favorite swim hat for my son when he was a baby; the photos of him wearing it in the baby pool are some of my favorites ever. I love how this hat has a little brim and a big flap at the back to protect the back of the baby’s neck from the sun. I also love that it’s made of a swim material, so you can dip it in the water and put it on your baby’s head to keep them cool in the sun. Super cute and very functional! It’s $21 at Polarn O. Pyret and fits ages 4–9 months. It’s also available in larger sizes: 9 months–2 years, 2–9 years, and 9–12 years. UV Eco Swim Flap Hat
Sales of note for 5/19/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Lots of markdowns on AGL (50%!), Weitzman, Tumi, Frank & Eileen, Zella, Natori, Cole Haan, Boss, Theory, Reiss (coats), Vince, Eileen Fisher, Spanx, and Frame (denim and silk blouses)
- Ann Taylor – 50% off summer-ready styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50-60% off select styles
- J.Crew – 60% off sale, and 40% off packing picks (prices as marked)
- J.Crew Factory – New arrivals, plus up to 60% off everything plus extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Daily flash sales, and lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off. 5/19’s flash sale: Jardigans down to $175-$209, dresses down to $150, blazers down to $250
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes, and accessories
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?
Junior Associate responding late to your comment on Thursday — Larry Gonick’s cartoons actually seem more suitable for precocious upper elementary or middle / high schoolers or even adults, since there are a lot of big words or concepts that come up as well as comic satire that might be lost on younger readers. In hindsight I think I had a different set of cartoon books (can’t remember the name) explaining basic concepts and only read Gonick’s books towards middle or high school.
The Horrible Science (I think the series also has some books on history or civilization under a different series name) books might be a better fit for younger readers.
Is 8 am- 3 pm too long of a “school” day for a 2 year old? Our childcare situation is changing because of covid and I could put our 2 year old into a school program (meaning structure every day, learning, nap, recess). Has anyone jumped into the deep end like this with a child that young and regretted it? He has only been at home to date.
Husband has the day off, so I was looking forward to a day without interruptions while he and our 13-year-old worked on a decorating project in her room. Instead, every five minutes it’s “where is the leftover paint?” “do we have any picture hangers?” “I can’t find the leftover paint–do you remember the name of the color?” Aaaaaaaaugh. I should have taken the day off too.
Reminder given all the recent conversations here about “what else can I do?” – today is Juneteenth. A great reason to support your local Black community, Black businesses and Black artists.
For people with small kids, how are you able to enjoy a cocktail on the weekends? We love having our weekend cocktails (honestly I think we like making them more than drinking them, has been a bit of a pandemic hobby), but man its so brutal the next day with little children waking up at 6:30 AM (not necessarily over drinking or super hung over, but just feeling closer to 80% than well). Wondering if we may just need to stop the cocktails until our youngest one is able to sleep in a bit more, sadly.
Funny update: I posted a couple weeks ago asking for advice about my previously silent dog who has started barking in the middle of the day while the whole family is WFH. My husband finally figured out that the barking mostly coincides with his meetings. He is one of those people who talks very loudly during videoconferences, and apparently the dog wants to join in the conversation with her ROWR ROWR ROWR ROWR.
Seeking advice/commiseration…we moved to a medium size town in November for a really cool dream job for me. Husband was part time (of counsel) at a law firm and was happy to quit to move, he wasn’t in love with the work. He has been SAHD-ing for six months now, three of them during a pandemic. Job search had just kicked into higher gear when corona hit.
Since I wfh now I have been taking the breakfast shift with the kids (twins, 18 months). I am avail at 430 when work is done, I typically am able to help a bit with lunch and putting them down for their afternoon nap. Since I’m in the house husband can go running during the nap or run errands. I take them for large chunks on the weekends and will do larger cleaning and cooking chores during the day if I have conference calls that are mostly listening. In addition, my mom comes and stays to help for two days every week/ten days and we just hired a sitter to give him a full day off a week.
I’m happy to do all this, he does more in terms of household chores (laundry, dishes) and all budgeting, errand running, doctors stuff, insurance, etc. Twins are tough. Corona is tough.
He is just…miserable. I vacillate between “What else can I do to give you breaks and support you” to “not my job to make you happy, I am already doing enough and you are going to get your butt kicked when I go back to the office so at least be happy now” (ha, not the most generous, I know).
Would love advice from other working moms with SAHDs. I want to be as supportive as possible because I see my other friends who are women who stay at home and many times their husbands are not…err as clearly engaged in trying to be fair and just as I am. I am also wondering though if I am picking up unnecessary emotional labor and should let some of this go.
The good news is that I have finally have some childcare again – our wonderful babysitter is now coming to the house a couple hours a day to help out with the kids (3 and 6). The bad news is that our 3 year old is throwing enormous tantrums about her being here, saying mean things about her (“I want [sitter] to go away” and “[Sitter] go to jail”) and refusing to let her take care of him or play with him. He just spent half an hour clinging to me while I ignored him and read email instead of watching TV with her and the 6 year old. Help! I can’t leave the house to work elsewhere, my office isn’t open.
Ack! I forgot that Father’s Day is this weekend! Ideas for how to make the weekend feel special? I got the kids to make their gifts already, so that part is covered.
Cute kid stories to end the week?
My nearly 3 year old loves to work in our tiny garden. He’s got a wheelbarrow and some garden equipment and went outside to ‘do his farm work’ last night. He wouldn’t come in because ‘I still have farm work to do!’ He’s starting to get to the point where he’s useful, I can have him fill up a pot or break up a bit of soil.
And after every meal, he’ll say ‘Thank you for a lovely dinner, mama’ or ‘That was delicious!’
My absolute favorite sun hats are the Sunday Afternoons ones. They’re flexible in sizing, so fit for a while, have a flap that covers the back of their neck, and have a chin strap.
husband got a new job and I am trying to think of ways to celebrate with the pandemic. would love ideas! I am exhausted from what seems to be a birthday or something else to celebrate every week lately (and out of ideas) so want to do something super low key.