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Anon says
What would you do? My husband was laid off yesterday (which is fine for many reasons). We have two late elementary kids who are doing a mix of some weeks of day camps, partial day sports camps, some time home, and we have a summer nanny who drives them around and watches them when they are not in activities. My husband will look for work at some point but we want to take a little time to regroup and step back so it’s not like he’s going to be job searching for hours a day and as mentioned above, the kids are in activities part of most weeks. We could, keep the nanny through mid-August like we planned, pay her out (for the whole summer? For July?) and let her go, pay her for full time but schedule her for part-time work. Maybe there is some other alternative. I work at home sometimes and our house is not very big, so the idea of all of us being here is not super attractive. I would never just let her go immediately. She’s just out of school and living with her parents while she searches for a teaching job. She could probably pick up other babysitting jobs or similar in our town but I don’t think it’s reasonable to assume that she could find another full time summer job. Any thoughts are welcome!
Anonymous says
In your situation, I would take some PTO and you and DH should have day-dates. Maybe shift the nanny’s hours a little later and have her cover dinner dates if your husband can do the AM camp stuff.
Ask if nanny would be up for an overnight instead of 3 days or something where you are paying her the same hours but the blocks of hours are different and maximize your ability to enjoy time with your spouse.
Cb says
I’d have a chat with her. Would she be willing to do some house tasks?
Anon says
I’d vote Ft pay part time schedule. As noted above, can she do some laundry? Maybe give her an extra week of vacation, see if she’d be willing to babysit for a movie night where you invite some friends and their (late elementary) kids over, do the adults can have some time to just talk/relax? Give your husband some gym time or whatever it is he needs/wants.
Anon says
Thanks all – it did not even occur to me to move the hours around. That could be great!
Cb says
We’ve had lots of chat about dividing the load lately. I wonder if it might be useful to share our routine from an actual day. We were both WFH yesterday, 1 school-aged kid (last week of school).
5:00 – H cycled to get T from aftercare while I started dinner. We had no groceries and H tried to stop by farm shop in town, but it was closed so it was a bit of a creative endeavour. H and T cycled home.
5:40 – H and T worked on thank you card for teacher while I finished dinner
6:00 – Dinner.
6:40 – T upstairs for shower with H, I tidy kitchen
7:00 – Storytime, I read, husband does some admin bits and stacks dishwasher
7:50 – T to bed, reading, showers, hang out for me and H
10:00 – H feeds cat and does dream wee with T, both to bed.
Boston Legal Eagle says
Here’s ours from last night. Two kids (5.5 and 8).
Husband at work, I was WFH. Husband was supposed to get older kid but traffic was bad, so at 4:10 I rushed out to get both kids as one is in daycare and the other was dropped off by the bus from camp (can’t miss this one).
4:45 – all of us home. Older kid was doing his music thing on the iPad while I played outside with the dog and then did a puzzle with younger kid. Husband made dinner at this time.
5:20 – we all had dinner. This was an early night for us – usually we’re having dinner at around 5:45.
More playtime after this. One parent did dishes and clean up, other did puzzles/played with kids and dog.
6:20 – kids went to their separate bathrooms (our master and theirs) for showers, brush teeth and clothes. One parent handles one while the other does the other kid. We switch off every night. This has evolved to more of an overseeing role of older kid who can shower himself, while helping younger kid still.
6:40 – younger kid out, some playtime, then videos and books. Older kid finished too and wanted to do more music before books.
7:20/7:30 – younger kid done, and that parent is then free for the night. Older kid does some soccer moves and jumps around his room while parent reads to him for a bit.
7:50 – Older kid done around this time.
8 – 9:45ish – Both parents free. We usually watch a show, play on our phones or read a book.
This is a typical summer weekday, besides Fridays when husband and I have dinner after the kids are in bed and have some adult drinks.
Anon says
Last night was atypical for us because our 6 year old had a play date and we were invited to stay and have dinner with the other family so we were all out of the house from ~3 pm to 8 pm, didn’t have to cook dinner and kiddo pretty much immediately went to bed as soon as we got home, while DH & I frantically picked up for the cleaning service that came at 8 am this morning.
A more typical summer weeknight is we all get home between 3 and 4, play together or kid plays solo, we eat an early dinner between 4:30 and 5, I take kid to an activity from ~5-7 or we do some kind of family outing like ice cream or playground, we get back around 7 pm and kiddo plays a bit alone and then gets ready for bed.
Cb says
Nice! Sometimes we have dinner at the park after aftercare/camp, and I really like just able to get home and roll into bedtime. C
GCA says
AM:
5:30am – I get up and go for a run.
7am – at desk. Husband gets up, makes lunches for camp, and gets kids their breakfast.
8am – H at desk.
8:30am – I supervise toothbrushing and final getting-ready (a lot of ‘and where is your water bottle?’).
8:45am – H gets kids out the door and to camp.
3:45pm – I stop work & go get the kids from camp.
4pm – The kids have a snack and wander down the street to our neighbor’s house to play.
4:50pm – I retrieve kids and make sure they’re sunscreened, bug-sprayed, etc.
5:05pm – I carpool with cousins to evening activity (orienteering for kids – lots of fun, gets them outside, useful skills. We have a short summer so I like to maximize outdoor time and it’s a beautiful, huge regional park). H stops work, works out, and does a house project in the basement.
5:45pm (g-d rush hour traffic…) – arrive; DS and his cousin (9) go to orienteering; DD and her cousin (6) make a beeline for the playground. I mostly read my book but intermittently manage snack breaks and disagreements, and play a few games with them.
7pm – H makes dinner
7:45pm – get home, have dinner, both parents split the bedtime routine.
8:45-10pm – pack kids off to bed. H stacks dishwasher, does remaining dishes, and folds laundry while watching Better Call Saul. I get a bit more desk work done, then head to bed.
Cb says
Oh orienteering sounds amazing. T loves that. He goes to a week or two of forest day camp every summer and loves the skills.
anon says
Yesterday was a very typical quiet day for us. Evening activities throw a wrench in, but we only have those a few times a month. Worth noting that I am more kid-focused in the evening, but DH handles everything in the morning when I’m a dim bulb.
4:00 – I pick up at daycare, stopped at the post office on the way home
4:45ish – Snack and potty, reading books, playdoh, duplos, etc. Sometimes instead we go chill at the park or the library.
6:00ish (sometimes earlier or later) – DH comes home and preps dinner. Usually very simple like sandwiches, bagged salad or reheating a crockpot batch.
6:45 – “Dinner” aka battling to keep kid seated and out of trouble for long enough that parents can get food.
7:15 – I do kid bathtime. DH loads dishwasher and feeds pets. If DH handles bathtime, it’s usually because I’m wiped tired or still hungry, so I don’t cover his chores.
7:45 – Goodnight kisses and teeth brushing. Sometimes potty.
8:00 – I do bedtime, which is 1 book plus anywhere from 30-90 minutes of singing and made-up stories. DH carries on with chores and then goes for an evening walk.
Anonymous says
Context is that I have one just turned 5 year old boy and this will change once he starts kindergarten this fall and w have to be at school an entire hour earlier. But this has largely been the same weekday routine since around when DS was 1.
7:00 – I get up, DH stays in bed.
7:10 – get DS up, we read a quick book while snuggling in the chair (he take a while to wake up and be ready, and reading gives him a chance to more gently greet the day)
7:20 – DS changes/potty then takes two books and goes to wake up his dad. I make breakfast, coffee, and pack my lunch and DS’s lunch in our bags (lunches that DH prepped the night before)
7:40-8:00 – DS and I eat breakfast.
8:00 – DH comes in and eats his breakfast and I go shower and get ready. More books are read during breakfast (it’s the only way we can get DS to eat in the mornings). Then DH does the final getting ready of DS – sunscreen, teeth, potty, etc.
8:35 – I gather all the last minute things and take DS to daycare, we’re getting there just before the cutoff for the day at 9.
5:00 – DH picks up DS from daycare. They go home and DH gets dinner together (we do a meal service that delivers dinners for three nights a week and we cook two nights. Way out two nights) and makes DS’ dinner if he doesn’t want what we’re having. But usually 4 of the 5 nights a week we are eating at home we all eat the same thing.
5:15 – I leave work
5:45-6:25 – eat dinner as a family and after eating, DS sometimes talks to grandparents or other family on FaceTime or will draw at his art table that is set up on the kitchen. I do the dinner dishes, DH makes lunches for next day and then DH gets DS’ bath ready.
6:25-7:15 – I do bath, then DH does pjs/books/teeth brushing/song while I finish cleaning up the kitchen.
7:25 – DS and I lay on my bed and do “4 things” where we each tell the other about four things that happened during our day/ask questions about the others day.
7:35/7:45 – DS is in bed.
8:00-10:30 – I usually have to log back on to work, but if not DH and I hang out and watch whatever our current tv show is.
I feel very good about our division of labor.
Anon says
I know this has been asked before, but I can’t find it. Recommendations for first birthday gifts? My daughter turns one at the start of September, and I’m already getting requests for gift ideas from friends and family. Would also love ideas for Christmas, when she will be almost 16 months.
Anon says
Play kitchen, play food, shopping cart, doll + doll stroller, nugget, water table are all “bigger” gifts. And then if you don’t already have- something to build with like mega blocks
anon says
+1. These were all favorites of my 1 yo. You can also do books, as it is great to have a good library.
Anona says
SmartMax animals! Probably the toy that our 22mo returns to again and again, and great for our restaurant toy bag.
https://smarttoysandgames.com/us/my-first-farm-animals-1.html
Anon says
Cozy Coupe or Radio Flyer Walker Wagon
anon says
I have a late August birthday, and it is kind of the best because it is right at the change of the seasons. Fall/winter clothes, bathing suit if you plan to do wintertime swim lessons, step stool, play silks, first art supplies like the no-spill paint cups, puzzles.
Anan says
The Melissa and Doug shopping cart. I loved that toy. A sled if you are somewhere with snow. Bath toys. My kid also started using a micro mini at 18 months, so that might not be too far off for Christmas.
I also liked practical gifts vs. toys because we already had a lot of toys- so I liked getting clothes since by that point people had stopped passing down clothes and winter weather stuff can be expensive. Shoes or boots. PJs.
Stuff for feeding- water bottles, plates, kid sized cutlery…
Hooded towels or bathrobes that are toddler sized.
Anon says
+1
TheElms says
1st Birthday – Spin again by Fat Brain Toys; ball ramp or car ramp toys (or a Lovevery subscription which has these – kids really enjoyed the 1-2 year old toys); Learning tower for the kitchen; Little people school bus or trash truck; Board Books
Christmas – Ybike or a scooter; paint sticks or washable markers (these seemed like the easiest for my young toddlers); a pull along dog on a string; musical instruments (maracas, a drum, etc); magnatiles; Little people barn; Interactive Board books (Lift the flap, Poke a dot, That’s not my … series, etc); Melissa and doug ice cream set; Plastic animals (farm, zoo, dinosaur, sea life); a purse or backpack they can put their treasures in (for my kids 18 months was the start of the pack rat age); hats and sunglasses and play scarfs for easy dress up options
Anonymous says
Pikler Triangle or nugget couch if you have room and it’s in the budget. Outdoor little tykes swing if you have a tree you can hang it from. Play kitchen (we’ve had the IKEA one for 6yrs now). Vtech walker or vtech alphabet train (yes these are both electronic but my kids LOVED them). Nice Waldorf baby doll/crib for play baby. I always think of gifts for one to two year olds as future gifts. There’s a huge difference between a 12 month old and 24 month old and they may not play with something at one but will at 16 months.
Anon says
I vote Nugget over Pikler triangle. We got a Pikler triangle for my now 6 year old when she had just turned 2, at the start of Covid lockdown, and my not-particularly-athletic kid mastered climbing up and back down the other side within a week or so and basically never looked at it again after that. It’s never been used in any pretend games, and I have a kid + friends who are very into pretend play. Her BFF has a Nugget and they still really enjoy building and pretending with that.