Make My Life Easier Thursday: Wake Up Light Alarm Clock
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I like sleeping in on the weekends, but my kids do not.
I used a light-up alarm clock like this one with my oldest — set it so it lights up green when it’s OK to get up and go! It also has a night-light and easy-to-read digital display — perfect now that she can tell time. Now, if only I could convince my youngest to wait for the green light before running screaming into our room.
This Wake Up Light Alarm Cloud Clock is $20 at Target.
Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
Getting ready for baby #2 after a seven year gap, so really struggling to remember what we did right after bringing baby home (probably due to the profound lack of sleep at the time). How many sleeping or parking surfaces did you have for the newborn? Were there things that made your life much easier? What was the WORST part and do you have any hindsight on how it could have been improved? I remember lots about breastfeeding (and ultimately exclusively pumping) as it was my worst challenge but I don’t remember much about actual baby logistics.
Is it a big deal for young elementary age kids to do camps where they don’t have friends in advance? We need about 5 weeks of camp this summer for my kindergartener and are looking at doing a bunch of 1 week camps related to various interests (art, theater, zoo, etc.), so she’d be with new people every week. I don’t feel like I know any of her current classmates’ moms well enough to text and ask what they’re doing, and most of them need longer hours than these camps provide anyway. My kid is pretty social and generally plays fine with new kids at the playground, but I’m a little worried it could be hard if she’s the only one who doesn’t have a buddy on day one and has to start from scratch making friends every week.
Okay, tell me honestly: do you really love all your children the same amount?
Pregnant with my second and just found out the sex, which is bringing up some interesting emotions and uncertainties I wasn’t expecting. I just love my first so much and feel so connected to them.
Hi hive. I’ve posted here many a time about my IVF woes. I’m the one that took a big promotion and took time off from IVF, focused on me, etc, in case that jogs your memory. That was roughly June last year.
Well, things have gone well. Love the new (v high stress but high profile) job. We’re in growth mode – growing team and book of business – but we’re tracking right where we’d want to be despite the market working against us. I’ve also spent a lot of time on me. I’ve lost close to 50 lbs and I’m just enjoying living. Also took the space (and therapy) to come to terms that I could accept a family of 3 (we have a 4.5 year old) should more transfers not be successful. However, in giving myself this space I also realized that I do want another and I’m not done trying. We have six embryos frozen that are all genetically normal, too. Y’all helped me realize that back in November (ish?).
DH and I settled that we’d do our next transfer in mid February after some work travel on my end. With that about a month away I’m feeling all the feels. IDK how to explain it but I just … don’t want to? Do I still want a family of 4, a sibling for my daughter? Absolutely. Does every pregnancy announcement I see punch me in the gut? Yup. But starting a FET cycle means medicine, shots, less travel, explaining myself when I’m not drinking or feeling well. Just, blerg. The hy
Not really sure what my question is, tbh. But this sucks so hard. I want another kid but I don’t want any of the utter crap I have to go through that comes along with it. I don’t want to interrupt my career (and it would. I’m in BD in a man’s world and a preggo belly won’t win me any business) I’m 38. It’s just so damn unfair that this falls on me. Has anyone decided to not pursue another because of the means required to get to the future kid? It’s not even a timing thing anymore ( was previously trying to time it with the job, etc, but I’m past that). The physical is just so brutal, let alone if there’s yet another loss. Maybe this is just me posturing, protecting myself from more disappointment but I’m at a total crossroads. Told DH this morning that I wanted to talk about all of this this weekend and that I’m having “second thoughts” at the moment.
Someone tell me what to do :(
Good Morning!
I’m expecting Baby #3 in about one month. I’ll be on unpaid maternity leave until mid-August, when I return to work. I have a 5-year-old who attends an affordable full-time preschool, and a 2-year-old who attends a very expensive full-time daycare. While I’m on leave, the 5yo will attend his preschool until summer break, but I cannot afford to send the 2yo to full-time daycare while I’m unpaid. I’m weighing my options on the following two issues and would appreciate your experiences/feedback! :D
1. I can’t afford to keep 2yo in FT daycare, but when should I un-enroll him? From a budget and germ perspective, the sooner the better. But, I also know he’s in a routine and having a new baby will be a disruption.
2. There are some very part-time, and affordable, 2-year-old preschool options in the community that I’m considering enrolling my 2yo in after he unenrolls from daycare (just for March-May, when these programs end for the summer), just to keep him socializing and learning. But, I also know that 2yos are germ factories, especially when entering a new daycare/preschool environment, and I don’t know if the positives of socialization will outweigh the potential germs he’ll be bringing home to new baby.
Thoughts?! Thank you!
FWIW, my 2yo will turn 3 this summer and be able to attend his big brother’s current affordable preschool in the fall when I return to work (but, then, we’ll also have infant daycare costs for baby #3! but my oldest will finally be in kindergarten!).
Does anyone have recommendations for pull ups for a tall, very skinny kid?
Mine is three years old, wearing 6t clothing. He is potty trained, but wears a pull up overnight and for naps. The seventh generation 4t/5t pull ups were perfect, but they seem to have been discontinued. The honest pull ups leak almost every time, even with a very small quantity of liquid. (The sposie inserts don’t help.) My kid has somewhat sensitive skin and some diaper brands gave him rashes, which is why I’ve been using seventh gen. But I’m willing to try whatever at this point. Should I try switching back to diapers for a more snug fit? Any pull up brand ideas? Thank you!
Greetings to all other moms in the trenches of the winter gross. I just got a nasty note from my HR department that I’m 11 hours in the red for my sick days for 2023. We’ve had Flu A and pneumonia so far in December/January and I am just OVER IT. Ugh. I really appreciate so much about my firm but man do I miss the last place I work with unlimited PTO which was such a gift for working parents.
Good morning! For those who have kids, how did you know when you were ready? I am particularly nervous about pregnancy (I have general health anxiety related to cancer at age 21 and know pregnancy obviously causes various new symptoms) and also how the heck would I know what to do to be a good parent. My husband and I are 27/28 currently in a stable and loving marriage. We want kids eventually but don’t feel ready…but does anyone ever feel completely ready? How do you know when you’re ready enough?? Will cross post this!