Washable Wednesday: Open Front Blazer
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This open front blazer is machine washable, under $100, and adds a nice pop of color to your wardrobe year-round. Love it. Interestingly, it comes in five colors, including two (?!) reds, “Red Mars” and “Red Fiery.” The pink, black and white are pretty awesome too; I prefer the “Red Fiery” myself (pictured here). The blazer is $98, available in petite and regular sizes XS-XL. Halogen® Open Front Blazer
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Sales of note for 3/15/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – 40% off everything + free shipping
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – Extra 30% off women’s styles + spring break styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything + extra 20% off 3 styles + 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Friends and family sale, 20% off with code; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off 1 item + 30% off everything else (includes markdowns, already 25% off)
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 was laid off and will not be going back to work any time soon due to the timing of #2 due early this summer. We want to pull our daughter from FT daycare and ideally move her part time daycare (2-3 mornings/week) This is offered and there are several part time kids.
I want to make sure we leave daycare on good terms, because even though we will likely move to a nanny after #2 is born and I go back to work, there may well be a time when one or both kids will need to go back there, and they are one of the only good ones in town.
Any tips on (a) overall dis-enrollment and (b) the part time move? I plan ask about availability AND say I’m totally flexible on what days it is, as long as she can go a few days a week. If they can’t make the part time thing happen, should I keep her enrolled for a bit longer? I hate pulling her since she took FOREVER to adjust (we moved in May) but I really can’t justify $1600/month while I’m sitting at home ready and wanting to hang out with her.
Am I alone in being conflicted about the number of kids to have? I feel like this has been discussed here before, but I can’t seem to find it. We have two right now (1 and almost 4). My husband does not want any more, period. I agree logically. I like having a 1:1 kid to parent ratio. Fewer kids = more manageable vacations, fewer college tuitions to pay for, etc. I know and believe all that stuff, but I still feel really sad about being done with kids. I like being in tune with my body during the TTC phase, enjoy pregnancy and have had uncomplicated deliveries (thus far). Advice? Does this get better with time? I’m in the process of getting rid of all of our baby stuff, so I guess it’s really hitting home.
Has anyone had any experience with a kid with language delay and/or a low need for interaction? One of my sons was a very late crawler/walker and so has been getting physical therapy through the county. During his evaluation (which covers gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, speech, and emotional/social) when he was 13 months, he scored 13 months or 15 months on everything except gross motor (which we knew and which was why we were there) and speech. The truth is he’s just a really quiet, introverted little kid. He has been since he was four months old. He makes eye contact, smiles, brings things to show us, likes to snuggle, doesn’t react inappropriately to loud noises, likes other children. But he also seems to be most happy sitting on the floor by himself paging through a stack of books (he’ll even drag big adult books off the shelf and page through them — I found him “reading” my college copy of Pamela yesterday). He also likes to wander around the room, “talking” to himself, and he likes leaning on the window sill and watching the cars outside. But mostly he loves looking at books on his own. Although he does also like to look at books with an adult, and will point to different things and say “da!” which means “please say the name of this for me.”
He had a session with the physical therapist and speech therapist this morning, and I asked whether any of his behavior was a red flag. It’s pretty much impossible to get an answer to any question that gets anywhere near “is there something wrong with my kid and if so what is it” but I did get the answer: the lack of engagement is something to watch and he may need additional support. And that the fact that he likes to sit on his own with his books so much of the time is concerning.
On the one hand, I don’t want to ignore a real problem. On the other hand, in my heart of hearts, I’m not worried about the boy. I really truly feel like he’s just a quieter, more introverted person. His twin brother will suck up any and all adult attention in the room and is constantly asking for engagement. We try to have one-on-one time with each of them on the weekends, to mitigate some of this. But I feel like a lot of it is that they have these very different personalities and that, as twins, they have a very particular dynamic. This little guy is probably more okay on his own than he would be if he were an only child just because some of his behavior is in reaction to his brother (and his brother would likely be different if he were himself an only child).
Has anyone dealt with anything like this before? I don’t want to create a problem out of what’s just a personality quirk, but I don’t want to give him less than he needs either.
I got contacted last week by a recruiter for what would be my dream job. The catch is that i’m currently 30 weeks pregnant. I know that isn’t supposed to matter, but of course it does. So just trying not to be too depressed that these opportunities never come up when it would be a good time to make a move.
Interested in hearing how people are handling this. We started out pretty strict about no screen time, but it has been pretty difficult to maintain. It was especially difficult while we were visiting peoples’ homes over the holidays. Baby is 16 months and we still do not watch tv/ipad/phone as an activity, but she does grab our phone from time to time and stares at the glowing home screen. Our plan is to go screen free until age 2, and then maybe 5-10 minutes of tv a few times a week..? I guess I am not sure what happens after age 2.
What are appropriate rules about t.v. / screen time for a toddler? My son was only exposed to t.v. beginning about 4 months ago, and now it’s his favorite thing ever – there’s always a fight brewing about “why isn’t the t.v. on right now,” or “why did you just turn the t.v. off?”
I’ve found it to be a useful distraction, for example, while I’m finishing getting ready in the morning, but he wants in on ALL THE TIME. Do you all have rules about ‘t.v. only when …” or “no t.v. except weekends” or … ?? He would be a much happier and compliant kid if it was indeed on all of the time, even just in the background while we did other things (puzzles, books etc.) but it can’t be healthy, right?
Lovely blazer
Just wanted to share that I gave our nanny notice on Friday and she was very gracious and promised to stay the additional 6 wks until our au pair starts (we are offering a bonus if she does as an added incentive) and it hasn’t been awkward this week. I also have 15 potential families for her looking for nannies nearby that responded to my post on her availability.
Big sigh of relief (and fingers crossed that it continues okay). Now I just have to get through my massive to-do list to prep the house for the au pairs arrival