Washable Wednesday: Concorde Print Faux Wrap Dress
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Happy Wednesday! I really like this faux wrap dress from Adrianna Papell, part of some of the great sales going on over at Nordstrom right now. The print would hide any child-related spills (or, hey, if you’re the messy one, it’ll hide those too), and a number of readers have talked about preferring faux wrap dresses for pumping. The neckline and hemline both look modest, I like that it has sleeves, and — score! — it is, indeed, machine washable. It was $139, but is now marked to $83.40. Adrianna Papell Concorde Print Faux Wrap Dress
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
Baby proofing question. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment and have an 8 month old boy who is into EVERYTHING. He is crawling and now pulling himself to standing, but cannot/does not want to sit.
We let him play in the living room where he has a foam mat he crawls around on and plays with his toys. But I don’t have a baby gate because it would just take over our living room, and a playpen doesn’t make sense because he cannot sit.
My question is how other mamas who live in small apartments have created a safe play space that I can plunk him into and rest on the couch for five minutes, or run into the kitchen or bathroom and not worry that he is going to bonk his head or take out his eye.
We have all the biggies covered (foam bumpers and knobs off tv stand, cords off the floor, radiator cover fastened to wall) but there are still some areas I don’t want him getting into and have to constantly pick him up and move him away.
I am severely tempted by this dress…
Repost since I accidentally posted on yesterday’s thread:
Any advice to determining when/how to wean?
My baby is almost 8 months. I’m pumping twice a day at work, bf-ing morning and bedtime (and overnight, which we are working on) and throughout the day on the weekends. Baby usually gets one formula bottle a day right now, but I’m not pumping enough to cover daycare needs and the freezer stash is running low, so I expect that to increase soon. She is doing OK with solids, but I don’t think she is eating enough to get significant calories.
I think I want to wean. Or at least start weaning. Or…something. On the one hand I am pretty sick of pumping and of bf-ing all the time on weekends. But I do enjoy nursing at bedtime. I definitely want to night wean, and she was going 8-9 hours without eating at night, but then she was sick and we’ve had a regression.
Oh, other relevant information: Baby *loves* nursing. She has always taken a bottle just fine, but really seems to find comfort in nursing. She was sick last week and all she wanted to do was nurse every two hours around the clock. This makes me feel guiltier for wanting to wean.
Any advice on how to sort this all out and what to do?
Name question: What is your opinion on naming a son after his dad? I love my husband’s name (Christopher) but now that we are actually having a son I am starting to think of the negatives of using this name – How do I distinguish between my DH and DS when calling their name? Will this cause credit confusion in the future? Etc. The child will not be a real Junior because his middle name will be different. Any thoughts?
Dinner question – For those of you with kids in daycare until 5-6 o’clock, what do you do about dinner? We pick our guy up at 5:30, and it’s difficult to get home and get food for him before 6:15 at the earliest. He gets a snack at daycare in the afternoon, but nevertheless, he’s still starving and freaking out by the time we get home. Lately we’ve been relying on Trader Joe’s frozen stuff most nights (he likes the chicken gyoza, frozen meatballs, ravioli, and tamales), and we can usually get food out quickly. But it still feels overwhelming, and I feel major guilt that he’s so hungry and not eating dinner until 6:15 or 6:30.
Any advice on how to make this work?
Random kid-present request: anyone seen 2 piece pjs with feet, size 3T? Our little guy loves his “slipper jammies” (one piece pjs with feet) but they don’t work well for middle of the night potty emergencies (which happen pretty much every night). Anyone seen 2 piece pjs with feet? Or a one piece that doesn’t require taking of the top half to potty?
Just wanted to say I was happy to see Illinois revisited the nursing mom’s request for bar exam breaks. Amazing what some bad PR will do.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/11/26/illinois-bar-exam-board-grants-nursing-mom-extra-time-to-complete-test/?mod=WSJBlog
Cross-posting on regular s1te!
After being told by doctors that it might be hard for me to get pregnant, I just had a positive pregnancy test! (Two in fact, followed by a blood test at the doctor’s to confirm.)
I’m worried about miscarriage–I’m at a slightly elevated risk because of a medical condition but the doctors have said they’re not even sure if that’s been proven. How can I distract myself long enough to not get my hopes up too high while also planning with a pregnancy in mind? Trying not to stress too much but it’s killing me that I can’t tell anyone (beyond my husband) for a while. I’m only 4.5 wks in–just missed my period this weekend.
When did others tell their close family members? Right away? Or after a bit of time had passed? I tell my mother and sister everything but I don’t want them to get excited and then be saddened if this doesn’t work out. I was thinking I would tell them after the 8 week ultrasound, assuming it goes well.
If something were to go wrong, I’d tell them at that point regardless. I just don’t want them to get excited only have to worry for a long period of time as well.
Hello All,
First time posting on this site. I have a wonderful, smart, adorable, sweet nine month old, who is an extremely high needs baby. She loves playing and is engaging with other people, so long as I am holding her or very close to her. She is also an extremely restless sleeper, waking 4-5 times per night and wanting to nurse for comfort or be sushed or walked back to sleep. I wear her a lot because its easier to get things done, but its starting to get to me. The lack of sleep and never having a minute to myself when I’m not at work. According to her daycare, she does okay without me, and the separation anxiety has just started this month, although she’s never liked to be put down or be alone. I rarely leave her with anyone besides daycare. She hates the stroller, hates the car seat, hates the crib, hated the swing, hates the exersaucer unless I am right there playing with her.
I guess I’m not looking for advice, but rather commiseration or stories of getting to the light at the end of the tunnel!
Ugh, I have really been so lucky throughout my 8 months of pregnancy that I don’t have people giving lots of unsolicited advice or trying to touch me, etc. but for some reason this week EVERYONE wants to talk about what I look like. How big / small my bump is, how pregnant I look, how I am standing / sitting, that I look tired, all of it. And an extremely well intentioned woman on the train yesterday blasted a guy who wouldn’t get up to let me access the seat next to him (she gave me her aisle seat and then climbed over the jerk so I wouldn’t have to), but in a way that had five rows of people staring at me to see why I couldn’t climb over the guy. I really wish I could just be invisible for the rest of the pregnancy! I don’t like to be the center of attention in any context, but when it’s related to how my body looks I am even more touchy.