Washable Wednesday: Peri Stretch Corduroy Leg Pants
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A few years ago over at Corporette readers started singing the praises of Jag pull-on jeans. Like pajama jeans, I thought? I was a bit incredulous, but decided to try them after I had my second child. I can definitely see the appeal — they’re affordable, washable, and considering that there is a wide, pull-on waistband instead of a zipper and button, they’re vastly more comfortable for sitting. (They might be great if you’ve got a sensitive middle after a c-section — or if you’re early in a pregnancy but not into proper maternity pants yet.) They’re not pajama jeans, though (at least, not what I imagine pajama jeans are like) — the fabric for the legs is very thick; proper denim, cord or twill. One negative I’ll note is that while they’re comfortable, there’s no way to cinch them tighter if your waist is smaller than your hips — so if you’re sensitive about bending over and showing your bum (which for some reason seemed like it became a bigger issue after kids — maybe because I was always kneeling on the floor to play with them) — then these may not be the pants for you. Also, know your office –five-pocket styles are too casual for many conservative offices. Still: these pictured cords come in multiple colors, are machine washable, and are marked to $35 at Nordstrom — alas, apparently only available in petite sizes. (Lots of other Jag pants in regular sizes, though.) (The cords are available in plus sizes over at 6pm. Pictured: Jag Jeans ‘Peri’ Pull-On Stretch Corduroy Leg Pants
Psst: check out our guide to washable pants!
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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
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?
Have you talked to your doctor about inducing without pitocin?
My baby was about 10 days late and my doctor was going to do the induction by just breaking my water, no drugs. As it happened, we decided to strip the membrane the day before my scheduled induction, which was unpleasant but not too painful (like a bad pap), and I ended up starting labor on my own without realizing it (back labor pain which I assumed was just a backache from being so pregnant). She broke my water when I got to the hospital and I had my baby, w/o pitocin or any c-section or other complications, a few hours after that. The original plan was break water, I walk around hospital until contractions start and then I have baby. I made the mistake of googling inductions before I went in and it really freaked me out but my experience was nothing like what I read online. My doctor told me I could wait when I expressed hesitation but I am so glad I didn’t – when my water finally came down it was a tiny bit green and who knows how much the baby would have stayed in that if we hadn’t intervened ever so slightly. If I had to do anything differently, I would have stripped membrane 2 days before my scheduled induction (so 8 days after due date but 2 days before) and walked around more in that time to see if I could have broken water on my own. Anyway, best of luck. It will all be fine, however you do it.
Maybe a stupid question – but is there a point during your pregnancy if you have really bad morning sickness that you can’t be at work because you’re too far from the bathroom?
I felt really awful/nauseous yesterday and was eyeing my trashcan because the women’s room is WAY far away. I haven’t heard of anyone IRL having this issue, but I also don’t know anyone who had bad morning sickness.
I don’t actually think I’ve got morning sickness (would be too early), I was probably just a little dehydrated but it got me thinking.
We’ll have this age range too; my plan is to just wear the infant and let the older kid use the stroller. We may change our minds and get one later, but for the first few months at least, Ergo+stroller seems like the easiest solution.
This summer, I’ll have a newborn and a not-quite-3 year old. I have a long mat leave and forsee many days at the zoo, farm, etc. where newborn will be in her stroller and where #1 may still want a place to sit after walking for a while. I’ve thought about the side-by-side strollers, but that seems like so much stroller for the amount of minutes i’ll actually have 2 kids in it.
The sit-and-stands seem like the perfect solution, but I can’t really get a sense for which would work best for us. I took #1 to the store and we tried out the 2 floor models they had, and she loved the jump seat, but we couldn’t try it with an infant carrier in.
Any recs or strollers to avoid? We have a chicco keyfit infant seat, if it matters.
Feeling really disheartened about the thread yesterday about sleep training. Things really seemed to devolve quickly into abuse/neglect suggestions about the poster who had had success after a rough night or two. I’m 29 weeks pregnant with my first and, in general, really value the corporette community. I know that judgment / hysteria is really common in mom communities (both irl and on the web), but can anyone reccomend a less brutal community of smart moms?
Someone paged me (Clementine) about power pumping. I responded on yesterday’s thread.
The changes in pediatric guidelines are baffling to me. At my daughter’s 4 month appointment today, the doctor asked if we were interested in starting solids. I know the current guidelines say 6 months, and we’re not in a hurry, so we’ll talk about it at her next appointment. But when I told my mom this, she mentioned how early we had started solids. My 40 year old brother started rice cereal at 9 days. 38 year old brother, 11 days. I’m 34 and the guidelines must have changed in the interim because I started at 9 weeks. Baffling. I wouldn’t even have known how to get a spoon in my daughter’s mouth without choking her at 9 days.
I posted last week about taking a solo spa trip and was pretty much unanimously encouraged to do so! I just wanted to update everyone — I just booked two nights at a nearby spa/resort.
After crunching the numbers for a fancy spa in Arizona, I couldn’t justify the expense (over $1000/day, without including travel, I had misread the per day cost as the three day cost!!!) and the travel time given the unpredictability of work and/or family. BUT I’m so excited about having two nights and two mornings to myself. No sunbathing, but I got a room with a fireplace.
Thanks for all the ‘”Just Do It” responses — I don’t think I would have done it without them!
Would a jogger stroller also work for walks (or runs, I suppose) in the park? Most of our park trails are not paved, so it would be over leaves/dirt/etc. They seem to have sturdier tires, but I haven’t used a jogger stroller before. (Or any stroller – first time mom.) We’re planning on getting a light stroller, a bigger one for regular use, and a jogger, and I’d prefer not to get a FOURTH stroller if I don’t have to.
I have no personal experience with these pants, but as a caveat to the post-caesarian suggestion, that large horizontal seam above the fake fly looks like it could be problematic for still-tender C-section scars. I had trouble even with many kinds of yoga pants for the same reason. In general wide waistbands are heaven but not if they start too low.
Threadjack, did anyone have a baby registry on amazon.com? How does the completion discount work when items are from other retailers? TIA!
Reposting since I posted late last night.
I miss diapers. I have a child who should be potty trained (age-wise) but is <100% potty trained and has been stuck there for years (and we've gone to all of the drs and there's no medical or developmental issue, and I'm not sure if that is comforting or distressing). At any rate, she will dribble in her underwear when she is doing something she wants to do or just forgets and is oblivious that the starts to smell when she is damp-to-wet. I am living in fear of travel — cloth chairs, other people getting grossed out, etc. I put her in a underjams overnight (and that holds it in; previously I traveled with waterproof mattress covers and remade the bed) but the daytime is so yucky.
If any of you have lived through this, any thoughts / advice / strategies? The only thing that helps is putting her in just a dress at home (she doesn't like pee running down her legs), but we can't do that if people are over or we are out and about.
We’ve been to her pediatrician and a pediatric urologist, so there is no physical problem with daytime wetting (nighttime wetting isn’t as much of an issue — we won’t expect that it will happen in anything other than in due time).
In my area, summer birthday children are routinely put in TK but when we did testing my daughter was otherwise ready to go to kindergarten as a young 5 year old. We sent her and she comes home damp every day and smells and I am so, so worried that she will be kicked out of summer camps this summer for not staying dry (and I am the breadwinner). I wish I’d held her back from regular school b/c daycares / TKs seem to be better for non-dry children, but I thought it was crazy to hold a mentally ready child back from kindergarten b/c they won’t stay dry.
Right now my backup plan are those light bladder leakage pads they sell for older / incontinent grownups b/c I think they will help with odor control.