Washable Wednesday: Cowl Neck
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This is a simple little top, but I really like it — I think the cowlneck looks flattering and a bit dressy. Wear it with crisp trousers or ankle pants to dress it up even more, perhaps with a great watch or a brooch as an accessory. Great price, too: it was $19, but is now marked to $13.98 at Target. Long Sleeve Cowl Neck Top
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Does anyone have tips on how to give a toddler an enema? We’re in the middle of a terrible p**p hoarding episode, and it looks like we’re going to have to do an enema tonight. The current plan is to have him over my lap, with the ipad, and hope he doesn’t fight it too hard. Any other tips/suggestions? I’m worried that this is going to be a nightmare.
Does anyone know if there have been any updates/changes in the Ergo Original in the last 5-6 years? I’m thinking of buying a used one but don’t want to miss any upgrades. Any resource to find this kind of info?
I know this very recently came out – but does anyone plan to change feeding patterns based on the new research published this week in the New England Journal of Med re: peanut allergies? In short, findings strongly indicate that early exposure of infants to peanuts helps prevent kiddos in the high risk pool (family history, eczema) from developing the allergy.
My second child has pretty severe eczema, and I’ve been wondering whether it is a warning sign for food allergies (which do not run in my family). I plan to confer with the doctor, but the findings seem more logical to me than the past theories of total abstention.
Any ideas on a gift for someone expecting twins as their third and fourth babies? I expect they have lots of the necessary items already, but I’d like to give a friend something thoughtful and useful, particularly since these two were a bit of a surprise.
Any suggestions for third trimester heartburn? I’ve never had heartburn before, and it really is just miserable. Is this just what it is going to be like for the foreseeable future? Tums don’t really seem to cut it.
I also had food poisoning this past weekend, all was fine, but I wonder if this is also residual from that, as I didn’t really have it before. Yuck, just yuck.
Anyone deal with De Quervain syndrome (aka mommy thumb)? I’ve been trying not to pick up my daughter under her armpits, but my thumbs are constantly hurting now and even small tasks are annoying (drinking coffee, driving, working out with weights…so many things that I do with my hand in an L shape that I’ve never thought about before!). Not sure if I should try a splint? Other ideas? TIA!
C-section – what to expect?
I had an emergency c-section last year due to pre-eclampsia. Baby was whisked off to the NICU, and I was hooked up to drugs for the next 24+ hours in L&D. Less than ideal, but a year later, everyone is happy and healthy, and I don’t dwell in the what-ifs of my desired natural labor.
So, I’m now 13 weeks pregnant with #2, and the consensus with my doctors is to have another C-section. (We’re already monitoring BPs, and starting low-dose meds to hopefully lead to a term-delivery). My question is, if I make it to the scheduled c-section date, what should I expect in the delivery room? Anything in particular to plan or ask for to make it a better/more enjoyable experience?
Ooh, I like the colour.
Now, on to two baby-bathing questions:
1 – My son has outgrown the sling in his bathtub, so I have started putting him in the tub itself. (Tub is the blue first-years infant-to-toddle sling tub.) He goes on the sloped side since he doesn’t have the greatest head / neck control yet. But he constantly slides down, so his butt rests precariously on the divider in the middle. I end up pushing him back and holding him in place at his hips so that he doesn’t slip off the divider and end up floating on his back…or most likely floundering, as he doesn’t know how to swim. I think he is sliding because he likes to have his legs at the top of the water in order to kick, and the higher up his butt is, the higher up his legs are. But this is only a theory…it could be that he is sliding involuntarily because of the slope of the tub or because he is a bit too small to be sling-less (although he was really getting big for the sling, and he is going on four months). In any case, have other moms faced this and found a solution? Or do you just have to wait until they grow out of this phase?
2 – Now that we have retired the sling, I find it really hard to properly wash my son’s nether region. It’s too far under the water, and any soap on my hands or a washcloth falls away during the plunging, before they reach their target, so to speak. My mother told me she just didn’t worry too much about washing us with soap, figuring that the water (plus wiping during diaper changes) was sufficient. Is that the answer? Or is there some trick to washing a baby effectively in the tub?
Thanks!