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Washable Wednesday: Straight Leg Trousers

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A woman wearing a Straight Leg TrousersLadies, what are your favorite brands for washable trousers? I always used to like the Gap washable trousers, but online the reviews suggest that they’re really hit or miss of late. These NYDJ stretch trousers are very highly rated, but mostly by older women — but then that is their demographic (NYDJ does stand for “not your daughter’s jeans,” after all). They’re $120, and were available in three colors but are sold out in everything except the black, which I take as a good sign. They’re available in regular sizes 0-14, and petite sizes 00P-18P. NYDJ Stretch Straight Leg Trousers

Sales of note for 9.10.24

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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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  1. Hip dysplasia says

    Anyone here had to deal with it? My son just went for his one month appt and we were told to take him for ultrasound because of clicking in one of his hips. I have heard horrible things about the braces and i am freaking out (prematurely) as a result….

    • MSJ says

      We had to do an ultrasound as we were told it was standard procedure for breech babies, but my daughter’s hips were fine. The u/s itself wasn’t too bad, but she did lose patience about halfway through so there were some tears – but no pain – involved
      Good luck!

    • Lorelai Gilmore says

      My daughter had a hip click, and by the time we got her in for the ultrasound, it was nothing. Don’t worry until you have to.

  2. Lyssa says

    Any suggestions for good toddler-oriented books about getting a new brother or sister? My 2 year old loves being read to, and I was hoping that the repetitive process of reading about it would help him understand what’s happening and what is going to happen when baby joins the family (in several months).

    • ANP says

      We read “The New Baby” by Mercer Mayer to our daughter, who was three when her brother was born. I liked it OK — no strong feelings one way or another.

    • Newly pregnant says

      I ordered a personalized children’s book from this company called I See Me for my friend’s toddler when she was getting a little brother. I got her the Super Incredible Big Sister book, and I added her name and her brother’s name. It was really cute. The bonus was that it came with a medal that she could wear for being a “super incredible big sister.” You can “take a tour” of the book online and see if the message is something that you want.

  3. Nonny says

    Can I just say uggghhhhh.

    Our little one is going through some sort of sleep regression. Whether it is the semi-official 12-month Sleep Regression, something related to her recent acquisition of walking skills, or something else, I don’t know. But it means that I am on the third morning of super-early wake-up calls. This morning it was 4:30. Which means that at 9:00, I’ve now been awake for 4 1/2 hours already. I am not functioning well.

    Praying to the powers that be that whatever this is ends soon. Mama can’t handle it. I’ve enjoyed the last three months of getting enough sleep and this is not fair.

    Sigh.

    • anne-on says

      Yuck. You have my sympathy. Any chance you can take a half day or work from home and nap during your lunch? When my son was really sick or just not sleeping I’d drop him off at daycare, nap for an hour or so, and then start work a little late and make up the hours while he was in bed.

      • Meg Murry says

        Yes – during the worst of my son’s sleep regression, I finally said “well, if you’re up an hour early, I’m dropping you at daycare then coming back to shower in peace” Our daycare is only a few blocks away, but if you have that option, consider it.

        • Nonny says

          Oh, I wish. Unfortunately our daycare doesn’t open until 7:30 and we drop off at 7:35….so not a possibility.

          It used to be that my SO and I would alternate early wake-up days, but the last few nights she’s been waking up in the middle of the night too, so he’s been taking the middle of the night watch, and I’ve been doing early mornings. I think I’ve gotten the short end of the stick somehow…

    • POSITA says

      Ours lasted a month–it ended abruptly once all four of her molars finished coming in. I don’t remember September. It didn’t happen. I swear.

        • RR says

          I’ve never had a sleep regression last longer than a week if that makes you feel better?

    • CPA Lady says

      Speaking of sleep regressions– I have a 4 month old. When does that regression start and how long does it last?

  4. Pogo says

    Paging buffybot, FWIW, & any other wannabe C-moms! How’s it going with TTC?

    Husband and I both have aggressive travel schedules coming up, plus in general long hours at work which is making TTC a bit of a challenge. My next ‘two week wait’ is scheduled to coincide with a trip to Europe. Not sure if that will help take my mind off it, because I’ll be so busy with meetings and travel, or if I’ll be freaking out about what jet lag and 18 hour work days will do to my fertility.

    Still also grappling with the weird truth that after so many years or trying not to get pregnant, going off birth control did not immediately result in a baby. Intellectually, I knew that, but it still seems like such a foreign concept.

    • buffybot says

      I’m finding it a very strange process — we went for a few months with me just not being on the pill, but trying not to think about it. Clearly that didn’t work out (probably for the best, what with the holiday drinking and a ski trip and whatnot). Now it’s time to sort of “get serious” about the trying part, which I just find incredibly…awkward? Nothing like taking the fun out of it by saying, “OK, we’re going to need to get busy for these 5 days in a row, doesn’t matter that it’s the middle of our usually very busy work week and that’s just not our normal style.”

      Also, we spent the entire holiday season being absolutely BOMBARDED by friends and family asking about when we are planning on having a kid. There were times I was really tempted to be like, well, you know, I’m keeping track of my cervical mucus and keeping my fingers crossed?

      It also just feels like such a limited window of opportunity…and then you’re stuck waiting for another month.

      Thanks for asking, though! It’s kind of crazy-making…but I assume that only gets worse once you actually get pregnant…and then there’s having the kid…

      • Newly pregnant says

        I really struggled with the 5 days in a row thing. I just don’t have the drive for it, and it seemed really un-fun and forced. It took us about 8 months to get pregnant – I say we started trying in January, but my husband doesn’t think we really started in earnest until March – and there were some months where our schedules didn’t line up. In the end, I was very surprised I got pregnant when I did for a variety of reasons. The one thing I wish I had done was buy ovulation test strips. I was tracking periods (not doing temperatures or anything like that), but wish that I had been a little more precise earlier. For me, everything was very regular and there were no issues. It was just random timing.

        • EB0220 says

          I agree that ovulation test strips are great. I got pregnant with my second (with my husband traveling 4 days a week) because I ovulated late, realized it because of the test strips and made sure that we did what we needed to do the minute he got home. It did 8 months with #2 because of all the travel. We were getting antsy because it only took 3 months with baby #1.

        • OliveMac says

          I agree with the pressure + lack of 5-day-in-a-row-drive making things feel sort of un-fun and forced. I don’t have any advice for that, other than trying every other day, which is supposed to be as effective and is a little less pressured, but wanted to just offer my +1!

      • Pogo says

        Glad to hear some stories of people with crazy travel schedules who made it work. It hasn’t felt weird and forced yet, but it’s early. Definitely more frequent than normal, but still in a good way.

    • PregLawyer says

      It took us about 9 months. I went off the pill in November and we used other protection for December and January, but by February we were ready to start trying. I started tracking my cycle in March, but didn’t test for ovulation at all. Nothing. In May I started to get impatient and got a digital ovulation test. I started tracking ovulation also. Still nothing. Then I had a crazy bout at work that really stressed me out, I decided to take a new job, and had the month of October essentially off. Turns out that did wonders for my s*x drive. We ended up having much more s*x than normal (including in the morning!), particularly during my fertile period and in the days leading up to–and after–that period. Found out I was pregnant at the end of October.

      At the end of the day, who knows why it worked in October and not in the other months. My gut reaction is that we just were not having enough s*x. Or it’s just ALL SERENDIPITY and I know nothing.

  5. Pump question says

    Thanks for the responses yesterday!

    Also, I kind of love the “way harsh, Tai” thumbs up thing going on this morning. ;)

  6. sfg says

    I bought a pair of NYDJ jeans in the Nordstrom sale last year – I really like them, they are comfy, stretchy (but don’t lose their stretch after a wear or two), hold me in a bit, etc. I just told myself that higher waists are back in now as justification. ;) I’m looking forward to fitting back into them.

  7. Chronic Overachiever says

    Baby Chronic Overachiever has a newly diagnosed dairy allergy. Does anyone have experience with this? Did you decide to keep breastfeeding? Did your child eventually outgrow this allergy? Any dairy-free meal tips and/or recipes?

    • anne-on says

      My son has a dairy allergy, and outgrew an egg allergy at about 14 months. I nursed him until about 7 months, traveling for work and avoiding both dairy and eggs got to be too much for me, plus I was losing an awful lot of weight avoiding them while still nursing. He’s currently almost 3 and can eat baked milk, which helps a lot. Honest truth, it was very difficult at first. It seems like about 85% of kids food contains dairy. If you’re not a decent cook that may make it harder. We made (and still do) almost all of his food from scratch to avoid cross contamination, and daycare was very very careful to ensure no sharing of food went on. Soy formula and silk very vanilla are staples in his diet. We also use a ton of coconut oil which is a very easy/tasty sub for butter in most baked recipes. He eats very ‘clean’ due to the allergy, and we don’t go out to eat much as there tends to be a lot of butter/dairy in sauces/on grills/etc. I have a really hard time with family members/acquaintances who did not get that a dairy allergy is NOT a lactose intolerance and exposure to dairy can result in epipen use, not a tummy ache. Sigh.

    • JJ says

      One of my kids has a tree nut allergy and I highly recommend checking out FARE’s website. It’s a great resource for general knowledge about food allergies, research, charts, etc. I had both sets of grandparents read it so they were more familiar with food allergies (there are none in either side of our families thus far).

      I’m sorry you’re going through this. But, welcome to the Epi-Pen club!

    • RR says

      Different from a dairy allergy, but my daughter had a milk protein allergy. I formula fed, so it meant Nutramingen for the first year. We were told most babies grow out of it by their first birthday, and my daughter was one of them. So, after she turned one, we were able to give her all the milk protein we wanted, and she’s never had another issue.

    • greenie says

      My daughter had lactose intolerance (passed the dairy allergy blood testing) but would have explosive diarrhea with any dairy in her diet (including lactaid etc.). We knew there was something wrong from the begining because of how “colicky” she was. I breastfed until about 15 months and took out all dairy in my diet. It helped her reflux SO much and she was a much happier baby. She could not handle any dairy until 4. Now she has yogurt and cheese, but still drinks almond milk instead of cow’s milk. I don’t know if the outgrowing it is different with an allergy versus an intolerance… but I was so happy when I could finally feed her some dairy. We didn’t need to alter our meals too much to exlcude dairy, but I lived on SO Good soy yogurt / ice cream when I was breastfeeding. Also we loved Almond Milk over other milks (we tried soy, rice, coconut etc.)

    • NewMomAnon says

      My kiddo had chronic diarrhea for a few weeks while I was exclusively bf’ing, and the pediatrician told me to cut diary to help her tummy recover. It was SO HARD. I did manage to bf through it but it meant that there was no “simple” way to eat out. I usually relied on eggs in place of my usual dairy items (cooked without butter and in a clean pan if we were out to eat), and I often called restaurants in advance to see if they had dairy free items on the menu. But I ended up cooking a lot for myself….

      Nigella Lawson has an olive oil chocolate cake that was my go-to treat. I made that recipe at least weekly. Also, coconut milk ice cream from Whole Foods was awesome.

      I also used an allergy management app (I’m allergic to corn, so I already had the app) that helped me identify hidden dairy. Also, make sure you talk to your dentist/doctor about whether any of your prescriptions or dental stuff (like flouride or the toothpaste) contain dairy or dairy derivatives.

      Good luck, epi-pen allergies with little kids are scary.

      • ECR says

        In need of advice from those with kids who have allergies: my daughter got a rash around her mouth when I gave her eggs for the first time at 7 months. Took her to an allergist who did skin and blood tests. She tested positive for egg and peanut allergies, but just barely. I read online that some allergists would not even consider these results to be positive. The allergist told us to avoid egg and peanuts for 6 months and repeat the tests then. He thinks there’s a good chance she will grow out of it by then.

        Anyone have experience with food allergies and skin/blood testing? I keep reading that there’s a really high rate of false positives (as much as 50-60%) which makes me skeptical of these results.

  9. Anonyc says

    Having just finished pumping, I started fantasizing about a date in my not-too-distant future: the day I will wean my baby and be done with bfing and pumping!!! for-evah. I had a good run (by the end will have logged 3.5+ years on the nursing clock), so I’m really looking forward to physical autonomy. And as I’m dreaming about tossing my nursing tanks, nursing bras, et cetera, I realized I didn’t know one thing–what do you do with your pump when you’re finished with it? I realize that it’s supposed to be a “single-use product,” but is this something I should donate? (We’re talking a six-year-old Medela Pump in Style.) I am guessing no official organizations would take it for that reason. My preference would be to give it to a friend as a backup but I might have no takers…

    • PEN says

      Madela started “Madela Recycles”
      “Each pump we receive through Medela Recycles supports the donation of new hospital-grade, multi-use breastpumps and supplies to Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®). The goal is to provide moms with the same high-quality equipment they use at the hospital during their stay at a Ronald McDonald House. This consistency will ease the transition from the hospital to a Ronald McDonald House and give families caring for a baby in the NICU one less thing to worry about.”

    • EB0220 says

      A friend might want it! I would definitely ask first. I have my sister in law’s old freestyle as a backup (I use my own freestyle from baby #1).

    • RDC says

      I just bought a used one off another mom in my neighborhood to use as a backup or to have one at home and one at work. I always thought the idea of using someone else’s pump was gross until I thought about how convenient it would be to have two. You can sterilize all the parts and bottles, so now I don’t see what the big deal is. All that go say, I think it’s likely a friend would be interested. And if not, the recycling thing sounds great!

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