Washable Workwear Wednesday: Palm Leaf Wrap Dress

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washable wrap dress for workI love the shape of this Maggy London wrap dress, which comes in several prints, many of which, I’m sorry to say, are a bit much for me. This bluesy palm print is relatively subdued, and I think would look great beneath a navy cardigan or blazer. There are a ton of sizes left in regular and petites, it’s machine washable, and it’s down to $65 — nice. Palm Leaf Wrap Dress Looking for other washable workwear? See all of our recent recommendations for washable clothes for work, or check out our roundup of the best brands for washable workwear. This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

Sales of note for 9.10.24

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

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

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Stanford Park Nannies has a package where they’ll vet a nanny you find–not sure if they work remotely, but in my experience they’re quite good at vetting.

There are some lawyers who specialize in household employees, though I have no experience with them.

A reputable full-service payroll service should be of great help on the tax questions. Make sure to talk to you insurance agent about necessary additional policies (workers comp is required in California, non-owned vehicle liability if she’s driving her own car, maybe something else if you need it?).

Any thoughts about preparing small kids (3 and 4.5) for Mommy being away at a 7-10 day trial? We just got back from vacation so they are a little extra clingy getting back into the day care groove, plus they are still adjusting to a new “pickup from daycare and start dinner” babysitter we are trying for the summer. The older of the two saw my suitcase out last night for pre-packing (I leave tomorrow) and started to meltdown.

I do lots of 1-2 night trips away and they do fine with little advance notice (more talking usually means more anxiety) but the last week+ trip was a couple years ago when they were home with a nanny and my mom came to stay. This time will be just Daddy, daycare, plus occasional help from his mom who lives nearby.

On the shorter trips we usually find that FaceTime makes things harder on the parent at home, and knowing the partner I’m traveling with I honestly don’t know how much I’d be able to skip out for a FaceTime at kid-friendly hours. Should I go buy some emergency dollar store type gifts, one per day so that they can count how many more until Mommy comes home? Any more brilliant ideas that help kids who can’t read deal without making the already difficult lift harder on my husband? Thanks!

I’m looking for advice about where to understand implications of hiring a nanny in California (legally). We’re in a part of the state that doesn’t have a lot of professional nannies and no placement services. We found someone through word of mouth but I’m somewhat terrified of hiring a household employee in this state for fear of liability and never being able to fire her. What kind of professional (specific recs?) can I talk to or what can I read about what it means in terms of all the rules we have to follow, tax implications, etc…, BEFORE we officially hire her?

Her normal under the table rate is $12/hour. We’d like to offer her $14-15/hour to account for the taxes she’ll have to pay.

Finally, if you have experience with this – how much more should we budget for our side of the tax bill? Household income ~220k, 25% tax bracket.

Any recommendations for kids headphones? We bought the amazon basics ones for kids and they were pretty flimsy…wouldn’t stay in play when my son tightened them to fit his head and eventually broke. He’s 5 and hard on stuff, so I don’t want to buy Beats but I don’t want to replace them every few months either. Availability on Amazon a plus.

Does anyone have experience losing weight (relatively) during a pregnancy? I’m pregnant with #2, and just haven’t been as diligent as I wanted to be in losing weight and getting in shape after baby #1. Now that I’m pregnant, I obviously can’t drink (so that’s a lot of calories out of the picture) and I am much more motivated to eat well and exercise. I know that ultimately I will be gaining weight, but I’d like to also use this opportunity to try and relatively slim down. Does that make any sense? Has anyone done this before?

A couple caveats – I don’t get nausea during pregnancy, so I should be able to exercise and eat normal meals. I am probably 20 pounds over my comfortable weight, and likely 30 pounds over my ideal weight.

Pumping/bfeeding question – I’ve been sick this week and got dehydrated on Monday, so my supply has gone down. I’m still pumping about 12oz with 3 pumping sessions during work hours but baby eats 15oz at daycare. I was previously pumping 18-20oz/day. We’re fine supplementing with formula and have a small freezer stash, but will my supply go back up eventually as I’m feeling better? We were doing great before. My goal was 6 months but recently I was like “eh we could go longer!” so I don’t want this to be the beginning of accidental weaning.

My 1 y/o needs to gain weight but is also prone to constipation. she eats pretty much constantly but is extremely mobile (and always has been) so it burns right off. She’s in the 40th % for weight, 95% for height, and is like 5% for “weight for length.” Her doc is at the “continue packing in the calories and keep an eye on things” stage, mainly because she started life in the 90th percentile for weight and was down to 35% at 9 months.

All the easy things worsen constipation- milk, cheese, butter. She won’t eat avocado, even snuck into things. She’s pretty neutral on peanut butter, but likes it with apples. She does love pasta, so I do a lot of pasta with butter and cheese. She loves fruit, which is great for her constipation, but is mostly lite in terms of calories.

She weaned at 11 mos and hated formula, so it’s cow milk, water, and once a day I make her some oatmeal using formula.

Any other ideas on high fat/cal snacks that don’t constipate? Or ways to make avocado taste like cheese? No allergies.

Yep – I’m 36 weeks with #2 and just tired and uncomfortable.. I loved my first pregnancy and even felt pretty cute and fit throughout. Not this time at all. I am bigger, more tired, and hot all the time. The good part is that the time has been a blur. With my first, I couldn’t wait for the 20 week scan and watched eagerly, this time around I was so happy to be in a dark room for 40 minutes, I fell asleep. I haven’t really made the time to prep because I am so busy with toddler. Hmm…maybe I should get on that..

Did anyone feel really blah being pregnant the second time around? I had an easy first pregnancy and other than being tired I feel fine this time around but I am just so not looking forward to the next two trimesters. I thought I’d get a little excited if I took out my maternity clothes, which I really liked the last time around, but all I could think was “great, I have to wash these because they seem stale.” And I’m sad that I can’t sit outside and drink cold wine all summer, or eat oysters, and I am not looking forward to nursing and pumping at work again (I know it’s not mandatory) And I hate the idea of being prodded for the next 6 months or whatever at every appointment, having to drink that awful concoction for the glucose test, having my blood drawn two dozen times, being weighed at every appointment… I’m sure a lot of this is hormonal and probably a result of how tired I feel, but just wanted to get it off my chest/solicit others’ experiences.