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First tri trial says
Hi all– I just found out we’re expecting kiddo #2 (yay!)… and that I will be ~13 weeks along when I start a multi-week federal trial, away from home, later this summer. FUN. I keep hearing that you pop like crazy with the second kid. RIP, new suits that I just got tailored for this trial.
I know I’ll have to play this a little bit by ear and see how things are looking closer to the trial, but the trial prep pace is going to be too insane for much thoughtful shopping. I’m trying to line up some options now. This is complicated by the fact that I won’t be big enough to get away with maternity dress + blazer, and I might still be trying to hide what I imagine will be a real bump by then. I think my current wardrobe can handle the trial prep and before/after court outfits, I just need a few options that I can wear on court days.
This is a long way of saying, does anybody have thoughts for a stretchy, comfy suit that doesn’t scream maternity?
Anonymous says
I was in maternity clothes by 13 weeks with my first.
anon says
With my second I popped at 13 weeks to the point I looked like a swallowed a big burrito and could be pregnant. But in no way did maternity clothes actually look good. They were too big and droopy at that point.
I bought non-maternity dresses one size up and wore them under my normal suit jackets. I needed the bigger size in both the chest and belly/hips by 13 weeks. I looked for material that complemented rather than matched perfectly, like a nubby tweed or a chiffon that was a bit floaty. Fit and flare dressed worked especially well. Anything except sheaths. This looked professional enough in my formal federal appellate court as long as everything was in dark colors.
I’d go to Nordstrom Rack with a couple of your suit jackets and see what you can find.
anonM says
Can you try BELLABAND® – THE ORIGINAL BELLY BAND – so that you can try to still wear normal suits? (Maybe not your nice, newly tailored ones, but depending on how you show/feel/fit with #2, it might help avoid having to buy all new maternity suits!)
Anon says
How do you keep girls’ hair out of their eyes without barrettes or headbands? My daughter’s hair always goes in her eyes and preschool teachers have told us we need to start sending her in barrettes because the hair in her eyes is a problem. But none of the other girls in her class wear them and they don’t seem to have this issue.
Waffles says
While growing out my kid’s bangs, I learned how to braid them back. Takes time, but is doable if you can let her watch something on a screen for five or ten minutes in the mornings.
Anon says
Went to m0d for a word, trying this again.
How do you keep girls’ hair out of their eyes without bar e t t e s or headbands? My daughter’s hair always goes in her eyes and preschool teachers have told us we need to start sending her with her hair pulled back because the hair in her eyes is a problem. But none of the other girls in her class wear them and they don’t seem to have this issue.
Anon says
Ponytail – the kind that sprouts out the top of their head like a little fountain. Our daycare provider used to tie our son’s hair up like this when it was a problem.
Anon says
Should have clarified. She’s 4 and has shoulder length slightly wavy but mostly straight hair. I know ponytail is an option but she really wants her hair loose and not clipped back. From photos, this is how other girls in her class wear it and they don’t seem to have the problems we do with hair falling in the face and I’m just not sure what they’re doing differently.
tova says
IMO, they may not be doing anything differently, it may just be a difference in how hair lays. My brother and I both have very directional hair follicles – his hair in the front just sticks straight out forward over his forehead like a shelf. even if i wear a pony all of my shorter hairs, and anything that works loose goes forward and into my face because it naturally wants to go straight and forward like his. Never mind wearing it down, its in my face all the time. As an adult, I wear a headscarf so it’s not an issue but every time i’m in the wind without it I end up with a veil of hair in my way.
Her classmates may have hair that doesn’t insist on going foward any chance it gets.
Anonymous says
Yup, whale-spout ponytail. Get the tiny little elastics
Anonymous says
I do two small braids in the front with the rest down. It keeps her hair out of her face, but they are just accents to the long hair: I sometimes put tiny clips on them for decoration.
Anonymous says
We had a rule that hair was off the face for school (including preschool). If they really wanted it down, they’d get what we called a half up—top and sides in a pony. And until kindy, the pony was an elastic. Otherwise they’d pull it out.
Now, my 4th grader’s hair grows off her face, so I let her go to school however she wants. However, my 2nd grader’s hair grows down into her face, so she always has at least a portion up—maybe just the top, but always up. Otherwise, it’s distracting to her while in school and gets food in to at meals. And masks mean that headbands aren’t worn as much as they used to (too many things behind the ears).
NYCer says
+1. This is our strategy too. OP, I am surprised there are so many girls in your 4yo class who wear their hair down.