July 27, 2009
How did you manage to exercise with a baby?
*~ Mommy!!~* asked:
How did you manage to exercise with a baby?
How did you manage to exercise with a baby?
I feel like Im usually always tired so most of the time, when the baby goes to sleep, thats exactly what I want to do too- sleep. Any suggestions?
Marion
i take my daughter with me to the park and put her in the stroller and walk with her on the track.
I put him in his stroller and take him for walks with me.
I’ve taken advantage of my daughters best time of day. Around 8am-10am. She’ll sit and play with toys as long as I let her during those two hours, so I put on my workout DVD and work out while she sits there and plays with toys in front of me. She thinks it’s funny and I’m still able to sleep or clean when she sleeps!
I find that my best exercise is walking with the pushchair.
It means we both get fresh air, baby gets to sleep, and i get some exercise
Even if you don’t want to go out for a walk do it anyway. Thats what I have been doing lately and I feel soo much better then I used to. Are you taking vitamins? If not these might make you feel less tired.
You’re probably getting more exercise than you realize. Lifting a baby isn’t exactly carrying around a feather all day long.
Try a mommy & me class offered by the YWCA/YMCA or contact your local fitness center to find out what they offer. There are tons of classes around here ranging from: Mommy & Baby Yoga to Mommy & Me Salsa Dancing to Mom’s and Tots Swimming Lessons.
I tried a jogging stroller but that didn’t last very long. Me and my husband took turns different nights for the other to have a few hours for themselves i used half that time on the treadmill.
We talk daily walks or jogs around our neighborhood with our baby in the jogging stroller. Some days we go to the park. I seem to have little time for the gym, so we purchased an elliptical trainer to use at home. I love it and use it when my son has a nap or goes to bed, about every other day on average. Even on days I “feel” tired, I always feel better after I have exercised. There is also a tv show that comes on at 5 am on Oxygen that is basically like a yoga class at home. I like that too. It’s called Inhale. Yoga is nice for times when you don’t have the energy for aerobic activity.
i had a baby 3 weeks ago and i feel so tired all the time but i drink an engery drink take my baby to my moms house and i go to the gym, i go to the gym 3 times a week it actually becomes a habit already…
i made myself go on short walks.i set an amount of sit ups to do a day and made it my goal to do them.and i dance with my son and he loves it.and when my hubby could watch the tot i would go to the gym or go on a longer walk.if u can’t always work out try not to over eat on those days.try taking a shower before working out it wakes u up and gets u ready.
I found the best way is to use your baby!
Curls:
Hold your baby in your arms (with him/her in the lying position)
Curl your baby up in to your chest and give her a big cuddle
Then repeat. The benefits will show on your upper arms.
Sit ups:
Lie down on your back with yoour knees bent
Sit your baby on your hips resting against your legs
Then sit up and give your baby a big kiss
Then repeat.
This will be like play time for your baby and he/she will love it, he/she’ll help you loose the weight he/she helped u put on, and u get to interact with him/her in new ways. leaving nap time for mummy time.
Hope this helps
x
walks in stroller. hold her out and put her up and down, not fast (it makes her laugh and gives me resistance for an arm work out. I lay flat, sit her on my legs and play peek a boo by doing crunches. lol. Now that she’s old enough I have her in an exersaucer while i do tae bo
caz - so on the same page as you lol
You should sleep when baby sleeps! Very good for you! You definitely need the rest.
As far as exercise, it’s a matter of demanding it from yourself. When you’re having playtime with baby, make exercise a part of your play. Put baby on your chest and do sit ups. Put baby on the floor and do push ups over her….kiss her each time you go down. Hold baby and do lunges and squats. Lay on your back and hold baby above you. Slowly lower your baby to the floor over your head, with straight arms, then bring her back to the starting position. (If you make fun sound while you do this, it’ll be fun times together, and you’ll get something out of it.)
When daddy has his time with baby, make a point to get a few minutes in…go for a 10 min jog or whatever.
When you walk baby in the stroller, make it a workout. Do 1/4 mile fast pace, then stop and do 15 push ups…do another 1/4 mile, then do 25 sit ups or crunches…do another 1/4 mile and then do a 1/4 mile of walking lunges behind the stroller. Vary it with other exercises. (Do this with a partner so you won’t feel so silly, but also remember that YOU are exercising, and that is a GOOD thing…people recognize that.)
Exercise, with or without a baby, is something that time must be made for…you’re not going to find time, you have to make time. When you get over the over-tiredness, you’ll be able to wake up early and work out. for now, just do what you can…even if it’s 15 minutes. You can do over 300 abdominal exercises in 15 minutes.