Clingy baby and exercising

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  • crossfitknitter
    crossfitknitter Posts: 5 Member
    My 17 month old wants zero to do with a stroller OR a carrier, so I'm with you on finding it hard to make time to exercise. What worked for me in the past was to find a gym class that took place after my kid went to bed, so 7pm or later. Though I'm hardly consistent with going since at that point I just want to go to bed myself, i at least felt far less guilty leaving to go exercise - I don't miss dinner and being with my kid after being gone at work all day, and the husband is home to care for him if he ends up waking up while I'm gone.
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    I have 4 kids and my baby just turned 1. He went through a similar phase around that age! I have a good structured baby carrier (an ergo) that I would put him in to do workouts. My favorite was Leslie sansone's walk at home videos on YouTube. I didn't want to do anything with too much jumping when wearing him so those worked well. Most of the time he fell asleep while in there! Otherwise I tried planning my exercise time for his nap time. Doesn't always work when dealing with multiple children but I did my best. If you live in a warmer climate you can take walks while wearing the baby but I know it's like -15 out here so I am not able to do that lol.

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