exersize with a 2 yr old following me everywere

Have you asked him if he'd like to try to do it with you? He might dance beside you while you follow a workout DVD.

I always put my 20 month old in his pack 'n play with a coloring book and some crayons while I'm working out

Zumba for the Wii with toddlers is fun and funny LOL

Also 2 might be a little young for your area but look into a preschool or daycare co-op. Super cheap, normally only for 2-3 hours AND being a stay at home Mom you can work out on your days not volunteering and work out when you are too! It might be something to look into.

I get up at the crack of dawn and get it done before my son wakes. He also likes following along (at least trying to) with aerobics so it is easy to keep him entertained with that if I do it after he is awake.

I kennel my kids when I workout.


Then again they are dogs...

DANCE! Plaything with kids is so damn fun! Use him as a weight.. =p Put in an exercise video, maybe he'll do it with you Tell him to be your cheering squad!

I wake up before they do. It's much easier than trying to schedule it during the day, and you get some time to yourself before the day begins.

What about at night when she goes to bed? I did the same kinds of workouts with my boy.. walking with stroller/carrier and jogging with stroller. Otherwise I did workout vids at home or ran by myself while hubby watched him.

I dont have a 2 year old child to work around but I do have a 4 leg kid that loves working with me. Her name is Killer and it's her pic over there
<~~~~~ Its hysterical how she intertwines between my legs and dashes back and forth...she watches every move.

Anyway...sorry I derailed your thread. Stand strong and I wish you much success in this endeavor.

I wish I could still put mine in a stroller on some days, LOL!

My 4 and 7 year old serenade me with a cacophony of "why? what? how come? what for? why? can i?" while I'm trying to exercise... :laugh: I love the little monkeys anyway.

I've found I have to wait until hubby is home, and then I exercise after supper. Not ideal, but it's the only thing working for me at the moment.

I totally have a 2 year old too. It is difficult some days she is all about getting her weights and jumps (I am a Jillian Michaels fan) other days she is not going to be happy with me if I am not giving her all my attention. I love having her get involved even if it means I have to stop a few times. She weights 30 pounds sometimes I will pick her up for lunges, hops, (which to be safe are calf raises) and when it is ab time she crawls all over me which is actually harder. I do the girl pushups because she is always on top riding me like a pony when in pushup position. Just holding plank for the same time with a wiggly toddler is tough enough. When you guys are playing on the floor you can do leg lifts, super mans, streches....or just wake up early.
I get workouts in when she is napping I push through the grogginess and do what I can do with the free time. I try to get 5-6 days in. I have a treadmill so that does make it a bit easier. But I don't use it when she is awake. good luck, remember they grow up quick. My 6 year old says "mom aren't you going to workout" or "mom go work out " which is pretty amazing!
Ah, moms of toddlers! ~Corina

I have a 3 and a 5 year old (who were 2 and 4 when I began working out). I work out with them following me around or participating with me. I do a stationary bike and I make them play up on the couch we have on that room, so that they won't get in the way of the pedals, or I do exercise videos (30 day shred) and they do them along with me with weights made of Lego.
If it doesn't work (because they're sick or whiny or whatever) I just work out after they go to sleep, no matter how tired I am. Because I am always tired, I decided not to use that excuse... there will never be a day I'll be so rested that I'll rather work out than go to sleep.
Thay don't take naps anymore and they do go to school, but I go to work while they're at school, so I've had to figure out ways to work out with them, and they've come to understand it. "Don't go bother mommy, she's at the bike now"

I have been a single parent for the last 8 months to my DD who will be 2 next month and it has been very challenging (hubby is away on business except most weekends).....what I have done is I get a sitter one week night a week when she is asleep so I can go lift. I've also taken her for several walks (when weather permits), we do a fitness DVD together (she loves to dance) or I work out after she goes to bed with kettlebells. I also work full time....if there is a will, there is a way. Best of luck!

Sounds like a workout on its own!
LOL

You could try turning it into a game that you can do together. I recently did something like for my 10 year old daughter who needs to stop gaining weight until her height catches up with her! I picked a show she likes to watch that they have on Netflix instant play that has lots of catch phrases and off repeated lines and made her a chart that associated each one with a particular exercise. So for instance every time the theme song plays she does 10 jumping jacks. For another line she has to jump rope 20 times and so on. In between times the rule is she has to keep moving and not sit down. I know a two-year old can't read yet but you could make the list for yourself and narrate it for him as you go along. Say if he likes "Blue's Clues" for instance, every time Joe finds a clue you could do windmills or squat punches or jumping jacks. Anything you like....that way you are both exercising and he is getting a good example from a young age while still spending quality time with mommy....all of which are invaluable investments of time!