Working out while having a baby/ young kid

I have 3 year old triplets and a 4 year old.

Holy busy mom! Kudos to you for doing anything additional to keeping your sanity! And I mean that genuinely, not in any snarky or bad way. I have one four year old and sometimes he's too much for me. :happy:

Thank you.
They are getting quite independant of me now but it was chaos for a while. I have to be 100% on the ball at all time or they drive me bats++t crazy!!! I'm loving the spring and getting them out in the garden. I'm thinking of getting someworkout stuff I can do in the garden since thats when I get my Peace!
Oh and don't knock the power of that single 4 year old son. My eldest daughter is 4 and when we have one of her male 4 year old friends over I feel like I've had the wind knocked out of me by all that energy he has!!

Obviously this won't work for babies - but for toddlers, they need to start learning that it's ok if a parent does something for themselves once in a while. I think it's important for kids to see their parents taking care of themselves - it shows you value yourself, you want good health, and you are more than just a "mom". Perhaps they will learn to take care of themselves as adults, and they are WORTH the time it takes.

Granted, this doesn't work so well with two year olds... but you can start conditioning them early. If you take 5 minutes to do some stretching or squats or something, it is perfectly ok to tell the children "mommy's going to work on making her muscles stronger! Do you want to stretch with me, or do you want to sit down and color?" It is ok to tell them to wait for a few minutes while you finish up. Maybe even set a timer.

As a parent, we always want to sacrifice for our children, but your health needs to be a priority too. And there is nothing wrong with a child seeing their parent take care of themselves. BUT - all that being said, I love the workouts that incorporate the children... strollers, bike rides, etc.

I am the mother of 5 (10 week old, 2, 5, 7, and 11 yr old) And I used to be able to get up at 4 am and head to the gym before the kids and hubby got up.... but now that seems to be when the baby gets up to eat. I have not been able to get a work out in since having her, I am exhausted by the end of the day and up all night feeding her. Once she gets on a schedule of sleeping thru the night then I might be able to get myself up in the AM and work out but right now I just get up, get the older kids ready for school, get myself ready for work and rush out the door with my meal replacement shake in hand just in time to still be late everyday :-(

Its a struggle !

Hi everyone,
I have a 6 month old baby boy and am approximately 7 weeks pregnant. I'm scared to exercise with this pregnancy besides walking, which is strange because I exercised ALOT during the last pregnancy. Any tips and ideas?

I have 3 and 4 year old boys who keep my running all day long. I get up at 5:45 every morning to work out while they are still sleeping. Then I shower, get ready, and wake them up so we can eat breakfast together. I love having my workout over and done with in the morning - that way I can't use the things that inevitably come up every day as an excuse to miss it.

I have 3 and 4 year old boys who keep my running all day long. I get up at 5:45 every morning to work out while they are still sleeping. Then I shower, get ready, and wake them up so we can eat breakfast together. I love having my workout over and done with in the morning - that way I can't use the things that inevitably come up every day as an excuse to miss it.

wow good on you. My husband refers to me as the 'sleep dragon', referring to the fact that i'm quite grumpy in the morning when I've had a lack of sleep lol (was almost better when my son was younger and sleep just wasn't an option).This is a great idea though, I think I ma try it thanks

My kids are 2 and 5 and I work 3 days a week. My husband works and often works nights (like till 8 or 9) 2 days a week and several weekend days, so I spend a lot of time at home alone with the kids. My 5 year old is old enough now where she can come down with me while I work out and not get in the way. She will watch a movie or color or even "work out" along side me. But my 2 year old....OY! Whole other story. He gets into everything. The best time, really, is after everyone is in bed, so I do a lot of late night work outs. I can't seem to drag myself out of bed any earlier than I already do, especially given that I like to be mostly up and dressed before I get my daughter up for school. It's a challenge and I don't think those without young kids or whose spouses are home most evenings and weekends really understand how hard it can really be.

When I work out at home I usually workout during naps or after they are in bed at night. This is what I did when my babies were very little.

Now that we belong to a gym and my kids are a little older (3.5y and 20 mo) my husband and I trade days...I go T, TH, S and he goes MWF after the kids are in bed or right before dinner. Sometimes depending on his work schedule we go together and put the boys in the childcare there.