Questions for moms with young babies...

My son isn't so little now, so I don't have the time too, when he was younger I would do it during his afternoon nap, now I just try get the odd walk in & do alot of chasing him around! But as for a routine I guess I could when he was eating lunch? Or late at night time!
Any of that work for you?

I was outta work when I had my baby, but when my husband got home about 6.30 pm, i'd leave at 7 to sometimes 12 am

Normally I'd have to wait until after the dinner and bedtime routine. Which normally made it around 9/10pm depending on how the evening was going. There was never any fear of me getting up in the early hours - despite all best intentions I was usually up til 12am finishing chores from the day eg hanging up washing etc, and knowing that my little one was going to have me up at 4am for a night feed there was no chance I wouldn't be sleeping in in the morning for as long as possible!!

It is hard, but I just tried to fit in a 20mins Jillian DVD each night and it seemed to work out ok. Oh and walking a million miles as I could strap the kids in the buggy and walk forever with them - that often burned far more than the workouts!

I have a 8 week old. During the day, I put her in the stroller and take her for a walk. My husband comes home at 5 or 5:30pm and he watches her while I take off for a couple hours to the gym. He enjoys it because he also gets bonding time with her. I just have some extra milk pumped so he can feed her if I don't get home in time. If he feeds her, I pump when I get home so he has it for the following gym day.. if not, I feed her before jumping in the shower.

My baby is three months old. I take him out for walks when it's not raining. I get exercise and he gets fresh air. Win win.

I go to Zumba twice a week. My husband has "Boys Time" with the baby. It's important for me to get out of the house on my own sometimes, and the exercise is good for the body and mind. My husband says I am happier on days that I Zumba, plus my butt is looking good these days, so he's more than happy to make it so I can go.

I couldn't wake up at 3am. I'm still a mommy zombie at that time.

Why not do some exercises WITH your baby?

you can do squats, side lunges, and crunches while you're holding him/her.
planks while you watch them play on the floor. you can both get your 'tummy'' time.
planks take just a few mins a day, or less when it's your first time.

if you have any dumb bells or resistance bands you can use those while he/he is in the swing/bouncy seat.

I am a mommy to a 2 1/2 year old and a 6 months old (still doesnt STTN) so I feel your pain when it comes to the lack of sleep and finding time to work out. I also work 3-4 days weeks with an hour + long commute each way so that makes it challenging as well. I am not amorning person so the 3-6 am things was pretty much out for me.

I started MFP about 4 months ago looking to lost the last 20-30 lbs of pregnancy weight and basically had to use a combination of things.

Somedays I worked out at home while the kids were napping (either zumba dvds or some turbofire dvds since those are the ones I enjoyed most)
Other days I would go to the gym and either have my husband watch the kids or use the daycare there. The daycare at the gym has been a llifesaver but not sure if that is an option for you. Do you have anyone who can maybe babysit for cheap and watch your baby while you work out? It would get expensive to do this regularly but maybe combined with working out during naps, working out with the baby (i.e. walks) that could be something you could add as an option.

There were days when I couldn't get my workout in until 8 or 9 at night once I got the kids down but I was determined and made sure to do it. The support from MFP friends really helped too. Seeing other people log their exercise really helped keep my motivation up.

As for nutrition plans. I didn't follow any one nutrition plan, I just tried to eat really healthy and really clean and stay within my calorie budget. I did try to semi-plan some of my meals in advance using various recipe websites (skinnytaste, emilybites) as well as meal planning program I subscribe to (the six o clock scramble). I also try to keep things really simple on a day to day basis to make things easy. So my breakfast is pretty much the same every day, lunch will be leftovers many times and dinner whatever I decide to make. Snacks are usually something easy like yogurt with fruit, cottage cheese, avocado on toast, cucumbers with hummus etc. Having stuff pre-planned or pre-prepped also really helps with the kids. That way I can spend less time thinking about what to make/eat and have a little bit more time to workout.

Again its not easy, but once you get into the habit of doing it, it gets easier and then it starts to feel weird when you miss a workout. Find something you enjoy (I do zumba for 75% of my exercise), that always makes it easier to stick with your workouts. Feel free to add me if you like and wishing you the best in you health and fitness journey. You can do it!

i workout 6 days a week. I go to the gym drop off all 3 kids in the kidsclub and I GO WORKOUT or teach my class. I get 2 hrs and I use every min of that lol