stay at home mama excersize ideas???

DVDs. Also, there are some great workouts designed to incorporate your baby into your workout. Check with your local library ! You could design a toy pick up system with your workout...ie. Placing a pile in front of you and with each lunge pick one up.

How about squats? And shadow boxing? Those are both really quiet while the baby is sleeping.

While the baby is awake. Squats with the baby in your hands? Baby lifts?

My cousins have a lot of kids. Every time we have a get together I end up being the one lifting the kids in the air and playing with them because everybody else is too busy chit chatting with each other. And I'll tell you what. Picking kids up over and over and over is exhausting.

Is it possible to join a gym with childcare? I know it's not in everyone's budget, but it's been an absolute lifesaver for me. I've got 4 (8,6,4 and 2) and my husband is deployed, so I know how hard it is to balance everything. Going a gym with childcare gives me two hours a day of ME time. It's awesome.

If that's out of your budget, I really like the Jillian Michaels DVDs. 30 Day Shred is $10 or so at Target and I think Ripped in 30 is on sale this week for $9. 30 minutes and great workouts.

Baby wear is great when trying to lose weight. Also DVDs are fantastic, 10 minute trainer I also heard was good if you really are pressed for time and put 10 minutes here and there to get a full workout. I have a 3 year old and 20 month old and a hubby who works some crazy hours so I too know how hard it is. I usualIy wake up before the sun comes out so I can do my workouts. If I don't get a chance then I just do my workout DVD's with them around and make sure they have enough of everything so I can do my thing. Now they love doing the workouts with me and dance along, it's really cute!

Exercise is definatly hard with kids! I have a 17 month old and a 7 week old. I have a wii and use the EA active and wii fit, these work better for me than videos because my kids will watch the TV and me when doing it. I let my toddler hold the extra wii remote and he swings it around, he likes to feel included!

Is it possible to hand the baby off to dad for an hour or whatever to work out, or is that too late? I'm a SAHM, too,to a 9 month-old, and after months of putting her in the carrier, going for walks or jogs with her on my back (which was a challenge, considering she's over 21lbs), or trying to do yoga while she sat and fussed at me for not holding her, I finally talked to her dad, and decided I have an hour 5 days a week where I get to go for a run, longer on my long run days. I give him time to do his thing when he gets home, and then I head out of an hour. I know he's tired from work, but honestly, I had to put my foot down and tell him that after taking care of another human being all day, every day, without any break whatsoever, I get my time, even if it's an hour, because I deserve it. The money we save from daycare is my "job", and my hour-long lunch break is necessary.

I don't know if that's possible for you, but I had to do that, or else I would have lost my sanity a while ago.

its hard bc when he gets home all O want to do is spend time with him bc he works like an animal! Any suggestions for 15-30 min dvds?

Jillian Michaels 30 day shred is only 20 minutes and its a killer workout.

Oh, girl, I've been there!! I agree u should do the Jillian Michaels dvd's. I've never really liked doing DVD workouts but this is perfect for u because it's only 20 minutes (at least 30 day shred is). I have 3 kids & it has been a life saver (or waist saver). I can always find 20 minutes.

For the record, it's dangerous to jog with babies being carried on your front, side, or back. Their necks and spines aren't ready for the jolting.. Please don't do it. Think of it as shaken baby syndrome.
That is also why jogging strollers (which are much much much smoother than running with the baby in a carrier) aren't recommended for babies under 6 months old.

I very much agree with this, to the extent it needed to be quoted and repeated. Please do not run/jog while wearing your baby. You can walk and you can do weightbearing exercises. But nothing that will bounce the baby repetitively (e.g. jogging, jumping jacks, etc.)

I have an almost 3 month old son and a 2 yr old daughter. The gym we have a membership to won't do childcare for babies under 6 mo so I am in the same situation. I do the same as you and walk 1-2 hours a day. In the begining my weight loss was going really slow. My recommendation would be to get a heart rate monitor. Since I got mine only 6 days ago I have lost 4 times the amount of weight in these 6 days than I have in the past 3 weeks! The HRM tells you what your target heart rate is so you will know if you are in the "zone" or not. If I get to walking too slow and my heart rate drops out of the zone I know I need to pick up the pace and get my butt moving. It turns walking from just a leisurely outing to an actual workout for me! On top of that they will tell you just how many calories you have burned while doing it! Its great motivation to watch the calories tick away The Polar FT4 HRM is on sale on www.heartratemonitorsusa.com right now and if you use the code VALUEDCUSTOMER at check out you will save another 5%. 5% isn't much but every bit helps! Good luck with whatever you choose to do though!