Mommy work-outs

At 2mo old, your baby is still brand new! And likely needs to be very close all the time. Take walks in the stroller or strapped to your chest. Get fresh air - it'll be good for you both. When the baby is sleeping, get some strength training in. But be kind to yourself and patient! The more lengthy workouts will come!

Your kid takes naps?
Some gyms have day care services.

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

Shawshankcan wrote: »

Your kid takes naps?
Some gyms have day care services.

Lol not at 2 months old.

Truth.

Just going for walks baby wearing or with the stroller is a great start to exercising again. I didn't join a gym until LO was 5 months old, so can't offer any other suggestions. At this stage sleep was priority #1 for me.

I started off with mom and baby yoga where essentially mom does yoga and baby lays there. Now I go to spin in the evenings for an hours when my husband gets home. I have a very good 3 month old that is generally content with just laying on a play mat or blanket though, she will sometimes sleep during yoga.

At 2 months, I was not in any physical condition to workout. But, once I was, I started with walking with the stroller. I wish I'd tried a stroller strides class. It was summer with my first baby and way too hot to be outside with an infant, so I went to the mall early, before regular hours, and walked the mall with the stroller (and sometimes had a friend join me which had added bonus of talking to an adult).

As my kids got older, I've tried gyms with daycares, but a) I've seen some sketchy things at one of my local gyms (reports of kids 'escaping' the daycare area and no one noticing) and they aren't required to be licensed and b) they all required that my baby not CRY - or else they would come get me out of class or whatever and that would end my workout. Neither of those things would work for me. I tried a mom gym, where the play room is in the exercise room, but my kid would still scream because she wanted to be right next to me.

SO.....I dusted off my old Firm and Insanity and Yoga and so forth DVDs, got the dumbbells out of the closet, dusted off the treadmill. I get up early, which I couldn't do until the baby was sleeping better through the night, and work out before babies wake up. If they wake up that early, Husband knows he has to deal with them till I'm done.

I also try to do things like, sun salutations or some yoga poses on the floor where they're playing. Just to get in some stretching and movement. And, I still try to get in at least one short daily walk with the kids and the stroller.

But, yeah, starting with walking is great for both of you. Babies sometimes need a change of scene and fresh air, too. Plus, you still have everything loose and weird from pregnancy and birth, so gentle walking to start is great.