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I work out every other day. I belong to a gym that has a fantastic childcare center. My daughter is 7 now, but I have beem a member since she was 3. It is hard to try and do when they want to join in, even as cute as it is. Any way to move her bedtime up to 8:30? That would give you another whole half hour which you can do a lot in. Does your gym offer childcare so you could go after work and take her?

Hi,My name is Amy I'm 21 and I'm somewhat new. Had my first baby a little over 4 months ago whom I gained 60lbs with and as of now I'm 175.5 trying to get back down to 140lb and if I lose more well then that'll just put a bigger smile on my face.
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I have a 6 year old and he goes to bed by 8pm. I used to have a hard time getting him to bed and figured out that watching TV in the evenings tended to make him more active and less sleepy. So we no longer do any TV during the school week (I wait until he is asleep to turn it on). I can't get motivated to work out in the evenings. Once I am home I am ready to cook dinner and relax so I make myself get up in the mornings to workout.

I am up any where from 4-5am to workout and get ready to work. Which tends to push me towards an earlier bedtime myself. I am usually passed out by 9:30! I also used to go to the gym in the morning and would leave my son sleeping (my brother lives with us) but found it de-motivating to have to get out in the cold or rainy weather. I have started and stopped P90x several times but am sticking to it this time around (On day 10). I enjoy doing DVDs because I can workout sans shirt and no one hears the weirds noises and creaks when I do yoga. I totally understand about the kids wanting to participate. I have had to get up earlier than normal (7 am) on the weekends to get done before my son wakes up. I have tried to let him workout with me but its too intense & helping him is distracting.

If you have trouble going to bed earlier try drinking more water. Going from 2 glasses a day to 10 a day now has helped me sleep so much better and wake up feeling more refreshed. Also, try waking yourself up an extra 15 min early every morning and gradually increase it until you have enough time to workout. I usually set my alarm for 30 min before I need to get up and then hit snooze a couple times. Mainly so I fake my body into thinking I got to sleep in a little longer!

Hope this helps!

It is soooo hard to find the energy when you work. I used to be a teacher, and when I worked out was right after school. But, even that was hard to keep up!

Now I am a SAHM to 2 girls, ages 5 and 2. My only "down time" is when I workout! So, I go every week day plus Saturdays, and I usually stay for about 2 hours. I absolutely enjoy it because it is the only time when my girls aren't hanging on me!

My kids are older now but when they were 2, they were in bed by 7. 7:30 at the latest. They never saw 8 pm other than special occasions until they were about 8. But, that being said, I was home by 5:30 every night and my husband would have dinner on the table at that time. Dinner was done by 6:15 and the girls would be in their jammies by 6:45 and on the way to brush the teeth. Story time started at 7. So, my advice is, work toward an earlier bedtime.

What time is she taking a nap? I have a 23 month old and she goes down at 7pm, as does my 8 year old. That's always been bed time in my house. I wonder if she's having a late nap that is interfering with her ability to go to sleep easily. My almost 2 year old is still in her crib, thank goodness! I dread transitioning and will keep her in the crib as long as possible. LOL Can your husband put her to bed so you can start working out while he's getting her down?

What time is she taking a nap? I have a 23 month old and she goes down at 7pm, as does my 8 year old. That's always been bed time in my house. I wonder if she's having a late nap that is interfering with her ability to go to sleep easily. My almost 2 year old is still in her crib, thank goodness! I dread transitioning and will keep her in the crib as long as possible. LOL Can your husband put her to bed so you can start working out while he's getting her down?

I chuckled when you said you are dreading the transition from the crib! I was also dreading it until, one day, I was leaving the room in time to see our son (almost 3) pole vault himself out of the crib, do an entire flip, landing on his back on the floor. Luckily there was a blanket there where he landed (and it's carpeted), so it just scared us both but he wasn't hurt. So, we had to transition him right away, which was a few weeks ago. It actually hasn't been too bad. The first couple of weeks were the hardest, but now it's not too bad. Now we just have to get through potty training and teething!

LOL Little stinker! My son started climbing out of his crib at only 20 months old. He was a monkey and really tall. We tried transitioning him thinking he must be ready and the next 3 weeks were awful! He wouldn't go to sleep and I spent HOURS trying to get him to sleep. If he woke up in the middle of the night, I had to do it all over again. I ended up at Babies R Us exhausted and bought a crib tent. The first night I put that in his crib with the tent he was asleep in 5 minutes and back to his normal self. It was wonderful! I kept him in the crib until 3 and then we transitioned which wasn't so bad. My daughter isn't climbing out yet, but she's not nearly as wild as my son was. I'll be happy if we can make it to 3 and not need a crib tent this time. LOL I hear ya on potty training. My son was so difficult! My daughter is practically training herself. Not even 2 yet, she's using the potty about 50% of the time for potty and 95% of the time for #2. She's initiating and I'm following her lead. My DS didn't have any desire to use the potty and didn't train until 3 1/2 years old. It's funny how different kids are!

I have a 2 yr old as well.. I workout 5 days a week well I did it for 6 days this week... My daughter try to exercise with me so I let her do it. I move out the way so I don't try to hit her, I do 30 day shred, and a Leslie Sansone walk away the pounds which I am doing the 2 miles which is 30 mins.

I think if you would force yourself just once to get up at five thirty and workout, you will be addicted. That's what happened to me. I knew that after work I would be worthless as far as working out goes, so I knew that if I am going to make a life change and start to work out, I will have to do it in the mornings. So I signed up for the gym and forced myself to get up and that was a week ago and I am sooo glad I did. It was only hard the first day. After a few days, you will wake up naturally and be wide awake at five thirty, or even earlier.

This would work out well with your daughter's schedule, too. You could go to bed right after she falls asleep.

You will be happier and more energetic all day too. I wrote a blog post on my first day. Read it if you would like.

i go to the gym and take my daughter, not sure if that is an option for you, they have day care at my gym. i go 6 days per week. on weekends my husband and i take turns if the day care is closed.