Hello all. It's been forever since I've posted here - some of you may remember me. Anyways, I actually just gave birth to twins and I also have a toddler... I'm wanting to get back in the water and I don't know how I'm going to find the time to swim!?!?!?!? Any advice? The twins eat every 3 hours and sleep most of the time, but I would feel awful to leave my hubby w/ 3 kids while I go piddle around in the water!
Help!:drown:
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Stud - What's up?!?!?! The sarge is back. HA!
I meant to add congrats on the new recruits...you've got a nice little platoon to run there now ;)
I meant to add congrats on the new recruits...you've got a nice little platoon to run there now ;)
Yeah (hee), but I'm going to have to retire from recruiting... 3's enough! I love the Chuck Norris avatar...
It is hard when you have twins for sure. We had a 3 year old a two year old and then the twins came along. Not a lot of time for anything but the children. I participated as much as I could but limitations were great.
My son took maternity leave from work in Canada to help with their child and recieved 75% of his salary for 6 months from the UEI. It was agreat relief for them.
Our pool has a nursery with trained care workers that can look after the little ones while you workout.
One couple who swam with us brought the baby to the pool with them. Mom would swim for the first 45 minutes of the workout while Dad stayed on the pool deck with the stroller. Then they switched places for the second half of the workout.
First of all, Congratulations!
Secondly, I believe most of us do remember. "M" stands for "Marine". Right?
Thirdly:
What they all said before me.
And everything and everyone will get along "swimmingly".
Have Dad take the kids to the pool and play with them while you swim. That way the kids get an introduction to a great lifelong activity, and just plain fun for kids, and dad gets to spend time with them doing something they will all enjoy. And I would emphasize "play". Just a thought.
Piling on here...
Congratulations, Sarah, that's wonderful news. Dads are just as capable as moms in the parenting department. Don't let the mommy guilt stop you. Go swim and take care of yourself. There's plenty of messy diapers and spit-up to go around!
Sarah-first congrats on the twins and its good to see you again. Did you end up moving out of Ohio? When you trained with us you were improving each week. Hope you are able to get back in the water :-)
Good luck and I will let your ole workout buddies know about the twins, congrats again.
Greg
Yes Sarah, one thing you have to change is a mindset that your exercise has to be this long continuous thing to be worthwhile. For a while, that just isn't going to happen, so grabbing 30 minutes here, 30 minutes there is what you have to do. Then as they get older, you can lengthen that time, and fit more in. Really in the grand scheme of things, this time is really short and there will be time for uber fitness again. Also remember, the weight and skin stretching and all that took 9 months to come on, it will take a while to come off, but it will.
Give your husband a chance to take them on for short times. Fort's ideas are good. I remember feeding my DD right before I went and played ball(it helped me to!), leaving a bottle just in case, playing for an hour and racing back all worried she would be screaming and crying and beside herself because the milk ticket was not there......only to find her fast asleep, DH relaxing in front of the TV. Twins probably will not be that easy, but you might be surprised how well things will go for him. Mine are 5 years apart, so hubby did not have to deal with two real young ones.
