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Getting Rid of Mommy Tummy
I love my exercise ball!! It works my whole body while working the core muscles too! They even have a video for these now too--. Helpful? ...
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- A., I am an Exercise Physiologist specializing in prenatal and postpartum fitness and the owner of Big Belly Fitness. i have developed a workout that is designed to ...
- I would be willing to bet you may have diastasis recti. It is where your abdominal muscles pull apart and basically there is nothing seperating your organs from the in...
- I have had really good luck with Pilates for toning your mid-section. Even just doing it 1-2x/week (I have a DVD do taht I do during my son's nap or after he goes to ...
17 Mo. Old Who Refuses to Walk!
Her dad started taking my exercise ball (a big huge playground ball from Walmart is the same thing and cheaper)and walking her around the yard. ...
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- Hi H.~ If your little one has no health issues she will walk when she's ready (kinda like potty training) She probable likes the sucurity of being close to the ground....
- H., when you explained how it was fortunate your toddler looked younger than she really was, were you implying that it makes it easier to avoid unwanted criticism/advi...
- Hmmm...sounds like she's being stubborn! Our daughter's are exactly the same age! Lately my darling munchkin has reverted back to crawling at times. I'm not sure why t...
My Sons Hands
I have a 7 week old little boy and his hands are still in a little ball. I exercise them but he won't keep them open. His thumbs are the hardest to keep ...
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- Not too worry :-) They will open up but it may not be until he is 4 or 5 months old. I had the same concern and all is fine. Remember he is only 7 weeks old...still ve...
- He's fine. My son only started to open his hands when he was 10-11 weeks and he still clenches pretty tight. His hans are only relaxed when he's sleeping. YOu can stro...
- My second born (out of four) did this until about 3-4 months. He is now 23 and perfectly normal. :0) The worst part for me was the debris he would collect in h...
Pilates or Yoga
They have quite a variety of workouts from kickboxing to fitness ball to pilates . ... Both are excellent forms of exercise and both are important. ...
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- I prefer yoga but I've been doing it for 8 years and found pilates difficult because I was used to the yoga positioning and it's not exactly the same since pilaties re...
- If you subscribe to comcast, you can go to the on demand under lifestyles and select exercise tv. They have all types of exercise programs (pilates, yoga, strength tr...
- Try Rodney Yee's "15 minute yoga." It has four segments on the DVD and it's terrific for those little blocks of time while the kid's asleep, or at the start of your day.
Wondering About Inducing Labor
The suggestion of using a birth/exercise ball is great, ... the only thing i would add to it would be to sit on an exercise ball all you can. it really ...
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- K., I had 3 9 pounders... Two were vaginal births when they were ready... actually in most cases this is true too, your labor gets easier and shorter. I did have a c...
- Here is an induction "recipe" that a friend of mine has used twice and was given to her by her midwife. I have not tried it myself and both times she was almost two w...
- I was induced by my doctor the day after her expected due date. I was glad I did because she already had her first bowel movement. I recommend you follow your intuitio...
At-Home Workouts
And get an exercise ball. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share. A.K. answers from Milwaukee on April 01, 2009 ...
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- I suggest the FIRM workouts. Go to firmdirect.com or you can even find them on ebay. You will get a cardio workout with toning exercises in 45 - 60 min a day. They ...
- I have the same issue - my 15 mo DD wants to "participate" with whatever I'm doing. Because of that, I've started doing things like squats in the living room while ho...
- Hi M., I have been using Turbo Jam Cardio Party which gives me the toning and cardio. I get bored of videos though and cannot wait to get back outside to walk and ru...
Constant Fatigue Continuing in 2Nd Trimester
Take a few days break from the exercise and find ways to take some naps so your body can try .... being pregnant with #2 is a whole new ball game then #1. ...
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- Like most of the posts have said, being pregnant with #2 is a whole new ball game then #1. You have a toddler that you are looking after and that takes energy. Even if...
- Hi A.! I recall the second one taking a bit more energy from me too! A friend of mine though would always take 2 to 3 hour naps everyday no matter what she did during ...
- I don't have a solution, just wanted to offer support. I am also expecting #2 & it's just awful this time. I could sleep constantly if I could. You are busy with a ...
Bouncing Baby Too Hard?
Get one of those exercise bouncy balls, and have your husband (or yourself) sit on it while your son is bounced to sleep. The ball should prevent your hubby ...
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- The only way my husband could get our son to sleep for the first year was with what we termed "vigorous bouncing." He didn't jump, just fast deep leg squats, he got v...
- I second what Hamsa said!!!!!! I first thought it was too much....but it wasn't.
- I have to agree with the THERESA's post. 6.5 months is most definitely old enough to start "sleep training". There are many approaches to sleep training [no-cry slee...
Should I Buy a Wii Fit?
If you can add some aerobics and maybe get an exercise ball. You can do a whole workout with it. The "game" I'm most interested to see is Jillian Michaels ...
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- We have the Wii Fit. It is a great game. Our family has had hours of fun with it. However, I don't really see it as a weight loss tool.
- The creator of the Wii Fit has said that the purpose of the Wii Fit is to make users become more aware of their bodies, rather than to be used as a weight loss program...
- I'm thinking the same thing. The problem is they are hard to come by. If I can capture one, I'll post back and let you know. But the reviews have been very good.
3 Month Old Not Napping Unless I'm Holding Him
His preferred method of soothing is me holding him while bouncing on an exercise ball....which I'm sure you can imagine gets tiring after a while. ...
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- Go for the NOJO SLING and try reading "The Baby Book" by Dr. William Sears and his wife (a nurse and they have 8 children). I have never seen a reason to let a little ...
- I agree with not letting him cry it out yet. 3mo seems too young for that to me too. As for getting him to nap I would say try laying him down on his tummy in a crib a...
- my son got into a habit of only sleeping while held when he was a few months old and believe me we tried everything! thw only thing that worked was letting him cry it...
