Last weekend, we had our first round of Sick Baby. Poor Ellie picked up a stomach virus somewhere (the down side of taking your teeny tiny child all over the place) and it hit her hard on Saturday and Sunday. Monday was an off day as we were making sure she really was done with it and Tuesday I was recovering from it. My husband somehow escaped it, and we more » Read more

Ellie hit her three-month “birthday” this week and I am finally, actually, on the road to resuming running again. If you had told me before I gave birth that it would take this long? I would have told you that you were crazy. Surely I’d be back to running by three months! Why wouldn’t I be? Having lived through it, though, has been incredibly educational. Am I a bit frustrated more » Read more

This week started off somewhat discouragingly, with no real change in the pelvic floor strength department. I was OK with that until my PT appointment on Wednesday, when she looked miffed that things weren’t doing better. Ugh. If the professional is disappointed, then we are in the realm of “slower than expected” progress. She changed up my exercise program a bit and I started working on more functional strength (i.e., more » Read more

This week saw both good developments and less good developments. On the plus side, I’m starting to get some momentum going with a routine, and did both some Stroller Strides classes and got out for some good walks (despite the frosty weather). In the less good news department, my PT confirmed that my pelvic floor is not quite ready for running yet. The past couple of appointments, my PT has more » Read more

A couple of things happened this week: the baby started napping independently (not only can I put her down, but I can leave the room and she’ll stay asleep) and I finally really got my rear in gear on a fitness routine. The fitness routine is largely thanks to my mom’s group, as a bunch of them have started meeting on Fridays for an hour walk followed by lunch. Exercise and socializing? I’m more » Read more

It’s absolutely amazing to me that it’s been two months since Ellie was born. On one hand, it seems like she’s always been here. On the other, there’s no way it’s been two months already, because I swear it was just yesterday. I started off the week with 30 minutes of 1 minute running, 2 minutes walking just to see how it went. The answer: OK. I’m clearly out of more » Read more

I’d revisit my goals for the week, except I can tell you this right now: not much happened. I woke up Monday morning with a drippy nose and knew instantly that I’d caught my husband’s cold. Ugh. Since my usual MO of stocking up on NyQuil and sleeping it off for a couple of days wasn’t going to work with a baby in the house, I was just sort of more » Read more

Well, this week certainly started off with a bang. For starters, I had a cyst show up in an uncomfortable location that had to get lanced and drained. In addition to not really being able to sit down comfortably for a couple of days, I also just felt like crap for a little bit. Taking care of Ellie was pretty much all I could handle on Monday and Tuesday. We more » Read more

Last week, I set some goals for this week: Pelvic floor exercises x4 days Core work x4 days How did I do? Pretty dismal. I nailed the pelvic floor exercises (I’ve gotten into a routine where I do them either while I’m nursing or brushing my teeth), but only hit one day of the core work. That said, it was enough that I was sore the next day. It’s amazing more » Read more