Tummy Time for Ronan

Ronan is trying to roll over on his tummy. He is 3 months old now. He turns his body half way but cannot lift his head completely to roll over, as he is on the heavier side. He turns on his side and then shouts angrily as he cannot roll over. I give him a little push and lo, he shouts with glee as he reached his mini-goal. :)
Then he does mini-pushups to strengthen his little shoulders. He tries to grab the toys around him with lot of puffing and panting to reach them.

Fun with precrawl exercise - 7 months 15 days

Richie is now sitting unsupported when kept on the floor.He has completed 32 weeks i.e 7 and half months. Though he is not yet sitting on his own,he is doing his "precrawl" exercise, rocking back and forth on hands and knees with his trunk parallel to the floor. He gets excited and giggles and laughs. I kept some toys in front of him (a little out of reach) and he went a few paces on his fours and got it too. I felt really proud of him.
It seems most babies begin to crawl between 7 and 10 months. A few never crawl at all and bide their time until they're ready to walk!

Baby Entertainment and Exercise

6 months after my baby’s birth, I have started becoming health conscious. I used to hardly take care of myself thinking that there is no time. I guess you too will agree with me. But my hubby believes “where there is a will, there is a way”. That statement made me think again. After making my baby’s feeding and sleep schedule, I started getting little more time for myself and I decided to have an exercise regime. What else can be better than having a healthy and sound body?

So I said to myself, “nothing doing, I am going to have a strict schedule for myself too”. Now having a baby and only you to take care of him does not allow you to go to a gym everyday. And Daycare can be little expensive for few hours. What can be done?

I realized my baby loves music and I love to sing and dance. And above all he loves when I dance. Sheer luck!! Hence I decided to kill 2 birds in one stone. Everyday, when he is awake, I put on the music, exercise and dance. There is one more benefit of this. My baby also tries to imitate me and shakes his hands, legs, starts cooing and enjoys himself.. And did I say only 2 birds? :)He is doing so much… music, singing (moving lips), dancing, exercise…lot of entertainment for him.. and for me.. I am on the way to having a slim body again. I am feeling so happy now.

24 weeks 3 Days - Played table-tennis

As the doctor said, I can do little exercise, I thought I would play a light sport. As I am fond of playing table-tennis, we thought of going to play for some recreation. It was fun playing it after a long time. It is less strenuous and does not require much moving about and hard-hitting. It also gives you a good assurance that you are fit and healthy. Baby must have also done some stretching while I was playing ;).

9th week – start of morning sickness

The 9th week saw the onset of morning sickness. I threw up once in a while, but I started a dislike for some foods and had to be careful of what I chose to eat. Chocolates, caffeine was a “BIG NO NO”. Eating was limited in the fear of throwing up. In the bargain, I almost lost 2-3 kgs of weight. But I was not feeling weak as I had always being exercising and had a healthy diet before pregnancy. It does help you sustain these few months, you see. I know people have worst experiences than mine. Some have to be hospitalized as they cannot intake even water. At least I could munch on something in the evening. I knew I will get over with this. Good times will be back soon.