Getting to the Gym with Little Ones

Posted December 17th, 2008 by Ilse Hayes

It’s 10:30 Tuesday morning. My oldest has been off to school for a couple of hours and my two younger daughters, 3-year-old Adelina and 16-month-old Ava, are watching cartoons. There are countless toys throughout the floor in the living room, their bedrooms, the kitchen counters look cluttered and the morning dishes fill the sink. If I walk into the laundry room I’ll find clothes that need to be folded and plenty of clothes upstairs that need to be washed. I have two choices: stay and clean or head to the gym. I know better than to attempt to get the house in “order’ before heading out; one thing will lead to another and before you know it the entire day has gone by and getting to the gym becomes bleaker as the evening approaches.

So I decide to leave the house “as is” and make a dash for the gym with my girls. This means letting go of the idea that the house has to be “perfect” before I can leave. I have to focus on how doing my daily exercise is MORE important than having a spotless home. But trying to head to the gym right now means I must get myself dressed, get the girls changed, comb their hair and place them in their car seats in the mini-van in a whopping twenty minutes! Since the child care at the gym closes at noon, I must arrive no later than 11 o’clock so that I can have a solid hour to work out. It’s a challenge but you just have to make the decision to do it. The countdown begins.

As I went in search for my 3-year-old daughter I found her in her room with lipstick all over her little face! She apparently got a hold of Mommy’s purse and ruined yet another twelve dollar lipstick. This added another hurdle to my 20-minute deadline. These are part of the daily challenges a mom faces when trying to find time to work out. After pleading with her to get dressed I manage to get the clothes on. I quickly head downstairs to get baby Ava ready.

I find my 16-month-old daughter sitting on her play elephant rocker watching Sesame Street. I have her outfit in hand so I won’t have to carry her back up the stairs to dress her. But she’s not interested in getting dressed. So I find myself trying to calm and simultaneously dress a crying, screaming baby. During these times I reminisce on how much easier it was to get to the gym BEFORE I had children. What excuse did I have? Lack of motivation? Being tired? Feeling down? Those excuses seem miniscule now. Try getting to the gym when you have to feed, dress, and load two small children in the vehicle!

It’s 10:55am and both kids are dressed and in the car. I quickly throw some snacks and juice cups in the diaper bag and off we go! Once I get to the gym I quickly check the girls in child care and begin my work out. Ah! What an amazing feeling…it’s Tuesday and I only three more days of this! Lucky me.

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those little cuties??? Funny story, I remember trying to leave to the gym when Mitch was small, he would stare out the window and cry so hard.
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