10 weeks postpartum
I’m late writing this week, time has just evaporated. I’m purposely not apologising and probably going to keep this one short just to fit it in.
We’re into a new month now and the signs of spring are cropping up everywhere. As parents, we’ve had to decide what changes we want to start on next with Olivia and Freyja.
We decided to start putting Olivia to bed abit earlier. Recently, I’d felt like my entire evening is just bedtimes and tasks for the next day. Freyja at 7pm, then packed lunch making, cleaning up and just waiting around for Olivia’s bed time at 8:30pm and then Madison shortly after that. By which point I’m so tired all I want to do is get in bed myself.
Now, Olivia goes to bed pretty much straight after Freyja, freeing up more time in my evening.
We’ve also decided that we would start to gather what we need for potty training. Despite reassurance that pooing is totally ok (even when in the bath which is happening so much at the moment), Freyja has still managed to feel increased shame about pooing. Often denying that she’s doing it in the middle of squeezing it out. She also hates having it cleaned up. Nappy poos of that size do cause quite the mess.
There’s no perfect age to make changes with your children. Despite what those annoying emails might suggest. We’ve been waiting for big changes to come and go (Olivia, Christmas…) and wanted her language to develop further.
Our next step is to just what we need. Show her, explain to her what it’s for and then we will see what happens.
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The 10th week of postpartum also brought my first session at a beginners running session at the local running club. Despite the fact I’ve run half marathons in the past, I still wanted to position myself as a beginner. I had some great chats with a few of the others there and of course, everyone always asks you ‘so what do you do?’
I actually hate telling people I’m a PT. They either judge everything you do and expect you to do everything ‘perfectly’ (like that’s a thing) or they instantly assume that you’re judging them. They start to prod and poke at themselves ‘I’m trying to get rid of this’, they say whilst grabbing at parts of themselves.
I’m not a plastic surgeon.
I also don’t see parts of your body as something you should be aiming to ‘get rid of’. That’s not a fitness goal.
Anyway, I loved the social aspect of the running. If you’re thinking about joining your local club, I highly recommend it.
This is where I’m signing off this week. Just a short and sweet update.
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