Wow, it’s simply amazing how you forget, no matter how many children you have, how all consuming a newborn is. They are full of wonder and amazement and you find your wondering how you’re going to get anything done (for yourself) now that they’re a part of your life. My husband and I welcomed our new son into our lives just over a month ago and we are so in love with him. He’s our second child, we also have two-year old daughter who loves being a “big sista” and is already very helpful. Yet with all the help in the world I still find that my “to do” list doesn’t shorten, rather with each passing day I have more I want to do yet no time.

By way of a quick introduction, my name is Kim Evans, I’m the co-founder of fit+giggles, a mom of 2 (as you now know). I’m married to a wonderfully supportive husband and we have a 6-year old Vizsla/Weimaraner dog with boundless energy. My family and I are California natives and we live in San Diego. Exercise is my passion and with everything I do I try to incorporate fun and creativity into it.

Growing up I always had one sport or another that I was involved in. My love for exercise was formalized just over a year ago when a friend of mine and I officially opened the “doors” to this health and wellness company we call fit+giggle. The mission of fit+giggles is to reduce the aches, pains and injuries of new Moms while increasing their strength, agility and balance through improved function to achieve a healthier mind, body and spirit. Our first product is a postnatal exercise DVD that allows Mom’s to exercise with their babies…and I must add that the idea for the company was born from necessity. This business was developed when, as a brand new Mom, I simply couldn’t find the time to exercise and I was experiencing all sorts of “new Mom” aches and pains. My friend, a physical therapist, helped me exercise my way away from those pains. With that, we set out to educate anyone and everyone we could reach on how they to could rid their body of these same pains.

My hope is that together through moves taken from our DVD and others we can all get back into our pre-baby shape, learn safe and functional ways to do everyday activities like squatting to pick up dropped items, lunging to reach for the binky that’s rolled behind a chair or stretching to alleviate tension in the upper back, etc. all while bonding with our new babies. My goal is to share with you what I’m doing on a regular basis to get my body back to feeling happy. So with the intros out of the way, here we go.

October 1, 2007 – This is the long anticipated day that we welcomed Wyatt into this world. My doctors advised me that exercise was something I shouldn’t be focusing on and that I need to allow my body to heal. Hmmm, sounds like a fine idea but we all know that as soon as you have your new baby, your back to using your muscles in ways that they haven’t been used during the past 9 months or so. You might not be officially exercising (I’m sure I can speak for all of us when I say “who has the energy for that anyway”), but we are all rocking side to side for hours on end soothing our baby, bending over and squatting in funny ways to pick up dropped blankets, burp cloths, and binkys, and doing the oh so awkward and straining reach to get the car seat in and out of the car without waking the baby. These are just a few of the things we do that, without a good night’s sleep, will likely cause you to break a small sweat or start to pant. We quickly find that we’re using our muscles right away just to do everyday activities with the baby safely cradled in one arm. Life doesn’t give us the 6 weeks window that doctors want us to take without “strenuous” exercise.

With that being said, please join me on the journey of getting our bodies ready to tackle everyday activities safely…let’s take it together.

How did you start your journey back to your pre-baby body and comfort level, I’d love to hear about it?

Happy Bonding,
Kim

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