Jim came home from work on Monday night with a big surprise for me! He enrolled me in our local fitness club and I went and checked it out yesterday after work, got a tour, etc…They let me put Ronin in the childcare room while I did my tour and Ronin did not do well
He cried for me for about 15 minutes before they came and got me and then he spent the rest of the time on my hip or my lap. Today I went back for my first personal training session, and really really hoped Ronin would feel more comfortable. No dice. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot, he started to cry NO NO NO NO MAMA. But we walked inside, and I took him to the childcare room where there were at least 7 other 1-3 year olds. The childcare workers were very nice, but told me that it would be quite likely that he wouldn’t last more than 20 minutes, so I immediately went out and cancelled my personal training appt and rescheduled this afternoon at 4pm. I’ll take all three with me and hope that with the girls around, Ronin will feel more comfortable.
So after I changed my appt. I went and peeked my head in the door and the childcare worker gave me the thumbs up, Ronin was doing okay. So I went and worked out on one of the sitting down type of exercise bikes. I did 6.48 miles in 15 minutes!! So proud of myself. So after I was finished, I went to check on Ronin and he was upset. She told me she was just about to come and get me
Poor little dude. I hope this gets easier on both of us. Mama needs to be able to work out.
This is so hard! I’ve been there, done that. I haven’t even tried to go back to the gym since Colin was about 8 or so months old. He just screamed and screamed (and screamed and screamed!!). Even at 2, he’d most definitely freak out – whether his sister was there or not – so I’m not even brave enough to try LOL
By: Tara on October 16, 2008
at 1:09 am
Well, 6.5 miles isn’t bad for him to have let you get in, though! Think of it that way. Even if that’s all you get out of it for a couple weeks, it’s probably 6.5 more miles a day than you’d get otherwise! He’ll get it down eventually.
My problem with gym memberships is I’m not self-disciplined enough to GET to the gym!
By: Tif on October 16, 2008
at 1:57 am