It’s amazing how fast an outta shape new mom can move when she thinks her babe is experiencing any sort of discomfort.
Today, for example, I went for our weekly walk around Greenlake with the new mommies from our midwife group. It’s a 2.8 mile loop and today I was prepared to take on a second lap after the group dispersed. I fed Ryder after lap #1 and he was sitting comfortably in the Phil & Ted’s, so we went for it.
About half way through, I realized the P&T doesn’t have a lot of a great sun coverage when in the flat infant seat position, so I was constantly stopping to rearrange the Aden & Anais blanket to shield his tender skin. Eventually, I got the blanket “just so” and started running … I was afraid we were getting too much sun or Ryder was getting too hot (his crying was probably because he was tired, but whatever). My butt was jiggling and shorts were creeping up my thighs, but we jogged our way around the rest of the lake and made it back to the car in record time.
And of course, Ryder was asleep. I guess this means I’m running again!
