The combined influences of having a number of friends who have just had their first – or fourth baby – and then finally passing the halfway point of my own pregnancy has led me to think back to some memorable stories about running with an infant.
I think that many people would agree that eating is a popular activity to keep the kids quiet in the stroller. Or, if you find yourself rushing everyone through breakfast to get out on your run, as I do, I’ve found it so much easier to just feed them in the stroller. This tactic, of course, is dependent on the kids being old enough to get 51% of their snack actually in their own mouth and not choke on it.
So, in the spirit of reminiscing, I’ll tell you what does NOT work:
Six months after my first daughter was born, my husband returned from a 7-month deployment and he started to train for the Honolulu Marathon. Along on a training run with him, I had to feed the baby during the 2 hour run. At about 7-months old, she was, maybe, old enough to hold the bottle in her own mouth, but as a primarily breastfed baby she just didn’t get a lot of practice with that. Here’s the problem: this is partially defrosted breast milk so it is cold, right. So there I am, running down Monserrat Ave. in Honolulu, pushing the jogging stroller, with a 4-oz Playtex bottle stuffed in my sports bra, trying to thaw it enough for consumption.
The short story is that it did not work and we had to hose off the stroller when we got home.
1 comment:
I love the idea of this blog. I have a 21 month old daughter and I have been jogging with her in her jeep stroller since last May. I love it, but sometimes it's hard to keep her happy in there. I do give her snacks. I like your tips on coloring. Books might work too. We also do the "look for animals thing" I'm only doing about 2-3 miles a day. Hopefully I can build up to 5 soon.
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