Well I learned an important lesson tonight. Even if it is cold as heck outside, extra layer of long johns are not necessary. Anyhow, after having a long week plus off from running it was like starting over and very frustrating. I could bearly move and everything wanted to stop but still I pushed threw. I have a run schedualed for Weds and Thursday and then a training run for Frederick Half marathon on Sunday at 7am. I am on the commitee helping to organize the training run so I am very excited. I also have a few 5 and 8ks coming up. I hope it takes less time to get back into the groove than it did to start in December. One thing I can say, is that anyone can start from ground zero and work towards a goal they set for them self.
I guess it would help to explain that I was on bed rest for about 7 months with the pregnancy of the triplets and then I was sitting alot feeding the babies every 3 hours for months. I think other Higher Order Multiple parents can completely understand that feeding 3 plus children is very time consuming and you spend most of your day in a chair feeding them. I think the other 4 hours of the day I had I spent it trying to sleep. It is not till now, with the children crawling around do I spend most of the day chasing them around.
It wasn't till we moved in October that I even got a chance to start walking again. In December I joined a gym and started taking exercise classes. The gyms daycare always inquires why I would need a gym with all my children taking off in different direction as soon as I leave the room. I was trying to run on my own but I was unable to push myself and I really need to find an outlet for me. So I joined a local running group in January and have been running with them since. I have made many nice friend within the group and they have pushed me and supported me. I am very grateful for this find and will continue to work hard.
Meg- though my multiples are not the higher order multiples, I know exactlly how you feel about spending about their first 6 months just sitting and feeding. at 45 minutes every feeding, both wanted feedings every 2 hours. at the end of the day I was like, did I have anything to eat, when did I brush my teeth last, and what month is it.
ReplyDeleteAfter sleeping on a love seat for 4 months thinking we are going to move any day, feeding babies every 2 hours each taking about a half an hour, moving 3 babies into the basement first into one crib and then cleaning out the closet to add 2 more cribs, then packing up the whole family and doing the majority of the move on our own, you would think I would be better at adjusting my life....lol
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