Working out, Time Management and Music

I had a double awesome Easter. This entailed a double Easter egg hunt, Double dinner, and of course quintuple chocolate:). Although great, these two Easters lead me to my next thought and action,(well trying to action).

With all this incredibly rich food, one must think about health, and or fighting to keep in shape. I am finding, like all things in life, one must make a choice in this matter. Do you catch a nap with your child, like everyone says you should? Or do you work out? Ultimately, working out gives you more energy, but it's the start up and commitment that is always the hardest. Then of course, because parental thinking comes into play the next thought is "Hey, if I am working out, I can multi-task as well". Christ! this never ending burden of "I need to do more than one thing while my child is sleeping" is truly insane............ but also necessary.  

Because C is no longer home during the day, P cannot get breast milk all the time. C was truly valiant in the effort of pumping and saving, pumping and saving. What we believed was months worth saved milk, ended up being gone in two weeks. So onto the formula. We researched a lot of brands. We found an organic, healthy and Canadian finally. we settled on "My Organic Baby" (http://www.myorganicbaby.ca/products.php?id=formula). Full of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, and made with milk from cows that are given organic feed and not given any antibiotics or growth hormones.... We felt it's as good as we can get in terms of formula. Man, I really do sound like an ad for the stuff..... I digress. 

Part of the prep is to boil water (It's a powder)  then let it cool, pour the water in the bottle and then formula. So while I am boiling the water (the timer is a lifesaver, BELIEVE ME!) I can also clean the bottle(s) from the night feeding before and put them in the sterilizer. While this happening, I can do some quick push-ups, sit ups, tricep crunches, or perhaps yoga style back strengthening. This is day by day and not routine yet. Another thing that gives me energy is music.

Side-note:(Yes, we are still doing night feeds even though P doesn't need them. It works for us right now and we will stop when we are ready). 

Music for me is essential. I play an assortment for P. Classical and Jazz are a given. We have great friends of ours who got us the Rockabye baby covers of Metallica and Queen (http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/?nav2=false). It sounds funny but listening to "Welcome Home"(Sanitarium) is inspiring. "ONE" is peaceful. Heavy Metal played on xylophones is a totally different experience. It F^%&%^"N Rocks!!! This is also a great way to introduce P to the greats. Some say that listening to classical can develop your child's mind more succinctly, or helps with speech. I truly do not know the answer yet. Although I think no harm is being done by exposing them to all music regardless of culture or time era. (Tony Allen and his Afro-beat is cool: http://www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeat). Well that's all for now

Signing Off Now

In Peace