Safety Tips on Jogging With a Stroller: Part II

Jogging with your baby is great exercise for Moms. It will help you to lose any weight that you might have put on when you were pregnant. It will help to tone your muscles and enjoy the company of your child while you exercise. In Part I we discussed safety tips while jogging with baby. Other additional safety tips include: * Be sure to strap your baby in the jogging stroller completely to avoid any injury. If your baby is not strapped in he or she may fall out of the stroller while you are jogging. Little fingers also have … Continue reading

Safety Tips on Jogging With a Stroller: Part I

Jogging with your baby in tow is a great exercise workout. The additional jogging with the stroller will result in more calorie burning and set a good example for your growing child that fitness is important. When jogging with a stroller there are some important safety rules that you should always take note of: * Read up on and review the jogging strollers before you buy. Make sure that you are buying the right jogging stroller for you and your baby. Remember that safety is the most important issue when buying a jogging stroller. * Packing your supplies requires thinking … Continue reading

Are You Buckled, Miss Suitcase?

You all know how I feel about people buckling up in my car. What you may not be aware of is that I’ve been known to frequently buckle non-human items that are riding in my car. I’ll give you a couple examples. A few days ago, I was meeting some friends at the park, planning to do some walking while we were there. I always keep an umbrella stroller in the trunk of my car, but I wanted my bigger, heavier-duty one along for this particular walk. Rather than break my back trying to hoist it up and then wrestle … Continue reading

Easy Ways to Burn Calories

I’ve slacked off on the gym, so now I am looking for ways to burn calories. I can across this list of easy ways to burn 100 calories from Our Lady of Weigh Loss, Janice Taylor. These are things I could (and probably should be doing): Vacuuming This I can do! If you vacuum for just 25 minutes, you can burn 100 calories. Janice, however, lives in a New York City apartment that only takes 10 minutes to vacuum, so she volunteers to do her neighbor’s vacuuming as well. Who is going to turn that kind of offer down? Drink … Continue reading