Challenges of being a mum with sick kids
and no sleep
I am starting off with the challenges that
I had to endure this week; two kids under 6 being sick, and one of them woke up
in the night 3 nights in a row.
Thankfully both my babies are better!
However this left me feeling extremely
tired and off kilter. But I was not going to be defeated or make excuses.
Instead I would work my way around it.
I love sleep FACT! I’m not a person who can
survive on a few hours, I have programmed myself to love 8 hours, and I enjoy
that much. I love getting into bed, the whole process from start to finish.
Monday – My first night of no sleep, and as
much as I wanted to get back into bed, I couldn’t, I had a sick child at home.
With no childcare on tap, and no family close by it can be tricky to get on
with what you need to do. But you really can make things work if you want too.
My challenge was in the form of self-motivation. Whilst the little one slept on
the sofa, I got my laptop on and did a 30-minute work out, I felt so much
better for it, and it woke me up.
With exercise you are challenging yourself
and so that does keep me motivated when I have to do these things at home I
have to throw myself into harder.
Tuesday
Another night of no sleep, this was getting
hard, but getting out of bed was an effort. My little baby girl was still a bit
poorly, mostly tired. But an amazing friend came over and let me go to Pilates
with Debbie Dore at the Medicine garden.
When I first arrived at the class we laid
down on our beds, and for a moment, I closed my eyes, I could of fallen asleep
there and then, but Debbie did not let me do that. The class is great actually and I really like
that I am building core strength, I feel like my baby belly is rebuilding muscle.
Even though it looks soft, I can breathe in and see what I actually want it to
be like. The techniques in the class are good, because when I leave I feel my
balance improve and I feel I have had a full body work out.
Wednesday – 2 sick kids at home. I failed
to do anything today but be on a mission to get them well, and get some sleep.
I skipped a day. So this meant exercise had
to be moved into my weekend if I was going to get my 5 a week.
Thursday – Hurrah, both kids back to school
and better, and I went to TRX with Sandi. It was a great class, and I really
felt that my core strength had improved. This then makes me realize that I
could get a more defined stomach if I continued in this direction and cut out
the sugar!!
Friday – I had, had another night of not
much sleep, even though my daughter was better she seemed to think it was
amusing to come into my room at 3am poke in the face, and then climb into bed
and kick me in the back for an hour, suffice to say I got about 4.5 hours sleep
which for me was tricky. I went for a run for about 20 minutes.
Saturday – I booked into a spin class with
my friend and did 9.15am at Ride with instructor Sharon. What I like about
Sharon is she is American, which always leads me to believe I am in some kind
of feel good movie. She has a passion in what she does and she wants you to
have some. The class is Express Ride and it last for 45 minutes. I know what
you are thinking easy? No its an express ride, which means its constantly fast
from the minute you get on the bike, it means you don’t stop, you go up and up,
and then when you think you have got it, it gets faster. I am motivated that I
go with a friend, and when I look at her she is as sweaty as I am! It did me
the world of good, and I then felt on my food day off (today) I could enjoy my
Chinese New Year celebration dinner with family.
Sunday – long walk with kids, and my hubby
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How do I feel now? Good, toned, slowly but
surely I think I am going to see changes if I can stick with this!!
