These past couple of days have presented some new and stressful experiences for our little family. Davey developed his first fever, putting both Chris and me on edge while we waited to see what would happen. Davey is doing much better, I did end up staying home with him today, but he seems to be in a much better place. Fortunately, we have a pretty spectacular support system built of family and friends both old and new. I was able to reach out to a fellow mom friend from high school who is also a nurse and she helped guide me through the logistics of what I should be doing. Our doctors office had closed two hours before I caught the temperature spike and I was not ready to call this an emergency. I was also very grateful to have a new friend, that was there to help provide emotional support, especially when I had to go to work and leave my sick baby at home. We were lucky though, my husband had been set to stay home anyway as we had a contractor coming to do some much needed repairs. I also have one of my dearest friends in from out of town and she spent my work day helping to prepare easy to make meals that Chris and I could cook from frozen down the road. Then there is our amazing nanny, who since the very first time she met Davey I could tell had his absolute best interests at heart. I have a pretty amazing team to lean on that allowed me to head into work at the hospital and know that my baby was in good hands. Looking back at all of the support I feel truly blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. Thank you all for checking in!
As far as workouts go, I have decided to go a little bit off book the next couple of days (I’m sorry Chalene!) I jut wanted to take the opportunity to introduce my friend to as many of the amazing trainers and programs as possible while she is here. Last night after work we did our own version of Throwback Thursday as I got to hang out with one of my favorite trainers, Shaun T, and do one of my personal favorite T25 workouts Speed 1.0! It was pretty much as challenging as I remember it being and very cardio intensive. As I had anticipated the jumping was a bit of a problem after recently having a baby. I am glad I put off starting T25 until this June, hopefully once I finish PiYo I will be more fit to participate.
Today I am debating whether or not I want to introduce us to The 21 Day Fix with Autumn, it is a program I have never done so it may be fun, or whether we should try a little X3 with Tony. I will keep you all posted.
One a side note, speaking of switching routines, I have a couple day stretch of days where I am home and decided it was time to help Davey get a little better at self soothing (especially having my friend in from out of town to help support me) I am really struggling as I try and transition Davey into napping in his crib instead of my arms. I really need to be able to get some work done on days I am home with him and it is nearly impossible if four hours of my day I am stuck on the couch with him to make sure he gets a nap in. So now I am sitting in the rocking chair in his room listening to him absolutely loose his mind despite trying to assure him I am still here. It is absolutely heartbreaking to sit and listen to this, I feel like I am going a little bit crazy, but I know at the end of the day this will be so much better for all of us. Send prayers for strength and patience please.