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BABY FIRMING

Your little one can help you get back in shape and make it more fun. Once your doctor okays you resuming exercise, there are firming-up routines you can begin that can include and entertain your baby.

Kissy-Kissies

With your baby lying face up on the floor, get on all fours over your baby with your baby between your hands. Begin gently by just lowering your head to kiss your little one. Advance to lowering your straightened body—with your weight resting on your knees and hands angled slightly inward—down to kiss your baby. Don’t let your stomach sag or your back arch. Push back up and repeat. If you were able to do standard push-ups before you were pregnant, work gently back to this stage without straining yourself. If you don’t like push-ups, limit yourself to “cat curls” where you just arch your back and then relax it again.

Better Bottoms

Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet on the floor, and baby sitting on your stomach with your hands securely around the torso under his or her arms. Squeeze your buttocks tightly together and raise your hip bones upward and hold for one or two seconds. Release and lower. Next flatten the small of your back to the floor and curl your head and upper body up while keeping your back straight on the floor. Release and lie back. Alternate these two routines to build up back and abdomen strength.