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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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When did you start jogging w/ your LO?
As I get toward the end of my pregnancy I am getting more and more antsy to start jogging again. How old was your LO when you started jogging with them? I have the BOB jogging stroller.
Re: When did you start jogging w/ your LO?
I had read that you shouldnt run with a baby until they are 6 months old. I asked DS's pedi about this right after he was born and he said that I could start running with DS in his car seat attached to our BOB so long as I stayed on paved roads. He said running on paved roads with DS in the car seat was no different than driving. However, he did caution me that the real problem with running with babies and kids is the chance that the stroller falls over. I would guess DS was only a few weeks old when I started running with him and I was extremely cautious and just ran around Wash Park (no traffic, smooth road, etc).
If I were to do it again, I would wait to run altogether and then take it super easy, not just with DS because although I ran until the day I had DS with no problem, your body is going through hyper-speed changes those first few weeks after birth and I ended up causing some hip and foot problems that took me forever to get over (like a year with PT). I ran a half marathon when DS was a little less than 3 months old and I felt like I gave birth all over again - it was bad.
I have a jogging stroller with the infant seat adapter and I agree with whitdog that you can start jogging on smooth, paved roads when your LO is pretty young. When the jogging strollers say 6 months+, they mean the baby needs head control before you can safely put the baby directly into the stroller.
I tried to jog at 5-6 weeks PP on a paved road, but things were still loose and it felt like my insides were jiggling around. I mostly walked during my maternity leave or did walk/jog intervals but didn't really feel up to jogging until about 10 weeks. (btw I had a c-section). I plan to take it easy this time around and probably just walk for a while or whatever I feel up to.