Mom and Baby Fitness: Yoga, Pilates, and Baby Massage

I'm actually not going to use this, for 2 reasons: (1) You have to be on your knees quite a few times, sometimes with all your weight on your knees for an extended period, and sometimes while also holding your baby. I inherited bad knees and even just kneeling for a second gives me out-of-allignment knees for days. I workout all the time without going on my knees, including DVD workouts, so I wasn't too worried about it until I watched this the first time. Some would say I should have known, but I didn't. And if you don't either, consider this fair warning. (2) There is a lot of what I'd call "fake-happy baby talk" throughout. I do talk to my baby like that naturally, but somehow when it's chanted as part of a workout ("Cross, cross, applesauce!!!") I just lose my will to live, let alone put effort into a workout. Something about hearing that again and again, let alone chanting it myself, makes me want to slap someone. So, while this DVD is clearly great for a lot of other people (based on the ratings), it's not for me. If you happen to have either of these issues with exercising, be forewarned this may not be the exercise DVD for you.

I liked this, but if I were experienced it probably wouldn't push me. My son loves the part that is for him, but at ten months he would rather crawl around then do the rest of it with me. It also is more of a relaxing thing (I have had a hardcore battle with PPD) then hard core exercise. However my very in fit husband did it with me once and breathed a little harder. So It is good for getting started, but if you are in shape and already working out, it probably isn't for you. All that being said, I really like the girl who did it. Her voice was calming and I didn't feel judged, which I know is stupid but some of them (like jillian micheals) I try to do and I feel like the person hates me and constantly feel I didn't live up to their standards. This dvd isn't like that.

I had been really, really missing yoga since my baby was born and none of my postnatal or mother-baby yoga vids were tolerable to my brand new lil fella. I couldn't get 5 minutes into any of them without him crying. This is in a class of it's own. My baby LOVES this. I do it just to entertain him now, even when I don't feel like I need to move! It really does give me a good session also, though, and it focuses on developing and reviving body strength in the areas new moms need. This DVD taught me how to play really well with my baby. After doing this lots, I have now figured out modifications to really include my baby when I do the other DVD classes I own, and now I'm even feeling ready to include him in my self-led yoga practice.

My baby is 11 months and walks, tried doing the workout with her but she had no interest. She was more interested in walking around or climbing on me, and some of my workout scared her. I was disappointed not in the product but the fact that it didn't personally didn't work for me. I was able to do some workouts and they were good workouts, they are very slow pace but you will definitely get a workout carrying you baby around!

I'm only giving it 4 stars because its not very challenging for mom but it does get the muscles moving. Some of the transitions are a bit quick when you are moving with baby but I just take my time, who cares if u get off count. The best part is that my baby loves it and gets a kick out of the baby in the T.V.. ;D. It's a wonderful workout that I also use for bonding/play. Good for mommy good for baby!!

This giave me some good ideas to try with my four month old. He likes the tummy workout section the best because that one has a lot of interaction. I like the DVD because I get to play with him while working out. A couple reviews said that this has a baby and a toddler section but it doesn't. It is probably most useful for moms with babies that have good head control but aren't mobile yet.

This is a great way to get back into some basic exercise after your baby is born. I like that I can do the entire work out or just pieces of it and it incorporates time with the little one. Of course once my baby got bigger he wasn't such a willing participant anymore, but it helped me get started.

My baby and I both enjoyed this workout. I typically can't get through the whole dvd because she looses interest, so sometimes I will finish the dvd without her and use a bumbell while she plays or naps. The women who does the dvd is a bit eccentric, but I think all excercise dvds will have a bit of that, especially when a baby is involved, and she was no where near as bad as some. I also bough the happy baby workout, and preferred this one, especially when she was younger. The happy baby video had more excercises that made her get slightly scared.

The DVD received simply stays stuck on the FBI copy write warning. However full refund for product following a simple email.