I hope everyone had a great holiday! I haven’t posted for a while because we went to Australia for Roman’s first Christmas. I was so nervous about taking a baby on such a looooong flight, but was really looking forward to handing him over to grandparents so I could go work out, or run every day, free of babysitting charges!
Well, the good news is Roman was a trooper on the flight. Despite a 3 hour delay at JFK, and another delay at LAX, we made it to Sydney with no meltdowns, just a lot of sleeping and playing en route. The bad news, however, was that Fran and I both came down with a cold pretty much the same day we arrived.
My advice to clients when they get colds is to continue working out if it’s just a head cold, but once it gets to your chest, all you can do is rest up. And drink tea. (The tea drinking tip is purely because I’m an Aussie and that’s pretty much my cure for anything). Well, we were chest sick immediately. Given that half my packing was workout gear, this was frustrating to say the least. Instead of being handed over to grandparents while I ran, he was handed over so I could get another hour of sleep.
We still managed to have a great trip. Christmas Day was lovely – the morning at my parents’ house, then lunch at my brother’s place:
This is where I’m from, the Blue Mountains:
We spent lots of time with family and I caught up with some old friends:
And we also managed a trip down to Sydney, to spend some time at the beach:
And then the day before we left, Roman decided to start walking. 🙂
I’m so happy to be back home, though, and can’t wait to train my clients again this week!
Oh, and if anyone has tips for dealing with a baby with jet lag, please let me know! I am getting desperate over here!
So sorry you got that nasty cold! I had it and it was *not* fun. I also had dreams of having my parents look after Finn over Christmas but tore a muscle in my back so there went that plan and all hopes of running.
And the only jet lag advice is to keep Roman in the sunshine whenever possible to get him back on schedule. Helped when we came back from Paris last year.
Thanks for the advice! Been trying to get him out and about during the day, but I fear he will never sleep more than a 2 hour block of time again…! 😉 Sorry to hear about your back – there’s nothing worse.