Old 01-30-23 | 10:04 AM
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Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo

- Plan ride time in advance. Exercise is still important and a baby really doesnt care if you arent at home every free moment. Just make sure to allow free time for your spouse/partner to get out and do whatever they like. Its really easy when healthy communication exists.
- Adjust ride time to make it less inconvenient. Maybe super early. Maybe really late. Maybe middle of the day during naptime.
- Look into Zwift. Its the easiest way to get 30-60min of riding in and you can be right near the baby in case they wake up.
- This isnt really helpful, but its true- I had more free time when my kids were infants than I had when they were elementary age. And now that they are middle school and high school age, I have even less free time. Once a routine is down for a newborn/infant/toddler, just decide to take time and do it.

- Once they are old enough to come along- bring them along. We had a Burly and while it was OK when the kids were really small, its super boring because they are in a bubble. We bought a WeeHoo and it opened up a lot of options as a result. We could ride longer because our youngest was out in the air and talking with us instead of just in a little bubble with some books and snacks.
- Ride to a playground or park, tire them out, then drop em off and go for a ride of your own.

- Down the road, get them a balance bike like a Strider. Every kid Ive seen with one of those picks up riding without training wheels much faster.
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