{"id":365,"date":"2013-02-28T09:24:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2013-12-26T16:26:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T21:26:41","slug":"pool-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/pool-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Pool Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to say, one of the best things about living in South Florida is the weather (actually, maybe the only good thing about being in South Florida).\u00a0 While we have our rainy season and chances of hurricanes, most of the time the weather is nice and sunny, and for me, not too often unbearably hot (though many people would disagree).\u00a0 When we moved back one of our top criteria for a new home was that it have a pool.<\/p>\n

\"h<\/a>Pools are amazing for so many reasons when you have kids.\u00a0 First off they provides cheap, unlimited entertainment and having one in your backyard makes it super convenient too.\u00a0 They also provide a nice break from the heat outside and the a\/c inside giving children the opportunity to play in the fresh air without getting overheated.\u00a0 They also provide exercise while having fun.<\/p>\n

When we first moved into our house, we swam every day.\u00a0 The water was nice and warm and the girls would have hours of fun.\u00a0 When we replaced our roof in October, we lost the nice, warmness though.\u00a0 We have a solar panel heating system that had to be removed and it hasn\u2019t worked right since it went back up (still working with the pool people on it, argh!) but now that the weather is getting nicer again, the water is warming back up and we\u2019ve been able to swim more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"c<\/p>\n

I really look forward to being able to relax in the pool as I get closer to baby #3\u2019s arrival but swimming while pregnant has always been a challenge for me.\u00a0 I remember the first time I went swimming when I was pregnant with Honeybun.\u00a0 I was just playing around and decided to float\u00a0on my back.\u00a0 Or at least try.\u00a0 This is when I realized your abs really do go away during pregnancy.\u00a0 My tush and tummy sunk right down.\u00a0 No matter how hard I tried I could not get myself floated, down my middle went.\u00a0 I also really started enjoying just floating around the pool in an inner tube before I was pregnant.\u00a0 Our neighbors let the girls borrow theirs for a while and I would spend our swim sessions just floating around myself. \u00a0\u00a0Well, problem #2 with swimming pregnant, finding an inner tube big enough to fit the belly.\u00a0 We had to return the neighbors tubes and the one I bought is not nearly big enough.\u00a0 Guess it\u2019s back to Wal-mart to get an even bigger one!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"cI also really look forward to this summer when I will have the pool to entertain my brood with.\u00a0 With Honeybun not going to school, our days get ver y long, add a baby on top of that and the thought is almost overwhelming.\u00a0 But the pool will be my savior.\u00a0 The girls can swim all they want while I watch or dip in the baby.\u00a0 We can have endless fun without having to leave the house!\u00a0 This might be the only part of summer vacation I\u2019m looking forward to!<\/p>\n

Pictures: (top) Honeybun in her baby boat, about 6 months old; (middle) Sugarplum swimming with “swimmies,” about 2 years old; (bottom) Sugarplum’s first trip into the pool, about 4 weeks old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to say, one of the best things about living in South Florida is the weather (actually, maybe the only good thing about being in South Florida).\u00a0 While we have our rainy season and chances of hurricanes, most of the time the weather is nice and sunny, and for me, not too often unbearably […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mommys-life","category-baby-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}