BYOB Yoga

Yesterday, the Birds went to a Bring Your Own Baby (BYOB) Yoga class. Julie would have been too nervous with Joe to go to something like this--What if he cried? What if he needed to eat? Now she knows that crying is just what babies do and if they need to eat, you just feed them and no one (especially at a crunchy granola yoga class) is going to bat an eye at a nursing mama. So off they went! It was, perhaps, not all Julie thought it would be, if she's honest with you, Devoted Readers. It was fun and all, but to her, it seemed like paying to play with your baby the way you can for free on your bed at home. The idea that the mother is also getting some good exercise is, in Julie's opinion, pretty laughable, though she heard (twice) about a woman who breast fed her baby while doing the Warrior I pose. Julie also laughed to herself about this tidbit and the admiration in the teller's tone because of the manner in which breast feeding mother's are beat about the head with suggestions to gaze at their baby and coo at their baby and sing to their baby--certainly not READ while nursing which is what Julie does. Julie long ago stopped feeling guilty about this and now feels even less so with everyone hailing the mama breast feeding while doing the Warrior I pose.

Oh and in case you're wondering Fans, all three babies present at BYOB Yoga kept up a steady soundtrack of crying for the entire hour. Exactly: super zen.