Last night, in that state of sleepy but too tired to get up and put on PJs, I got swallowed into a Pinterest wormhole which led me through many archives until finally dumping me out at Google Books. I didn’t find what I was looking for but came across these fun images in Woman’s Physical Development of a mother working out with her baby in 1900.
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Holding baby by the arms like that NO! NO! is not advisable.
Nancy, I certainly hope that no one is actually doing these exercises.
Just being a mom will work you out quite a bit, thank you very much. Basic getting up and down while holding the baby will strengthen your knees. Giving a bath to an older child will strengthen your back. And carrying around said child will either strengthen or blow out your shoulders. But still, interesting article.
@Tia, I thought it was fun considering the time it was printed.
Note the 1900 sports gear! – a shorter version of those “rompers” was still part of our sports school uniform in the 1960s