Fit City Mum
fitcitymum.comLondon based Finnish career girl and fitness enthusiast blogging about my journey to motherhood. Blog themes in 2018 include my baby Maia (born December 2017) and maternity leave from investment banking, house renovation and wedding planning for our wedding in Italy in July.LifestyleTunnisteet: baby #2, mum life, streams of thought, baby update, coronavirusSeuraaSijoitus >200. (lifestyle) ja >500. (kaikki blogit)
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My toddler Noah – transition from a baby to a...
Fit City Mum · 23.03.2021Our Noah Oliver has officially been a toddler for two months now and I’m loving it! As special as the baby year is, it’s also tough in...
Sick with COVID-19
Fit City Mum · 02.02.2021A year into the pandemic, a year of lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing, and obsessive hand washing and mask wearing, we have tested positive for COVID-19. The invisible enemy finally got us… In addition to...
10 activities to do with a toddler while isol...
Fit City Mum · 27.01.2021After almost a month-long Christmas holiday we were looking forward to sending our 3-year old Maia back to her nursery school for the mornings...
Night weaning – beginning of the end of my se...
Fit City Mum · 26.01.2021In two months time I will have been either pregnant or breastfeeding for four years straight. I expected not to feel very emotional about stopping...
Noah’s last baby update!
Fit City Mum · 13.01.2021The best thing that came out of 2020 was of course our baby boy. It’ll be Noah’s first birthday in a week! I wasn’t able to keep up with his monthly baby updates in the end, but I have...
Starting 2021 in the worst coronavirus situat...
Fit City Mum · 03.01.2021I don’t want to pretend everything is fine but sometimes when things get really tough I’d rather not even put it in writing, as if that would somehow...
Maia three years old – birthday party in lock...
Fit City Mum · 22.12.20202nd of December marked the end of the second lockdown in England. It was also Maia’s third birthday. Although she was talking about a birthday party...
Christmas Giveaway: Postnatal programme by No...
Fit City Mum · 12.12.2020I’m super excited to be able to offer you and one of your friends the chance to win the Postnatal Programme by Nordic Fit Mama! Value of the...
Tuesday
Fit City Mum · 11.11.2020There is a lot of routine in my daily life with the kids and especially during the coronavirus pandemic it has felt like every day repeats the last. But although life feels repetitive it’s not boring. With small...
Locked up, again
Fit City Mum · 02.11.2020It’s Monday morning, November 2nd. Maia is in her nursery school and Noah is napping in his room upstairs. I’m sitting in my kitchen with my third cup of coffee looking out the window as the stormy wind tears leaves off...
Body after second baby – an update on my post...
Fit City Mum · 14.10.2020They say that since it takes nine months for your body to create a baby, you should give it nine months to recover from the pregnancy and birth. It’s...
I was promoted and then I walked away – why?!
Fit City Mum · 01.10.20202019 was probably one of the most challenging years of my life so far. I returned to my investment banking job after a year off, leaving my daughter...
Life of a busy 8-month old – crawling practic...
Fit City Mum · 26.09.2020During the summer holidays Noah turned 7-months old and to summarise, his seventh month consisted of a lot of teething, frustration from trying to...
A road trip with two small kids – our UK stay...
Fit City Mum · 19.09.2020It was an easy decision not to fly anywhere this summer but that’s not to stay I didn’t feel gutted by it. The lockdown and losing our freedom to...
Thirty five and fabulous!
Fit City Mum · 24.08.2020I’ve had mixed feelings about birthdays for a long time. I don’t really like to think about ageing primarily because of the negative connotation attached to it by our society. Especially us...
Half way through the baby year – 6-months old...
Fit City Mum · 06.08.2020This summer has been a time of change for us with the country slowly coming out of the coronavirus lockdown and with me stepping up “properly” to the...
Can I really manage without a nanny though?
Fit City Mum · 08.07.2020Maybe it’s the Finn in me, but I can’t write this post without feeling bit awkward… I shouldn’t feel like I have to explain myself but I do, so...
Saying goodbye to our nanny with an aching heart
Fit City Mum · 01.07.2020I never expected to cry as much as I have after saying goodbye to our children’s nanny last week but honestly, our decision to let her go after a...
Learning to help myself – my top 5 tips to fe...
Fit City Mum · 17.06.2020Some time ago I reached a point where I felt quite unwell, physically and mentally. Having a newborn baby and a toddler is tough on a good day, but a...
Kayla Itsines’s Post Pregnancy Programme – re...
Fit City Mum · 08.06.2020When Noah was two months old I decided it was time to slowly get back into exercising and eating a bit healthier (see my previous post about the...
Mindful Chef recipe box review – healthy eati...
Fit City Mum · 02.06.2020I don’t cook. I have somehow cruised through life without bothering to learn and it’s still not interesting or fun for me. Considering how much I...
Baby Noah 4-months old
Fit City Mum · 25.05.2020Last week was much happier for me, probably because of writing my last post and processing my feelings that way… Also the kind and encouraging messages (rather than judgement!) I...
Postnatal depression, lockdown depression, or...
Fit City Mum · 17.05.2020Week 9 of lockdown. I have had some very, very low moments in the past two months. I feel embarrassed to even admit it (to the point I almost didn’t...
Body after baby – recovery from my second pre...
Fit City Mum · 29.04.2020As I’m about to properly begin my postpartum fitness journey I wanted to share a bit about my recovery from pregnancy and giving birth three months...
Baby Noah 3-months old
Fit City Mum · 26.04.2020That’s it! We don’t have a newborn baby anymore! Three months went in a flash, I must say. Interestingly with Maia I felt like the “fourth the trimester” lasted much longer but that’s...
Why I deleted my Instagram app
Fit City Mum · 17.04.2020Little old me going against the tide here! While the use of social media has undoubtedly gone through the roof during the past weeks of social distancing and self isolation, with new micro...
The lockdown
Fit City Mum · 15.04.2020During this pandemic induced isolation, I expected to miss the social interaction with people, especially with our extended family and friends – and the separation is indeed painful. What I didn’t expect is that...
