GymMomA3R
Proud Parent
Hi everyone,
I am so thankful I stumbled upon this site! It has been super informative as I’ve tried to navigate my way through learning about my daughter’s journey though gymnastics the past few months.
My 6 year old was unexpectedly asked to join the level 3 team that started training this week so I’m scrambling to figure it all out and I would appreciate any advice/insight!!
1. Do I stay the whole practice since she’s so young (just turned 6 in Dec)?
Practice is MWF 5:30-8:30 and I have another child to worry about as well. It would be great if I could just leave her and come back, but she has a new coach and the team is 20 girls (vs preteam of 5 and a coach she’s been with since she started 8 months ago).
2. When do you feed them? If they eat before, isn’t hard to work out when full?
3. Bedtime?
How do you handle a late bedtime like this - we live nearby so we would be home by 8:45 but after eating again (since she’s starving) and bath (since she’s all sweaty) she wouldn’t get in bed till 9:30 at the earliest - which is hard on school nights.
4. How to handle soreness?
She went from 20min of light conditioning 2x a week to 1hr of more intense conditioning 3x a week and was complaining this morning of her stomach hurting (I’m assuming her abs are sore). Any tips on what I could do to help until her body adjusts?
I’m also open to any other advice/words of wisdom! Thanks in advance!
I am so thankful I stumbled upon this site! It has been super informative as I’ve tried to navigate my way through learning about my daughter’s journey though gymnastics the past few months.
My 6 year old was unexpectedly asked to join the level 3 team that started training this week so I’m scrambling to figure it all out and I would appreciate any advice/insight!!
1. Do I stay the whole practice since she’s so young (just turned 6 in Dec)?
Practice is MWF 5:30-8:30 and I have another child to worry about as well. It would be great if I could just leave her and come back, but she has a new coach and the team is 20 girls (vs preteam of 5 and a coach she’s been with since she started 8 months ago).
2. When do you feed them? If they eat before, isn’t hard to work out when full?
3. Bedtime?
How do you handle a late bedtime like this - we live nearby so we would be home by 8:45 but after eating again (since she’s starving) and bath (since she’s all sweaty) she wouldn’t get in bed till 9:30 at the earliest - which is hard on school nights.
4. How to handle soreness?
She went from 20min of light conditioning 2x a week to 1hr of more intense conditioning 3x a week and was complaining this morning of her stomach hurting (I’m assuming her abs are sore). Any tips on what I could do to help until her body adjusts?
I’m also open to any other advice/words of wisdom! Thanks in advance!