We’ve been reviewing the Gaiam Shiva Rae Mama and Baby Yoga DVD (£9.99) and I have to apologise in advance for the potentially rambled nature of this post. See,  I find this DVD very emotional, which makes absolutely no sense, right?

When my first was a bump, I did prenatal yoga, and once she was six weeks old we started doing mum and baby yoga. It was wonderful, and bonding and beautiful and all those good things. With my second, I got my hands on a bunch of different pregnancy exercise DVDs and with the best intentions in the world popped  one into the DVD player. It took my toddler about two minutes to start ‘riding’ my back like a horse, and that was the end of pregnancy yoga. (Unamusingly, she did the same while I was in labour, bearing down, with no one believing that I was about to have a baby, which I did about an hour later!)  I found this DVD emotional, because it gave me an opportunity to have a similarly bonding experience with my new baby, which I hadn’t realised up to that point that I had been missing.