{"id":441,"date":"2010-03-30T13:58:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T12:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fit4mum.com\/?p=441"},"modified":"2010-03-30T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T12:58:41","slug":"the-average-new-mum-pushes-a-baby-buggy-around-750-miles-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/the-average-new-mum-pushes-a-baby-buggy-around-750-miles-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The average new mum pushes a baby buggy around 750 miles a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The average new mum pushes a baby buggy  around 750 miles a year &#8211; the equivalent of trekking from Land&#8217;s End to  John o&#8217; Groats, it has been found.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Researchers found the  typical mum takes her new tot out and about in the pushchair six times a  week, and walks at least two miles a time.??<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That means each  week they are clocking up just over 14 miles &#8211; or pushing prams over 741  miles in the first year of their baby&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>The local park is  the most popular place to go, followed by the shops and visits to  friends.<\/p>\n<p>Dads only join in on one in five pushchair journeys\u2026 but  say it would be more if they could mount a DVD player on the handle.                                Eight in 10 mums admit pushing the pram was their main  source of exercise after giving birth in a bid to shift their baby  weight.<\/p>\n<p>One in 10 even go jogging with their pushchair twice a  week for a mile and a half each time.<\/p>\n<p>Parenting Consultant Liz  Day from Mothercare, which carried out the poll of 2,000 mums, said:  &#8220;These results will come as a surprise to many mums out there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who  would think that a daily walk with a pushchair would add up to so many  miles in the first year of a baby&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important for  new mums to leave the house and enjoy some fresh air whilst having the  opportunity to meet new friends and bond with their baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average new mum pushes a baby buggy around 750 miles a year &#8211; the equivalent of trekking from Land&#8217;s End to John o&#8217; Groats, it has been found. Researchers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit4mum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}