Kirsten is our Mom of the Month for October!
Meet Kirsten! Mom to Finn and Aidan, full time working mama at Lockheed Martin, and our Mom of the Month for October at FIT4MOM Downingtown!
Kirsten has been momming for three years and will celebrate her FIT4MOM Downingtown anniversary in February!
Over the summer of 2023 when Finn was a baby I would always see moms and their kids working out together at the park and they looked like they were having so much fun! After Aidan was born I knew I wanted to join this community to build friendships not only for me but for my boys and to find a fun way for us to stay active together! Our first class was the Valentine’s Day craft class! We felt so welcomed from the very moment we arrived by all the moms and kiddos and we had so much fun making Valentine’s Day picture frames! We have been in class almost every week since that very first one and my boys look forward to it every week!
Kirsten is a Penn State alum and a Downingtown local - she loves living so close to the borough. She and her boys walk to the park for class whenever they can! Before mom-life Kirsten Irish danced for thirteen years and her dad played in a local Irish band.
We love having Kirsten and her boys in Our Village! So happy she and her boys found us and are able to share in our community even as a full time working mom.
Q&A
What do you wish you would have known before your first child came to be?
There is nothing wrong with accepting help! So many people have been where you are before and want to do things to help make this new phase a little easier for you! Accepting their help doesn’t mean you are any less worthy, you are the best mom for your kids and we all need a little help sometimes!
What's your favorite thing about being a mom?
I love seeing how excited my kids get about the little things! Seeing their little faces light up with smiles or hearing a belly giggle always makes my day!
What's the hardest thing for you about being a mom?
I think the hardest thing about being a mom is that sleep is very unpredictable, there are always regressions or big milestones that can disrupt the normal sleep pattern.
What advice do you have for new moms?
Everything is a season and you will get through the hard ones. In the moment some things feel really hard but then you’ll look back on them and are so proud of both yourself and your kiddos for pushing through!
What’s your best mom hack?
Crockpot dinners make dinner prep with kids so much easier!
What's your favorite part of FIT4MOM?
Our favorite class is Stroller Strides, we even sing the songs and do the workout moves at home now in between class days! We had so much fun at Stroll-Or-Treat this year! My boys loved dressing up as Chase and Marshall from Paw Patrol, seeing all of their friends costumes and trick or treating at all of the strollers!
Kirsten is a wonderful asset to Our Village! Thank you for sharing your motherhood journey with us!