Welcome to the #FITMOM series on Carrots ‘N’ Cake! I wanted to share some Q&As with several of my favorite fitness bloggers, who also happen to be moms. Read on to see how they make fitness a regular part of their lives! Jennipher Walters Fit Bottomed Girls Children (name, age): Gwen, 2 1/2 How long of a maternity leave did you take before you started working out again? Looking back, do you think it was too much time, not enough, or just the right amount of time? I took two weeks pretty much totally off — then I worked as much as I could during naps while she was home with me. At four months, she started going to a daycare for 3 days of week. For me, at the time, it was just the right amount. I really missed working and having dedicated time to write and run my business. It wasn’t easy to have her away from me at first (holy hormones and pumping is kind of the worst at times), but it was good for me to do something outside of the role of being a mom. Once you started your