The last time the Olympics were on in 2008 I pretty much saw
every event live from China in the early hours of the morning and was lucky
enough to watch Michael Phelps win each of his gold medals. For me those Olympics were part of one of the
most memorable moments in my life.
The reason? Well of
course it was not because of Olympic Champion Michael Phelps but rather my very
own little champion, 6 week old little Molly Bennett who finished every bottle
in record time as I fed her her midnight feed. It was truly amazing as I
watched history being made in between back patting, tummy rubbing, nappy
changing and the odd burp as trapped wind escaped from her tiny tummy. Little
did I know at the time how happy Molly would make us all today.
4 years later by total coincidence Molly was sitting with me
on the couch and I flicked on the Olympics only to see Phelps in the pool again.
With Molly snuggled into me I began to tell her the story about when she was a
baby she got very hungry in the middle of the night and how I would have to get
up and give her lots of kisses, feed her a bottle, change her nappy and settle
her down in the stillness of an early summer morning so she could get her
beauty sleep just as the two of us watched the man on the telly win all his
gold medals.
Then something really lovely happened, Molly decided to
simply pretend she was a baby again and I acted out the routine of feeding her
in my arms rubbing her tummy patting her back and giving her hugs and kisses
just the way I did when she was a baby. She loved it and we had magical moment
as Phelps raced up and down the pool chasing another gold medal.
Why am I telling you this story? Well simple really. I have
discovered that the kids no matter how old love to hear a little story about
when they were babies, what they did and what they said. They particularly love
the funny stories involving wee, poo, barfing or how they totally embarrassed
us poor old parents. Harry’s favourite story is the one of him escaping from a
dressing room as mum was changing and streaking around a department store when
he was 4. Hilarious!
So to create this week’s Magical moment and get those extra
giggles hugs and kisses tell the kids a little story about when they were
smaller, they will love it and get the chat and communication going from an
early age.
Let us know your stories and the reaction you got from the
kids when you tell them their little story. You can post them below, or on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/AdamsCloud, or you can email them to me directly at benjisblog@adamscloud.com.
Don’t forget we need your help so please share the Magical Moments
blogs with your friends and help make a hug.
Just in case you are interested here is a vid of Phelps
winning his medals in China.
Lots of love, hugs and kisses,
Benji.
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