A “snuggle chat” occurs after a story and immediately before sleep in the Hagues house.

Imagine the shock when during one “snuggle chat” my 6-year-old son shared that he was worrying and scared about dying!

Goodness knows where the little lad had picked this up from, but it was clear the thought was really frightening him.

Cue the tale about Alfie, a very silly sunbeam who was scared of going back into the sun! You see, because Alfie had been given a name, a birth certificate and so on, he had forgotten who he was! He didn’t realise that he was always, and forever, part of the sun.

As the tale ended with Alfie realising that he wasn’t disconnected and had always been part of his source, my little dude interrupted…

“Yes, but sunbeams don’t think like I do?”

“Well son, you don’t have to think either; you can be like a sunbeam and just be”

“What do you mean?”

“Try it, just stop thinking, focus on breathing and feel that source inside. It’s always there”

The little man went straight to sleep that night and woke up as fresh as a daisy in the morning!

Researchers claim that your child/ grandchild is most open, most responsive and most in need of some close attention in the 15 minutes before bedtime.

You’re probably already doing a story and snuggle chat, but if you’re not in the daily habit then why not just decide to start doing them from today?

PS – This is a reposted blog, for anyone who needs some re-assurance of this message.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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