A Daughter's Hug, A Monster's Hug #BigHugsElmo Giveaway

I was never a hugger until Hannah was born and I became a mother. My favourite times of the day now revolve around her hugs – that awesome first, sleepy hug in the morning, extra cuddly because she’s still waking up. The second is the daycare pick-up hug – the excited, gripping, so happy to see you hug (which is often accompanied with a slobbery kiss and comes after the “MOMMY!” yell from across the daycare’s playground).

But, my favourite hug of all is Hannah’s surprise hug. These come at random times, in random forms and often catch me off guard. Sometimes she grips my leg while I’m washing dishes. Other times she climbs on top of me while we are watching TV on the couch. And then there’s her reciprocal patting on the back hug – which she has been doing for almost a year now!

Sometimes I think she senses I need a hug, other times she needs comfort.

She loves giving hugs ALMOST as much as she loves Elmo.

Since she was very little, Hannah liked Elmo (this may or may not have had anything to do with my influence, as I am a huge Elmo fan myself). She wore Elmo clothes, wouldn’t leave the house without her Elmo with teething hands and the theme of her first birthday? Elmo, of course!

As the months pass, her love for Elmo becomes more like an obsession, a demanding obsession. “Elmo on TV?” she asks first thing in the morning, when she walks into the living room. “ELMO!” she demands as soon as we get in the car, requesting her Elmo Calls app (I know she wants the Another Monster at the End of this Book app when she states, "ELMO AND GROVER!"). She even points out Elmo on other children. She sings “Elmo’s Song” at all and any points of the day – in fact, “Elmo” was  one of her first words.

So, when Big Hugs Elmo arrived in his box she couldn’t wait to hug him – and did so, before we could get the batteries in so Elmo could hug her back.

At first she was scared when Elmo actually put his red, furry arms around her, but then she got used to it and wanted to hug him again and again. She grins so wide when Elmo asks her to hug him tighter.

I can’t wait until she discovers that Big Hugs Elmo will also pretend, sing and play with her.

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Disclosure: I am participating in the Hasbro Big Hugs Elmo Blogger Campaign by PTPA Media and received compensation as a thank you for participating. The opinions expressed on this blog are my own.

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