Michael Phelps is having a look ahead to 2024 because the 12 months when he and spouse Nicole Phelps welcome their fourth child.
“I feel like I’m the best me, the best version of myself, when I’m present and in the moment and now having four little homies running around, I want to be as present and as active as I can in their life,” the Olympian, 38, instructed These days in an interview revealed on Friday, December 22.
Michael and Nicole, 38, are already folks of sons Boomer, 7, Beckett, 5, and Maverick, 4. They showed in October that they're anticipating every other child, which Michael teased to These days approach that they are going to have sufficient children for a “relay team” or a “golf foursome.”
Michael and Nicole, who're anticipating their fourth boy, love existence at house with their sons and feature just lately been operating to show them how you can organize their feelings.
“We implemented the ‘lion breath’ with them a couple of years back. The lion breath is basically just a deep breath and you get to roar as loud as you can,” Michael mentioned on Friday, noting the duo are also seeking to educate Boomer, Beckett and Maverick to discuss their problems as an alternative of bodily preventing. “As a dad, it’s really cool to see them be able to just address the emotions that they have.”
Michael, an impassioned psychological well being recommend, desires his children to grasp that it's alright to precise feelings as an alternative of hiding and ignoring them. “That was something that I did for almost two decades, maybe longer, and … it’s not really good to do that, it’s not safe to do that and it’s definitely not healthy to do that,” he mentioned.
Michael additional famous that he desires to present Boomer, Beckett, Maverick and child No. 4 a “toolbox” to triumph over more than a few existence demanding situations.
Previous to Nicole’s present being pregnant, she and Michael have been hopeful about increasing their circle of relatives.
“Nothing that’s written in stone right now. But I definitely wouldn’t count it out,” Michael, who married Nicole in 2016, completely instructed Us Weekly in September 2019. “I think at this point after Beckett, Nicole had said she was ready for another child. I have yet to hear those words come out of her mouth yet, so we’ll see.”
Finding out of Nicole’s being pregnant will have to had been a dream for Michael, who completely loves being a father.
“Watching them and hearing the things that come out of their mouth [is the best],” he instructed Us on the time. “Just all the little small things about being a parent, even though it can be frustrating at times.”