{"id":287837,"date":"2020-02-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1119531"},"modified":"2020-02-07T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:00:00","slug":"serena-williams-dishes-on-daughter-olympias-many-milestones-and-her-secret-to-a-happy-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/serena-williams-dishes-on-daughter-olympias-many-milestones-and-her-secret-to-a-happy-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Dishes On Daughter Olympia&#8217;s Many Milestones and Her Secret to a Happy Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"44.229379418696\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019810\/rs_634x1024-190910135750-634.serena-williams-alexis.ct.091019.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Serena Williams, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, 2019 New York Fashion Week, NYFW\" alt=\"Serena Williams, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, 2019 New York Fashion Week, NYFW\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"31.266881028939\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/serena_williams\">Serena Williams<\/a><\/strong> might make juggling her tennis career, motherhood and marriage look easy but it&#8217;s not\u2014for her, it takes &#8220;communication and understanding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old tennis player is partnering with Pampers and her baby girl <strong>Alexis&nbsp;Olympia Ohanian Jr.<\/strong> to share the launch of a new song, &#8220;Pampers Wild Child Wiggle,&#8221; inspired by the daily dance parties that so many parents have with their little ones.<\/p>\n<p>With this latest partnership, Pampers and Williams are celebrating the joy and fun in parenthood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Williams, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1110873\/serena-williams-wins-first-title-since-becoming-a-mom-and-celebrates-with-her-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently made her big career comeback and won her first title since becoming a mother<\/a>, spoke to E! News exclusively about her partnership with Pampers, her daughter Olympia&#8217;s most memorable milestones and the key to a happy and successful marriage with&nbsp;<strong>Alexis Ohanian<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the reason behind the collaboration, Williams said she partnered with the brand because&nbsp;#WildChildWiggle program was the &#8220;perfect match.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;Children can learn from the songs, dance along and actually enjoy them. It&#8217;s like a kids&#8217; song craze and everyone enjoys having that in their life and I obviously use Pampers 360, they&#8217;ve been amazing and especially amazing for me as a mom on-the-go.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview below!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"65.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"21\">\n<p><strong>E!:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tell us about Olympia&#8217;s recent milestones?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serena Williams:<\/strong>&nbsp;Everything&nbsp;at this phase is new. She is learning to put her own shoes on which is such a big milestone for me because before I had to do it and now I can tell her to do it herself. She is starting to talk, and they don&#8217;t really speak until they are 2. So she is starting to talk and is learning new words and phrases. She&#8217;s understanding phonetics&nbsp;and is repeating what we are saying\u2014her first word was &#8220;momma&#8221;!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>E!:<\/strong> How did that happen?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SW:<\/strong>&nbsp;I drove her every single day to say it, so &#8220;hello!&#8221; She also always hears me calling our dog Laura because she is an older dog. So that was her second word.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>E!:<\/strong>&nbsp;How did Alexis feel being behind you and the dog with her first words?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SW:&nbsp;<\/strong>It was hard for Alexis, but he takes it in such great stride. She calls him momma from time to time, but she does also now call him &#8220;dadda&#8221; and he loves it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"64.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19\">\n<p><strong>E!:<\/strong> How do you and Alex keep connected while you are both so busy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SW:&nbsp;<\/strong>It takes a lot of time and effort. He travels a lot. It&#8217;s about having great communication and understanding. And above all, it&#8217;s all about [being] loving. That&#8217;s the most important quality anytime, and it covers everything. We FaceTime a lot. We have prayer time at night. That&#8217;s really special. We always do that, we try not to miss it a lot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>E!:<\/strong>&nbsp;What do you want for 2020, for yourself and the world?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SW:&nbsp;<\/strong>For myself, to keep doing what I&#8217;m doing and to be a positive addition to the world. I want positivity. There is so much negativity in the world, I think people want more positivity. To say what I want for the world is hard. I only hope for the best.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>(This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-7\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch <i>E! News<\/i> weekday mornings at 7 a.m. and don&#8217;t miss our <i>2020 Oscars: E&#8217;s Inside Guide<\/i> special Thursday, Feb. 6 at 10:30 p.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1119531\/serena-williams-dishes-on-daughter-olympia-s-many-milestones-and-her-secret-to-a-happy-marriage?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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