Jessica Alba's preschooler won't give up the crib

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Carolyn Robertson

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Like most moms, Jessica Alba has those moments when she wishes her daughters Haven, 3, and Honor, 6, would stay little forever. Like most kids, though, the girls seem pretty determined to grow up. Except when it comes time for bed.

Jessica admits that her youngest daughter has absolutely no interest in ditching her beloved crib and moving to a big girl bed. And while some parents agonize over the transition out of the crib, the Honest Company founder says she's in no rush to see it happen.

“Oh my God, she loves her crib," Jessica reveals. "She wants sleepovers because her sister has sleepovers so I try to do sleepovers with Mom. She says, ‘Okay Mommy, I’m done. I need to go back to my crib now.' She’s so restless — she wants to talk so she’s super into her crib. It’s really cute and I’m like, ‘Yes, stay a baby forever.’”

My kids were out of their cribs at 2 years old, but that wasn't really by design. It was around that time that my youngest started having sleep problems... again. She'd scream every night come bedtime, then would get up in the early morning hours and bounce around in her crib like a kangaroo. I'd wake up at 3am to the sound of her crashing against the rails, the springs creaking under her weight. Then one night she jumped so hard she actually broke it. So we set up the big girl bed - and invested in a tiny indoor trampoline - and that was that.

I do understand Jessica wanting to keep her girls little for as long as she can, though. As fun and fascinating as big kids are, my heart aches at the passing of each milestone. So I carry my four-year-old probably more often than I should, and I shush my husband when he tries to correct her funny mispronunciations. I can't stop the clock, but maybe I can trick myself into thinking it's slowed down just a bit.

Jessica Alba seems to agree: “[Being a mom is] my priority. I feel like they’re growing up too fast, and I want to freeze them in time,” says the 33-year-old actress-turned-entrepreneur. “I don’t think that’s going to happen because every day they’re just getting taller and sometimes more sassy.”

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