David Beckham gets honest about treating Harper differently

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Sara McGinnis

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David Beckham is a total softie when it comes to his only daughter, 4-year-old Harper, but has put his foot down on one particular subject: her hair. The retired soccer star, who has three sons and one daughter with wife Victoria Beckham, recently shared she's never had a haircut!

Speaking with Yahoo Style he explained, "About a year ago, my wife said, 'Maybe we should cut Harper's hair.' And I was like, 'No! We need to grow it. Do. Not. Touch.'"

"Since she was born, we haven't cut it," he added. "That's why it's pretty much down to her knees...[It's] just so good, isn't it?"

He's willing to take a razor to Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo's heads, however.

The man whose mother is a hairdresser shared, "I do cut my sons' hair from time to time. When they have a buzz cut, I do it. If I have to use scissors, the boys know not to ask – [my mum] never taught me how to do that."

"I have no power with that little girl — no power whatsoever," David Beckham also recently told Entertainment Tonight. "I love all my children, of course, equally," he added, "but I'm definitely stricter with the boys than I am Harper, which gets me in trouble with my wife of course."

Is it safe to assume then, if Harper has the ability to get what she wants, that she doesn't mind having her hair long? Because that's my only concern with her father's firm stance on not allowing it to be cut.

Maybe it's because I only have sons, but I just don't get the interest in never cutting a child's hair. Maybe for the first year or two I can understand, but at some point a little trim (or a big chop) goes a long way to keep things neat.

Years ago I knew a mom who had never cut her school-aged kids' hair. Her son and daughter both disliked their long hair and hated being asked about it all the time. I really felt for them -- and quite frankly was surprised they hadn't at some point taken a pair of scissors to it themselves! Lots of kids do it no matter the length. Eventually this mom shaved her own head in solace with a friend who was battling cancer, and at that time allow her kids to choose their own styles.

I'm sure David Beckham has the best of intentions, but my thoughts on kids hair falls along the lines of their hair is part of their body and they ought to be in charge of it. Maybe not just yet at age 4, but if little Harper some day soon has a strong opinion on going short I hope he'll listen.

What's your stance on your kids' hair? Share with us by leaving a comment below!

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A peek back at how the Beckham family has grown and changed over the years:

Hayden Panettiere on the wild way Wladimir felt the baby kick

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Sara McGinnis

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Hayden Panettiere isn't just a new mom in real life, she also plays one on TV in Nashville. When it came time for her character, Juliette, to struggle with postpartum depression the actress was able to draw on her own experiences for the role.

“I can very much relate. It’s something a lot of women experience," the 26-year-old, who welcomed daughter Kaya last December, shared during a Monday appearance on Live! with Kelly and Michael.

"When [you’re told] about postpartum depression you think it’s ‘I feel negative feelings towards my child, I want to injure or hurt my child’ — I’ve never, ever had those feelings. Some women do. But you don’t realize how broad of a spectrum you can really experience that on. It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal."

Hayden went on to say, “There’s a lot of misunderstanding — there’s a lot of people out there that think that it’s not real, that it’s not true, that it’s something that’s made up in their minds, that ‘Oh, it’s hormones.’ They brush it off. It’s something that’s completely uncontrollable. It’s really painful and it’s really scary and women need a lot of support.”

Kaya's mom is particularly thankful to have had the support of future husband Wladimir Klitschko -- who it's safe to say was thrilled by Hayden's pregnancy.

Sharing she wishes he could "figure out a way to get pregnant," she added that he would "absolutely" go through with it.

Recalling the unique way the professional boxer discovered to feel their daughter kick while in the womb this celebrity mom shared:

"When I was pregnant, he would do this thing where he would suck in his stomach and then I would put my stomach to his so that he could feel when she was moving, almost like she was in his stomach. He wanted to feel what it was like to have a baby as close to him as it was to me."

Isn't that wild? I've never even heard of parents-to-be doing such a thing before!

My husband had the best luck feeling our sons move in my belly while laying in bed spooning. It was there, with his arm draped over me for a period of time, that he was able to get a sense of the jabs and rolls baby can do. Trying to grab his hand while we were out and about right as the movement was happening never seemed to work out for us. Too bad we never thought of this other way -- I guess?

Did your partner have much luck feeling the baby kick? Have you ever tried Hayden and Wladimir's belly-sharing move? Join the conversation by leaving a comment below!

Photo: REX Shutterstock

 

More famous women talk about their experiences with postpartum depression:

Meet The Grinder's Mary Elizabeth Ellis!

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BabyCenter Staff

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BabyCenter7 is a blog series that features celebrity parents you know and love answering the same seven questions with their own personal spin.

 

There are a couple of very good reasons why actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis (@meellisday) is one lucky lady.

First, she stars in The Grinder, the much-anticipated new comedy series starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. Mary Elizabeth plays Debbie Sanderson the wife of Fred’s character, a small-town lawyer whose famous brother (played by Rob Lowe - a.k.a. pretty much the sexiest man of all time) moves home and joins the family law firm after his show was canceled. There's been ton of talk about this show over the past few weeks, so we are excited to finally get to see it.

Here’s another reason: She happens to be married to Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses, The Lego Movie) her co-star on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and together they have an adorable Disney-loving 3-year-old, Russell Wallace Day.

We imagine life is full of hilariousness with those guys around so we asked the Mississippi native to let us in on her favorite family moment and what she does first thing when Russell falls asleep.

Motherhood is ...

... teaching me to become a more patient, loving, tuned-in person through VERY challenging situations, but also lots of sweet kiddo kisses.

My secret talent is...

... turning literally any moment into a song. 

My parents were right about ...

... telling me to always "be true to myself" and, actually, lots of other stuff but don't tell them I said that.

My favorite comfort food is ...

... rocky road ice cream. There's nothing better for a sore throat, though I'm pretty sure that's not scientifically proven.

My favorite recent family moment is ...

... at Disneyland in the Small World ride when my 3-year-old son leaned over to my 2-year-old godson and kissed him on the arm because he was so happy.

If I can't have world peace, I'll take ...

... a world in which everyone is full of healthy food.

When my kids fall asleep, I ...

...  exhale.

Give us your answers to the BabyCenter7 in the comments below! And see how Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Amanda Peet answered our questions.

The premiere episode of THE GRINDER airs Tuesday, Sept. 29 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Follow the show on Twitter @thegrinderfox -- #thegrinder.

Photo Credit (top): Ray Mickshaw/FOX

Photo Credit (bottom): Mary Elizabeth Ellis

The size of Coco Austin's baby bump is making headlines

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Sara McGinnis

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People are starting to notice something unusual about Coco Austin, who is now 28 weeks pregnant with her and Ice T's first child together. E! News is just one of many outlets to report on the model mom-to-be's lack of size, posting an article titled in part "Coco May Have the Smallest Baby Bump We've Ever Seen" over the weekend.

Using Twitter photos Coco herself posted as evidence, they point to this recent image of the pregnant talk show host, which she captioned, "Chilling baby..I'm just chillin... Backstage at BC concert supporting my man..Thats how I roll #28weeks."

Coco Austin recently posted a new pregnancy blog, sharing she and Ice are "very excited" to meet the daughter they've chosen the name Chanel for. She wrote, "We had a baby picked out 10 years ago and we just want a healthy baby. God is on my side and he gave me what I wanted and I'm grateful."

In a previous post she addressed her lack of bump by writing, "I call myself the most unpregnant pregnant person. Now I'm six months and nothing has changed. My stomach is now a lump instead of a bump. I call it a lump because it's not physically a bump because you have to push it out to see it."

She continued:

"When I posted that Instagram last week showing off my baby 'lump,' I had to push out to show something because some people still don't think I'm pregnant. I don't have anything to prove to anyone. My stomach is growing slowly."

It's not that there is no part of her body growing as the weeks pass, however. In a recent tweet Coco wrote, "Where's my baby bump? Basically its going ALL 2 my boobs. LOL almost #26weeks & there's still lil sight of #babychanel."

As someone who blew up to whoa-size pregnant rather quickly, the idea of having a "too small" baby bump doesn't seem like much of a problem at first glance. Really though, Coco is right in that she doesn't have to prove anything to anyone. No one has control of how fast their bump grows or how fast it shows!

I think there are a few factors possibly at play here that are creating Coco's barely-there bump. For starters, she does have a very large chest, which naturally makes her waist seem smaller. Secondly, she's a pro at creating illusion. Coco has long chosen outfits and lines that accentuate her figure in the way she prefers, and I imagine she's able to still trick the eye as she pleases. Thirdly, and most importantly of all, every pregnancy is just different. Baby Chanel may not be showing just yet, but 28 weeks isn't really all that many. Let's give this mom-to-be a break, as well as some time for things to evolve.

Have you gotten comments on your pregnancy size? How did they make you feel? Share with us by leaving a message below!

Photos: PR Photos

 

A peek at other famous moms in full pregnancy bloom:

Zoe Saldana: Why Hollywood moms "hide in a cave" post-baby

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Carolyn Robertson

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Actress Zoë Saldana has a message for all new moms in Hollywood: Step away from the treadmill!

The Book of Life star, who welcomed twin sons Cy and Bowie in January, says that too many famous mothers go to extremes to shed the baby weight in record time. Speaking to PEOPLE this week, Zoë hit back against the pressure women face to "bounce back" into their skinny jeans immediately after giving birth.

"Throughout the years that I've been in this business, women that hide in a cave and they don't come out until they're a size zero," Zoë, 37, reveals. "And that is a very misleading message to send out to women, especially when women here in LA are the skinniest women out there, and that should concern us. We're too busy thinking about our appearances and not really thinking about our mental health first as well."

"I feel bad for those women that get super desperate and want to bounce back three months after having a baby. Breastfeed. Stay home. Sleep. Your kid is only three months old. Like what are you going to the gym for? Catch up on f**king reruns of some sort."

Ten months after delivering her boys, Zoë looks pretty much to her pre-baby shape - “I’ve got a booty!" she insists. "I’ve got some thighs I got to burn off all the time!” - but she says she took her own advice when it came to losing the baby weight.

“I definitely took a break,” says the stunning star, who weighed 185 lbs at the end of her pregnancy. “And I trusted that my body was going to bounce back when it was ready. I never wanted to push myself. I’m the most beautiful woman to my husband, so he tells me (or I will kill him), so I didn’t really have this anxiety to bounce back.”

I think all of us, famous or not, feel some level of pressure to lose the baby weight, to be able to finally shake the dust off our favorite pair of pre-baby pants. I imagine it is more intense for moms in Hollywood, who have to worry about tabloids drawing attention to their slim-down success (or lack thereof).

I absolutely agree with Zoë that it's important for new moms to try to prioritize their own mental and emotional well-being (easier said than done, I know). For some moms, that might include hitting the treadmill when they have the time. For others it might just mean accepting that the gym will have to wait.

Did you feel pressure to lose the baby weight?

Here's how 13 famous women stood up to fat shaming:

Photos: REX USA

9 celebrity men who took their wife's last name

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Sara McGinnis

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Should a wife taking her husband's last name be a given? Not everyone thinks so, and it seems more and more couples are taking the name-change opportunity that comes along with a wedding as a chance to mix things up.

A look at 9 famous men who have bucked tradition by taking their love's maiden name as their own:

Many thought Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes were siblings, but they actually married in 1996. Jack opted to take his bride's last name as his own, swapping Gillis for White.

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Meg and Jack White officially divorced in 2000. In 2005, the musician married Karen Elson, with whom he has daughter Scarlett and son Henry. Meg served as the maid of honor.

Jack and Karen announced their separation in 2011 by throwing "a positive swing bang humdinger."

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Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego secretly married in June 2013 in London. In her July 2015 cover interview with InStyle, Saldana revealed that, in a reversal of tradition, the Italian artist adopted her surname upon marriage. Thereafter, the actress became Zoe Saldana-Perego or Zoe Perego and Marco became Marco Perego-Saldana or Marco Saldana.

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The pair welcomed twin boys named Cy and Bowie in November 2014. They boys' last name is Perego-Saldana.

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When Carlos Peña wed Alex Vega in 2014, they opted to go halfsies on their new last name.

(Andrew Evans  / PR Photos)

Rather than hyphenate the stars added their names together, each adopting PeñaVega going forward. The actor and the Spy Kids actress have yet to share if they plan to start a family.

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Jay Mohr got incredibly creative for his second anniversary gift to wife Nikki Cox. As a present, he added her last name to his, becoming Jon (his birth name) Ferguson Cox Mohr.

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After marrying in 2006, the couple welcomed son Meredith Daniel Mohr in 2011. The comedian also has a son named Jackson, who was born during Jay's previous marriage.

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Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (pictured here with his daughter) also gets points in the creativity department -- choosing to mash up his last name with his wife's. Upon wedding Corina Raigosa in 1987, she and Antonio Villar "meshed" their names into "Villaraigosa."

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The couple filed for divorce in 2007, but both have continued to use their combined name. He is the father of four, the two youngest of which were born during his marriage to Corina.

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John Lennon added Yoko Ono's last name to his when they married in 1969. He said of the change, "Yoko changed her name for me, I've changed mine for her. One for both, both for each other. She has a ring, I have a ring. It gives us nine 'O's between us, which is good luck. Ten would not be good luck."

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His legal name when he died in 1980 was John Winston Ono Lennon, and hers is Yoko Ono Lennon. After suffering three miscarriages she gave birth their son Sean in 1975. John's firstborn child, son Julian, arrived in 1963 during his marriage to Cynthia Lennon.

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For his fifth marriage, Lorenzo Lamas decided to hyphenate. Upon marrying Shawna Craig in 2011 he changed his name to Lorenzo Lamas-Craig.

Wikipedia notes: This decision was motivated by the fact that his previous wife, Shauna, kept the surname Lamas, and is legally named Shauna Lamas, and Lamas' fifth wife, Shawna, whose given name is a homonym and almost identical to that of Shauna, did not wish to have a virtually identical full name.

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Shawna Craig gave birth to Lorenzo's grandson in 2015!

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The unique pregnancy came about after Shayne Lamas, who is Lorenzo's daughter (Shawna's step-daughter) suffered a near-fatal pregnancy loss in 2014. Shawna volunteered to be a surrogate for Shayne and her husband Nik...

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who legally changed his name from Hooman Abedi Karamian to Nik Lamas-Richie upon marrying. The couple are now parents to daughter Press and son Lyon.

(Christine Tager / PR Photos)

Jay-Z, whose birth name is Shawn Carter, bucked tradition by hyphenating his last name with Beyonce's when they married in 2008. Legally, he is now Shawn Knowles-Carter. A source told the Daily Star the couple wanted to keep "Knowles" because Beyonce's parents don't have any sons.

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The singer's legal name is now Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. Interestingly, their daughter's name is Blue Ivy Carter. She was born on January 7, 2012.

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What do you think of the trend of men taking their wife's last name? Would you ever consider it? What would your last name mashup be?

Share with us by leaving a comment below!

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