Sara McGinnis
posted in CelebritiesForget trying to get the details on if baby is eating well and sleeping through the night, Christina Aguilera has something else on her mind when she gets a chance to talk to a brand new mom.
The mother of two recently opened up to Women's Health about looking out for herself (as well as women far and wide) by explaining, "Having children is the ultimate joy, and I love my kids, but women have to find time to nurture themselves. If someone has a baby, the first thing I'm like is, 'OK, are you taking care of you?'"
"Mothers are constantly expected to be the nurturers, the givers, the providers of a comfortable home. We're expected to be pregnant, have the kids, breastfeed once we have the babies. And we're expected to look amazing after baby, right?" the singer went on to vent to the magazine about myriad of pressures moms are facing. "Keep our husbands and boyfriends interested—because we're supposed to get back to sexy and keep things exciting in the bedroom. There's such a long list."
With that in mind, you can bet Christina Aguilera has more to say to anyone with a newborn in their arms.
"I would say to any woman: 'Don't be too hard on yourself!' If you're not feeling confident on a certain day, you have to let that go, and own, 'Yeah, I'm not feeling confident today,' and you move on and try to enjoy the best you can. "I'm not into deprivation; I'm not into suffering into getting a great body or the body that you want," the mother of Max and Summer went on to share. "I'm into enjoying life, being conscious and aware, but also breathing into yourself and owning what you got."
But be sure not to take Xtina's wariness of trying to do to much to mean she isn't a fan of being a mom. Describing her 1-year-old daughter as "the joy of my life," she's so in love with her little one she even briefly reconsidered her baby name pick.
She added, "I swear if I hadn't called her Summer I would've called her Joy because she just lights up a room and she illuminates brightness and happiness."
Isn't that sweet? (Although, as the mother of one very "spirited" child, I'm not sure we should all rename our children based on their moods...)
I was quite pleased to read about how Christina puts top priority on new moms, because the more years I spend being a mom the more I get a sense of just how big of a life transition it is.
When my first son was born I knew lots of people having babies, and in my head I downplayed how much we were going through. There's a chance I subconsciously did that so as not to freak myself out, but now that I'm close to a decade away from pregnancy I feel like I can more clearly see the gravity of it all. Like Christina, I want to encourage moms to have no shame in asking for and receiving help, as well as taking their time to "bounce back" (whatever that even means). Having a baby is a big deal, let's treat it as such by setting realistic expectations and taking it easy on ourselves!
Photos: PR Photos
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