Soonwelcoming her fifth child— andsecond daughter—Hilaria Baldwinhas plenty of stories about motherhood, and enough experience to know all of the ups and downs.
TheMom Brainpodcast co-host, 35, who is partnering withJanie and Jackfor the brand’s newdog and family holiday collection, recently spoke with PEOPLE in an exclusive chat about her parenting style, her pregnancy and raising children with husbandAlec Baldwin.
Although she’s now a veteran mom, with the birth of her first child, daughterCarmen Gabriela, six years ago, Hilaria was anxious about becoming a mother.
“When I met Alec, he was very focused that he wanted kids. I was 27 — I knew I wanted kids but it wasn’t something I was thinking about right then,” she says. “I was like, ‘Am I going to like this?’ And I remember as soon as they put her on my chest after I pushed her out, I felt like, ‘I need to do this again.’ And we did.”
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“Ivisited the Janie and Jack store andit was adorable and the boy clothes were unreal,” the fitness instructor adds. “That’s really when I fell in love with the brand.”
Hilaria, who has dogs Dama and Gitana, was sure to include them in the photo shoot for the new collection, which raises funds for theASPCAthrough a social-media campaign. For every family photo posted with a dog and the hashtag #JJdogsweepstakes, Janie and Jack will donate $1.
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With four kids and two dogs (she and Alec, 61, also share sonsRomeo Alejandro David, 16 months, andLeonardo Ángel Charles, 3), Hilaria admits that things at home can get a bit chaotic, but she embraces it all and uses her sense of humor to face every day. The most challenging part of motherhood for her, though, is staying patient and calm.
“Trust me, my kids fight, they take toys, they name call, they do all of the things that normal kids do,” she says. “Whatyour kid is doing, even if it’s upsetting— hitting, name-calling, excluding — that’s normal. We did it when we were young, and so our job is to be patient, to be kind, to be loving, to be firm and to teach right from wrong.”
And the best part of motherhood? “You get to create pure love,” she tells PEOPLE. “It’s amazing when you are a mother of many; you see how many different people can come out of you. It reallygives you an appreciation for lifeas a whole and how we are so unique.”
Janie and Jack’s dog and family holiday collection, retailing from $20 to $165, is available now onjanieandjack.com.
source: people.com
