Hugh Jackman Offers No Advice To Nicole Kidman About Parenting
Hugh Jackman is keeping tight-lipped about parenting when it comes to Nicole Kidman. He's learned that the best thing to say is nothing when it comes to that subject and won't put his longtime friend through a sit down of friendly advice.
"I didn’t give any advice because anyone who’s actually had kids knows there’s nothing more annoying than all the advice you get on how to do it.
"You know you’re going to stuff it up in some way or other.
But that doesn't stop Hugh from remembering the best advice he's ever received.
Actually the best bit of advice was from the guy who delivered the baby, when my first son Oscar was born. He came in and the birth happened about two minutes later and as he was leaving he said, ‘Congratulations, don’t rock the baby.’
"Cut to two weeks later, the baby won’t sleep and we’re rocking it. That’s the only advice I give. Don’t rock the baby because you end up spending your life doing it. But I didn’t give that to Keith or Nicole."
It's almost impossible to NOT rock the baby! I couldn't imagine not being able to do that. Now, that's control!
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he's right, it's totally ANNOYING to receive lots of advice about your own son --'
she's already a mother? why do people think she needs advice?
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Thank you, Passerby. This always irks me, too. Everyone is making a fuss about her being a mother, but she already has 2 children. She knows the whole "rocking or not rocking" thing. Do adopted kids not count anymore?
thank you both for mentioning this! the media treat suri and sunday (is that how they spelled it? like the day?) like they are the only children that tom and nicole have and i think it's incredibly disrepectful to their other children.
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The doctor really said 'don't drop the baby.' Actually, they bounce really well, especially the boys. j/k.
I was quite young when my aunt and uncle came to visit the family. They had just arrived after how many hours on a plane from California to Wisconsin with a small child (use your imagination how that went). While discussing how they handled the problems, he recommended rocking the baby. "The bigger the rocks, the faster they sleep".
My whole family has a really great sense of humor, and even as a little kid I knew he was making a joke, but you should have seen the look on some people's faces!!!
Wow...how intelligent is that? Not offering unsolicited parenting advice is intelligent indeed! Makes him seem even sexier!
Can't imagine not rocking a crying, distressed baby. I rocked mine and they both learned to sleep, establish a routine, etc. They're adults now and totally well adjusted so the rocking certainly did no damage. Advice on baby care swings as regularly as a pendulum. Remember the controlled crying phase? I was talking to a young mum the other day and she said to me that now the recommendation is not to let them cry. I was told to let my first baby sleep on its back. Then due to SIDS statistics, this was no longer recommended by the time I had my second. I say follow your instincts. With the first, I read all the books and was so uptight about doing everything "correctly". With the second, I ditched the books and did what felt right. Even with having a baby and a toddler, I was a much more relaxed Mum as a result.
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