Introducing Silvan and Ella Valensi
Brit star Amanda de Cadenet and her rocker hubby Nick Valensi of the Strokes welcomed their fraternal twins on October 19th. They joined big sister Atlanta Noo, 14. Now almost 3 months old, daughter Ella and son Silvan are introduced in Hello! Magazine in a photoshoot with mom. Some interview highlights:
On the birth: "I had a difficult pregnancy, and the babies came 5 weeks early. But I was only in active labor for 3 1/2 hours, and the twins were born within 5 minutes of each other, with minimal pain relief. My amazing doctor delivered the babies naturally, even though Silvan was breech, presenting feet first."
Nick as a dad: "Nick had never held a baby in his life before being handed his own two. He’s the most involved father I’ve ever met! I couldn’t manage without him. He’s such a support. While I breastfeed one baby, he bottlefeeds the other with milk I’ve pumped earlier. When I’m really tired, he’ll also do a night feed. He wants his babies to be well-fed and strong. Sounds like a good husband, right?"
The big challenge: Finding a nanny! "I’ve interviewed 30. It’s harder to find a nanny than a husband!"
Amanda loves to dress her kids up: "I’m incredibly fussy about what babies wear!"
The twins gravitate towards each other: "These babies are just so sweet…they have their crib, but most of the time, they share our big bed. And they somehow scoot around to sleep with their heads touching."
Source: Hello!
Thanks to CBB reader Lulu for the tip and Carole for the scans.
Click Read More to see additional scans of each twin individually.
Silvan:
Ella:
- Posted on Jan 11, 07 at 3:00PM
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January 11th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
They are beautiful!!!! Cute..
January 11th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
god, i thought that was claudia schiffer LOL
January 11th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
awe, they’re so cute!!
January 11th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Ella & Silvan are both so cute! Adorable babies
January 11th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Adorable pictures!
January 11th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Amanda looks beautiful and the twins are just precious! I actually like the names, too!
January 11th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Pardon me for asking, but is Silvan a boy or girl?
January 11th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
He’s a boy. I’ll add son/daughter to the post to make it more clear.
January 11th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
I thought that was Claudia Schiffer too :>
Those are very cute litle babies and I can totally picture them sleeping all cuddled up.
January 12th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Hard to tell with Silvan, but that little girls looks like a very good combination of her parents. They’re very cute babies.
January 12th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Cuties! Thanks!
January 24th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
They’re SO cute!!!
Ella have Nick’s eyes!!!
June 4th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
genteee
sao os filhos do meu kerido nick valensiii
as crianças sao a cara deleee
parabens amanda…parabens nick!!
as crianças sao lindas
estou muito orgulhosa de vc nick!