Minnie Driver on More Kids: ‘Hell Yeah!’
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If Minnie Driver gets her way, son Henry Story, 13 months, won’t be an only child for long. “Hell yeah,” the 39-year-old actress tells OK! “I want more. I gotta work this year, and then I really want to have more kids.”
Her enthusiasm hasn’t been dampened by the “hardcore” first year of life with baby. “Making these really important choices on extraordinarily little amounts of sleep is the most challenging part,” Minnie explains.
“Protecting your newborn baby, being able to feed them, being able to feed yourself, being able to keep the clothes clean, being able to keep the place clean … it’s really challenging when you’re sleeping for maybe two-hour increments and then waking up and breastfeeding. Well, I was.”
Adding that “the first year is not for the faint of heart, but it’s amazing,” Minnie says that motherhood has taught her to be “incredibly present” because “these babies change on an hour-to-hour basis.” Case in point? Henry’s own growing list of milestones to date — a list which now includes walking, talking, and snuggling with dog Bubba! Calling her son “a little piece of heaven,” Minnie shares,
“Mama was his first word, Dada, then ‘tar’ — which is guitar, and Bubba, which is the dog. And now he blows kisses at the ladies in the supermarket. He’s a big flirt. Big blue eyes, big white blond head of hair. He’s very handsome.”
Minnie’s new film Motherhood is in theaters now.
Source: OK!
– Missy
- Posted on Oct 26, 09 at 1:00PM
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October 26th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I hope she means that she wants to settle down and find a suitable parter to have more kids with…
October 26th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Wow Lis….wow.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Lis, you have no place to judge. A lot of people choose to be single parents and it works for them. It works for her and me and a lot of other people. No one has any place to judge what people choose to do with their own lives.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I was under the impression that she just wasn’t public about who the father was not necessarily that he wasn’t a part of their lives. I’m assuming if Henry is saying Dada he is present in his life and possibly Minnie’s. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t remember her ever saying she wasn’t with his father or that the father was not a part of their lives? Maybe she isn’t married or even living with him but if it works for them who cares? She seems to be a great parent. Just because it is not a traditonal family does not make her less of a mother then someone who is married.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Who says her partner isn’t suitable? Maybe he isn’t in the industry & doesn’t want to be all over the press. She must be more than comfortable with it considering she’s had a baby with him & wants more children, I can only assume with the same man. Just because he’s not in front of a camera for pictures doesn’t mean he’s not suitable.
That said, that little boy is adorable. She seems like a great mother.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
As a married woman who planned her child, I must say, a woman’s partner (or lack-of) DOES NOT make her a good or bad mother. Mothering is an entirely separate act from being involved romantically with another adult. You don’t need to “settle down” with “a suitable partner” in order to have children. My husband is the product of a single mother, and he is the most well-rounded man I know. I don’t think Henry is suffering at all because Minnie isn’t married, nor do I think any future children would suffer from it, if she chooses to remain single.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
That’s right, Lis! Minnie better settle down right now! With someone suitable! You CRACK me up.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I’m pretty sure Minnie said she was no longer with Henry’s father, as in them being a couple.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Nice points, Michelle, until you judged Lis for expressing herself. So we can’t judge people for what they do, just what they say. I mean, can’t you just say you don’t agree with Lis without telling her she doesn’t have a right to think or express herself in a way that you find wrong?
I’m a single mom and plan to stay that way. I don’t think my lifestyle is ideal but it works for me personally. I also think people who live together, have children and act like married people but who don’t get married are silly. These are my opinions. I don’t begrudge people for believing otherwise. Why can’t you just be open minded and let Lis and others express themselves without you trying to thought police them?
October 26th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Preach it, Basil
I was under the assumption that Minnie used a sperm donor for Henry? Maybe it was a situation where she has a close friend that they didn’t want a romantic relationship but wanted to have a child?
October 26th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
^ I don’t think that’s the case. If I remember right they were in a relationship, the pregnancy was an accident and the relationship didn’t work out, but he is involved as a father. I’m sure there are quotes if you search the site, I know Minnie has talked about it.
Anyway there is no doubt that Henry is loved so I don’t see the issue. His dad is involved, just not in the public eye, which I respect.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I agree wholeheartedly with Basil, couldn’t have put it better myself. As long as no one is being hateful, then people should be allowed to state their opinions without others attacking them for it. Disagreeing is one thing, but a lot of you are doing the very judging that you’re accusing Lis of.
Honestly, reading this site has become tiresome. It’s just comment after comment saying “YOUR OPINION IS WRONG!”
October 26th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
If Henry is saying “Dada” then surely there must be a father present. I’m just confused about this!
October 26th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
When she was on “The View” she did say that henry’s father was involved in raising henry but just her and the father were no longer a couple. so that is why he says Dada. On another site, there was a recent picture of minnie kissing and hugging a guy, so she is in a relationship. maybe they want kids
October 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
also, my girlfriend who is 35 was talking to her OBGYN about having kids and he said once you hit 40 it is unlikley in conceiving kids without help or at all…so with minnie being 39 it should be interesting if she has more since she says she won’t have any until next year cuz she is working this year
October 27th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Good for her wanting more kids. Who gives a rat’s behind if she is with the father or not. If the woman wants to have 10 babies and raise them without a man in her life, she has the means so why not!!!???
I applaud her ability to keep her private relationship with Henry’s father out of the press, sometimes these celebrities are involved with regular people who do not wish to be in the spotlight and can one blame them?
While it is their partner’s job to be every present in the glare of a flashbulb, they signed on to be with the person not caught up in the craziness of it.
Go forth and have babies girl and do your thing
October 27th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Laura, while it becomes more difficult to get pregnant after 40, it still happens a LOT. I got pregnant at 43 with no help. I am once again pregnant with absolutely no help and I will be 45 when I deliver. My mother was 47 with her last.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I always tell my family that if I don’t find a suitable man for myself by age 35 I will go ahead and have a child on my own. I don’t want to do it alone but I know I can. I just can’t picture not being a mother. And sometimes you don’t always find that right person to settle down with. So do I jip myself out of having something I want because I haven’t found the suitable hubby? nope! OF course I won’t be selfish about my decisions. I will make sure I am 100% ready to do it on my own if need be. There are plenty of men in my life to give my child a father figure.
If Minnie chose this as an option for herself (as many women have done) then kudos to her! I don’t hear any gripe about people who go off and adopt without having a suitable husband (i.e Sheryl Crow, Mary Louise Parker)…and whose stopping them from having more kids unmarried??
October 28th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Deb-
I am thinking that you are more the exception than the norm. Plus,I am just qouting what my girlfriends OB told her because she is getting nervous that at 35 she has no kids and no husband but is still hoping to have kids.