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Maggie Gyllenhaal knows a thing or two about parenting after being mom to daughter Ramona for two years. But she’d never want to give advice to other moms, instead encouraging other to find their own path.
“I do think you just have to figure it out for yourself and go with your instincts,” says Maggie.
For her that meant discovering the sound of her daughter’s cries were nearly too much to bear!
“I’m not a leave-them-in-their-crib-to-cry kind of girl. Fundamentally, I didn’t find that worked. Everyone’s got their own thing, you know? You can’t tell another person when it’s right to stop breastfeeding or how to put your kid to sleep.”
Maggie and her fiancé Peter Sarsgaard also believe in equal parenting, so while one parents watches the little one the other has time to relax!
Peter packs up his daughter and accompanies her to “this little class she takes in the morning,” making sure that Maggie takes some time for herself! “He said, ‘No, you don’t come – this is when I’ll relieve you,’” says Maggie.
The plan sounds good in theory, but falls down when Ramona just wants to be with her mama.
“In our case, maybe it’s because I have a daughter, the mom is the mom. There is something about that. But we try. When we’re together – if we’ve been away from her a lot – she just wants to be with me. That’s kinda how she is at the moment.”
Image source: Bauer-Griffin
