Unlike other celebrities, Celine Dion doesn’t have a nanny and it even sounds like she doesn’t have a maid or cook. (Although I would doubt that based solely on the size of her home, which includes a water park basically. Photos are below.) She told French Magazine Gala [via People] that she’s doing all the feeding and diaper changing for her two and a half month-old newborn boys, Nelson and Eddy. Celine relies on her sister and mom for help with the cooking and housework.
Ten weeks after delivering twin boys, Céline Dion says she’s ‘coping day by day’ with sons Nelson and Eddy.
In an interview with French magazine GALA, the singer, 42, explains that she’s thankful for the help she receives from her mother Thérèse and sister Linda, as their presence means she doesn’t have to worry about “house work, cooking or doing the shopping.”
“I didn’t have these children to not take care of them, to give myself to them 200 – 300 percent,” she explains.
“I am changing diapers and breastfeeding and that’s something where no one can take my place. It’s tiring but an intense joy.”
“I take things day by day,” Dion adds. “That’s the secret to me. In any case, breastfeeding is more difficult if you are stressed. Sometimes I find myself in comical situations I don’t know how to get myself out of. For example, when both are feeding and one has gas while the other is burping, I don’t know which position to adopt!”
After delivering the boys on Oct. 23, Dion says she experienced loss of appetite and a change in mood, which others noticed. “Some of the first days after I came home, I was a little outside myself,” the singer notes. “I had no appetite and that bothered me. My mother remarked that she noticed I had moments of lifelessness, but reassured me that this was entirely normal.”
She also experience mood swings, telling the magazine, “One moment, tremendous happiness; the next, fatigue sets in, and I cried for no reason, and then that took care of itself. It’s for things like that after having a baby that mothers really need emotional support.”
Though she will begin lightly rehearsing later this month for her Las Vegas return in March, Dion isn’t putting too much pressure on herself.
“In reality, I’ve had almost no time getting a shower and feeding myself. My preoccupation has been eating sensibly,” she shares. “My only worry has been to be able to open and close [my tops] quickly for breastfeeding. It’s been out of the question to even wear a blouse!”
[From People]
I felt the same way when my son was born, with mood swings and extreme exhaustion. You don’t have time to eat, take a shower or even go to the bathroom sometimes. I love that Celine is caring for her twins on her own, but I’ll be honest – if I was in her position I would hire some help. You can still be there for you twins, nurse and care for them and get outside help. Maybe she only trusts her family though and wants them around at this special time. It’s probably going to be hard for her to return to Vegas in March, but unlike most working moms she’ll get to have her babies right there with her. It’s so nice to see Celine’s dreams come true after all she’s gone through the past few years.
Header image is Celine’s Christmas card, from Entertainment Tonight via HuffPo. Photos below are from WENN.com from June of last year
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