Carnie Wilson and daughter Lola in People

Carnie Wilson, 38, is featured along with husband Rob and daughter Lola Sofia, 12 months, in People magazine this week. Some baby related highlights:

-Carnie and Rob are currently in rehearsals for baby number two. They hope to be pregnant by August.

-However, Carnie will be featured on the next installment of Celebrity Fit Club, which begins on July 30th. Why is she doing this? Carnie says, "Was I a perfect gastric-bypass patient? Yes. Was I a perfect gastric-bypass pregnant woman? No. I made a decision to enjoy my pregnancy…So sue me! But I’ve learned a lesson: Next time I’ll watch the carbs!" All in all, Carnie gained 70 lbs to hit 241 lbs during her pregnancy, which was twice what her doctor recommended for her. "My fat cells have a memory like Einstein! I’m proof that surgery is not a magic potion. There are many ways to sabotage it."

-She was embarrassed when paparazzi documented her post-baby pounds: "[But at the end, I thought] ‘You had a healthy pregnancy, there’s nothing to be ashamed of.’" Still, "she felt the world was judging her," says sister Wendy.

-Husband Rob speaks highly of Carnie as a mom – except for one thing – "She dotes a little too much. But it’s cute. Carnie is great as a mom. Lola has brought so much joy to our lives."

Source: People

Thanks to CBB reader Mary for scans.

Comments

Hehe, she’s a little butterball. But that photo of Carnie and Wendy with Lola is adorable. ♥ Lola is adorable in the tutu outfit.

- FC on May 1st, 2006

I struggle with my weight, and during my pregnancy I had to be careful not to use it as an excuse to over eat…Carnie says she “made a decision to enjoy her pregnancy” but gaining 70lbs just seems dangerous, not fun!

- gargoylegurl on May 1st, 2006

Aw little Lola is an adorible chubbykins (just like Britney’s Sean P.) right now, which is fine.

However Carnie will have to keep an eye on her weight as well when she gets older, so that Lola doesn’t have to have the weight issues like Carnie dealt with in her teens & twenties.

- Autumn on May 2nd, 2006

Carnie looks great!!!! Lola is beautiful!!!

My DS was 10 pounds at birth and a chubby baby, he is now a tall and skinny kid at 15. I do not watch him like a hawk and never did. I let him eat til he is full. Just because a baby is chubby doesn’t mean they will have weight problems as a child or adult. I was always average growing up. After pregnancy, the weight was and still is very difficult to lose. So many things affect our weight. Genetics, metabolism, activity levels. Carnie should just introduce Lola to eating healthfully and staying active. Not watch her weight all the time. She will end up with an eating disorder. Lots of parents make the mistake of obssessing over their kids weight and their own to the point that little girls are on diets when they are 5. They have a distorted body image early on.

- tink1217 on May 2nd, 2006

I’m afraid her baby is going to grow up into a little girl with weight issues just like Carnie….kids do what the parents do, and if Carnie still has bad eating habits despite the GPS, that will be passed along to her daughter. She was clearly unhappy with her weight & unhealthy, hence the GPS, but why she would go down that road again is just baffling.

- Moonmoth on May 2nd, 2006

Lola is already 12 months so she should have lost some of her baby fat by now if she is crawling and walking. I don’t think a 1 year old should still be that chubby. I have a 9 month old and lots of friends with babies and they are NOT that chunky.

Anyways, she is cute and looks like her dad in the second pic.

- pinkorangered on May 2nd, 2006

I absolutely love Carnie!! I wish her and her [beautiful!] family all the best =D I always thought she would be a brilliant mom and it sounds like she is! She seems like such a warm and sweet woman… I have a huge amount of love and respect for her. =)

All the best, Carnie – and your daughter is gorgeous!! <3 =)

- Erin on May 2nd, 2006

Pinkorangered, my daughter did not start walking until 14 months and is just starting to slim down (she is 17 months). I have a friend whose baby is almost 1 and exclusively breastfed, and he is sooo chunky. It really does not mean they are overfeeding the child.

- rachel on May 2nd, 2006

There is no way any of us can tell just by looking at that child that she is not healthy or overweight. And to try and do so is just rude. It’s an innocent baby. Some babies are chubby. Not all babies slim down at the same time.

I think she is a beautiful little girl, and I feel bad for her that the public is going to just automatically expect her to be fat just because of who her mother is.

- iternity26 on May 2nd, 2006

And I also think Carnie looks fabulous.

- iternity26 on May 2nd, 2006

And this is why girls grow up to be so self conscious and embarassed about their weight. Good Lord, people. She is a baby…babies are chunky! My SIL was so paranoid about her daughter being a fat baby…that she would feed her low fat peanut butter, low fat milk, reduced fat cheese…etc. her daughter was SO thin as a baby. Her daughter, who is almost 10, is so worried about being fat that she diets all the time. She talks badly about overweight people. It is so sad. Carnie has overcome alot, and I think she looks great a year after having a baby. Her daughter looks happy, healthy, and loved. And so adorable!

By the way, pinkorangered, lots of kids don’t lose their baby fat by a year. My three year old boy is 50th percentile for weight and still has a lot of baby fat. Do you have kids?

- Corriev on May 2nd, 2006

Lola is a cute little chunk – just look at those squishy baby legs! But, IMHO, I think she’s the spitting image of her father and doesn’t really look like Carnie at all. Maybe Wendy is just seeing something I’m not seeing and as babies get older, you can see their features emerging better. But, I think she looks like Rob right now.

- GrietjeV on May 2nd, 2006

Corriev, As I stated in my post that you responding to—YES, I have a 9 month old child. He has already lost his baby fat because he is so active and I was very thin as a baby. I do believe some of it is genetics.

- pinkorangered on May 2nd, 2006

As someone who struggles with weight, my doctor has flat out told me that weight issues are a combination of habits and genetics. So in my opinion, pinkorangered & Corriev are both correct.

I read the entire article that this comes from and in it, Carnie says she doesn’t want her daughter to struggle with her weight like she has. She said she was going to be very careful about teaching Lola healthy habits and attitudes about weight. She also said she hasn’t introduced refined sugar to Lola’s diet yet. So with that being said, I think Carnie is doing all that she can do. Beyond that, it may come down to Lola’s genetics?

Personally, when I read the article, I was more concerned with Carnie and her 70lb weight gain during her pregnancy. But again, like Carnie said, she has learned her lesson and next time she is pregnant again she will be more careful.

- gargoylegurl on May 2nd, 2006

How is it correct to say that she “should have lost some of her baby fat by now” and “I don’t think a 1 yr old should be that chubby”? No two babies are alike and unless pinkorangered is Lola’s pediatrician, she has no room to say that. You may not realize it, but that is offensive. Good for you that your baby is skinny already. Feel blessed that you obviously have good genetics and have passed them onto your son. But that doesn’t make it okay for you to judge others and their children.

- iternity26 on May 2nd, 2006

Iternity26, no need to be so hostile. This is obviously a touchy subject for you. I was simply expressing my opinion by saying “I don’t think” and “I believe” which, as an American citizen, I am entitled to do. Isn’t that what people are continually doing on this blog– commenting on other’s children?? How can you say “But that doesn’t make it okay for you to judge others and their children”, when you are doing just that?

- pinkorangered on May 3rd, 2006

Oh please….

Just for the record I was well over 300 pounds when I had all of my children. I actually loose weight while pregnant.I still am overweight. I was SO SO SO scared that my children would be heavy that that I would actully lose sleep over it. I would purposly right out everything they ate and have the ped look at it.

At a year My oldest who was born at 7 pounds was a whopping 15 pounds. I was accused of starving her by a mom on a message board. I wondered if it was true because maybe I had a deep seeded issue to keep my kids from being fat. Well the ped assured me that she was taking in the right amount of calories and she would be fine. At 2 she weighed 20 pounds at 3 she was 24 pounds. At 4 she FINALLY began to grow. On her 4th birthday she weighed 28 pounds and on her 5th birthday she was 40!!!!! A mark I never thought we would see.

On the flip side my 2nd child who is only 18 month younger than my first was also born at 7 pounds even. At a year she was 25 pounds she outweiged her older sister. They shared diapers and clothes. I worried that I was overcompensating and thought I had a deep seeded reason for making her fat. The doctor once again assured me that everything was ok and that all babies are different. Well by 2 years old she was DOWN to 22 pounds and by 3 she was only at 24 pounds…she is 3 and a half and only 26 pounds right now. She is also under medical treatment for SID and her refusal to swallow food. We have to take her to occupational therapy twice a week because of it.

I know this is long winded but BOTH of my children were just kids and we weren’t doing anything wrong. I’m sick of society telling everyone what a child should weigh or should look like. Maybe people don’t think they do, but the comments on here are testements to how people feel about chubby kids…believe me I have heard more of my share comments regaurding my weight and I want to spare my children everything I can. But somethings, we have no control over.

- krewcat on May 3rd, 2006

Where have I judged anyone? I just started commenting on this blog yesterday. All I’m asking you to do is be a little more sensitive. She’s 12 months old, for crying out loud! You’re entitled to your opinion, but why on earth would you want to voice that you think a BABY needs to lose weight? Would you say that to Carnie’s face if you met her on the street? I highly doubt it.

- iternity26 on May 3rd, 2006

Personally I think Lola’s fine the way she is right now. She’s really cute, just like Britney’s son Sean.

When I mentioned cautiousness about possible future weight issues, I was think 10, 15+ years from now. More along the lines of TLC’s show “Honey We’re Killing The Kids” where they film families with overweight or undernourished kids who are seen chowing down on bags of Doritos while playing video games all of the time. (Then they even “predict” what the kids will “look like when they’re 40,” which is really crazy.) Most often the kids’ parents (or even grandparents) are a bit overweight, so it’s obvious how those kids ended up the way they are.

Somehow I doubt Carnie will let her family get like that, but still people can only do so much to possibly combat genetics.

- Autumn on May 3rd, 2006

Iternity26, when did I ever voice that a “BABY needs to lose weight”?? You need to read more carefully. All I said was that I didn’t think she should be that chubby at her age. Which means–she seems to have inherited some of Carnie’s genes.

Research on obesity has found that “Overweight mothers are more likely to have overweight babies who become overweight children.” I’m sure she’s in the 99th or so percentile for weight. She is obviously not very mobile yet. They are holding her up in both pictures so she probably can’t stand on her own.

I don’t have anything against overweight people and their children. I just think Carnie & Rob have to be extremely vigilant with Lolas eating habits, i.e. eating healthfully NOT starving her, because she has inherited Carnie’s genes.

If you get this heated from people voicing their opinions, maybe you should just stick to commenting on the posts and not other’s comments.

- pinkorangered on May 4th, 2006

Yes the baby is pudgy….her little legs are big. However as many have said SHE IS A BABY. My daughter is 2 1/2 yrs old and only 24lbs. When she got sick earlier this yr it was serious because she was so tiny. My daughter is very active and has her dad’s metabolism. I would much rather have her weigh a bit more.

Stats show that obesity….especial morbid obesity has genetic links. For that reason Carnie needs to be worried. I am sure she is aware of that. I am sure she worries about her child inhereting her wt issues. Healthy eating, an active lifestyle should be encouraged and hopefully if the little one has a wt issue later in life it will be manageable without resorting to surgery.

As for Carnie’s wt gain. I am sure it just crept up on her. Wt gain can be so sneaky lol. I am more worried about her mental health. Food addiction, replaced by booze addiction…..to gain 70lbs during a pregnancy you have to consume a heck of a lot of food. Maybe she will go back under the knife and have the surgeons tighten up her bypass.

I am surprised she is considering another prgnancy without having lost a fair chunk of the weight she gained.

But give her credit she lost a lot of wt and looks beautiful. I am sure 200lbs is a lot healthier than 300lbs.

- northern on November 11th, 2006