Sheryl Crow Dishes on Wyatt's Terrible Twos
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In her pre-mom life, when she envisioned what her family would one day look like, Sheryl Crow imagined the same things many women do. “I always saw myself with the traditional husband and the kids and the dog,” she says in the May issue of WebMD magazine, but letting go of that imagery freed her up to make her dreams of motherhood a reality. “I’ve had maternal instincts since I was really young,” she explains. “The best thing I could do was to open that door.” Waiting on the other side, of course, was Sheryl’s now 2-year-old son Wyatt Steven.
“I met with a few different moms, and [adoption arrangements] all fell apart for one reason or another … but then Wyatt came through!”
With the process now behind her, Sheryl offers insight on how she came to be Wyatt’s mom. “It was sort of like a recipe: Follow the directions carefully and you’ll get the right outcome,” she notes. “I went through the proper channels and did it just like everybody else.” And although Wyatt’s adoption was closed, Sheryl has “a physical description and the medical history” of his birth parents, which will become crucial should Wyatt develop any ongoing, inherited medical issues. Fortunately, his only issue at the moment is battling through the terrible twos! “[He is] testing his boundaries and throwing mock tantrums,” Sheryl reveals.
“I find it so difficult not to laugh when he does this. I do everything I can to show him I’m taking it seriously because he is so dramatic.”
Wyatt is – for the most part – a “good-natured little boy,” however, and Sheryl adds that her son is “very social and confident.”
Click below to read about Sheryl’s parenting philosophy.
When Wyatt is being challenging, Sheryl employs a laid-back approach to parenting, describing her philosophy as: “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” To that end, the 47-year-old songstress views her age as an asset, not a liability.
“Being an older mom works to my advantage, because I’m easier-going now. I’m less critical of myself, more serene…so if Wyatt wants to play in the dirt, I’m all for it. I don’t get worked up, say, about some mess he makes.”
Sheryl goes on to credit Wyatt with reigniting her passion for music. “So much is going on in the world, and he created a new sense of urgency in me to give voice to my concerns,” she explains. In fact, Wyatt’s influence on Sheryl has been all-encompassing. She adds,
“Wyatt is the first thing I think about in the morning and the last thing at night. I never knew my heart could be so expansive, could feel such love and joy. Becoming a mother changed how I look at the world.”
Source: WebMD
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