Meet Beckett Edward Packham!
Rita Rocks star and MADtv alum Nicole Sullivan is known for delivering laughs. But delivering her second son, Beckett Edward, on August 31st was a major reality check for the actress.
“I’m no spring chicken,” Nicole, who turned 39 in April, told Life & Style during an exclusive interview at her Los Angeles home. “I feel very lucky I got pregnant twice.”
Although she didn’t experience the same levels of nausea, sciatic nerve pain or insomnia that she did while pregnant with her eldest son, Dashel Pierce, now 2, Beckett’s arrival had its share of complications. Nicole had planned to give birth to the 8 lbs., 6 oz bundle of joy naturally, but the newborn was footling breech and had to be delivered by caesarean section.
With that successful surgery behind her, Nicole’s happily adjusting to being outnumbered by men, including her husband, actor and comedian Jason Packham, in her household. “It looks like it’s farts and basketball for the rest of my life,” she quips. “That’s the life I’ve been handed.”
Still, Nicole’s glad that rambunctious Dashel will have a partner to wrestle, play basketball and discuss LA Lakers stats with — in a few years, that is. Says Nicole, “I’ve had to explain to Dash a couple of times, ‘Even though you’re excited to see him, you can’t jump on the baby, you can’t leap on top of Beckett.’ Dash likes to hold him and kiss him. He thinks he’s really funny and just laughs at him.”
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Any chance of expanding the Sullivan-Packham comedy troupe even more? “We always talk about adopting,” Nicole admits. “If we were to have a third, it would be great to adopt a girl. I’m not doing three against one. If I got pregnant, with my luck I’d have another boy.”
For now, Nicole’s just excited to get back to work on the second season of Rita Rocks, her Lifetime series. Her mom plans to baby-sit Beckett so that Nicole can visit him between takes, while Jason and a nanny take care of Dash.
“My costar Tisha Campbell-Martin gave birth to a boy a week after me,” says Nicole. “We’re going to have two babies on the set. It’s going to be really fun.”
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