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Bridie says that Otis is just adorable and that going back to work, while breastfeeding, was one of the hardest things she has ever done.

He’s delicious, edible, my heart explodes with love! After he was born, I said I didn’t realize how much love you could feel for your child, but it gets better and better. He’s at such a wonderful age now. It makes it hard to go to work, but he comes with me to every job. He was only five weeks old when I went back to McLeod’s. I look back with horror. I was working 60-hour weeks and breast-feeding.

When asked about having more children, this is definitely something that Bridie and Michael have considered. Though, not initially.

That’s the question everyone asks as soon as you have one child! I didn’t think I wanted another baby at first, but my dear cousin Jess told me something would happen once Otis turned two, and it has. We would love him to have a sibling. I think he would be a great brother. Not yet, but I’m open to the idea. That’s the plan.

Source: Woman’s Day, September 24th, 2007. p. 44-6.

Originally posted August 19th: Good Weekend reporter, Jane Cadzow, describes Bindi Irwin, 9, as the ‘image of her father,’ the late Steve ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ Irwin. Bindi, provided a rare and intimate look into her life when she spoke to GW about life without her father, her family and Australia Zoo. When asked if the feeling of attention is overwhelming, Bindi answers not at all and that she ‘loves it.’ A natural in front of the camera and with an amazing personality, Bindi Irwin, is sure to be as successful and wonderful as her late father.

When asked about her family (mom, Terri, 43, and brother, Robert ‘Baby Bob’, 3 1/2), Bindi smiles and professes that she is extremely lucky.

I have the greatest, most perfect family! My mom is the greatest thing that ever happened to me! Same as my dad and my brother. I love them all very much!

At her father’s memorial service, Bindi got up and graced the crowd with an amazing tribute to her father that she wrote herself. Some doubted her acceptance of her father’s passing, when she strongly stood there and didn’t shed a tear as her mother sobbed in the audience. Then a month later, Bindi continued to acknowledge her father’s wonderful contribution to Australia, by presenting for him at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

It’s kind of sad that he couldn’t be here, but it’s nice that I could do it.

Source: Good Weekend Magazine, Aug 18th, 2007. p. 24-30.

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The Irwin’s manager and long time friend of Steve’s, John Stainton says that Bindi is mature for her age and controls her temper.

Most times, kids can be annoying. Tantrums. But she is so even tempered. She doesn’t even get upset.

Bindi says that the loss of her father, whom she claims was her best friend, has only bought her all that much closer to her mother.

Sometimes, when you lose somebody, you get closer to somebody else. Like, I was really close to my dad, and now that he’s passed away, I’m really close to my mom. We’re best friends now. She’s the greatest, funniest…She’s perfect! (Terri is standing by and jokes "I keep telling her that! It’s sinkin’ in.")

Bindi attended preschool for one year and after realizing she wasn’t happy, Terri and Steve hired a tutor and since then Bindi has been home schooled by ‘Miss Emma.’ This doesn’t mean that Bindi has no friends.

She spent a year of not being happy, [so we got a tutor]. With 28 kids in a a class, you don’t learn much. I wouldn’t say Bindi has lots of friends. She has several friends. [She also] appreciates the company of adults.

Bindi says that she knows she is privileged to wake up in such an amazing place every morning — the family spends most of their time living in a modest brick bungalow on the zoo’s grounds.

It’s amazing to wake up and you’ve got muffled sounds of, like, elephants trumpeting and crocodiles snapping and tigers growling. I just love this life so much! I couldn’t stand it if I was in an apartment with a goldfish!

Bindi seems all the more mature than her just nine years when she comes out with ‘your mind can be your worst enemy or your best friend.’ Her explanation;

You can be all sad and never be happy. Like ‘my life is terrible.’ Or you could say, like, ‘oh, my life is great! Look how many things I have! I have the best mom, the greatest brother, I know my dad is still with us, I have a filming career that’s absolutely perfect and I can teach people about wildlife.’ You’ve got to look on the bright side!

Terri says that Bindi has always been a natural with people and an audience and performs at impromptu times.

We’ll be at a playground and she’ll start performing. Parents of children at the playground will gather around and she’ll just perform for them. Here we are in Hyde Park with Bindi performing for passers-by.

Getting Bindi to relax and not run around like a mad girl is the hardest part, says Terri,

We’ve got a real long kitchen, and she’ll be cartwheeling and dancing and I’m afraid she’s going to hit her head or something. I’ll go ‘Will you stop it!’

The article recounts Bindi’s appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, following her father’s death. Bindi said;

I want to try and be him! I feel like I am him! All over!

Terri also adds that Bindi has always had a special connection with animals.

Her intuition is incredible. She will often worry about an animal before Steve [previously] or even I discovered it was sick or injured. This uncanny connection reminds me of the abilities Steve had with wildlife, a strange sixth sense that we refer to as ‘the force’.

Bindi’s recent meeting with the Dalai Lama was also a topic they talked about. Bindi seems to be one of those amazing people who is able to create such distinct relationships and connections with people. With the Dalai Lama,

She wold talk to him about wildlife. She wasn’t uncomfortable or awkward. She was very casual, as if she was meeting an old friend.

Bindi says that the main thing that she wants to do is carry on the work for Australia Zoo and continually promote her father’s work. He is obviously a huge inspiration for her and many other Australians.

When I’m out there singing about animals. I just feel like, ‘This is where I’m going to be! This is me! It’s really, really nice!’

The article refers to two events — here are videos of them both — the first is the memorial service and the second, Steve’s loss of a crocodile named, Mary.

Photo by Pacific Coast News.

Source: OK!, August 27 issue, pg 23

Kingston wears Ugg chestnut boo booties ($50).

I’ve had inspirational things happen to me over the past few month, and I’ve always wanted to go there. I also left the decision up to Taylor, saying: "Do you want to go to Africa or India?" She said: "India." She’s interested in the culture and she is very artistic, plus she likes curry! It will be great fun.

Source: New Idea, July 28, 2007. p. 26.

Bec is awesome. She does everything, and spends so much time with Mia when we’re on tour and I’m busy on the courts. She’s the best.

Source: Woman’s Day. June 25th, 2007. p. 4-6

Thanks to CBB reader Kimberley.

Lisa talks about her relationship with Remy and how it is different than having a boy.

She’s like my little shadow. She just goes everywhere I go, she loves being with me. Archer’s energy is just amazing. These boys need to be out of the house by 9am and running in the backyard, or collecting shells on the beach down the road, where we go a lot. But Remy will sit down and play in the kitchen, and do things quietly on her own. We will have to lock her up when she starts wanting to go out with her big brothers’ friends.

Lisa also talks about her husband, Tim Disney as a father.

Tim’s such a great dad. It’s kind of like living in wonderland with Tim, even for me. There’s always some crazy activity going on. He’s really fun.

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Like many other celebrity parents, Lisa and Tim try to organizetheir work so that one of them is always at home for their children.

Timand I try to alternate work, but we got caught with Sea Patrol. Mumcame to Mission Beach to help out with the kids. As far as industriesgo where you can have children and work, we’re probably doing quitewell, but there are times in the future when I’m sure it will bedifficult and I will have to say no. I could never do a Heelersschedule again with a family, but we want to take the kids wherever wework. They get a lot out of it and the experience, at this age, isfantastic. They’re happier being with us. It’s probably an education initself. However, I’m sure the time will come when, socially, they won’twant to. But for now, it’s exciting and they have a ball. InQueensland, they played with coconuts and sticks on the beach for sevenweeks and loved it.

Lisa does however mention that they are pretty normal and her life is as hectic as any other mother’s.

Thescreaming that goes on around five o’clock here – it’s usually from me.It does get pretty noisy. Mum bought me a book the other day, called BeCalm (check out some similar titles here). My parenting self-help section takes up nearly the whole bookshelf.

Source: Australian Women’s Weekly. June issue. p. 76-80.

Hugh Jackman

Hugh and wife, Deborra-Lee Furness credit Supernanny for helping their daughter sleep.

I can tell you something I got from the Supernanny [Jo Frost]. She is so good. The sleeping thing, when you have a kid who is about nine months, put them in a cot, sit next to the cot and don’t look at the child. Don’t say a thing and, every two minutes, move away to the door. Within three nights my daughter was sleeping. Supernanny – click on her, that chick is unbelievable.

No matter what his kids do, they never embarrass him.

I’ve had my children crap on floors and on me. I never get embarrassed, I kind of love it.

Source: Foxtel Magazine, June issue

Hugh Jackman

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