Naomi Watts Recommends Motherhood

Naomi Watts is taking to motherhood like an old pro and she highly recommends the experience. She recently talked with USA Today about her experience with 6-week-old Alexander Pete, who is called Sasha by his doting parents.

"Hey, little fusspot," Watts says to the infant as she readied herself for the interview. "He's having such a rough day today. He hasn't had a long sleep. He keeps me happy, even when he's fussy."

Watts is quickly losing the pregnancy weight and so far she hasn't had to diet. She credits the weight loss to breast-feeding.

"In fact, I have been eating just as much as I was when I was pregnant because in order to produce breast milk, you have to keep the carbohydrates going," she says. "I'm tired. Last night was tough. He's having a growth spurt and seems to be eating every hour and a half."

But don't confuse her comments with complaining, Watts is delighted in her latest role and wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now.

"It's so funny. Six weeks after birth and right now, it feels quite strange to be at a press junket and hard to get excited about anything else," says Watts. "I'm thinking about when's the next feeding, when can I catch up on sleep, when do I pump, when do I file his nails so he doesn't scratch himself. That's my life right now, and I love it. It's consuming me in the best possible way. But I know I'll want to get back into my work, because I love it, and it excites me."

The one thing that Watts would like to change -- she would like to have more privacy and avoid the paparazzi altogether. For now the family is stying in a hotel while their Manhattan home is going through a face lift and it has helped keep them out of the photographers lens finders.

"I didn't even leave the house until two or three weeks after (he was born). (Paparazzi) had just been really waiting for the first picture. We tried to think of the best way to deal with it.

"People offered to run the exclusive, and some people thought it would be a good idea. Once they see a close-up of the baby, (paparazzi) leave you alone. We didn't feel right about it. We wanted to do it as normally as possible. You can protect yourself so much, and then you start feeling not normal, and you want to be normal."

Despite her chagrin at being under the paparazzi microscope, she still recommends having children and even has some regrets for waiting this long to start.

"For so long, I thought, 'I can't have a baby now. I've got this to do, that to do. I've got to achieve that and this.' The truth is, this just happened so quickly, and you can still do it."

"Have a baby," she tells her interviewer. "It's the best. I left it too late. I'd love to have one more. I'd love to have two more. Or three."

Source: US Weekly