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Hilary Duff: Having A Baby Helped Me Appreciate My Imperfections

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On baby number two.
"To be totally honest, I had a really easy pregnancy and I did enjoy a lot of it. But a part of me isn't like those women who love being pregnant. I love my baby and I miss that feeling of being attached to him when he's kicking, but I was so ready to not be pregnant. Right now, I'm focused on being the best mom I can be and when I start working again, I'll see how I juggle everything. But then again, my sister [Haylie Duff] and I are very close so I want Luca to have someone close [to his age] — but not too close!

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On their career plans for little Luca.
"We haven't talked about it too much but since Mike and I are not big people, Luca won't be either, so we joke sometimes that he'll be a horse jockey. He was actually bigger than we thought he was going to be. But we'll get there when we get there and support him in whatever he wants to do like our parents did with us."

On how Luca got his name.
"We don't have any rhyme or reason about why we chose that name. We had the names Cruz and Luca on our list with some others and decided at the very last minute what it was going to be. There is no good story behind it, which is kind of sad. We just liked the way it sounded together. We were thinking of Cruz as a first name and were just mixing and matching it with things on our list and came up with it. We liked the name Luke too but we wanted to do something different — but not crazy. Afterwards we found out his name means 'bringer of light.' I love that."

On how parenthood has strengthened her marriage.
"Despite my best intentions, I have to learn to let go of the way I do things. My mom has been taking Luca while I do pilates for an hour and I had to stop giving her directions about how I changed Luca's diaper. Even with Mike, he's not going to do everything the way I would do it — and vice versa — but we just want the best for Luca. It's helped me appreciate Mike's role in his life and that we're doing things with the most love that we can. He's really hands on and I appreciate any little help I can get."

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