I’m not overly surprised to hear Kendra Wilkinson allows her and Hank Baskett’s 6-year-old son to sleep in their bed, because quite a few celebrity families love co-sleeping, but I never realized people were quite so organized about their nights.
“I never want to let [Hank] go,” the 30-year-old, who welcomed son Hank IV in 2009 and daughter Alijah in 2014, recently told People. “He sleeps with me … not every night because Mama and Papa need their lovin’ time.”
Fair enough — but it isn’t just by chance which activity is happening on a particular night.
Kendra Wilkinson elaborated while laughing, “He sleeps with me all the other nights that we don’t make love. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, little Hank sleeps with me.”
The laughing note is from People‘s article, so perhaps she said the rest in jest?
As for explaining her Playboy past to her kids, the former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner says, “I warm them up — I say, ‘This is where I used to live.’ I’m starting them off by just explaining little things like that, but as they get older, I have no shame in explaining what my thinking was.”
“I didn’t do things out of being in a dark, depressed state of mind — I was very controlled, and a very happy thinker at the time,” she added. “There’s a difference. Sometimes [the choices you make for yourself] are dark to other people, but they’re the right thing for your life.”
“We all make choices other people aren’t going to understand, but it’s just [about] what’s right for your life…The path that I chose was simple — it was the exact path I should’ve taken, and I have no regrets at all.”
Sounds to me like Kendra is feeling quite solid in both her past decisions and what works for her family today. For us, co-sleeping wasn’t an option because my husband and I were both too nervous with a baby in the bed to get any rest (never mind the other adult activities — we just wanted sleep!). By the time my kids were bigger, and I would have worried less about them, they were already used to sleeping on their own.
As with many parenting things, I’m open to whatever works for each family, but in this case I’m just blown away by being that organized about your nights. I can barely recall each afternoon who needs to get to what sports practice and get dinner together…but perhaps there’s something to be said for scheduling it all out ahead of time?
How has co-sleeping gone in your house? Do you have your romantic time scheduled in?
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More famous parents share their thoughts on co-sleeping with their kids…
Gwen Stefani, mom to boys Kingston, Zuma and Apollo: "I don't want to look back and say, 'Oh my god, I didn't sleep with Zuma that time because I was too tired.' So I'll just snuggle up with him tonight." (REX Features)
Nia Long, mom to boys Massai and Kez: "Well my son still sleeps in bed with me… and I love it," she said when her oldest was 9 years old. “Every now and then I get a foot in my neck or an elbow in my back. But you know when the whole day goes by and he’s busy being a boy and I can’t kiss him goodbye on the first day of school – cause [his girlfriend] Ella’s watching. That’s my time. And we snuggle… and it’s the best.” (PR Photos)
Macklemore, dad to daughter Sloane: The 'Thrift Shop' singer shared a sweet shot on Instagram shortly after her birth that showed him sleeping next to her in bed. "There is nothing better," he captioned the pic. (PR Photos)
Emily Deschanel, mom to sons Henry and Calvin: "I'm a total hippie, so we will co-sleep and breastfeed," the Bones star said shortly before her first baby was born. "My mom breastfed me for more than a year and I can't imagine doing it any other way." (PR Photos)
Tia Mowry, mom to son Cree: "Okay, I'm gonna admit it! And I am not afraid to admit it: "Cree still sleeps with Mom and Dad. There, I said it!" Tia wrote of her then 16-month-old in 2012. (
Samantha Bee, mom to Fletcher, Ripley and Piper: "I roll over like a sow and breastfeed in bed," she joked after her second son's birth. "It's worked for us because we're not sleep deprived and have energy to go about our day." (PR Photos)
Kourtney Kardashian, mom to Mason, Penelope and Reign: "He's such a happy baby, and I really think sleeping together has something to do with that," she said of her oldest. (INFphoto.com)
Elisabeth Rohm, mom to daughter Easton: "It became clear that for our family, cuddling with Easton thruogh the night in our grown-up bed was the most practical, safe and restful of choices. And so that became our new nightly ritual." (PR Photos)
Snooki (aka Nicole Polizzi), mom to Lorenzo and Giovanna: "I co-sleep with my kids and Lorenzo is still in diapers at night, and they both pee and I'm too lazy to the point where I just lay in it," she admitted when her son was 3. "But in the morning I clean it up—and I smell like piss. If my kid's thirsty, I'm going to give them a drink. So they drink all night and then they pee on me." (PR Photos)
Jerry Seinfeld, dad to Sascha, Julian and Shepherd: "My wife has taken to bringing [our son] into our bed at 4 a.m., which is a delightful experience," he once revealed. "It's kind of like sleeping next to a laundry bag with a live collie in it." (PR Photos)
Milla Jovovich, mom to daughters Ever and Dashiel: "I always thought that the Western way of raising kids was so disconnected. Everyone has their cubicle at home, babies go to nurseries, little kids have their own rooms. You are so separated from one another! We have been co-sleeping for years with our daughter and I feel that it's helped us so much to stay connected as a family." (PR Photos)
Lindsay Davenport, mom to Lauren, Jagger and Kaya: The tennis pro admits she "gave in" when it came to co-sleeping, preferring to bring her baby into her bed rather than "sit there and wait for an hour for him to go back to sleep." (PR Photos)
Angelia Jolie & Brad Pitt, parents to Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne: The superstar parents-of-six had a special 9-foot bed built to accommodate their big brood. (INFphoto.com)
John Travolta & Kelly Preston, parents to Ella, Ben and their late son Jett: When their son Ben was 16 months old, Kelly revealed that he was still sharing the family bed and nursing a couple of times a night. (REX Features)
Kevin Kline, dad to Owen and Greta: "There is a theory that a child has to teach itself to go to sleep, and if every time it cries you whisk them out of their bed - the jury is still out on that. But our kids still sleep in our bed," the actor said of his teenage kids. (PR Photos)
Mayim Bialik, mom to sons Miles and Frederick: "I have never owned a crib. Or a bassinet. We have one bedroom in our house. There are two mattresses in that bedroom. They are next to each other. One is a king-size. One is a full. We all sleep together. In one big bed." (PR Photos)
