Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson has granted PEOPLE magazine the first exclusive snap of her newborn baby David. She also spoke to the magazine about how she’s coping with motherhood:
Motherhood definitely seems to agree with Jennifer Hudson, who gave birth to her first child, David – named after her fiancé, David Otunga – on Aug. 10.
“I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy,” says Hudson. “Who better to devote my time to than my own child?”
From singing lullabies (“He can be crying at the top of his lungs and just turn off like a switch”) to frequent bottle-feedings (“I’ve never seen a baby eat like he does!”), the singer (who chose not to address the tragic loss of her family members last October) offers PEOPLE an intimate look into her new life as a mom.
How hard was it keeping your pregnancy under wraps?
“David and I were the only people who knew for a long time. I would forget I was pregnant, it was so easy. I didn’t have any morning sickness, no cravings either. I just thought, ‘Oh, well, we’ll wait until it’ll tell on itself.’ I didn’t show until I was seven months so that made it easy right there.”
Your son was delivered via C-section, what was your recovery like?
“Everybody told me how much it was going to hurt afterwards but I think I have a different tolerance for pain than others. By that night after I had the baby, I’m like, ‘Look, I can’t sit in this bed anymore. I’ve got to get up!’ I’ve been up and about since he was born. To me, the pain is no different than when you work out a muscle you’ve never worked out before and it’s sore.”
Has his personality emerged yet?
“He has a lot of personality, like David. He’s always been a good sleeper. His favorite time to smile now is diaper changes. Or when he spits up on you – he just cracks up like he thinks it’s the funniest thing. And his bottle is his pacifier. With a pacifier, it’s like he knows, ‘Ain’t nothing come out of here. No, I don’t want that. Where’s the real deal?’ His best friend is that bottle; that’s all he wants.”
Once again, many congratulations to Jennifer and her fiance. It’s great to see her smiling again.
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This is so sweet!!!!!
AWWW GOD BLESS DEM.
B*** U NO DAT JENNIFER STILL BITTA DAT BEY GOTS MO ATTENSHUN DEN SHE DO.
DAT BABY AINT GONNA TAKE AWAY DAT HATE SHE GOT FO BEY
Beautiful. Motherhood is a beautiful thing and God has blessed her with this baby to refill her life with the love of family after her loss. I’m happy for her and wish her many more blessings.
Now for Beydabess…..are you like Beyonces stalker or something???? My goodness, do you obsess much? Has Ms. Hudson personally told you that she hates Bey, that she can’t stand Beyonce’s fame? Was it even a part of this article? Because I missed all of that being covered. Beyonce is a major talent in this industry. She does what she does well. But so do so many other people. And you still don’t benefit from it. You’re sad sweety. Let these people have “their” moment. Beyonce has so many of her very own.
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Jenifer do not have hate on Mrs. Carter, in fact she admires her just as well as Beyonce admire Jenifer. By the way Mrs. Beyonce Carter, see if having a baby makes you this happy please go try it for you and your husband. Congrations Jenifer
Why bring Beyonce into this? Wow…
ANYWAY, he looks lovely, and he sounds lovely too. Good to see Jennifer feeling good again. Can’t wait to have her beautiful voice back again.
Jennifer and David got married before the baby was born so stop referring to him as her fiance.
He is her husband.
Oh, and congratulations to both of them! That baby is gorgeous!
Oh wow, I didn’t know they finally tied the knot. Way to go Jennifer, on the down low.
I want to see more pictures, WITHOUT having to buy the magazine. People magazine is a bunch of pictures with no true story lines. But, could someone scan more pictures for us. Please, please.
UR BABY IS SO HANDSOM I’M 7 MONTHS I HAVE MY BABY ON MARCH 26,2010. IT HAS BEEN A WRECK BUT I MADE IT DIS FAR I LOVE MY BABY IM SO BIG I CANT C NUTHIN BELOW MY WAIST. I CANT EVEN C MY FEETS. I HAD AN ULRASOUND AN DI GOT A BIG PRETTY FACE .I STILL CANT FIND OUT WAT IT IS CUZ IT KEEP IT LEGS CLOTHES, BUT IT MOVES ALOT IT HURT SOMETIMES AND IT FEEL FUNNY
I MEAN CLOSED BUT U KNOW PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES SOMETIMES
hes so cute