Christina Aguilera’s Most Relatable Motherhood Quotes Over the Years

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Christina Aguilera's Most Relatable Motherhood Quotes Over the Years

Keeping up with Christina Aguilera’s kids! The singer is the mother of son Max and daughter Summer and has spilled many parenting secrets over the years. The former Voice coach shares her eldest child with her now-ex-husband, Jordan Bratman. Max arrived in 2008, three years after his parents’ California wedding. The former couple split in 2010. After finalizing their divorce the following year, the “Genie in a Bottle” singer moved on with Matthew Rutler. The actress met the guitarist on the set of Burlesque. They got engaged in February 2014 and welcomed Summer six months later. By 2016, the New York native was not in a rush to wed Rutler. "We discuss it when we’re snuggling in bed, but it’s a casual conversation,” Aguilera explained to Women’s Health at the time. The songwriter went on to gush about their daughter, saying she should have named the little one Joy for the way that she "just lights up a room and she illuminates brightness and happiness.” [jwplayer Sr0q4CLy-l3ahXupL] Aguilera called parenting “the ultimate joy” at the time but spoke candidly of the highs and lows. "I love my kids, but women have to find time to nurture themselves,” she explained. "If someone has a baby, the first thing I’m like is, ‘OK, are you taking care of you?’ Mothers are constantly expected to be the nurturers, the givers, the providers of a comfortable home. We’re expected to be pregnant, have the kids, breast-feed once we have the babies. And we’re expected to look amazing after baby, right? Keep our husbands and boyfriends interested — because we’re supposed to get back to [being] sexy and keep things exciting in the bedroom. There’s such a long list.” The Mickey Mouse Club alum elaborated on the responsibility of parenting in September 2019, telling Haute Living: “Everything I’ve pretty much decided to do has been influenced by [my kids], but at the same time, I need to make sure that I don’t lose myself and that I always stay grounded in what’s important for me. Because that’s part of the example I want to impose on them: to follow your heart and not lose yourself when life changes.” Aguilera noted that she doesn’t see herself having more kids in the future. "What the universe thinks will be, will be,” she told the outlet at the time. "Who knows what’s in the future? But as of now, [I’m not planning on expanding].” Keep scrolling to read the rest of the Grammy winner's quotes about raising her children over the years, from coparenting to bedtime rituals. [podcast_block]

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Christina Aguilera's Most Relatable Motherhood Quotes Over the Years

Keeping up with Christina Aguilera’s kids! The singer is the mother of son Max and daughter Summer and has spilled many parenting secrets over the years. The former Voice coach shares her eldest child with her now-ex-husband, Jordan Bratman. Max arrived in 2008, three years after his parents’ California wedding. The former couple split in 2010. After finalizing their divorce the following year, the “Genie in a Bottle” singer moved on with Matthew Rutler. The actress met the guitarist on the set of Burlesque. They got engaged in February 2014 and welcomed Summer six months later. By 2016, the New York native was not in a rush to wed Rutler. "We discuss it when we’re snuggling in bed, but it’s a casual conversation,” Aguilera explained to Women’s Health at the time. The songwriter went on to gush about their daughter, saying she should have named the little one Joy for the way that she "just lights up a room and she illuminates brightness and happiness.” [jwplayer Sr0q4CLy-l3ahXupL] Aguilera called parenting “the ultimate joy” at the time but spoke candidly of the highs and lows. "I love my kids, but women have to find time to nurture themselves,” she explained. "If someone has a baby, the first thing I’m like is, ‘OK, are you taking care of you?’ Mothers are constantly expected to be the nurturers, the givers, the providers of a comfortable home. We’re expected to be pregnant, have the kids, breast-feed once we have the babies. And we’re expected to look amazing after baby, right? Keep our husbands and boyfriends interested — because we’re supposed to get back to [being] sexy and keep things exciting in the bedroom. There’s such a long list.” The Mickey Mouse Club alum elaborated on the responsibility of parenting in September 2019, telling Haute Living: “Everything I’ve pretty much decided to do has been influenced by [my kids], but at the same time, I need to make sure that I don’t lose myself and that I always stay grounded in what’s important for me. Because that’s part of the example I want to impose on them: to follow your heart and not lose yourself when life changes.” Aguilera noted that she doesn’t see herself having more kids in the future. "What the universe thinks will be, will be,” she told the outlet at the time. "Who knows what’s in the future? But as of now, [I’m not planning on expanding].” Keep scrolling to read the rest of the Grammy winner's quotes about raising her children over the years, from coparenting to bedtime rituals. [podcast_block]

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Big Fan

In August 2021, Aguilera celebrated her daughter's 7th birthday with a touching Instagram tribute. "We’re celebrating Summer Rain all week and Leo lioness energy all month,” she gushed at the time. "Happy 7th birthday my sweet, thoughtful, funny, creative, soulful, vibrant spirit. Time moves too fast, but every year I’m so in awe of the beautiful human you are and continue to grow to be! You are so loved by all around you and inspire us to see the world brighter because of you and the special energy you radiate! Mommy loves you so much!”

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Life Lessons

"I’m a huge kid at heart, and they give me the opportunity to play and be able to instill and encourage their imaginations," Aguilera told Haute Living in September 2019. "You’re part of these amazing little people’s lives, and it teaches you patience and teaches you things about yourself that you don’t like, that you want to work on. It’s a constant journey of learning. They teach me so much, and they challenge me all the time to be better.”

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Cue the Coparenting

The "Candyman" singer celebrated her 40th birthday with Bratman in January 2019. "We make blended families work," she captioned an Instagram upload. "It’s a beautiful thing.”

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Humbled

"My daughter will be like, ‘Shh, I’m trying to sleep,’ [when I sing her a bedtime song]," Aguilera told Kelly Clarkson in September 2019.

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Disney Darling

"She's a total [people-person]," Aguilera told Kelly Ripa after Summer's first Disneyland visit in May 2015. "She loves watching people, so this is the place to come. ... I mean, she loved it."

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Rock Bottom

"It's very important to me to provide them with an environment to feel safe and loved," she told Today.com in November 2015. "I want to give my children the gift of loving music without having to use it as an escape, like I had to."