Alicia Silverstone has revealed that she still sleeps next to her 11-year-old son Bear Blu, insisting that her sleeping arrangement is a more “natural” way of doing things.
The 45-year-old talked about her unique dynamic with her only child during an extensive interview on The Ellen Fisher Podcast, during which she stated that she is simply “following nature” sleeping next to her preadolescent son, who shares . with ex-husband Christopher Jarecki, from whom she separated in 2018.
“The bear and I still sleep together,” the actress explained during the July 19 episode, comparing her sleeping arrangement to humans trying to survive in any kind of “wild environment”.
“If you’re in any kind of wild environment where there are wild animals, if you put your baby there, your baby will eat him,” she said as she pointed to walk away from herself. “So it’s not ideal for the baby to be there.”
Ten years after triggering a furious controversy by revealing that he fed his son by previously chewing his food and passing it from his mouth to his, the Clueless star, who follows his parents ’affectionate style, too. he talked about how he rarely wore diapers while making the urinal. -training her son from the age of six months and noted that she has never raised her voice with him.
Maternal style: Alicia Silverstone, 45, talked about motherhood and how she raises her 11-year-old son Bear, who she shares with her ex-husband Christopher Jarecki.
One’s mother (seen in 2020) said she is still sleeping with her preadolescent son, claiming she is simply “following nature” sharing a bed with him.
She proceeded to summarize her upbringing style by calling herself “a natural mother” and “a loving mother,” stating that “our society is afraid of nature and afraid of love.”
The San Francisco native then joked that she would probably “be in trouble” with her mother’s embarrassed ones, but added that at this point in her life “I don’t really care.”
She proceeded to summarize her parenting style by calling herself “a natural mother” and “a loving mother,” focusing on soft communication and removing things like television from the family home.
“I believe in love, I believe in nature and our society is afraid of nature and afraid of love,” he said in response to any criticism.
‘I’m not inventing the things I do, I haven’t invented anything. I would love to have the merit of all this, but unfortunately it’s not me, it’s just me following nature ‘.
“I just wanted to do what was healthiest for him at all times, so every choice I make is based on instinct or deep research.”
Recalling when Bear was a newborn and a toddler, Alicia revealed that she rarely wore diapers during the urinal training phase and instead “look[ed] his clues to find out when it was time to go to the bathroom.
‘It’s so fantastic. It’s very easy, ”he said in reference to his body signals, adding,“ When I had finished feeding him, I would go to the bathroom in the toilet. When he woke up from a nap, he went to the bathroom. ‘
The actress and author confessed that there was a period of time when she looked at him when he was naked to look for those clues.
During an interview on The Ellen Fisher Podcast, Silverstone also talked about her vegan diet, which her son has also followed since he was a baby.
Silverstone, who follows the parenting style of children, said she rarely used diapers when training the Bear urinal, instead of using physical “clues” to know when she needed the bath.
“The part of the tracks for me was a lot of fun because I thought it was flirting with me because it would make me smile. That’s when I had to pee,” he explained.
It turns out that even her ex-husband dismissed some of her mothers initially as “hippie shit,” but she eventually changed her tune and has come to appreciate her affectionate parenting process.
‘He loved it. It was like “this works!” said about Jarecki’s change of heart in those natural signs.
The adorable mother also added of her kind approach to parenting that she has never called her son, but tried to respect him in their conversations.
“I’ve never had the need to raise my voice. I never call her and say sorry,” she explained, adding that if she’s busy and overwhelmed she’ll ask Bear to write down everything she wants to talk about to return. there later.
The star also revealed that she always wanted more than one child, but the timing was not right.
“Being a mother is the most precious and amazing experience in this world and it’s not for everyone and anyone who doesn’t want to do it shouldn’t do it, but for me it’s so divine,” she said.
Silverstone admitted that her ex-husband initially dismissed some of her parenting practices as “hippie shit,” but said she has since changed her tone and appreciated the process.
In 2012, Silverstone sparked a furious controversy when it revealed that it fed its then-11-month-old son by previously chewing his food and passing it directly from his mouth to his son.
He then defended the practice as a “weaning process,” noting that “people have been feeding their children this way for thousands of years.”
“That’s why I want to savor every moment of her life. I wanted to have more, but then my relationship broke down and it wasn’t a good time to take one, but I didn’t want to have another right away because I was so in love with my Bear that I wanted to squeeze in. every moment out of it.
“It wasn’t until I was about three years old that I was ready to have another baby, but I had no partners, so I don’t have four babies.”
It’s not the first time Silverstone has talked about their unconventional parenting practices; in 2012, he sparked a furious controversy when he revealed that he was feeding his then 11-month-old son by previously chewing his food and passing it from his own mouth directly to his own.
The actress – who shared a video of the process on YouTube – then defended the strange feeding technique, insisting it was “a weaning process” and noting that “people have been feeding their babies for thousands of years. children like that “.
“I think she’s adorable and it makes me laugh every time she does,” she said in response to the reaction to her parenting technique.
‘It attacks my mouth and I think it’s adorable. She also knows how to use her hands and also eats regular foods, so when babies are weaned, she continues to breastfeed. Some people think this is disgusting too, which is crazy.
“It’s something that’s been going on for thousands of years and I didn’t think I was inventing anything other than our culture …”
Silverstone, who was raised Jewish, also revealed in her 2014 book The Kind Mama that she had chosen not to circumcise her son, and wrote, “My thought was: if young children were supposed to have penises “fixed,” did that mean we were saying that God made the body imperfect?
The actress separated from her ex-husband musician (seen with Bear in June) in 2018, but the couple remains co-parent of their son together.
In 2014, she sparked controversy again when she revealed that she had chosen not to circumcise her son, despite being raised as a Jew.
“I grew up Jewish, so when my parents found out they had a male grandson, they wanted to know when we would have a break. [circumcision ceremony]’she wrote.
“When I said we didn’t have any, my dad got a little angry. But my thought was, if young kids were supposed to have their penises ‘fixed,’ that means we were saying that God did the body imperfect? ’
Silverstone has shared her passions for natural life since gaining widespread recognition after her roles in The Crush (1993) and Clueless (1995), although she faced ridicule and laughter, which was sometimes the case.
Real Heal host Alicia Silverstone also revealed some of the health benefits she has seen in her own body after being vegan, a diet she has also raised her son with since he was old enough to eat food.
“I think at the end of the day the test is in the pudding,” he said of his meat-free fruit and vegetable diet.
“What happened to me when I became vegan, when I stopped calling people, was that my skin changed, my hair and nails. I came down from my inhaler for asthma, I stopped getting allergy shots twice a week and my body lost weight. “
He continued, “All my cystic acne went away, the whites of my eyes turned very white.” I couldn’t help but bend my nails, and before they were so brittle. And I stopped needing to go to the doctor. I stopped needing medication, I stopped needing anything, and that was very powerful. ”
Silverstone went on to say that he did not know he would have all these benefits because he initially stopped eating animal products for animals.
The actress noted that her son “hadn’t had sugar for so long,” and explained that she tried to focus Bear on a “macrobiotic” diet that didn’t contain “junk.”