In every magazine, there is at least one story filled with gossip about new celebrity moms and their babies. You know the ones that I mean; the ones that we are a little embarrassed if we’re caught reading at the checkout counter at the grocery store. Celebrity baby tracking is nothing new. The public has been peeking inside their world of movie star mothers for quite some time. And I must include myself in their numbers.

One interesting item of note is that the latest idols of the silver screen are nothing like the stars of my parent’s day. Many have noted that they are becoming less glamorous and more like average everyday people. Even though they have access to haute couture clothing we see them in photographs wearing jeans, athletic shoes and more importantly they are accompanied by their families which gives evidence that today’s celebrity moms are actually enjoying hanging out with the kids, decorating the baby’s nursery and doing all the ordinary stuff that every mother does for their newborn.

Remember back in the day when the yearly, televised Christmas Special might be the only time that celebrities and their babies shared the same room? Either photographers gave them more privacy and only snapped pictures at scheduled photo shoots or the little ones knew they were supposed to be seen and not heard.

Whatever the reason, this style of celebrity parenting has fallen by the wayside and has been replaced with hands-on parenting by loving mothers and fathers which is a far cry from the movie star moms that are depicted in those nasty, best selling tell all books. I recently saw Nicole Kidman tear up at the mention of little Sunday Rose on a national talk show. And it’s nothing to see Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes out and about with Suri dressed in Baby Gap on a daily basis without so much as a glimpse of a nanny or assistant in tow.

I, for one, am more than willing to sacrifice a certain amount of star factor and glamour for the privilege of witnessing the enjoyment these celebrity moms and dads get out of the day to day life they share with their babies. It’s good to see that the alleged shortcomings of the likes of Betty Davis and Joan Crawford are not being repeated by the new breed of celebrity mothers. Here’s hoping that none of these celebrity babies ever feel the need to confess that they have suffered the nightmare brand of upbringing that some film stars of yesteryear were reported to have inflicted on their kids.
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