Christina Ricci Reveals Her 8-Year-Old Son Still Sleeps In Her Bed With Her

Christina Ricci gets that it’s not ever astir age. The Penelope star, 42, opened up astir her kids, revealing that her 9 period aged babe Cleopatra is capable to slumber unsocial successful a crib, but her 8 twelvemonth aged lad Freddie inactive isn’t rather determination yet. “The information that I tin enactment her down successful her crib and she conscionable goes to slumber erstwhile my 8-year-old inactive sleeps with maine is amazing,” the histrion told PEOPLE mag connected September 26, joking that it’s a “f***ing miracle” that her babe is slumber trained.

Christina Ricci astatine the 2022 Emmy Awards (David Fisher/Shutterstock for PEOPLE)

The Sleepy Hollow quality past launched into the individualities of her 2 kiddos, saying that erstwhile she attempted the aforesaid slumber grooming with Freddie, helium “screamed himself hoarse and started banging his caput against the crib railing,” truthful she had to propulsion back. “But with Cleo, erstwhile we decided to effort it and spot however she would respond to it, she conscionable benignant of whined for astir 7 minutes and past laid down, clutched her small unicorn and went to sleep. It was similar she was acceptable and she wanted to bash it, and it was close for her.”

Christina, who became a cult darling with acheronian films similar Prozac Nation and Addams Family Values and grew into a household name, archetypal became a parent erstwhile she gave commencement to Freddie with ex-husband James Heerdegen successful August 2014. She filed for divorce from James successful July 2020, and aboriginal became large with small Cleopatra. Christina joined hairsbreadth stylist Mark Hampton successful October of 2021 up of the birth of their daughter connected December 8.

Christina Ricci, her ex hubby James Heerdegen, and their lad Freddie. (MEGA)

So far, it appears her 2 babies are getting on famously, and the Yellowjackets histrion admits she pays Freddie to play with her girl “for 20 minutes astatine a clip successful her small playpen,” and says that “he is truly helpful” with Cleo. “He tin assistance maine marque a bottle. He tin assistance maine successful the bathtub with her. It is truly great,” she told the magazine. “There hasn’t been a batch of sibling jealousy oregon anything. That has been a immense relief.”