Jennifer Garner had her third baby with husband Ben Affleck in February. She’s probably just starting to get her groove back (judging by how I felt the first few months after I had a baby), although she looked like a million bucks when we saw her yesterday on the red carpet for her latest film. Back when Ben and Jen had just two kids, we heard a lot of rumors that he was pushing for another child since he wanted a boy. Well these two had a boy, and Garner admits that Ben still wants more kids while she’s ready to hang it up. She told Extra TV that it’s way harder to have three kids than two, and suggested that Ben has a long wait ahead of him.
“It’s absolute chaos!!” said Jennifer, who gave birth to baby Samuel in February. “I really did not realize how much more work three was going to be than two.”
Garner’s kids — including Sam and sisters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3 — come first, but some roles are just too good to turn down. That’s when hubby steps in to help. “Ben took a break, he came, he did the school drop-offs and pick-ups and bedtimes.”
Does the couple want more kids? She told Terri, “The fact that Ben wants another IS true… I can tell you that would be a pretty uphill battle with me. I am not anticipating having any more kids!”
I still remember what Garner told Letterman about having two children vs. one. (I mean I had to look it up but I remember it in general.) She said, in 2009 when Seraphina was three months old, that “It’s crazy. It’s like having ten kids. You think you have one and you have it under control, and then you have the other one and it just goes to hell and a handbasket.” She also talked about how tired she was at the time, and said that night to her wasn’t when she slept, it was when she put on sweatpants and had a couple of naps. Well now she’s got three kids and Ben wants four? That’s crazy!
Garner also talked in that interview about what a supportive and helpful dad Ben is. They have help too, we’ve seen photos of their nanny, but I don’t doubt that they’re hands-on parents. I’m happy to hear that they’re doing well, even if they’re not exactly on the same page when it comes to how many kids they have.
These are photos of the Garner-Afflecks on Fourth of July. Garner is also shown out with Seraphina yesterday, and her dad, William Garner, is shown holding little Samuel. So cute! Credit: Fame Flynet
Jeez Ben!
That baby is adorable!
Yeah well, maybe Ben will get a kidney stone and once he has to pass it, realize WTF was that and cut Jen a break.
HAHHAHAH!
They will never understand child birth, periods or menopause just like we will never understand their obsession with their penises.
GOOD ONE!!!
No they will NEVER understand any woman’s cycles, outside of the inconvenience it is to them! But kidney stones and hemorrhoids are the closest thing to the proverbial get even!
Not only could they not understand what it’s like to give birth, they couldn’t survive it! I doubt most men could even handle menstrual cramps…
+this! And he better pass it without painkillers so it’s “natural” and he can enjoy the amazing experience!
I love Goop’s smack about him way back when that he just wants a girl who’ll bring him beer by the pool… now he wants her to bring him beer and another baby.
Jennifer, GIRL…I would be reluctant, too.
Especially if Ben is being douchey with that wandering eye of his on film sets. 🙁 If BOTH of them wanted more, OK fine. But if I were Jen…I would concentrate on being the great mom that she is AND keep looking as smoking-hot as she does after this last baby.
I like Ben, but I think he def has that “head on a swivel” thing down cold where other women are concerned.
I agree. I can’t help but wonder if his motives are a bit more sinister. What if he wants to make sure she is home, saddled with children and too exhausted and busy to keep up with what he’s doing? He’s just always given me a bad vibe.
I think having four all so young really affects a marriage. It doesn’t mean it’s bad, but I think she adores her husband and loves their close relationship, and he is a big focus of her life, not like some women who turn all their focus to their children and husband goes by the wayside. Ben has a thriving career. She still likes to work a little here and there. To have three little ones and go through pregnancy again in the next two, three years would be exhausting, even with some help, because she is a very hands-on mom. I’m sure she wants to enjoy the three and get her body back and feel normal for a while and enjoy baby Samuel. And she’s in her forties, so it’s not like she could put it off for six years.
Co-sign. I have 5, four of them young (6, 5, 2, and 8 months), and my husband and I are, for all intents and purposes, NOT a married couple anymore. We’re referees. And that’s WITH help, albeit probably not as much as Jen and Ben have.
Don’t blame her for being reluctant. Jeez. She just had one.
Samuel is adorable. Those Garner genes are strong.
I was wondering what was up with her father. Never see him.
I think her parents still live back in West Viriginia-so they’re probably just out for a visit.
told ya! she’s got more puddin’ & cushin’ for the pushin’ which obviously is not lost on ol’ Benny. haha 😉
that lil’ Samuel is such an adorable nugget! he has Jen’s eyes like his sisters. man, she makes some gorgeous babies! 🙂
There was a blind item a while back that said the actor was a cheater, wanted out, and was ready to leave, but must stay because the actress wife had just found out they were pregnant again.
Everyone guessed these two. Guess not?
I don’t follow them, at all, but they seem solid enough.
I remember that blind as well, and clicked on this article thinking about it. Assuming it WAS about Ben wanting to leave Jennifer, I’m willing to bet he probably still feels the same way, and she’s spouting BS like this to the media to convince herself everything is ok.
Agree with this being complete BS…I like the Garner/Affleck family a lot…but don’t believe for a minute that Ben wants another kid.
Good Lord, that baby is cute.
I don’t blame her at all! Two hours after my ridiculously painful delivery of my 2nd baby my husband was asking when we’d have #3. If I hadn’t been so exhausted and surrounded by relatives I would’ve punched his lights out. LoL I was done after 2, but baby #3 had other plans. My husband is overjoyed but I’ve to be honest been struggling with being happy about it. Having two is hard enough! I can’t imagine FOUR…
Stupid things dudes say in the delivery room could be a blog all its own.
Ben taking a break and helping out doesn’t sound like he’s contributing all that much with the raising of the children. Right now he’s off filming in another country. He shouldn’t be asking her to have more children when he’s absent so much.
I have 4-but mine are spaced out pretty far. The youngest two are 4.5 years apart. The beginning is chaos-and I like things organized and on schedule. I’m the opposite though-I always wanted a ton of kids-my husband only wanted 1 or 2.
i attented a PGA screening for her new movie and she answered one question about infertility and said after that “if ben walked in the room right now and smiled at me we’d be on our way to a forth”
Jeez, they just had THE BOY! Let Ben go thru pregnancy and childbirth this time.
Imagine this scenario if Ben had ended with J Lo-no, don’t imagine it…..
I think give her awhile and she will have another. When Samual is older and someone says wouldn’t it be great if he had a brother….that’s how we got 6 kids in my family until my mother told my father to shut up.
See? THIS is why we like her! She’s not all pompous (Goop) and pious (Giselle) about it, and she doesn’t act like it’s just the easiest, most fun job on Earth.
She’s honest. It IS harder with two. And harder with three. The work expands exponentially, not numerically. (So does the exhaustion.) 😉
Jennifer, you do what you think is best for you and your family. I completely understand not wanting another child, particularly so soon after giving birth.
(Hubs wished Toddles was twins, until Toddles was mobile and I went back to work full-time. Now that I’m the Chief Domestic Engineer, he’s on the “he needs a brother” train again.)
I think it’s sweet that they seem to have worked past their issues, or his issues.
Is 3 really much that harder than two? So far after both kids I felt like it was easier than expected. But I’m kind of afraid it will tip the scales. After all I don’t have a nanny so my husband and I will be out numbered lol!
I totally see them havig four kids. But the last one will probably be a few years younger than Samuel. Maybe I’m projecting because I want 4- 2 boys and 2 girls.
from a casual observer’s point of view, three seems to be the most difficult transition as you go from one-to-one with two kids to a zone defense with 3
Lol! Thanks I’ll keep that in mind.
Agreed! Actually, I have found that going from any even number to any odd number is hard. 3 was exponentially more difficult than 2; 5 is exponentially more difficult than 4. I think it’s because it’s more difficult to split the work evenly!
Ok, Its official Jennifer Garner makes the cutest babies..
Ok Its official, Jennifer Garner makes the cutest babies..
Ben, you got your boy. Your wife is healthy and looks fantastic (like in that red dress bit the other day).
Don’t tempt fate. Just enjoy the family you have and don’t put your wife through another labor.
Love the one your with…
Aw, Samuel is a really cute baby! I like that he has a normal name too.