According to the NY Post, Ivanka Trump, 31, is pregnant with her second child. Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, welcomed daughter Arabella Rose about two years ago, and she’s spoken of her wish to have more children. She’s also talked about how she regularly works 16 hour days, didn’t intend on taking more than two weeks maternity leave with her last pregnancy, and how she finds it harder to be with her daughter on the weekends than to be in the office. She just made some of those comments to Redbook recently, a href=”http://www.celebitchy.com/290021/ivanka_trump_works_16_hour_days_i_think_it_makes_me_a_better_mom_when_im_home/”>we reported on it last week, so I’m surprised to hear this news. Here’s more:

Donald Trump is set to become a grandfather again — his daughter Ivanka Trump is pregnant with her second child, sources exclusively tell Page Six. We’re told Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, are delighted that she’s expecting and due in the fall. The source added, “Ivanka is starting to tell friends and family about her pregnancy.” The couple already have daughter Arabella Rose, who turns 2 in July. Ivanka recently told Forbes that she would “love to have three children, maybe four.”

[From The NY Post]

I’ll give basically the same response I gave to Ivanka’s interview last week – this is her prerogative. She’s not preaching about the superiority of her way of life, she’s just explaining how she does it. If she wants to have kids and still be a workaholic that’s her choice. Many of you pointed out that men with children regularly work insane hours and that no one ever questions them. Plus, Ivanka’s office is very close to her home/penthouse from what she’s said. If she wants to let her nannies be with the kids most of the time and she’s not fronting like she’s some kind of supermom, then that’s cool with me.

Personally, the longest I’ve ever worked was a 12 hour shift at a gas station when I was college, but that’s much different from the lavish office where Ivanka Trump runs her growing empire. That 12 hour shift was hell. Working from home is much different, and I get to move around and take breaks whenever I want. That’s probably how Ivanka feels about her office, it’s her home away from home except she doesn’t have as many distractions. Congratulations to Ivanka and Jared on their happy news!

Ivanka is shown on 2-19 (header photo), on 12-5 (hair up) and with her husband at the Met Gala in May, 2012. Credit: WENN.com

Ivanka Trump is on the cover of Redbook’s May issue, and Radar Online has some details of her interview. Ivanka talks about her two year-old daughter, Arabella, and how she tries to balance home and work life. It sounds like she totally prefers to be in the office most of the time instead of at home. Some people are criticizing her for acting like she’s a working mom when she comes from such immense privilege and wealth. If you read her statements carefully, that’s not really what she says. The interviewer brought that up, she admits how hard it is to stay at home with her kid. Ivanka prefers to be at work, and she does that, coming home for just an hour and fifteen minutes on weeknights to give her daughter a bath and put her to bed. Here’s more:

On whether, as a working mother, she suffers from mom guilt
“Oh, every morning I’m so sad to leave Arabella. But it’s important for me to continue what I’m doing. It’s fulfilling to me, and I think it makes me a better mom when I’m home. And incidentally, I hate the expression ‘working mom,’ because when I’m with Arabella on the weekends, I’m much more exhausted on Monday morning than I am on Friday night! [Laughs] I think the expression ‘working’ versus ‘non-working’ implies that a mother who stays home doesn’t work. It’s far more difficult than anything I do in the office.”

On why, unlike her father, she’s guarded with the press
“Many people who come from obscurity and shoot into the limelight, they don’t really know what they’re getting into, whereas I did. I went in with my eyes wide open. I don’t let people into things that are too private. People ask all the time, ‘Oh, can we take photographs of you and your closet?’ No. That feels voyeuristic in a way that I don’t feel comfortable with. I’m very active on social media, but you don’t see me tweet a photo of Jared and me lying in bed on Sunday morning. I don’t want to see other people lying in bed on a Sunday morning; why would someone want to see me?

She works 16 hour days and keeps “normalcy” by coming home for an hour and fifteen minutes at night
Trump keeps a sense of normalcy in her family by engaging in family traditions, such as making a “proper eggs breakfast” on Tuesday mornings for her husband, Jared Kushner, and Arabella, having Arabella join her for lunch ever Wednesday at noon, and running home for work every evening from 6 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. to give herdaughter a bath, read her books and put her to bed, before returning to the office and finishing her work day.

[From Redbook and Radar Online]

I can’t fault her for this. She’s not saying her way is the only way and she’s not saying she doesn’t have a ton of help at home. She’s saying she finds it really difficult to be a hands-on mom and more exhausting than her work schedule. (Although it would be nice for her to acknowledge that she does have nannies and housekeepers, but that’s kind of a given.) Some women prefer to be at the office instead of at home, it happens and she’s being honest. She’s going to miss a lot of important moments, but she’s not pulling a Giuliana Rancic and saying she’s basing her life on some overarching philosophy. It makes me wonder if part of the reason she’d rather work so much is that she’s having problems with her husband. It’s not like she has to do all the drudge work, you know?

Also, I like what she said about valuing some aspects of her privacy. That sounds smart. I got most of these photos from her Instagram though.

Photos credit: Instagram and Matt Jones/Redbook. Redbook cover via I’m Not Obsessed

Ivanka Trump, 29, and her husband Jared Kushner, 30, welcomed their first child on Saturday, a little girl. Ivanka made the announcement on Twitter and there’s no word yet on her daughter’s name. The last we heard from Ivanka she said she found the idea of labor and delivery terrifying, so she’s probably grateful it’s over now. Last month, Ivanka pledged to take just two weeks maternity leave after her baby was born and told In Touch, “I have meetings on the calendar two weeks after my due date.” Her due date was Thursday of last week and Ivanka tweeted that she was going to work that day.

Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Sunday in New York City.

“This morning [Jared] and I welcomed a beautiful and healthy little baby girl into the world,” Trump, 29, announced via Twitter. “We feel incredibly grateful and blessed. Thank you all for your support and well wishes!”

Herself the daughter of Donald Trump, “We have our work cut out for us to ensure that our daughter is grounded and not spoiled,” the Celebrity Apprentice judge – who admitted she was terrified of labor and delivery – says.

[From People]

Congratulations to Ivanka and Jared! I hope they tweet some baby photos soon, and that Ivanka takes more time off than just a couple of weeks. It takes that long to get a decent night’s sleep after a new baby arrives.

Update: Ivanka’s dad Donald Trump called in to Fox and Friends and revealed that his granddaughter’s name is Arabella Rose. [via Gossip Cop] That’s pretty. I wonder if Ivanka told her dad that he could announce the name, though, or if she was hoping to do it herself.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are shown out on 7/13/11 and 5/22/11. Credit: Fame Pictures

Ivanka Trump has a new interview with In Touch in which she talks about her pending baby daughter as if she’s just a blip in her schedule. Ivanka, 29, is planning to take only two weeks leave from her job as Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions at The Trump Organization. She says that she already has meetings scheduled two weeks after her due date. Doesn’t she realize that the baby could potentially be late? Mine didn’t arrive until two weeks after he was due. It’s possible she’s scheduled the delivery along with the important meetings she can’t miss. Ivanka is due July 14th.

You’re only taking two weeks off?!
I have meetings on the calendar two weeks after my due date, but of course, I’ll have to get to know the baby’s needs first.

Any crazy cravings?
Double-toasted salt bagels with cream cheese.

Will your husband Josh get you a push present?
I’ll leave it to him to determine if and how he wants to spoil me come summer.

[From In Touch, print edition, June 13, 2011]

She’ll have plenty of help and if she wants to take just two weeks off that’s her prerogative. Maybe she’ll be working from home or skyping into her meetings anyway.

I found an earlier interview that Ivanka did with People Magazine in which she repeated the claim that she loved salt bagels (I love them too, they’re my favorite!) and said that she was in awe that babies took so much work. It was kind of funny, actually, and Ivanka revealed that she’ll probably set up a nursery in the office, which sounds like a good compromise.

And although she hasn’t yet embarked on motherhood, she’s already been subjected to one big surprise: How often a newborn baby needs to eat.

“I was in total shock,” Trump says. “I work so close [to home] that I figured I’d return to work and the baby nurse would bring the baby to me, and I’d run home periodically, and I’d make it work. But every two hours? That’s a whole other level,” she says. “I’ll have to make a nursery at the office.”

[From People via CNN]

It would be nice if more working moms could have the luxury of setting up nurseries next to the offices and having baby nurses. Now I get why she can go back to work so soon.

Ivanka is shown on 5/12/11 and 5/5/11. Credit: WENN.com

I’ve actually been following the engagement and now marriage of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. I think I enjoyed the stories because it’s surprisingly old-fashioned – both are scions of wealthy real-estate-developing New York families, both are in the media (in Kushner’s case, he’s a media publisher), and both are seemingly well-adjusted, nice people. Their lack of anything tawdry, shocking or gross is what fascinates me, I suppose. It’s all so old-school! Oh… wait. Jared’s father is felon. But The Donald is no prize either, so I guess that’s the small scandal.

Anyway, 27-year-old Ivanka Trump (daughter of Ivana and Donald) married 28-year-old Jared Kushner (publisher of the New York Observer) in New Jersey on Sunday after a three month engagement. They wed at her father’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey in front of 500 invited guests. The bride wore Vera Wang, and by most accounts it was a totally elegant ceremony. Oh, and Ivanka converted to Judaism too! Mazel tov!

Jewelry designer and entrepreneur Ivanka Trump is a married woman!

The 27-year-old daughter of Donald Trump swapped vows with New York Observer owner Jared Kushner Sunday in New Jersey, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.

The afternoon nuptials took place on the grounds of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Ivanka wore a Vera Wang wedding gown, inspired by Grace Kelly.

“She was the most stunning bride,” a rep for Ivanka tells Us.

Despite a short engagement, Ivanka says the plan for her special day quickly fell into place — thanks to a wedding planner who kept her on task.

“I only had a 3 month engagement so it was all done pretty quickly,” the newlywed told Us before the ceremony during the launch party for her new book Trump Card. “To all those women planning a wedding, just be organized and decisive. It also helps if you have a wedding planner helping you out!”

Another big plus that bodes well for their nuptials? Dad Donald is a fan of Kushner.

“They make a magnificent couple,” the mogul has told Us of Ivanka and his new son-in-law.

Ivanka announced her engagement last July via Twitter. “I got engaged last night…truly the happiest day of my life!!!” she wrote.

The couple have been dating since 2007. They briefly split, but reconciled in July 2008. Trump, an executive vice president at the Trump Organization, converted to Judaism for Kushner, the owner of the New York Observer.

[From Us Weekly]

See, doesn’t it seem like a nice ceremony? I wonder if The Donald cried. He seems like he could be a sentimental man. Or perhaps he was just thinking about all of the property the two families can now develop together. Anyhoodle, do you think Ivanka will get knocked up right away? I bet she does.

Ivanka Trump is shown on 5/18/09. Jared Kushner is shown in 2007. Credit: PRPhotos

When most people hear the name Donald Trump, they instantly think “Douche bag.” Next, they think, “toupee/bad comb over.” Following that is something cheesy about being fired, and some mockery of his steely-eyed gaze. But never – never – on that list is any mention of Donald Trump’s legendarily awesome parenting skills. Why? Probably because the rest of his personality overshadows that aspect of his life. But he actually has raised three smart, successful adult children – Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric. Trump’s young son Barron and daughter Tiffany are still kids and thus works in progress.

Apparently The Donald has decided to promote his parenting skills – and says he’s a kick ass father. Thus the next logical step is to tell you how to raise equally kick ass kids. He spoke to AOL’s Mom Logic website, where he dispensed his five tips for parenting.

1. Be an example. Children watch — and they will emulate what they see.

2. Set the standard high. Challenge is good, and accomplishment creates healthy self-respect.

3. Stress the importance of education, it’s the foundation for success.

4. Let them know they are exceptional, so exceptional results are expected.

5. Exhibit a sense of community through participation and philanthropy. Giving back is a great reward

[From Momlogic via Bitten and Bound]

Few things here. First off, what exactly is Trump an example of? If his kids followed his lead, they’d all have multiple marriages and bad real estate investments under their belts by now. Jokes aside, I can’t really argue with that advice, or number two, though I highly doubt Donald came up with any of these on his own. Bitten and Bound points out that all of Trump’s kids have gone to boarding school, so number three was pretty easy for him. It just involved purchase of a plane ticket. But again, can’t argue with it.

Number four surprised me and is good to hear from someone like The Donald. He seems so full of himself that I was pleasantly surprised that he realizes the importance of passing on self-worth to his kids. Number five is just an all-out lie. Donald Trump is a legendarily tiny giver. It’d be beautiful advice if he backed it up in any meaningful way.

I’m guessing there’s a good chance this was just written by one of The Donald’s people. But his grown kids are all successful. Ivanka is the most famous and quite the multitasker, but Donald Jr. and Eric have done really well for themselves as well. Obviously Trump did something right – though it might have just been hiring the best nannies.

Here’s Donald Trump announcing the launch of Trump SoHo Hotel Condominium with Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the founder and chairman of Bayrock Group Tevik Arif in New York in August 2007. Images thanks to WENN.

Any celebrities who honestly think that their kids aren’t going to read about their shenanigans in the tabloids should listen to Ivanka Trump. The daughter of Donald and Ivana recently revealed how as a kid, she and her brothers found out all the sordid details of their parents’ high-profile divorce thanks to Page Six and other magazines.

IVANKA Trump says that as kids, she and her brothers Donald Jr. and Eric learned the tawdry details of their parents’ scandalous divorce by reading The Post. The gorgeous blonde tells next month’s Town & Country they found out Donald was caught carrying on with model Marla Maples from this newspaper. “We’d come home from school having read [about] them on the cover of The Post,” she reveals. The most jolting possibly being: “Marla Boasts to Pals about Donald: BEST SEX I EVER HAD.”

Ivanka also takes a dig at her peers who don’t work for a living: “I’m not the type to be eating bonbons all day. I just can’t imagine anything worse than spending my day figuring out what I was going to wear that night.” Meanwhile, she flew commercial to Aspen last weekend for the Annual Food & Wine Classic, but had an unexpected one-night layover in Salt Lake City due to storms. She slept at the Quality Inn and ate at Little Caesars for dinner with her $18 stipend from the airline.

[From Page Six]

Man, and I thought my parent’s divorce was tough. I can’t even imagine picking up a newspaper and reading an interview with my dad’s mistress about how great their sex life is. I’d be in therapy for life. But, it looks like Ivanka has survived it nicely, remaining close with both her parents. However, I do wonder about some of these other celeb kids (ahem – Charlie and Denise) whose parents’ battles are splashed across headlines daily.

Ivanka Trump is shown at “The Whitney Contemporaries’ Art Party and Auction” on 6/17/08, thanks to WENN.

There’s nothing I love more than a Top Ten list. Or Top Five, or whatever. My personal faves are Top Ten Hot Guys (accompanied by pictures of hot guys in no shirts) and Top Ten Holiday Destinations (accompanied by pictures of hot guys in no shirts on a beach.)

Anyway, Forbes has again excelled themselves with a rather complex list, of 40 Hot Cities for Singles. Then they’ve crowned a most eligible man and woman of the city. For example, George Clooney and Cameron Diaz are king and queen of Los Angeles singletons.

George Clooney, 46
Actor
Launched to fame on television’s ER, Clooney likes to dip into directing and producing in addition to acting. He’s an Academy Award and Golden Globe winner, and when not in Los Angeles, he is sometimes found at his home at Lake Como, Italy.

Cameron Diaz, 34
Actress
Former model Diaz is one of the few female film stars who can command as much as $20 million a picture, the amount she earned for co-starring in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.

Forbes

This is great, if you live in one of the 40 American cities named. Helps narrow down who you should be aiming for, and then if your best friend suggests the person in question is a little un-dateable, you can just say ‘But Forbes said they were!’

Of course, Ivanka Trump is the hottest single in New York City, and who would want Donald Trump as a father-in-law? George Clooney too, is the cliché of a bachelor, known only for his love of his pet pig, but we all want what we can’t have, don’t we?

Well it appears there was some truth to the rumor that Ivanka Trump would be asked to joint the view as a co-host. While talking with Ryan Seacrest, she responded “There’s zero chance I would do that.” When Seacrest pushed her, she did vaguely confirm that an offer of some sort had been extended. “I’ve gotten a lot of requests. Let’s just leave it at that.” Snippy much?

I had thought Ivanka was the classier of the Trumps, but it appears I’m wrong. She’s too busy being sexy and doing sexy sexy things to be on The View.

“I’m working on the sexiest projects around the world. So, to me, to be on a television show every single day at a designated period of time just wouldn’t work in terms of my schedule.”

[From E News]

I too am far too sexy to work for most major morning shows, so I understand how she feels. Wait, it’s that her projects are too sexy. Okay I too have a job so sexy that I wouldn’t be able to deal with Barbara Walters. It’s a gift, it’s a curse, what can I say? Could Ivanka possibly sound more like her father? Somehow I’d hoped she’d escaped the Trump Sexy Curse and would have some class, but that talking-yourself-up-all-the-time thing is just very tacky.

Kathy Griffin seems to be bandied about most for the gig. She recently said gave an interview where she mentioned that she thought it would be fun, but wasn’t sure it would work out.

“They (the producers of The View) are not throwing piles of money at me. They’re not begging. I love when you hear these actresses say, ‘The producer literally got on his knees and opened a briefcase full of money.’ With me, no. It’s like, ehhhh, they might, they might not, if they do they don’t want me to talk so much. Believe me, there are a lot of provisos… Honestly, I don’t think they’re going to come up with the Griffin dollars. But I’m happy to go and check it out and see what they want. I’ve done The View a bunch of times and it’s a very fun show to do.”

[From the Winnipeg Sun]

It sounds like the produces are pretty serious about not paying this person much. Rosie O’Donnell left because they wouldn’t pony up the cash, and it seems like it’s taking them forever to even come up with a name. They never replaced Star Jones. She left a bit before Rosie started, but she’d already been officially hired to replace Meredith Viera. This show has been in flux for the last few years – and maybe that’s a good thing. It had many stale years prior to that. Let’s hope they can find someone good, who can avoid fights with the Trumps… and avoid their sexiness, if at all possible.

This has got to be my favorite story of the week. I know the week’s only started, but I don’t think many things could beat this story, at least in terms of obviously fake planted crap. Supposedly, Ivanka Trump is being considered to replace Rosie O’Donnell on “The View.” Wouldn’t that just make Donald as happy as a little peach pie? The National Enquirer reports that Barbara Walters is seriously considering giving Ivanka the gig. Of course they also referred to her as a “hottie with brains,” so we’ll see how much truth is behind this. Of course if Barbara did give her the spot, it would certainly make for some interesting dynamics on the show. Would Donald still go on tirades? Would he go on Larry King and talk about how Ivanka is a “Big fat pig” or whatever else he called Rosie O’Donnell? Supposedly, this all comes back to Paris Hilton (who’s name we shall not mention of course).

“The National Enquirer reports that Barbara Walters wants to hire the “hottie with brains” to stick it to Paris Hilton and her parents for their shabby treatment of her when they were trying to sell the Paris post-prison interview.”

[From the New York Post]

What in the world do Paris Hilton and her family have to do with hiring Ivanka Trump? Do the Trumps and the Hiltons have some Capulet v. Montague/East Coast v. West Coast feud going on that I don’t know about? I feel like something was missing here.

I was wondering what would even qualify Ivanka to be on the show, but she’s actually more accomplished that I thought. According to Wikipedia, she is the vice president of Real Estate Development and Acquisitions at the Trump Organization. Okay we can chalk that up to nepotism. However she was accepted to Georgetown and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated magna cum laude from their prestigious Wharton School of Business. Ivanka also replaced Carolyn Kepcher as a primary boardroom judge starting in the sixth season “The Apprentice.” Whether due to nepotism or not, she has good credentials. It’ll be interesting to see if she ultimately becomes a candidate for the position.

Update by Celebitchy: This originated in Mike Walker’s column in The National Enquirer. Last week he printed an item that Paris Hilton was being considered for the open spot on The View! I thought it was such crap that I didn’t bother to print it. So when Jay wonders what Paris has to do with it, that’s the story. I doubt either one of those stories is true.