Cloud Hegenbarth
“I don’t trust our relationship to have a second child”
Oliver Vaid and Cloud Hegenbarth
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Cloud Hegenbarth became a mother for the first time in 2019, but the first year with son Avi was characterized not only by pure happiness but also by an extreme lack of sleep. An experience that changed their relationship forever.
Cloud Hegenbarth, 42, makes no secret of the fact that the first year with her son Avi, now 3, pushed her to her limits – physically and mentally. In a new interview with “Spiegel”, the actress again finds clear words about the first twelve months as a mother.
Wolke Hegenbarth “no longer existed as an individual”.
“My son Avi hasn’t slept more than two hours at a time for a year. In bad phases, he woke up every 45 minutes. I carried him around the apartment from three to five in the morning for weeks, always around our kitchen block. In the second I sat down, he was awake again,” said Hegenbarth about what was probably the most exhausting time of her life. There was no alternative, little Avi just wanted to be with his mom: “He, the koala, I, the eucalyptus – that describes my first year with him.” In the “Spiegel” interview, she openly and honestly admits that as a mother “no longer exists as an individual”, the 42-year-old did not expect that before the birth.
“We were too tired to fight”
Her partner Oliver Vaid supported her as much as possible during this time, but he also worked full-time at the same time. They took turns sleeping, but “during the first year with Avi, we basically didn’t have a relationship,” says Hegenbarth.
“Someone always slept. It was just a matter of: how do we get through it? The only good thing was that we were too tired to argue. But we also found out over the year that we are a really good team. We now we know we can do almost anything together.”
However, a sibling for Avi is no longer an option: “Nevertheless, I don’t trust our relationship to have a second child. We have to slowly win back the love relationship. Unfortunately, that doesn’t come by itself. We’re just starting to work on it.”
Sources used: spiegel.de