Chrissy Teigen Says She and Son's Surrogate Have a 'Wonderful' Relationship — And So Do Their Kids (Exclusive)

Chrissy Teigen and son Wren (L), Chrissy Teigen and surrogate Alexandra (R).Photo:Chrissy Teigen/Instagram

Chrissy Teigen/Instagram

Chrissy Teigenis soaking up a summer of family memories.

“Esti, she came out swinging. She was ready to live and thrive and she’s just so sweet and smiling,” she says of her 7-month-old daughter. “Miles and Luna are the coconuts. They’re crazy, bonkers and a lot to keep up with, but they help us so much with the babies. We did the right thing, being able to travel with all of them, and we had a really fun couple of weeks with them.”

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Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, and their four kids.Chrissy Teigen/Instagram

Teigen is also celebrating another recent addition to her world,surrogate Alexandra, who helped the familywelcome son Wren.

“We talk all the time, constantly on a nice little text exchange. She sees all my Instagram Stories and I try to send her little pictures behind the scenes. I told her at the beginning of this journey, I wanted someone who would be there for birthday parties and throughout life.”

Teigen continues, “I wanted to meet her children and I wanted my children to be friends with her children. And they really genuinely are which has been a really beautiful thing to see.”

“It’s been a fantastic atmosphere. She knew early on, going into this, that I kind ofwanted something that’s maybe a little differentfrom what other parents do. I understand the reason they do it, too. Everyone has their reasons for liking or doing things the way they do.”

Knowing a number of people who had used surrogacy to grow their families, Teigen admitted to hearing “many different stories” about how things developed, adding she’s “just really happy it turned out the way it turned out.

“It felt very much like a village. It felt very much like the waypeople in my mother’s family raised their childrenwhen they were literally living in the villages of Thailand. It just feels like such good camaraderie around each other and warmth and love.”

“I was never one of those people who believe in hoarding all of this love for myself. I don’t get jealous when my children love on somebody else or hug them. To me, more love is more love and that’s what I’ve always wanted and it’s been really working out for us. We’re so lucky.”

Chrissy Teigen kissing surrogate’s bump.Chrissy Teigen/Instagram

Since growing their family to four kids, Teigen and her EGOT-winning husband, 44, are working on striking the balance where all their little ones feel special and seen.

“For me, the hardest part is making sure the older ones feel loved and taken care of and just as special as the babies, even though you might have your hands on the babies a lot more,” Teigen shares.

“There’s a lot ofdiaper changingand feeding and it seems like you’re coddling these two little babies and they’re not getting enough. I was speaking with my therapist and I was like, ‘I’m having a hard time because I want to make sure that Miles and Luna feel like we still love them.'”

She continues, “I think any parent of multiple kids can understand that you want to make sure they still feel loved.”

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Teigen believes most parents feel that “you’re never going to give enough to your kids.”

“They’re always going to ask for more, so it’s important to give them the things they need but also support yourself so you don’t go crazy,” she laughs. “I didn’t grow up around babies or children, so seeing my children experience a world with littles coming in, I see how that could be hard for them. So we try to do the best we can to make sure they feel fulfilled and happy and paid attention to and listened to. It can be a lot, it’s a lot to give go yourself to little beings, but we sign up for it. We ask for it and we want to do it, and it’s all okay.”

As the year falls into quieter months, Teigen says she’s looking forward to “settling into the craziness of this family life.”

“The kids have more and different sports this year.Miles just started flag footballand Luna’s got figure skating. They’re growing into these little beings that are really discovering the things they love,” she says.

source: people.com