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New Mom Eva Mendes Dishes on 'Wild Nights'

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By Anisa Arsenault, Associate Editor
Updated November 26, 2014
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We haven’t heard much from Eva Mendes since she and Ryan Gosling welcomed baby Esmeralda Amada in September. But the actress, 40, is opening up in an interview with Violet Grey, and like most new moms, she says she’s exhausted.

"I thought my wild nights were over but these are some of the wildest nights I’ve ever had,” she says. “I’m doing it without a nanny for now but I’m open to the idea of having a nanny in the future. Esmeralda has two amazing grandmothers and incredible aunties who come over and really help me. But as far as a nanny or a night nurse, for me that part of being a mother at this early stage is the struggle of not being able to sleep and not knowing what I’m doing and really going through it with her and battling out those nights.”

In spite of those battles, Mendes says Esmeralda is really the one who has it tough.

“I’ve learned that it’s way harder to be a baby. Everything is a struggle for her. For instance, I haven’t thrown up since the ‘90s and she’s thrown up twice since we started this interview. Motherhood is cake compared to what it’s like to be a baby.”

Whether or not the daughter of Gosling and Mendes has it tough is definitely up for debate. But one thing’s for sure: it won’t be easy to keep her out of the public eye.

“Whether we like it or not, privacy is going to be very difficult for Esmeralda. I think it’s unfair but that’s our reality. So Ryan and I decided early on to give her as much privacy as we could. And my pregnancy was the first opportunity to give her that.”

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