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Leah Remini, a pushover?

by Lessa

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Today’s show takes us inside Leah Remini’s home, where she struggles with raising her daughter in some ways. She was tough as nails on The King of Queens, but admits to being a complete pushover when it comes to her daughter. She is very consistent, she says - she gives in. She let Rachael and the crew in the house for help - of course “We don’t know what the hell we are doing!” She declares that she was shocked when they just let her go home with the baby without a test, just some diapers and a crappy diaper bag. She also wanted to help humanize actresses, because they’re real people, just like us. She laughs at the way she used to be - how she was always annoyed by other peoples kids, now gets mad at others for not wanting their makeup done by her three year old, I mean really, would it KILL you? hahahah!

Leah describes her daughter, Sophia, as a very smart, witty, pain in the ass, love muffin. The biggest problem is that Sophia is still on the bottle. They hear it’s not good for her, but haven’t really tried to wean her, and knows they should. Angelo, her husband, says she’s a fantastic loving mother, but that’s also why they’re in their predicament, because he does it over love. Leah says Sophia gets away with a lot, because she’s everything to her.

She shows us the set up for the night - six aqua babas (water bottles) three for each side of the bed, and pull-ups because drinking so much water causes her to wet the bed. Sophia sleeps with them, and they hand her a bottle every couple hours, then she wets the bed, so it’s diaper changes too, and they never get a good nights sleep. Leah and Angelo’s bickering is pretty funny and cute to watch, actually.

After seeing the tape, Leah says it is like torture, but she feels bad if she’s doing something wrong too, but the bottle brings joy and why would she take it away, so it’s hard. Dr. Ari Brown is on hand to help Leah out. The bottle weaning is common problem, though usually between the ages of 1 and 2. Also on hand is a viewer who has three kids of her own. Stacey says straight up that Leah isn’t going to like what she is going to say - Sophia needs consistency, and a bit of tough love. Let the weaning begin!

The first night of tough love, they gave Sophia bottles with no lids, but ended up giving in after a tantrum after a few hours. Stacey consoles her and reminds her you can’t break a habit in one night, but it will work. Sophia is smart and knows what is going on, but you have to know that it’s not killing her, and you have to endure. You can see Leah in the web series “In the Motherhood” as well as at her site Leah Remini.com. And check out the behind the scenes minutes with Leah and Angelo too!

What’s for dinner? Thai Burgers.


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