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“Nothing About Me Comes Equipped With Maternal Instincts” – Cody Johnson Says He Was Out Of Practice Handling Newborns When His Son Was Born
Had to get back into the newborn swing. Last summer, at the ACM Awards, Cody Johnson’s bride, Brandi, debuted her baby bump, sharing with the world that their family of four would be growing to a family of five. The Johnson family was thrilled to share with the world that they were expecting their first son and that their two daughters, Carla and Cori, would be promoted to big sisters.
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The couple welcomed Jaycee Daniel Johnson into the world in October and honored their family’s ranch by naming their son after the land Johnson hopes to pass down to Jaycee one day. Cody and Brandi Johnson came up with the name Jaycee after many folks mispronounced their ranch’s brand, J Bar C Ranch, as JC, so they ran with it and came up with an excellent name for their buckaroo from the mispronunciation.
While the Johnsons are soaking up all the newborn time they can, Johnson recently admitted to Katie Neal that raising a little boy is very different from raising little girls. And part of that might be because the “C’mon Cowgirl” singer felt out of practice when it came to this newborn phase. The Katie & Company host brought up his children and checked in to see how Jaycee is doing. To which Johnson replied:
“He cries and poops and sleeps a lot.”
Sounds about right for a baby boy, eh? Neal then asked how his daughters are handling a boy in the family, and it sounds like the girls are adapting perfectly fine to their new baby brother. But Johnson on the other hand… He candidly shared that he felt “out of practice” with Jaycee, given the eight-year gap between his youngest daughter, Cori, and their son.
“It was just crazy because, you know, when we had Clara in 2015, it was like that’s your first child, so you’re like all in. And then two years later, we had Cori, it’s just like, I just did all this. This was easy.
When you skip eight years and have a baby, I was like, so out of practice. I told my wife, I was like, ‘Look, nothing about me says comes equipped with instant maternal instincts. Help me.’ Yeah, I was out of practice.”
Despite being out of practice, it sounds like Johnson is having a blast with his son, saying that the way he interacts with him is very different from how he coddled his two little girls at this age.
“He’s fun, though, man. He smiles a lot. He giggles. I’ve got him to where—it’s really different because with my girls, it was always they were very snuggly with dad and ‘Oh, daddy’s beautiful little girl.’ And him, like the rougher I am with him the more he laughs. Like I can grab him by the feet and scare him, and he giggles and smiles. Then he gets with mom and is a little tiny baby, awe.”
It sounds like mom and dad have found a good balance between nature and nurture, and Jaycee is already showing he’s got some grit, which he will need as he grows up on their ranch.
Check out the entire interview while you’re here:
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