Brooke Burke & Shaya Cover Mom & Baby

Mom-of-four Brooke Burke and her beautiful son Shaya - who celebrated his first birthday this month - grace the cover of the new issue of Fit Pregnancy’s Mom & Baby. The reigning Dancing with the Stars champ talks to the magazine about sleepless nights and the myth of the “perfect” mom.

On life with four kids: “Three kids were easy. Four rocked my world. I’ve always wanted to have a lot of children, and I’m used to the chaos. But, it’s challenging having two babies in diapers and two babies not yet sleeping through the night.”

On Dancing with the Stars: “As moms and as women, fear sometimes gets in our way. By competing on Dancing with the Stars, I really took a chance. It was the biggest commitment I have ever made professionally to anything. My children saw what it was like to dedicate your time to something, to sacrifice and to really accomplish something.”

On her advice to moms: “Everybody is going to tell you the ‘right way’ to be a mom. I don’t think there is a right way. It’s not about being a perfect mother: It’s about doing the best you can every day.”

Brooke, 37, has kids Shaya and Heaven Rain, 2, with her fiance David Charvet. She’s also mom to daughters Neriah, 9, and Sierra Sky, 7, from a previous relationship.

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