Celebrating Celebrity Baby Birthdays - Coco Riley Arquette

Birthday: 13th June, 2004

Famous for: Being the much awaited first child of actor couple Courteney Cox-Arquette and David Arquette. The couple went through IVF and several miscarriages before announcing their pregnancy with Coco, when Courteney was almost 5 months along.

Name meaning: Courteney wanted to call her Courteney, after her (obviously) and her mother. However, David's Jewish religion prefers children not to be named after living relatives, and instead they compromised apparently going out with Coco due to the combination of the "co" from "Courteney Cox". Riley is a name the couple liked.

Famous relatives: David is the youngest of five sibling actos; Richmon, Alexis, Rosanna and Patricia. Also, Jennifer Aniston is her godmother.

What they said:

Courteney talked of Coco's love for Ellery Harper, the son of Ben Harper and Laura Dern, last year;

Ellery is four and Coco and Ellery see each other and they kiss... They love each other, they hold each other, they hold hands. We were away together and Coco was sitting back and Ellery looked at her and goes, 'Coco, you look like a real woman.' I'm not kidding.

Courteney on wanting lots of kids and the difficult parts of parenting;

I used to want to have eight kids.  It was such a fantasy when I was younger because my mother, who was an only child, had four kids.  Now, looking back, I don't understand how she did it.  I think the baby part -- like, waking up early -- is hard.  Really hard.

On PPD. - - read more here about Courteney and David's, as well as other couple's struggles with infertility.

Do I believe in post-natal depression?  Yes.  Did I have the worst case of it?  No.  Women have hormones.  It's not easy and as we get older, it gets harder.  But there's ways to deal with it and stay in balance.  I don't believe there's anything wrong with therapy.  Post-natal depression can be devastating.  Luckily, I was able to get through it. 

Gear and Fashion:

JJ Cole Premaxx sling ($49).

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