Mandy Moore is confident in saying her family with husband Taylor Goldsmith is complete.
“I know on Instagram, I must have engaged with someone who was pregnant because now my entire feed is just, like, pregnant people, and I’m like, ‘That’s never gonna be me again,’” Moore, 42, exclusively told Us on Tuesday, August 25, when partnering with ABCmouse. “On one hand, I’m like, I am so tired, I cannot imagine another baby. But then, I kind of come to terms with I probably will feel this way for the foreseeable future.”
While Moore loves the anticipation of knowing you’re going to meet someone who “you will love more than you can even imagine,” she is more than happy to have experienced that three times with Gus, 5, Ozzie, 3, and Lou, 23 months.
“Yes, we are absolutely done and so grateful for our family,” the This Is Us actress shared. “We’re savoring all the little things. We’re on the precipice of potty training. We have some potties around the house [for Lou], and so I’m like, ‘Wow, we’re gonna be done with diapers in the foreseeable future. Wow, there’s no more bottles. There’s no more all of that.’”
Moore continued, “She is very much a little girl, and there’s so much more talking. And soon, we will be out of the crib and in a toddler bed. I’m just more present. … We’re about to enter uncharted territory for our family, which is exciting, but also bittersweet.”
As her kids get older, Moore has become a fan of ABCmouse, the No. 1 downloaded kids’ education app trusted by families for over 15 years.
Just in time for back to school, ABCmouse has a new series of online videos (OLVs) that are as honest as they are heartfelt. Across the video series, Moore opens up about what it really looks like to balance a demanding career with raising young kids during the school-year juggle, and why having the right tools in her corner makes all the difference.
“We’re big ABCmouse fans in our house, and this was well before the partnership,” Moore shared. “Like most parents, we are very intentional about screen time, and so when we do allow it, we want it to be purposeful and we want it to be educational. And that is ABCmouse in a nutshell. It’s safe. It’s ad-free. It’s teacher-backed. It’s parent-backed, so it was kind of a no-brainer to want to be involved and included in this campaign.”
While This Is Us is over, Mandy Moore’s character, Rebecca Pearson, continues to live on inside her head — especially as she raises her own children. “She’s sort of on a pedestal to me,” Moore, 39, explained to Today on Monday, December 18. “Occasionally, I’ll find myself [thinking], ‘What would she do in this position? […]
While work and family keep both Moore and Goldsmith, 41, booked and busy, growing kids could lead to more opportunity for both parents to experience some extra fun.
The Breadwinner star can’t help but imagine a future with a few more travel days.
“I have wanderlust. I’m the daughter of a pilot, so I love to travel, and that is to me life experiences or something I would love to save up and spend money on as opposed to things,” Moore shared. “I just have these big grand plans of taking the kids all over the world at some point. [I’m looking forward to] easier travel days ahead of us with kids that are a bit more independent and self-sufficient.”
