Madonna's daughter Lourdes enjoyed some quality time with her dad this week when she was reunited with former bike messenger and personal trainer Carlos Leon for a day out in New York city.
Also joining the outing was Lourdes' three-year-old half-brother Rocco – Madonna's son by husband Guy Ritchie – who, like the rest of the group, was sporting a warm cap to counter the Big Apple chill.
Lourdes is understood to maintain regular contact with her father, who presumably still calls her by her original name. Fellow pupils at the youngster's London school have been instructed to use a different moniker, however. The American Pie singer, who is an enthusiastic follower of the esoteric religion Kabbalah, has apparently told South Kensington's Lycee that in future her daughter is to be referred to by the Biblical name of Sarah.
Lourdes is understood to maintain regular contact with her father, who presumably still calls her by her original name. Fellow pupils at the youngster's London school have been instructed to use a different moniker, however. The American Pie singer, who is an enthusiastic follower of the esoteric religion Kabbalah, has apparently told South Kensington's Lycee that in future her daughter is to be referred to by the Biblical name of Sarah.
Madonna is taking this Kaballah thing too far. It's one thing to try and convert all your friends, but to force your kids to have two names based on some religion that they're not old enough to understand is a bit wrong IMO.
You try being twelve and having to explain that to your classmates.
Guy Ritchie plays it cool as 4-year-old Rocco (whose mom is Madonna) tries to turn his dad into a snowman Friday in New York's Central Park, where the two checked out artist Christo's The Gates.
Zut alors! Madonna and Guy Ritchie cannot understand their own children - because they speak in French all the time. Movie director Guy's grandad has revealed Rocco and Lourdes have all but shunned English at home.
The two enfant terribles have been attending posh Lycee Francais School in west London, where they study the language.And with Lourdes now fluent - and Rocco well on the way - their folks are clueless as to what they are saying.
John Ritchie is quoted in The Sun as saying: "Rocco is certainly picking up a lot of French. He speaks it all the time at home because Lourdes is fluent. They talk to each other in French all day, chatting away non-stop. It's very funny. Neither Guy or Madonna speak a word of the language so they cannot understand anything."
Let's start with the basics, Madge: un, deux, trois...
MADONNA will be taking giant fertility tablets flown in from India in her desperate attempt to have a third child.
The 46-year-old singer - who has two children, daughter Lourdes, eight, and four-year-old son Rocco - has turned to alternative therapies to try to get pregnant.
A stash of Ayurvedic tablets - a traditional Indian therapy - has been jetted in to help her conceive.
A source said: "Tablets were sent over from India for her. They looked like horse tablets - they were just so huge. The pills are supposed to increase potency."
Madonna is being advised by celebrity obstetrician Dr Gowri Motha.
The singer has made at least two visits to her Viveka clinic in St John's Wood, North London, as well as being visited at home. Film director husband Guy Ritchie, 36, has also had to down the pills in an effort to boost the couple's chances of having a baby.
Dr Motha was contacted at the clinic before Christmas.
Madonna had also visited the clinic in 2003 to see another baby doctor, Yehudi Gordon.
But she returned on the recommendation of close friend, Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who had Dr Motha on hand when she delivered daughter Apple.
Supermodels Kate Moss, Elle Macpherson and TV presenter Donna Air are also among Dr Motha's fans.
Dr Motha shot to fame more than a decade ago when she pioneered a project which saw a mother give birth amongst dolphins in Eilat, Israel.
After working in conventional obstetrics for several years, she studied alternative therapies, such as reflexology, and developed a cult celebrity following by integrating them with traditional medicine.
Madonna has made no secret of her desire to have a third child. It would be her second by Guy.
Last year she was spotted making a return visit to a fertility clinic in California.
And she recently said: "I'm going to have fun with my husband and see what happens."
But a gruelling exercise regime and her Re-Invention tour have taken their toll on her body.
One friend said: "It's no secret she wants another baby. She has talked about it. Having children has transformed her life and she really wants to have a big family.
"She and Guy are very happy together and their friends are hoping she gets pregnant again."
Madonna has reportedly even talked to her Kabbala counsellor, Rabbi Yehuda Berg, about having a third child.
But not everything has gone smoothly and last November, just a month before her visit to Dr Motha's clinic, Madonna told how she was having problems juggling her busy life.
She said: "I need to calm myself. I don't have a manager anymore, so now I'm my own everything."
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AYURVEDIC medicine is an ancient Indian therapy that uses herbs, massage and diet to harmonise the body.
It focuses on balancing the body's energy forces. The part of Ayurvedic medicine which deals with fertility problems is called Vajikarana.
Dr Motha, who was born in Sri Lanka, has spent 15 years pioneering the Gentle Birth Method. It places emphasis on diet and mums-to-be are given a strict list of what they can - and can't - eat.
Wheat, sugar, bananas, grapes and mangoes are banned Water, chicken, pears, pineapples and lentils are in. The regime also includes daily yoga, swimming, walking, massage, reflexology and muscle relaxation.
Dr Motha has said: "I have always been bemused that pregnant women spend longer preparing the nursery for the baby than their bodies for birth." A source said: "All the celebs absolutely adore her because she inspires confidence."
NEW YORK -- Madonna says she's the disciplinarian with 9-year-old Lourdes and 5-year-old Rocco.
The former material girl told Newsweek that she doesn't let her children watch TV or look at magazines. She says milk and ice cream are also off-limits.
"When Daddy gets home, they get chocolate," Madonna said. "I'm the disciplinarian."
She's also strict about laundry duties: If Lourdes leaves dirty clothes on the floor, "we take all of her clothes and put them in a bag, and she has to earn all of her clothes back by being tidy," Madonna said. "She wears the same outfit every day to school until she learns her lesson."
schmiggens said this in post #36 : She's also strict about laundry duties: If Lourdes leaves dirty clothes on the floor, "we take all of her clothes and put them in a bag, and she has to earn all of her clothes back by being tidy," Madonna said. "She wears the same outfit every day to school until she learns her lesson."
That is actually a really good idea. I'm gonna try that out on my kids when I have some.
Film director, screenwriter and producer Guy Ritchie's upcoming film Revolver (a gambler gets on the bad side of a local crime boss) opens in theaters January 26, 2006. Madonna reportedly guest stars. Guy is currently in the planning phase of his next movie about the Knights of Malta.
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