Cameron Diaz Shares Talk She Has With Daughter After Losing “Her S–t”

Indeed, Diaz said she’ll go through her “mom checklist” to determine if Raddix might be hungry or tired.

“You just kind of start there and you go, ‘What just happened? Is there something she’s trying to communicate to me?'” she continued. “I feel like, as a parent, my job is to just help her find the words to her emotions, her experience, what she’s going through and be able to help her identify that and then move through it. And what does she need from me, and what does she need from herself? And is this something she can take care of herself that she can self soothe?”

These are skills, she said, she believes she’s learned with time. “I really worked hard to get a child,” the 49-year-old shared. “It’s not that it just happened to me….I’m very fortunate to have been able to take the time to do it and be there with her, and that’s just the hugest blessing that I’ve had.”