Proud new parents Will and Lisa with
six-week-old Jack William Carling, who was
born by Caesarean section
and wieghed in
at 6lb 9oz.
Will is enjoying being a very
hands-on dad.
He says when the
second baby comes along, you’re
more prepared for
the impact
he’ll have on your lives. “I love
holding
Jack,” he says. “I also love
watching him with Lisa”
Jack’s beamed nursery is full of
teddies
Lisa has collected over the years.
A pillow in his wooden cot
bears the motto
“Anyone can be a father. It takes someone
special
to be a Daddy”
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WILL CARLING AND
WIFE
LISA
INTRODUCE THEIR FIRST
CHILD JACK |
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If babies came labelled like luggage,
Jack William Carling’s label would surely have read “All’s well
that ends well”. Former rugby star Will Carling and his second wife Lisa
see their baby boy, now six weeks old, as “a touchstone” of their
togetherness. Gone are the early, beleaguered days of their love affair when
the tabloids denounced Will for walking out on Ali Cockayne, mother of his
first son Henry (now three). Faded, if not forgotten, are the ‘Love
Rat’ condemnations, the spiced-up, often one-sided revelations of
Will’s failed first marriage to TV presenter Julia and his friendship with
Diana, Princess of Wales.
Times have moved on and so - judging by the
Carlings’ sweet commitment to one another and Will’s proud practical
parenting - should popular opinion. No visitor to the Carling’s pretty
house in a Surrey village could doubt the fact for a moment now, as the
larger-than-life ex-England captain touchingly massages his new son’s head
and stomach (“I learned how from our visiting lady masseuse”) and
later gives Jack his bottle.
These are weeks to hold on to and savour,
as Will and Lisa told HELLO! in this exclusive
interview. “Jack’s a very contented baby,” says Lisa. “He
has two very contented parents,” says Will.
The interview reveals
how filming the Caesarean delivery helped Will cope with the crude reality of
the scalpel. The happy parents also talk of how they are going to cope with
leaving Jack at home while they go off on Safari in Africa. Will also talks
about whether or not Jack will become a sporting champ himself. |
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