Joss Stone has revealed she and her husband sleep in separate rooms.
The pregnant singer shared that she and her spouse, Cody DaLuz, have changed their nighttime routine because of the different stages their kids Violet, three, Shackleton, two, and six-month-old Bear, are in.
She said on her A Cuppa Love podcast: ‘It can work – I should hope so, because I sleep with my daughter Violet now.
‘Cody watches horror movies. Every now and then I’ll wake up and I’ll go in and give him a little cuddle.
‘It’s so crazy – we have so many children, I have to make sure that they stay asleep without screaming. So this is a children’s scenario.
‘I’m like, I’m not going to be in there, waking [Cody] up every five minutes. I go in with my baby Violet who, by the way, will not go to sleep unless I’m there – that’s probably my fault, but I love that – and then I do my whole night shift. But it’s crazy.
‘People are like, “Oh, that’s so bad!” But I’m still not going in there because he watches horror movies. I’m not doing that.’
Joss, 37, believes the set-up works because she and the musician are still ‘romantic’ towards one another.
She said: ‘We find time to be romantic with each other.
‘It can work if you are romantic with each other – if you’re not sleeping in the same room, and that’s your only time for romance, then it’s a problem.
‘You’ve gotta be like, “I love you babe but I’m going back in the other room because you’re watching a slasher movie. Goodbye. I’ll see ya later! I’ll see you when I pop her out and get my body back.”‘
She also shared that spending time in the gym together is instrumental in their relationship.
She said: ‘Cody was actually saying, you know, there is this whole thing with marriage… he says things like, “Partners that work out together, stay together.”
‘So when we get the chance, instead of going on a date – he loves the gym – we go and work out. I don’t even work out but I’ll do it because he likes it.
I sometimes will just get on him and he’ll stand up. He gets his workout, he gets his glutes done, and I’m like, “Great, that was fun.” It’s about finding what works for you individually.
‘I think it’s important to just try to nurture being in love. I know that’s really hard past a certain amount of years, but there are little tips and tricks – like that six-second kiss. It’s a small thing that you can do. It can start something.
‘And also the hug – if you can hold onto somebody for a while, it heals a part of you… A hug is so important. If you don’t have hugs it really is sad.’
Joss also said the couple has grown accustomed to sleeping apart due to their differing schedules.
She said: ‘Because we tour and spend so much time in a hotel room on our own, we get that peace – we’re like, oh we don’t mind. Also, Cody was away for months at a time.
It’s because of his job, previously, as well. When I met him he was out in Iraq, contracting, doing security. So we were on FaceTime all the time. We’re completely linked.
‘So he was out for three months at a time, sleeping in a tiny little… almost like a prison room. And he had his own spot and he was cool. He’s very good in his own company.’
Joss previously shared the unexpected news of her pregnancy with her Instagram followers in December of last year.
She said ‘shocked was an understatement’ as she announced her third pregnancy, weeks after adopting a son.
The star and her husband Cody– who was adopted as a child – brought home their baby boy named Bear in late November after he was born prematurely.
Weeks later, Joss announced she is expecting the couple’s fourth child.
In an Instagram post titled ‘the one where mummy finds out’, Joss shared a series of images holding a pregnancy test which she discovers is positive.
‘Honestly. Shocked was an understatement,’ she wrote.
‘Nothing and no one can take our joy now. We are so chuffed.’
The singer joked that she should rename her Less Is More tour to The Preggo Tour.
It comes weeks after the couple, who married last year, adopted their son Bear.
In a post on Instagram, Joss said: ‘We can not quite believe it. We are in love big time with this little guy.
‘The reason why Cody even exists is because his bio mum loved him enough to make an adoption plan for him and the same goes for Bear.
‘Honestly bio mothers do not get the gratitude they deserve. It is a more selfless love than I knew existed. Truly. We are just so happy to be part of this beautiful cycle.’
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