Eva Mendes is still learning new things about motherhood.
The Hitch actress has always been candid about life raising her and Ryan Gosling‘s daughters Esmeralda Amada, 10, and Amada Lee, 8. And that includes sharing how her feelings have changed as her daughters have grown up.
While she knows that a lot of new moms can feel “lost” early on in motherhood, the 50-year-old shared that for her that time shortly after giving birth “felt very clear.”
“But then, I felt lost, if that makes sense,” Eva revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show Sept. 19. “Then when it was like the cliché of, ‘OK well, who am I now after the kids can survive on their own?'”
While her children are still young, “They don’t need me every second.”
“It’s a little different,” she added. “But I love talking to my girls about anything so I feel very fulfilled.”
Most recently, that’s included telling them about her acting career—although she suggested Esmeralda and Amada aren’t lining up for tickets anytime soon.