She didnât hesitate before saying, âWhat day did you want?âWhile one might think that being a quadruple-platinum artist offers flexibility that many 9-to-5ers donât have, when I ask her whatâs the hardest thing to make time for when it comes to being a parent and a rock star, she answers, âSLEEP!â with a laugh. As a new mom, she was rife with the self-doubt that often plagues new parents. But that doesnât mean I wouldâve been any happier. She promised him she would only work one weekend day a week, meaning she would work a paltry six days, instead of seven. Her independent record label, Two Tomatoes Records, was doing well, but the first few years after Lucy was born were challenging at home. High-five someone? âIt helps me fall asleep faster,â she admits.I took my daughter to see Berkner in concert last October and had no idea what to expect. Walking down the block was a 20-minute experience," she says.Movement, after all, is a must at these shows. Laurie Berkner has not been previously engaged. He needed to find out what his own path was.âChildrenâs music labels at the time ignored her, so she started her own record company, Two Tomatoes, in the living room of her cramped one-bedroom Manhattan apartment.So when Lucy was 15 months old, Berkner and her husband jointly decided that itâd be in their best interests if he left the band. Toward the end, she pretended to fall asleep until the crowd giggled and yelled, "Wake up, Laurie!" At one point, beach balls were bouncing overhead.She also found that young Lucy preferred watching her on TV to playing with her in person. Every week her goal is to go to bed by 10:30 and get eight hours of sleep, and every week she ends up saying, âI didnât do so great with that one.â Still, ever the optimist, sheâs developed a routine for essentially mind-dumping her eveningâs thoughts into a Moleskine notebook before bed. 12.4k Followers, 427 Following, 2,166 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from LaurieBerknerBand (@laurieberknerband) All of it works because all of it contains the same magic. Buzz like a bumblebee? Though Berkner appreciated being acknowledged for her work, it was confusing and upsetting to little Lucy.
They were exercising. âMy work ethic is really strong but has been massively tempered by being a parent. Before they were married, they did therapy wherein Brian pleaded with her to work a little less. On the morning we meet, she has just come from the gym, looking younger than she does in some of her earliest videos, while I feel like Iâve aged years in just hearing what her typical day looks like.Berkner also freely admits that over the years her relationship with Brian has also had to adjust to accommodate the demands of her burgeoning career and running her own business. "She would cry or say, 'Mommy, why are you talking to those people?' Because I would suddenly be in a conversation with somebody I didn't know," says Berkner.Parents may receive compensation when you click through and purchase from links contained on this website.Today, she thinks she understands why. "That was disturbing to me," says Berkner, so she took a break from TV, even though it may not have been the best career move. The timing was rough, though, because just as her popularity was soaring and her shows were selling out fast, she was pregnant with her only child—a daughter named Lucy—and preparing to take maternity leave.In short, it was Lollapalooza for Little Ones. âAs soon as [her daughter Lucy] became a toddler, she was keenly aware of me being nearby but inaccessible during the shows, and even more so during meet-and-greets when many other children found their way onto my lap. âI remember her telling me that she loved coming to my shows and she hated coming to my shows, for just these reasons,â Berkner recalls.As a lesbian couple, we wanted to make sure that this curly-haired musician wasnât harboring any religious fanaticism or homophobic views, so we looked deeper into her catalog, and I was relieved when I discovered how much of an inspiration she was not only as a mom but as a woman. After all, you never forget your first concert.She fell pregnant just as her band got big. I also worried sheâd be disappointed somehow because I didnât know if the live experience of a concert would irrevocably alter the very different and personal experience of watching Berkner in our living room on our television.Marveling at the intensity of the baby mosh pit that quickly formed in front of the stage, it occurred to me that some of these children, like my daughter, have loved Berkner for at least half their lives. And, just like her mom, Lucy is more than forthcoming when giving her opinion on Berknerâs music. Now 15, Lucy is studying technical theater at an esteemed arts high school.These kids weren't just attentive and obedient. She was born in France to American parents and grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. She's sung on Berkner's records, been in her music videos, tossed out beach balls from the stage, and sold merchandise at the shows.