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January Jones on motherhood

Actress January Jones

Actress January Jones became a mother at the “right age” in her life.

The 34-year-old actress – who plays Betty Francis in Mad Men – is having “so much fun” with her six-month-old son Xander and notes he has changed her priorities to be excited about “cosy T-shirts” rather than pairs of high heels.

“I am at the right age, the right time in my life, where having him is just so much fun,” she says. “I feel very lucky, I think being a mother is something I was meant to do.

“There’s less glamour in my life though, now that I am a mother. I get more excited about cosy T-shirts than about an amazing pair of heels. That is sad. But your priorities just change.”

The blonde beauty can’t imagine being without Xander – who’s father’s identity she hasn’t revealed – so takes him to work with her and cuddles him at every possible opportunity.

She added to Britain’s Grazia magazine, “I’m lucky I have a job where I can bring him to work, so I was still able to nurse him, and I could run over to see him and squeeze him when I missed him, which was often. I can’t imagine having to be away from him.”

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