Before his son Rocky was born this past November, Travis Barker had not been a dad to a newborn for about 17 years.
And now, almost eight months after reverting to fatherhood for the child he and wife Kourtney Kardashian have together, the drummer for Blink-182 is loving being a father once more.
The 48-year-old Barker told People, “The most wonderful thing you could do at any time in your life is have a baby or bring a human being into this world,” before disclosing how he first received a “crash course” in parenting.
It happened when his stepdaughter, Atiana De La Hoya, first came into his life when he sparked a romance with her mother, Shanna Moakler, when she was still an infant.
Ultimately, the rocker ended up being a father figure for Atiana for nearly her entire 25 years of life that is still ongoing to this day
Travis Barker opened up about being a new father at 48 with the arrival of his eight-month-old son Rocky, whom he shares with his wife of two years, Kourtney Kardashian, 45
While Barker and Moakler ended up calling it quits in 2006 after two years of marriage, they continued an on-and-off relationship before finalizing their divorce in 2008.
The musician would also share how he ‘learned so much’ from the births of his two biological children: 20-year-old son Travis and 18-year-old daughter Alabama, in part, ‘because they were born really close to each other.’
Despite the 17 years that had past since he last had a screaming baby in the house, Barker maintains ‘it’s just as good as I remembered it.’
The All The Small Things star said, “I love being a dad,” and went on to say, “That’s my favorite accomplishment, it’s my favorite thing I get to do every day.”
Barker, who has been married to Kardashian for almost two years, also reminisced about how the news that he was expecting his son Landon first motivated him to
He described his spontaneous sprint as follows: “The day I found out, I left my house and I ran to the freeway.” “I ran four miles there and four miles back,” the speaker said.
He concluded by saying that he “had this urge to just be the best version of myself, be healthy and take care of myself more— and I think that’s never gone away” since he was so excited about the idea of being a father.
In fact, some of the pictures that he and his wife post on their individual Instagram sites show how excited they are to be dads again.
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