Eva Mendes Launches Collection With New York & Company

New mom Eva Mendes opens up about family life with beau, actor Ryan Gosling, and their daughter Esmeralda Amada, 6 months.

“You never know, something random can happen and she’s just suddenly not sleeping through the night and you’re like, ‘Wait, I thought we were sleeping through the night, what’s up?’ ” Mendes, 41, told Extra. She joked, “Why does it always happen at three or four in the morning?”

It sounds like motherhood has been an eye-opening experience for the actress.

“Now I understand so much,” she shared, “My mother’s never got more ‘I love you so much, Mommy’ texts randomly … I get it now!”

As for her recent photo shoot for Women’s Health, the new mom wants to set the record straight about her post-baby body.

“We’re helped in those situations,” she dished. “I want women at home to know, you’re lit, you’re angled. So yes, it was a few months after the baby [was born], but with a lot of help.”

And her secret to a successful relationship with one of Hollywood’s leading hunks?

“You can’t do sweatpants… ladies, number one cause of divorce in America, sweatpants, no,” Mendes joked.