NAOMI WATTS - WATTS: 'BREASTFEEDING HELPED ME TO LOSE PREGNANCY WEIGHT'

Actress NAOMI WATTS has credited the pressures of motherhood for her slim post-pregnancy figure. The Painted Veil star, 39, admits she did little to shed the pounds she gained while pregnant with her son Alexander - because nursing the tot solved that problem for her after she gave birth last July (07). She says, "Breastfeeding - that's how you drop weight. Even though you are just eating all the time, he is eating too." And Watts, who is engaged to Alexander's father Liev Schreiber, was stunned by how difficult motherhood really is. She adds: "My son is a true joy, but motherhood is harder than I thought. The biggest surprise was the lack of sleep. He is still struggling to sleep through the night."