David Foster admits he’s still adjusting to raising a baby at 73: ‘I won’t be around when I’m 40’

David Foster has admitted that he is still adjusting to the challenge of raising a young child at 73, following the birth of his and wife Katharine McPhee’s son, Rennie, in early 2021.

Reflecting on life as a new dad, the legendary songwriter described how raising his young son has been different from raising daughters Allison, 52, Amy, 49, Sara, 41, Erin, 40, and Jordan, 36, from previous relationships. .

“I had all the daughters up until my son and I love all my daughters immensely, but having a son is a little different,” she said. People.

The 16-time Grammy winner, who married Katherine in 2019, continued: “At this point in my life, it’s different again.”

‘Not better not worse, just different. I still work, I’m still gone a lot, but maybe time is a little more valuable to me because now I have more track behind me than in front of me,” she mused.

Foster went on to explain that he is also determined to pass his “wisdom” down to his son.

Happy life: Reflecting on life as a new dad, the legendary songwriter described how raising his young son has been different than raising his daughters Allison, 52, Amy, 49, Sara, 41, Erin, 40, and Jordan, 36, from previous relationships

“I had all the daughters up until my son and I love all my daughters immensely, but having a son is a little different,” she told People.

“I think I can offer Rennie one thing, although I won’t be around when he’s 50 or 40, or maybe 30.” I think I can offer you the wisdom of my 72 years on the planet,” the star said. And maybe that’s not a bad trade-off. I hope so.’

In addition, Foster said that being a father again has made him more patient.

“I wasn’t patient when I was young,” he confessed. “He was arrogant and he was on the move.”

Wow: Katharine’s age gap with her husband is so big that she’s younger than her stepdaughters Erin and Sara Foster, who she’s pictured with in 2018

In October, Foster told People that although being a father again at his age was “not something” he looked forward to, he never “regretted a single day.”

The legendary music mogul reflected: ‘I’ve loved every single day. It’s a standard thing like, “Oh, well, you were so young when you had your kids and you worked day and night, you never saw them.”

He confessed to the magazine that “there is some truth in that, unfortunately, for me [older] children. She was working a lot. Even though I’m working a lot right now, I’ll cancel anything just to be with him. It’s just different.