Gina Rodriguez and Her Husband Made a ‘Big Choice’ to Not ‘Do Childcare’ as They Raise Son Charlie, 1 (Exclusive)

Gina Rodriguez and her husband Joe LoCicero are parents on their own terms.

In an exclusive chat with PEOPLE, the actress, 40, talks about raising her one-year-old son Charlie Ray with LoCicer, 38, and how they “don’t take care of the kids.”

“Since my child was born, we don’t hire babysitters, we don’t take care of the kids — it’s us,” Rodriguez says.

“Every night I put my child to sleep for the entire duration of his existence, which means that at 7 p.m. I am not a human being. I am my child’s pillow,” he adds. Good luck on the 13th star.

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Rodriguez and her husband — who married in 2019 — welcomed their first child in early 2023.

In April of that year, the He’s not dead yet star casually revealed her son’s name in an Instagram post promoting an episode of the show.

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“My three faves, my baby Charlie, Not Dead Yet (NEW EPISODE TONIGHT w/ the awesome Paula Pell) and back to dancing (you’re amazing Sasha Farber🕺🏽💃🏽 and yes, I’m breastfeeding in the ballroom),” Rodriguez wrote in it time.

She later told PEOPLE about the significance of her son’s name, revealing that his first and middle names were inspired by deceased family members.

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Rodriguez says she thinks her hands-on approach to parenting is nothing out of the ordinary.

“I don’t know if it’s impressive, but it was a choice,” she tells PEOPLE. “We keep saying, ‘This is the choice we made,’ because he’s with his grandparents right now and they can’t put him to sleep. He wants… me. It’s just mom. It’s mom and mom’s tits — and mom alone .”

“Because of that, it’s a choice, it was a big choice,” he said Jane the Virgin the alum adds. “But this could be my only baby, so I just wanted to do as I wanted.”

Good luck on the 13thco-host with Shaquille O’Neal, airs Thursdays at 9pm ET on ABC.

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