Anderson Cooper Talks Having More Kids: 'It Would Certainly Be Nice for Wyatt to Have a Sibling'

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Anderson Cooperis leaving room in his heart for more babies.

The 53-year-old CNN anchor is dad to sonWyatt Morgan, 16 months, and in this week’s issue, Cooper tells PEOPLE about the possiblity of welcoming more children into his family someday.

“Would I want to have more kids? I would, definitely. It would certainly be nice for Wyatt to have a sibling. Yeah, it would be,” Cooper, who co-parents Wyatt with exBenjamin Maisani, says.

“I’ve started to realize how much Wyatt looks like Carter, who looked my mom,” says Cooper. “It’s just this extraordinary feeling of connection to people who are no longer here and connection to the past. I really didn’t expect that.”

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Cooper says Wyatt is “so happy and giggly” these days.

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“I suddenly think like, ‘Oh my God, there’s going to be a time when he won’t let me kiss his face all over or hold his hand even.’ I just want to rub his tummy right now as much as I can, because I know at a certain point he’ll be like, ‘Just get away from me,’ " says Cooper.

For more on Anderson Cooper and his new bookVanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, pick up the new issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands nationwide Friday.

source: people.com