Denise Richards says that adopting baby Eloise has been so successful that her two older children now want to do the same when they are older.

The actress is mother to daughters; Sam, eight, and Lola, seven, from her marriage to Charlie Sheen.

And she told People magazine that bringing the little one into the family last year was completely seamless thanks to the girls.

"They want to adopt when they get older and become moms," Denise said. "I'm so very proud of them that they've really embraced Eloise."

"They're so protective of her, they play with her, they love watching her grow and change, and so far I haven't seen any jealousy."

Denise says that she wanted to adopt because she "felt like I wasn't done having children and I've always wanted to have a large family."

"And so after my divorce I felt like, Oh well, I'm sure I'll soon get remarried and have my family [grow],' and that wasn't in the cards at the time, so I decided to expand my family on my own."