Gwen Stefani & Zuma: Playdate In the Park

Gwen Stefani and her son Zuma spent an afternoon together in the park in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday (July 3).

Little Zuma's getting a lot of alone time with mom lately – on Tuesday he was seen heading to an Angels baseball game with Gwen and on Monday the tot tagged along to the recording studio.

The busy songstress is working with No Doubt on their first studio album since 2001, and she recently talked about their arduous creative process. "We wish we were good enough to craft it and have a vision, but our songwriting process is sort of desperate – we're just praying that something comes out," Gwen said.

She added that she's been trying to heed a bit of songwriting advice she got from a fellow musician. “Prince once said to me, 'Do you ever just try and write a hit song? You know, instead of trying to be all arty about it?'"