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Once upon a time, Kim Kardashian stirred up quite a controversy when she took to Twitter to complain about a breastfeeding mom who "had her boobs out at restaurant."
That was before the reality star had kids of her own. These days Kim is much more accepting of mothers who choose to nurse in public - even though she would never do it herself.
In a new post on her web site , the mom-of-two opens up about her breastfeeding ups and downs - and offers a tip or two to other nursing mamas, too.
“I’m about two months into breastfeeding and I’m not gonna lie — it can be time-consuming," writes Kim, who has kids Saint and North, 2, with her husband Kanye West.
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Supply isn't a problem - she reveals she's been busy filling her mom Kris Jenner's freezer with breast milk. Sibling jealously has been slowing things down, though.
"For some reason, North hates when I feed the baby, and she lays on my lap so Saint can’t be right in front of me to eat, LOL!”
Like any resourceful mom, Kim seems to have found a solution to this particular problem: She sometimes now pumps her breast milk and recruits big sister Nori to bottle feed her baby brother Saint.
"That totally worked!" she reveals. "She loved helping me, as opposed to my attention being off of her, and now she is my little helper."
Another tip from Kim: Nipple shields! The 32-year-old says that both she and Saint are happier since discovering the handy nursing tool.
As for nursing her son in public, she hasn't quite embraced that aspect of new motherhood - and says she likely never will.
"Now that I'm a mom, I'm not that shocked [when I see someone breastfeeding in public], especially if you have a few kids and can't leave to breastfeed one kid in the bathroom while leaving the others at the table," she says, but adds, "I still personally wouldn't do it, unless it was an emergency situation and I was fully covered."
I'm glad to hear that Kim is a little more open-minded about breastfeeding in public these days, thought it sounds to me like she still feels that moms should cover up, or leave the room entirely, if at all possible.
Of course, it's completely fine that Kim has no interest in nursing her baby in public. It's a personal choice, and we all have different levels of comfort. What matters most is that we all get to make that choice without feeling judged or criticized.
What do you think of Kim Kardashian's breastfeeding post?
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