Coco Austin's baby girl is hurting her mom's feelings

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Sara McGinnis

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Despite being "kind of obsessed" with breastfeeding, Coco Austin isn't having an entirely easy go of nursing daughter Chanel.

The first-time mom said in a chat with E! News, "[Chanel] is 6 months now, but for a good five months, she was great at breastfeeding. Just recently she got a little congested and, since then, it was hard for her to drink from my boob so I had to force the bottle in her mouth."

Coco went on to explain, "Now that it's cleared up, she wants the bottle more, and it hurt my feelings. I'm seriously hurt by this! I'm doing whatever I can because now, she's growing, so she needs more milk … so I have to go from breastfeeding to formula, breastfeeding to formula, but I wish she would want a little more of me."

During her pregnancy though, the wife of Ice T worried she wouldn't be able to nurse at all.

"I got breast implants, so I wasn’t sure if I could even breastfeed," Coco said. "I was hoping I'd be one of those women who can because my whole family have been really pro-breastfeeding."

Thankfully, their little girl "took the boob instantly" like a "pro."

See Chanel bottle feed and share a few sweet smiles during her mom's interview:

Though it sounds like Coco and Chanel have hit a few hiccups in their breastfeeding journey, they're finding a way to work things out -- and I have to say I think staying flexible is one of the most important things a new mom can try for.

Though I didn't have my heart set on breastfeeding like this celebrity mom, I also had a fair amount of success from the start. In private, my firstborn and I did pretty darn well, but then I got anxiety about nursing around anyone besides my husband. For us all, it ended up a combination of bottle and breastfeeding was the best mix.

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More celebrity moms open up about their breastfeeding struggles:

"I had my heart set on breastfeeding, but I wasn't producing enough milk," Kelly Rowland told Parents magazine after welcoming her first child, a son named Titan. Sharing she eventually supplemented with formula, the singer added, "I got down on myself, which I think was mentally limiting my supply."

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"I did nipple shields, nipple guards, supplemental nursing system, it was horrible," Molly Sims said while opening up about trying to feed her son -- who was born with a tooth -- during an appearance on Anderson Live. "He was literally like a vampire on me for three months; it was unbelievable. Cut to: I'm not breastfeeding and I'm proud of it."

"When Brooks was born, my milk never came in, and I tried to breastfeed for three months," the model mom shared during another interview. "I felt awful and ashamed. I wanted to breastfeed because it’s so good for the baby, so I worked with a lactation specialist. After three months, she said, ‘You’re done. You don’t have any milk.’ I’ll try breastfeeding again, but if it doesn’t work, I won’t push it."

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"You feel guilty about every single thing, every decision you make, everything you do," Carrie Underwood told People while opening up about being a new mom to Isaiah.

When asked about breastfeeding the singer shared she was trying to keep it up for "as long as I can take it. It’s hard. My supply is pretty nil. We have to supplement with formula. I’m doing the best that I can, you know?"

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"I’m 10% breastfeeding now," Bethenny Frankel told Parade in 2010, when her daughter Bryn was 3 months old. "And I feel guilty about that and like a failure."

When Bryn was just a few weeks old, Bethenny revealed that breastfeeding was “the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life."

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"For me, I had to have a a breast reduction in my early 20s and at that time I couldn't even fathom having children," Ricki Lake explained while talking about her breastfeeding experience with The Stir.

"I was able to breastfeed but not solely, I had to supplement. I had to have a lactation specialist come to my home and help me. I could afford one, but it was not easy for me.

"I remember feeling disappointed, like my body failed me in some way. It was hard for me. With my second son in 2001, I had donated breast milk from people sent to me in weekly jars."

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"It went without saying that I would breastfeed my kid," Elisa Donovan told People in 2014.

"I was utterly and completely unprepared for the reality that I couldn’t do it. Not only was it not working, and excruciatingly painful for me beyond anything imaginable (yes, even beyond the pain of labour), I also realised that (wait for it, this is gonna be a doozy) … I HATED IT."

The actress went on to say, "Everyone is well aware of the benefits of breastfeeding, and there is a plethora of information out there in support of it. Yet there is zero info on what to do if you are one of those women who can’t — or who chooses not to."

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Una Healey talked latching troubles with baby two during a Hello! Magazine interview by sharing, "The day my milk came in I couldn’t get Tadhg to latch on."

The Saturdays singer went on to share, "I had a bit of a meltdown, sobbing, ‘It’s only been three days, I feel like such a failure.’ But I got a breast pump and expressed three ounces. The relief was incredible."

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"It was so hard. It became stressful because I really wanted to try and breastfeed him, me and Justin were up every hour of the night," Kimberley Walsh said while talking breastfeeding struggles as part of the AOL Original series, Being Mum.

"We would squeeze out the tiniest little bit of colostrum, syringing it into his mouth, just to try and give him what he needs. "

"I think there is so much pressure on women, breastfeed, breastfeed, breastfeed," the singer added. "I just didn't want to feel like I’d given up."

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"My boobs are killing me. I feel like my nipples are going to fall off," Snooki said in 2014, shortly after welcoming daughter Giovanna.

"With Lorenzo, I didn’t actually latch on. I just did the pump, so it didn’t hurt that bad,” she went on to elaborate. "But with Giovanna, I tired to latch on at the hospital and she latched on right away. So I said, ‘You know what? Let me just do this until I get my milk in and then I’ll just go straight to pumping, but Giovanna has been on my boob every single hour for the past four days, and my nipple is going to fall off. I can’t feel it! It’s so painful, but I gotta do what I gotta do because I feel like my breast milk is the best milk for my baby."

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Ali Landry saw her hopes of longterm breastfeeding disappear when her daughter was 10 months old.

"As a new mom, I was determined to ... nurse as long as possible, but when her teeth came in she started biting me," she explained.

"I talked to other moms, my doctor, and a lactation consultant in search of a solution, but nothing helped. I even tried hand-expressing my milk directly into her mouth, in a desperate hope that I could nurse without letting her little piranha teeth anywhere near me, but in the end, I decided it was time to wean."

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When asked about "breastfeeding mummies" during a concert, Adele took the opportunity to let her true feelings be known.

"You know what, the pressure on us is f--king ridiculous," the singer told the crowd.

She continued, "You can go f--k yourself, alright? Because it’s hard. Some of us can’t do it!…Some of my mates got post-natal depression from the way those midwives were talking. Idiots."

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Are these clothes for boys or girls? See Jaime King's new line

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Sara McGinnis

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Jaime King's new collaborative clothing line is has plenty of the color pink -- but don't make the mistake of thinking it's just for girls. Rather, Gardner and the Gang is a described as a "socially and environmentally aware, gender-fluid clothing brand that aims to make children feel empowered and accepted."

The mother of two boys explained to People, "We have set limitations upon our children and babies, whether that be consciously or subconsciously. Somewhere along the line of ‘dos and don’ts,’ we relegated children into little boxes that are so restrictive.

"Somehow, the world decided that boys belong in blue and girls belong in pink and anything other than that is weird or strange and in some ways frowned upon — as if allowing a boy to wear purple or hot pink is steering them in the wrong direction."

Take a look at a sampling of the pieces offered at Gardner and the Gang:

Gardner and the Gang clothing line.

Jaime King, who worked with Kristin Nostrum to create The Lion's Heart line, says their goal is to not focus on traditional "male" or "female" colors, but instead focus on prints that are meaningful and fun.

"When I see my child at the playground holding hands and playing with another boy — regardless of age, race, situation or circumstance — all I see from him is loving, and the powerful and effortless ability to connect," the mother of 2-year-old James and 10-month-old Leo explained.

"So that’s where we came up with the idea to take animals that you’d typically not see in the animal kingdom getting along, sharing a milkshake. Because that’s what our kids do."

"This collection is vastly important because we want any boy that likes our dresses to rock them," she added. "[For] any girl that doesn’t want to wear a skirt to put on some sweet leggings...My immediate thought was that this is not only ahead of its time, but the future of children’s clothing."

To be perfectly honest I was excited to hear of Jaime King's new line, but rather surprised by just how much pink is in the clothes. I suppose when I first read it was a "gender-neutral" collection I imagined more gender-neutral colors...but then again, colors don't actually have gender, do they?

Despite having expected to see much more green, yellow, black, red and purple, I'm kind of pleasantly surprised by this line. It certainly is pushing me to think beyond how we typically dress children, and I suppose that's the whole point. Still, I can't entirely shake the feeling these clothes are pushing boys into what's been known as "girly" clothes territory more than the other way around.

How would you feel about dressing your son and daughter in Jaime King's line? Are you surprised by the items being offered?

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