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Kylie Kelce defends breastfeeding in public during an episode of her podcast
The mom of four went on to give her tips for dealing with people who can’t be around people who are breastfeeding
Kylie shares her four daughters with husband Jason Kelce
Kylie Kelce is defending her right to breastfeed in public.
The podcaster, 33, spoke about the topic during a Thursday, July 10 episode of her podcast Not Gonna Lie and explained that since she’s been nursing her 3-month-old baby daughter Finnley “Finn,” she’s had to breastfeed in public. The mom of three went on to defend her choice and explained why it shouldn’t be a “concern” to the general public.
“As someone who is currently breastfeeding and often in situations where I need to do it in public settings, don’t worry,” Kylie began. “Before you freak out and write some dumbass article to be like, ‘Kylie breastfeeds in public.’ You’re f—— right I do, but I’m always covered.”
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“And most people wouldn’t even know that I’m breastfeeding when I’m breastfeeding in public,” she went on. “Okay? If I wasn’t covered, that is actually not a concern of yours.”
The mom of four, who shares daughters Finn, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Wyatt, 5, with husband Jason Kelce, went on to explain that when she breastfeeds around her dad and her father-in-law, both men “suddenly disappear.”
“If you don’t know this already, I have a big Ed. Jason has a big Ed. Both of our dads are big Ed,” Kylie said. “Now both of our big Eds roll the hell out at the thought of Finn eating. Okay? Finn, a little fussy. Does she need to eat? All of a sudden they disappear. It’s like a flash. And suddenly they disappear into thin air.”
Kylie explained that her move is to use muslin blankets and tie the corners together, slipping the head backward like a cape.
“It’s my fourth child. I feel like I have figured out how to stay completely covered,” she explained. “I don’t know that over my four children so far, because there’s still time with Finn, that I have nip slipped on a breastfeed. But on more than one occasion, someone will come in, and I will be breastfeeding completely covered.”
“And someone will be like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry.’ And I’m like, I don’t know what we’re apologizing about,” Kylie said. “You actually haven’t seen my boobs. So I will say it does help that I am a proud member of the itty bitty titty committee. And it’s kind of hard to see a boob past a kid’s head anyway.”
“But I stay covered because that’s my choice. That’s my choice,” she added. “It’s not every woman’s choice. And that’s okay.”
The mom of four went on to say that a lot of people don’t know how to act when a woman is breastfeeding in their vicinity. She said that as a mom “currently doing it,” she had some tips to give for how to behave around breastfeeding parents.
“Tip number one, continue doing exactly what you were doing before mom started feeding her baby,” said Kylie. “This includes not saying any awkward shit or offering unsolicited commentary, feeling free not to run away, remain seated if you were previously, not staring at her boobs, or even the opposite, blatantly staring up at the ceiling. Don’t do that. You’re making it weird.”
“Act natural. If you are in the middle of eating a sandwich, doing a crossword, or spilling some great gossip, you’re going to go ahead and keep doing those things. And that’s it. That’s my one tip,” she said.
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