Kourtney Kardashian Thought She Wouldn't Be Able to Breastfeed Rocky
Kourtney Kardashian was not taking no for an answer when it came to breastfeeding.
In fact, the Kardashians star celebrated 21 months of breastfeeding with her and Travis Barker’s son Rocky in honor of World Breastfeeding Week—despite her doctor previously telling her it might not be possible.
“I told my baby we would breastfeed when he was in my tummy every day after doctors told me he probably wouldn’t be able to breastfeed,” Kourtney wrote on her Instagram Stories August 8 alongside a photo of her feeding her 21-month-old on a boat. “I prayed about it and never believed it.”
“Blessed and grateful for this beautiful life and experience together with my baby,” she continued. “21 months and going strong.”
Last July, the 46-year-old expressed that she had no plans to stop nursing her youngest, adding that she hoped to continue breastfeeding for “at least a year.”
After all, that’s approximately how long she breastfed 10-year-old son Reign, who she shares with ex Scott Disick along with kids Mason, 15, and Penelope, 13.
"I did Reigny for a year," Kourtney said on her Hulu reality series at the time. "He started biting me."
Beyond breastfeeding, the reality star has shared insight into some of the other parenting practices she firmly stands behind.
“I think living authentically is not conforming, to whatever it is,” she said on the May 21 episode of sister Khloe Kardashian’s podcast Khloe in Wonderland. “I will like nurse the fever of my kids versus giving Tylenol or ibuprofen. I just want to do that.”
“Once I started therapy, I kind of started challenging the ways we did things sometimes, the way we all functioned,” she continued. “I love to just go against the grain.”
In addition to opting for more natural remedies when her kids are sick, she revealed that she holds baby Rocky for the entirety of his three to five hour naps to foster a stronger emotional bond.
“With attachment-style parenting, I hold him for his naps the whole time,” she explained. “He’s 23 pounds.”
“I’ll sit in our little chair in the room,” she continued. “I still have my little breastfeeding pillow and then he’ll lay on there, but my arm’s under, and then I have a little radiation blanket that I put over to protect from EMF from phone use.”
As for why she prefers such a nurturing parenting style? Well, she said she hopes to nurture his “secure attachment.”
“I think it’s really not separating for as much as possible in the first definitely three years,” she told her sister. “It’s kind of just what my instincts—I lean towards. It’s what they tell me to do, I feel like. Just my motherly instincts. Mother knows best.”
For more of Kourtney and Travis’ blended family, keep reading…
Kourtney and Travis took Alabama to Tommy Factory's New York Fashion Week show in September 2022.
Penelope Disick—who Kourtney and ex Scott Disick share alongside sons Mason Disick and Reign Disick—appeared with her mother in a vacation selfie from Australia.
Reign and Penelope enjoyed some fun in the sun during their family trip to Australia for Blink-182's tour.
Kourtney and Travis enjoyed some touristy activities in Australia.
In honor of Landon's 20th birthday in October 2023, Kourtney shared a throwback photo from 2017 of the then-teenager hanging out with Mason.
Alabama snaped a silly selfie with half-sister Atiana, as well as Kourtney and Penelope, during the Kardashians star's May 2022 wedding with Travis.
Kourtney took a break from her wedding festivities in to pose for a selfie with Alabama in May 2022.
Travis took Alabama, Landon and Atiana to the premiere of The Kardashians in April 2022. Meanwhile, Kourtney was joined by Reign.
Kourtney's oldest son Mason tagged along with Alabama and Atiana to Travis and Kourtney's front row outing at the AMIRI fashion show in February 2022.
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker was joined by Landon Barker—who he and ex Shanna Moakler share alongside daughter Alabama Barker and stepdaughter Atiana De La Hoya—at GQ's Men of the Year party in November 2022.
Kourtney shared a close up of this sweet throwback of Alabama and Penelope for Alabama's 17th birthday.
Kourtney, Travis, Alabama, Atiana, Landon and Reign posed at Disneyland in April 2022.
The group spent the day at the Happiest Place on Earth in honor of Kourtney's 43rd birthday.
Landon, Atiana and Kourtney bonded over a fun snapshot.
Penelope the artist! Travis shared her drawing of him in March 2022.
On Christmas Eve 2021, the Kardashian-Jenners joined the Barkers for a night of celebrations.
Travis and Penelope enjoy a game of checkers, while Kourtney and matriarch MJ Houghton watch the pair.
For Alabama's 16th birthday in December 2021, Kourtney and Travis surprised her with balloons that spelled out "BAMA 16."
Travis wrote in caption, "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!"
Travis appeared with Kourtney and Penelope in a TikTok video posted on the mom-and-daughter duo's joint account.
"So happy for you guys," Travis' daughter Alabama wrote on a photo celebrating the couple's engagement. "I love u both!"
Landon joined his dad and Kourtney for some Halloween 2021 fun at Knott's Scary Farm in Southern California.
Kourtney recruited her son Mason for a trip to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights with Travis and his daughter Alabama in 2022.
Atiana posed as the Bride of Frankenstein to Reign's Frankenstein during the spooky outing.
Kourtney's daughter Penelope rocked a devil costume as the crew headed to the Los Angeles immersive jack-o-lantern experience Nights of the Jack.
During their Nights of the Jack adventure, Alabama captured Travis and Penelope sharing a sweet moment as he walked around carrying her on his shoulders.
Even before they were dating, Travis and Kourtney were friends for years. Just look at this throwback photo of Mason, Landon, Alabama and Penelope from 2017.
Talk about a sweet birthday present! Travis gifted Kourtney's daughter Penelope a state-of-the-art drum set when she turned nine back in July 2021.
What better place to spend the Fourth of July 2021 than Disneyland? The happy couple celebrated the holiday there with Landon, Alabama and Reign.
Atiana opted to twin with Kourtney in matching snow gear during their first family trip together in Deer Valley, Utah, in April 2021.
Who needs to hit the slopes when you've got snowmobiles? Alabama joined in on the fun in this candid snap of her, Kourtney and Atiana.
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