Gossip Girl star still breastfeeding
I am udderly disappointed by the NY Post’s tidbit about Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford’s extended breastfeeding. I know that it’s a gossip column and I really shouldn’t expect much, but The title Udderly Icky made me roll my eyes and the opening line, “GOSSIP Girl” star Kelly Rutherford might not be uncomfortable talking about breast-feeding, but the rest of us are uncomfortable hearing about it…” made me want to smack someone.
Luckily the New York Daily News published a reasonable article about her that included some statistics about extended nursing. Here’s a bit from their piece.
Rutherford, 40, whose second child with hubby Daniel Giersch is due this summer, decided to keep breastfeeding for as long as possible after being inspired by the doula who cared for her when her son Hermes was an infant.
“She had breastfed her children anywhere from two to four years of age and let them naturally wean themselves,” Rutherford says. “All of her kids are super strong, healthy smart kids. So I just decided, well, I will try it and just see how it goes.”
Rutherford travels frequently and says breastfeeding her two-year-old makes a lot of sense when she takes him along, since he hasn’t been prone to any earaches while airborne.
Good for Rutherford. It’s great that she’s still nursing her baby (and a two year old is still a baby in so many ways) and it’s great that she’s comfortable talking about it. She especially deserves a round of applause for nursing a toddler while she’s pregnant. I have done that and it is not always pleasant. It’s so nice to see celebrities normalize breastfeeding.
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