17/07/2025
Has anyone been "weird" around you when you're breastfeeding your baby? Or are you someone who doesn't know what to do when a baby is being breastfed near you? Love these tips from a breastfeeding mama!
Kylie Kelce's 1 Tip for Interacting With Breastfeeding Moms
“You're making it weird. You're being weird. Act natural.”
July 10, 2025 By Rosie Colosi
"Kylie Kelce is not at all reluctant to breastfeed in public, but she said that her father and father-in-law — both nicknamed “Big Ed” — are reluctant to stick around while she’s doing so.
“Both of our Big Eds roll the hell out at the thought of Finn eating,” Kelce said on the July 10 episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “It’s like a flash and suddenly they disappear into thin air.”
Unsurprisingly, the mom of four young girls seems to be completely comfortable in any sort of baby-feeding situation, and she has suggestions for those who are not.
“A lot of people don’t know how to act when a woman is breastfeeding literally anywhere in their vicinity, but as a mom currently doing it, I’ve got you covered with my official tips on how to behave when you’re around a breastfeeding mother,” she said.
The so-called “list” has just one main suggestion.
“Continue doing exactly what you were doing before mom started feeding her baby,” she said. In case listeners were unclear, Kelce elaborated.
“This includes not saying any awkward s--- or offering unsolicited commentary. Feeling free not to run away. Remain seated if you were previously,” she said, noting that you should not stare at her b***s or the ceiling.
“Don’t do that,” she said. “You’re making it weird. You’re being 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.”
She summed it up by saying, “That’s my one tip. That’s it. That’s all you have to do: be cool.” She stressed that breastfeeding isn’t “weird” or “crazy,” even if you hear the baby making gulping sounds.
This tip also applies to being around women who are pumping, she said, giving an incredibly accurate imitation of the typical breast pump noise. “You hear nothing,” Kelce said almost threateningly, warning bystanders not to acknowledge the pump noise.
Kelce also said that it is the breastfeeding woman's choice whether to cover up or not.
“Before you freak out and write some dumba-- article to be like, ‘Kylie breastfeeds in public,’ you’re f------ right I do,” she said. “But I’m always covered, and most people wouldn’t even know that I’m breastfeeding when I’m breastfeeding in public. If I wasn’t covered, that is actually not a concern of yours.”
She said that her father and father-in-law, and everyone else for that matter, shouldn't feel awkward if they enter a room where she's feeding Finn.
“On more than one occasion, someone will come in and I will be breastfeeding — completely covered — and someone would be like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry!’ And I’m like, I don’t know what we’re apologizing about. You actually haven’t seen my b***s,” Kelce said.
Kelce acknowledged that not every woman feels the need to cover up, nor should she: “It’s not every woman’s choice, and that’s OK.” "
https://www.today.com/parents/moms/kylie-kelce-breastfeeding-rule-rcna218001?
