Actress Nikki Reed welcomed her first child—a daughter named Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder—with husband Ian Somerhalder in July of 2017, and she's been sharing motherhood moments on social media and beyond ever since. (Or at least since the couple finished being unplugged for a month after Bodhi's birth.) Like when she praised her husband for carrying around her breast pump at the Golden Globes.
Now Reed is opening up about the fact that she is still breastfeeding her now 20-month-old. "I often get asked how long I plan on breastfeeding. To be honest, I have no idea how long her and I will be on this journey together," she wrote on Instagram, alongside a sweet photo of her feeding Bodhi. "I follow her lead, and she tells me exactly what she needs. At 20 months she is only just becoming interested in food."
Breastfeeding, sadly, can still be a contentious subject—one which people, both mothers and those who are not mothers, have a lot of opinions about. While Reed goes on to talk about her own experience with her daughter and blended baby foods (she says Bodhi did not like them) before deciding to skip to finger foods, she isn't preaching or screaming about what she thinks everyone else should be doing. She is simply sharing her own story—and that's great and, frankly, refreshing.
"Right now thats where were [sic] at, still breastfeeding and skipping right to finger foods," she continues. "Also, in case you need to hear it again because I definitely did, whatever you’re doing you are doing it right! Every baby is on their own path doing things when and how they need to, and our job is to trust our gut, talk to other mamas and just go with the flow!"
Less judgment and more sharing when it comes to breastfeeding sounds like a great plan to us.
Check out Reed's full post below:
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