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21.02.2023 - 23:21 / perezhilton.com
After making it through a tough pregnancy, Heather Rae Young is opening up about some of the unexpected challenges she’s been dealing with in her first few weeks of motherhood!
Heather and husband Tarek El Moussa welcomed their first child together just three weeks ago, a son named Tristan Jay El Moussa. Taking to Instagram on Monday, the Selling Sunset star got more candid than we expected about the ups and downs she’s experienced while trying to breastfeed him! Sharing a series of snapshots of her cuddling the baby boy in her arms while lounging on her balcony in the sun, Heather explained:
If only it was so easy!
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The real estate agent quickly noticed her attempts to feed Tristan just weren’t working — and he was actually beginning to lose weight! As she’d soon learn, he was suffering from tongue, cheek, and lip tie — making it hard for him to actually eat anything. She revealed:
If you don’t know, tongue, lip, and cheek tie are all conditions present at birth. Basically, skin tissue impedes a child’s ability to move those areas normally. Scary, but luckily all easily treatable. Meanwhile, jaundice is a condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow because of a high level of bilirubin, a yellow-orange bile pigment. In babies, the cause is often an immature liver. Dealing with all of this amid the already overwhelming and stressful time as a new parent is a lot!
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The reality star went on to thank her lactation specialist for helping her figure these issues out after “many tearful nights in the beginning” while she was “up at 3am trying to feed him [and]
Happy family!
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Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa are opening up about welcoming their newborn son, Tristan, last month, and how the family is adjusting to the new bundle of joy. Speaking with ET's Cassie DiLaura at their home in Orange County, California, the couple gets candid about their new life and gave ET the exclusive first look at their little boy.“I didn't think I'd be this obsessed with him. I thought, you know, 'Oh, I'd be OK going to dinners' or 'I'd be OK going on the little trips' and it's hard to even go to the doctor or, like, leave the house at all or leave him at all to even shower and get ready.
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Heather Rae El Moussa is getting candid about an aspect of motherhood. On Monday, the star shared that her and Tarek El Moussa's newborn son, Tristan, experienced some health setbacks that made breastfeeding an initial challenge.Heather, who welcomed her first child with her husband on Jan.
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Heather Rae El Moussa is living in mommy bliss! On Sunday, the “Selling Sunset” star took to Instagram to share a sweet new picture of her and Tarek El Moussa‘s baby boy, Tristan.
Heather Rae El Moussa is living in mommy bliss! On Sunday, the star took to Instagram to share a sweet new picture of her and Tarek El Moussa's baby boy, Tristan.«New to the El Moussa crew
Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa are opening up about welcoming their son into the world. The stars previously revealed their newborn son’s name is Tristan Jay El Moussa, but on Wednesday, they gave new insight into the sweet meaning behind the moniker. «Tristan was the name that Tarek was supposed to have, Jay is my dad's middle name and four generations of Jay,» Heather wrote on Instagram. The proud mom also shared the little guy was born on Jan.
Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa are opening up about welcoming their son into the world. The stars previously revealed their newborn son’s name is Tristan Jay El Moussa, but on Wednesday, they gave new insight into the sweet meaning behind the moniker. «Tristan was the name that Tarek was supposed to have, Jay is my dads middle name & 4 generations of Jay,» Heather wrote on Instagram. The proud mom also shared the little guy was born on Jan.
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Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young are introducing their baby boy to the world!
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