Kate Chastain on Why Motherhood Is Way Harder Than 'Below Deck' Life and Her Next Bravo Chapter (Exclusive)
03.08.2023 - 15:01
/ etonline.com
Kate Chastain is learning a lot in her first few months as a mom. Namely, she despises «tummy time.»«You have to teach them literally everything,» the former star remarks to ET, chatting from her home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, over video call. She welcomed her first child, a son named Sullivan Cay, in May.«I didn't know about 'tummy time,'» she rattles off.
«You have to teach them to just lay on their tummy! Everything has to be taught. I thought they would kind of get it themselves.» Being a mom is «a lot more» than Kate expected, but she's soaking up every minute of it. While she assumed her time as a chief stewardess aboard super yachts would serve as training for handling a baby, she now owns that she was very wrong.
«It is so much different than I expected, so much more difficult, so I think that was healthy for me,» she confesses. «I love a challenge. But a lot of moms would DM me on social media over the years and be like, 'I'm the chief stew in my house! I'm chief stew at my home! I've got three kids, I cook dinner, I've got to do their laundry and all their rooms and, you know, picnics...' I said, yeah, I guess it's kind of similar.
Good for you, but now I'm like, I wish I could tell all of those moms you had it so much harder!»«I was the mom of the boat,» she says. «They were not the chief stew their home.»While Kate has kept details about Sullivan's dad a secret (she previously told ET it will be Sullivan's decision, once he's old enough, whether he wants to share that story), she did recently take to Twitter (aka X?) to dispel one rampant rumor among the fandom: that her one-time co-star and close friend, Chef Ben Robinson, is the father. It would be great if people would stop commenting and messaging me
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