Heather Rae El Moussa is thankful that her son is such an easy baby.
The Selling Sunset star, 36, spoke with PEOPLE about her 9-month-old son Tristan Jay, whom she shares with husband Tarek El Moussa, 42, and her adjustment over the past year to being a new mom.
“I’m lucky that my son is such a great baby and I have him on a really good routine,” says Heather. “I’m someone who believes in a routine for a baby. I mean, it’s kind of chaotic at first, but I think at some point I’ll get them into a good routine and a good sleep routine.”
“And that made it easier because he’s just a very happy, relaxed baby. But I’m a very driven, motivated person. I’m still filming my TV show. I’m a mom. I have two stepsons. I’m a wife. I do a lot of my household work, so that I don’t have a lot of time to feel useless and lie in bed.”
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“So I get up every morning at 6 o’clock and go about my day. I [having a newborn] it didn’t really stop me. I mean, as hard as it was and as exhausted as I felt, I just carried on with my normal life.”
In addition to Tristan, Heather is the stepmother of Tarek’s two children, Brayden and Taylor, who he shares with ex-wife Christina Hall (40).
In October, Heather shared on her Instagram that her son had reached an important milestone after he stopped showing interest in breastfeeding.
In her lengthy account, the proud mum revealed she had mixed emotions after realizing her son no longer wanted to breastfeed. “8 1/2 months postpartum. As I write this, my heart is full, but my mommy heart is a little sad too because my big boy no longer wants to breastfeed,” she began.
“It’s bittersweet for me because breastfeeding as a new mom was something I loved – I love the connection, the skin-to-skin, the cuddling, and if I’m honest, it would have been a harder decision for me to stop. About 2 1/2-3 week, Tristan started to be disinterested and would just withdraw and blow bubbles, but he would still enjoy our morning feedings… until today 😢.”
“And I don’t want to force him, so I trust the process, as I have from the beginning. I’ll still offer it to him, but he’s a busy guy these days and he’s just distracted. I want to say that I’m very proud of myself for making it this far. I’ve moved on goal of 4 months, then 6 months and I’m proud of my bear Tristan,” continued the proud mom.
Heather concluded that she was most proud of breastfeeding mothers everywhere.
“But at the end of the day, I’m so proud of us and so proud of all the mothers out there – no matter how long or short you choose to breastfeed or if you breastfeed at all because you’re amazing and I hope you never feel (or have felt) embarrassed or let anyone judging for YOUR process.”
“Sending so much love and strength to all the moms who are at the center of everything. I’m here for you because I’ve been through it all myself. 🫶🏻,” she ended her caption.
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