Single mom and first-time mother Kate Chastain knows that carving out “me time” can be tough, especially when you're caring for an infant.
of below deck The alum addressed the subject in a 2023 interview. entertainment tonight, It's been just three months since I gave birth to my baby boy, Sullivan Kaye. Kate said she understood that having a newborn would be “a lot of work”, but she underestimated just how hard it would be.
“I wasn't ready for it. It was very different and very difficult than I expected,” she said. “I love a challenge. But over the years, a lot of moms have DMed me on social media and said things like, 'I'm the star of the stew in our house!' . I'm the stew manager at my house! “I have her three kids, and I have to make dinner, do their laundry, clean their rooms, and go on picnics…'' I said. That was great, but now I wish I could tell all the moms out there that it was even harder for you! ”
Kate Chastain reveals the adorable way she kept her baby occupied
Kate still has her hands full with the constant grind of being a mom, but she's clearly learned a lot over the past nine months. She demonstrated this in her recent Instagram video, where she shared simple parenting hacks that are both amazing and laugh-inducing.
The video showed Sullivan-Kaye sitting in a small ball pit that Kate had placed in her living room.as traitors As the alum approached her young son, the familiar crackling sound got louder. So what was the cause of the noise? I had to read the caption to find out.
“It's important that children learn how to problem solve,” she wrote. “It's also important to have 10 minutes of free time. So I taped up his toys. I think now we can both be problem solvers.”
“You're doing a good job,” Kate said in the video.
Kate Chastain blames Madison LeCroy for giving birth to her son
The Florida mom welcomed Sullivan Kaye on May 5, 2023, about five months after announcing her pregnancy. The former chief stew opened up about her motherhood during a panel discussion at BravoCon 2023 and revealed that she is a mother. southern charmMadison LeCroy, who inspired her to have a baby.
“I told Madison this backstage, and it's true. It's because of her that I had my son,” Kate said. She said, “When I found out I was pregnant, I was like, 'What am I going to do?'” Seeing her with her son on her Instagram She looked at it and thought, “I can do this.” She was an inspiration to me. ”
