{"id":2149320,"date":"2025-11-11T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2149320"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:29:08","slug":"coco-austin-defends-breastfeeding-daughter-chanel-until-age-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/coco-austin-defends-breastfeeding-daughter-chanel-until-age-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Austin defends breastfeeding daughter Chanel until age 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Coco Austin <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/02\/coco-austin-defends-breastfeeding-her-5-year-old-daughter\/\">stands by breastfeeding her daughter<\/a> until age 6.<\/p>\n<p>Ice-T\u2019s wife defended the \u201cbonding experience\u201d with Chanel, now 9, on Sunday\u2019s episode of Bunnie XO\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-trophy-wife-that-built-an-empire-coco-austin\/id1465273008?i=1000735927863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like I was feeding her because she needed a meal,\u201d the 46-year-old explained to listeners over the weekend. \u201cShe was able to eat by a year, full solids. \u2026 It was more that she wanted to be around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Coco Austin defended breastfeeding her daughter, Chanel, until age 6. <span class=\"credit\">Coco Austin\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The model told \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast listeners about the \u201cbonding experience\u201d with the now-9-year-old. <span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She recalled, \u201cIt was mostly when she went to sleep, [and] she wanted me to be there. So it was more of a comfort thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the model decided, \u201cI\u2019m going to let her stop when she wants to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted, \u201cShe\u2019s not going to be 16 on my boob. She\u2019s eventually going to figure out that this is kinda strange or weird and stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that happened around 6,\u201d Austin continued, confirming that this was \u201can extremely long time\u201d to nurse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt was more of a comfort thing,\u201d Austin said on Monday. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@coco<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress let Chanel \u201cstop when she wants to stop.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While she has heard from \u201cso many people who loved it\u201d over the years, the actress did hit back at haters during the podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Europe, they\u2019re doing it until 7,\u201d she claimed. \u201cThere, it\u2019s nothing to them. We Americans think that\u2019s weird. But I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with it as long as it\u2019s just in your home, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for those \u201csexualiz[ing]\u201d Austin\u2019s breastfeeding journey, she added, \u201cIt\u2019s not a big thing. It\u2019s a boob.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe\u2019s eventually going to figure out that this is kind of strange or weird and stop,\u201d Austin explained. <span class=\"credit\">coco\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThat happened around 6,\u201d Austin continued, which she acknowledged was an \u201cextremely long time.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Coco Austin\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chanel is still \u201cobsessed with boobs \u2026 to this day,\u201d according to her mom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s always sitting and lying on me,\u201d Austin explained. \u201cIt\u2019s just a really nice moment because it\u2019s not going to be like this when they get into the teenage years. I\u2019m loving every moment I can with Chanel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin, who gave birth to her baby girl in November 2015, has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/09\/26\/ice-t-defends-wife-coco-breastfeeding-nearly-4-year-old-daughter-chanel\/\">defended the decision<\/a> on many occasions \u2014 as has Ice-T.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLaw &amp; Order: SVU\u201d star, 67, told TMZ in 2019 that \u201cevery once in a while \u2026 she wants to get close to her mom, [and] that\u2019s what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Austin and husband Ice-T have both defended her extended nursing in the past. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/ Baby Chanel Nicole<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor clarified in 2019 that Chanel still ate cheeseburgers but just wanted to \u201cbe close\u201d to Austin. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Coco<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actor clarified, \u201cShe eats food. She eats f\u2013king cheeseburgers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple has been married since 2002, and Austin <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/01\/19\/entertainment\/ice-t-reveals-nsfw-reason-for-successful-marriage-to-coco-austin\/\">attributed their relationship success<\/a> to the \u201cvery submissive\u201d role she plays at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s lasted, because we know our identities,\u201d she said during her sitdown with Jelly Roll\u2019s wife, telling other women to \u201cstop trying to be such a boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Austin stands by breastfeeding her daughter until age 6. Ice-T\u2019s wife defended the \u201cbonding experience\u201d with Chanel, now 9, on Sunday\u2019s episode of Bunnie XO\u2019s \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t like I was feeding her because she needed a meal,\u201d the 46-year-old explained to listeners over the weekend. \u201cShe was able to eat by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2149321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[383143,30058,344976,30055,24003,410999,22507,23522],"class_list":["post-2149320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-breastfeeding","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-moms","tag-celebrity-news","tag-coco-austin","tag-parents","tag-podcasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Coco-Austin-defends-breastfeeding-daughter-Chanel-until-age-6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149322,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149320\/revisions\/2149322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2149321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}