Coco Austin, a glamour and health mannequin and actress who has labored on the Playboy Mansion, described breastfeeding Chanel — till she was six — as a “bonding expertise”

Mannequin and actress Coco Austin has defended her resolution to proceed to breastfeed her daughter till she was six.

The star, additionally a dancer and clothier, mentioned she and Chanel loved a “bonding expertise” and all the time needed it to be her daughter’s resolution when to cease this. Coco, who has been married to rapper Ice-T since 2002, mentioned her daughter largely used the expertise as a consolation alternative.

Talking on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, the 46-year-old mannequin mentioned: “It wasn’t like I used to be feeding her as a result of she wanted a meal. She was in a position to eat by a yr, you realize, full, like, solids. It was extra of a bonding expertise and extra of like, ‘Okay, I will provide the milk.’ However, it was extra like she needed to be round me. So I used to be like, I am gonna let her cease when she desires to cease.

“She’s not gonna be 16 on my boob. She’s gonna finally determine, ‘Okay, that is kinda unusual or bizarre and stuff.’ And that occurred round six, … which was nonetheless [an] extraordinarily lengthy period of time apparently. However in Europe, they’re doing until seven. Like, it is nothing to them. I imply, Individuals suppose that is bizarre.”

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Coco added Chanel, who’s now 9, is “obsessive about boobs” to this present day, including it is “not an enormous factor”. Nevertheless, the subject arose in the course of the podcast after criticism Coco, initially from Tarzana, California, had confronted on-line.

One web person posted: “Breastfeeding a baby past two years is simply bizarre and a spotlight in search of imo (for my part).” One other mentioned: “You need not breastfeed a six-year-old to bond with them.” A 3rd shared: “Bonding expertise.??.. Construct some Lego collectively.”

However defiant mum Coco, who labored at occasions and events on the Playboy Mansion within the early 2000s, insisted she has obtained a substantial amount of help from followers – together with different moms – too. She informed Bunnie Xo: “I received so many individuals that cherished it. Like, they had been on my aspect. I had all people come out of the woodwork on the subject of breastfeeding.

“I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is so good’ as a result of I used to be the one one talking about it. And I am like, why is that this so laborious? Like, folks have been doing this for 1000’s of years.”

And over right here, with steering aimed toward mums, the NHS web site states: “You and your child can keep it up having fun with the advantages of breastfeeding for so long as you want. Breastfeeding into your child’s second yr or past, alongside different meals, is good.”

When Jane McNeice, 49, was branded “disgusting” for breastfeeding two of her grandchildren, the defiant girl defended her resolution. She insisted she had really been overwhelmed with reward for the transfer.