Kylie Jenner graces the cover of British Vogue alongside her children, Stormi, 6, and Aire, 2.
In the in-depth interview, Jenner discusses various aspects of her life, including the challenges of motherhood.
Reflecting on her journey, Kylie reveals, “I feel like I’ve been in full mommy mode since my early 20s.”
She adds, “I was 19 when I got pregnant, 20 when I had her. It was wild. Looking back at it, I give myself more empathy and grace. But when I was a teenager, even my family were like: ‘You aren’t that young.’ I think maybe I carried myself [a certain way] or I’d already been working for 10 years. It didn’t hit me [straight away]. But it was a huge life change,” she tells the publication.
Jenner also opens up about her struggles with postpartum depression, noting that she experienced it after both pregnancies.
“Stormi’s lasted a year, she told the outlet and admitted that her postpartum depression with Aire lasted around the same time. It hit me differently both times. Probably with my son it was major baby blues, so I was just so emotional over things that I probably wouldn’t be that emotional about [typically].”
Kylie describes how the emotional and hormonal challenges affected her daily life, including difficulties with decisions like naming her son
“On the phone with my mom all day hysterically crying, saying, ‘I can’t figure out his name.’ Now my advice to all my friends having children is pick the name before, because when the hormones hit you can’t make decisions.”
“When I met him, he was just the most beautiful thing to me and I couldn’t believe just how perfect he was. I felt like such a failure that I couldn’t name him. He deserved so much more than that. It just really triggered me.”
Despite these struggles, Kylie finds immense joy in motherhood. She explains, “No matter what I’m going through or what I look like or what the internet writes about me that day. I come home and my kids just love me unconditionally. They’re just obsessed with me and that’s taught me to walk through life a little easier. I’m like, ‘OK, well I have these little humans at home that need me and love me and think I’m the most perfect person in the world, so I don’t really need validation from outside sources.’”
However, Kylie acknowledges the complexity of growing up alongside her children.
“I’m 26 and I have a first-grader. I’m going to be 40 with a 20-year-old,” she cries, then adds, “And we’re going to be best friends.”
Jenner shares her two adorable children with rapper, Travis Scott. If you would like to read the British Vogue article in its entirety, click HERE.
Photo: Kylie Jenner Instagram; British Vogue Instagram
