Khlo Kardashian Says It Took "Months" for Her to Connect With Her Son Tatum

June 2024 · 2 minute read

Khloé Kardashian's motherhood journey hasn't exactly been easy — and in the latest episode of The Kardashians, she's getting honest about the difficulties of having a baby via surrogate. 

During Thursday's episode, the Good American founder opened up about how her bonding experience with her son Tatum is much different than when she welcomed her 5-year-old daughter True. "When you compare it, between True and him, it's a very different experience," Khloe told mom Kris Jenner. "Like, the connection."

She continued, "Like with True, it took me a couple days to be like, 'Okay, this is my daughter,' and I was super into it—but just days," she continued. "But with him, it's taken me, like, months. I love him and I love kids, but I definitely still don't have that complete bond. But you know, so many say it takes time."

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Khloé added that she feels "guilty sometimes" for not connecting with Tatum as quickly as she did with True. "Like, why isn't it the same? But I know that it will be, and I know I don't treat him differently, I just question myself sometimes," she explained.

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Just a few weeks ago, Khloé got candid once again about her struggles with being a new parent during the show's season 3 premiere. Admitting that she felt "less connected" to her baby boy because of surrogacy, she explained, "I definitely was in a state of shock from my entire experience in general. I felt really guilty that this woman just had my baby and I take the baby and go to another room and you are separated. It felt like such a transactional experience because it is not about him."

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