Reality star and makeup mogul Kylie Jenner is no stranger to letting the world in on her personal life. In an interview with British Vogue, the Kylie Cosmetics founder opened up about dealing with postpartum depression, something she struggled with following both of her pregnancies. While she has been vocal about PPD in the past, The Kardashians star discussed how this hormonal change impacted naming her son.
Kylie shares two children with her ex-boyfriend, rapper Travis Scott. They welcomed their first baby, a daughter named Stormi, in February 2018 and their second baby, son Aire, was born in February 2022. Kylie and Travis originally named their son Wolf, but shared a few months later that they changed his name, but it wasn’t until that they revealed his new moniker. Now, the reality star is sharing the struggle she went through in figuring out what to name her second child.
In her Vogue interview, Kylie shared, “Being pregnant, I wore sweatpants every day, I didn’t have time to figure out even some of the little things in my life, and then postpartum lasted a year. Mentally, it’s really hard. Hormonally, it’s really hard.” She shared that her PPD symptoms felt more severe after welcoming her son than her daughter. “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.” She revealed that she was “on the phone with my mom all day hysterically crying, saying, ‘I can’t figure out his name.'”
When she couldn’t name her son, Kylie shared she felt like a “failure.” She explained, “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.” She then revealed another name she had given to her son during that time. “My son’s name was actually Knight for a long time.” Her daughter Stormi still remembers her sibling’s former moniker. “My daughter, still to this day, is like, ‘Do you remember when Aire’s name was Knight?’ And I’m like, ‘No.’ And she’s like, ‘That was so funny, Mom. I like Knight better.’ And I’m like: ‘You know what, we are not doing this again.'”
The Keeping Up with The Kardashians alum now has advice for expectant mothers when it comes to naming their babies. “My advice to all my friends having children is pick the name before, because when the hormones hit you can’t make decisions. You can’t.”
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