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'RHOC' Star Shannon Beador Reveals She Breastfed Her Daughter Sophie For 26 Months
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Aug. 7 2019, Published 2:13 p.m. ET
Shannon Beador revealed that she breastfed her eldest daughter, Sophie for 26 months while bonding with the Real Housewives of Orange County's newest cast member, Braunwyn Windham-Burke about motherhood.
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On the Tuesday, August 6 episode of RHOC, Kelly Dodd introduced her long-time friend Braunwyn to Shannon, 55.
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Shannon quickly recognized Braunwyn as Kelly's friend "with seven kids," and they seemed to hit it off from there!
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"Are you kidding me? Amazing!" Shannon praised Braunwyn. "It's fun. It's crazy. I mean sometimes I'm like 'What did I do?' and people are like 'How do you handle seven kids?'" the reality show newbie responded.
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"I'm like, 'I don't. I handle six really well.' Like the seventh, I'm like, 'Oh no, we're done," the mother-of-seven joked before admitting that she breastfed for almost 18 years!
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Shannon then revealed that she breastfed her own children for a long period of time as well.
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"My first child, I breastfed for 26 months and then my twins I did for 14 months," she said of her daughters, Sophie, 18, and twins, Stella and Adeline, 14.
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What do you think of Shannon breastfeeding her eldest child for over two years? Let us know in the comments below!