Motherhood Changed Kelly Rowland For the Better: My OCD had to go out the window!

Kelly Rowland and her son Titan are covering the latest issue of Parents magazine. Check out a few excerpts.

On losing her mother -Doris- three weeks after the birth of her son:

It was a tough, emotional point for me. I remember not wanting to be sad for Titan. I wanted to keep myself together because I believe that all that stress and grief can be passed on to your baby. Knowing Titan needed me, and having that to focus on, helped me through.

Challenges with breastfeeding:

I had my heart set on breastfeeding, but I wasn’t producing enough milk. I got down on myself, which I think was mentally limiting my supply.

[She eventually supplemented with formula.]

Her son’s first smile:

He was on the changing table and I was singing a silly song to him: ‘Titan’s so fly! Titan’s so fly!’ He just looked up at me and smiled and my heart melted.

How motherhood has changed her:

I was nervous that I didn’t have the patience to be a good mom, because before Titan I had zero. But now I am very patient. The Bible verse ‘love is patient’ is real! I don’t make the little things into big issues like I once did. My OCD had to go out the window. My living room looks like a freaking day care!

Her advice to other new moms:

Write on your mirror in lipstick: ‘I had a baby. I’m a superhero.’

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