Olivia Wildenever imagined the backlash she’d receive after her son’s magazine debut when he was just 3 months old.
“I’ve learned a lot about [the breastfeeding] debate since that [September 2014Glamour] photo shoot and certainly since becoming a mother,” the expectant actress and mom to now 2-year-old Otis toldYahoo! Beauty. “One thing that is very clear to me is that it should be every individual woman’s choice what she wants to do.”
She continues, “It was an interesting experience because that photo shoot came out of a very organic moment of having to feed my son because it was just my choice to breastfeed. But I did not in any way intend to shame women who had chosen not to breastfeed for whatever reason. It’s a complex issue, but the one thing that’s not complex is that people should be allowed to breastfeed wherever they want, whenever they want.”
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In fact, theVinylactress and fiancée ofJason Sudeikisis 100 percent supportive of her fellow moms, and doesn’t think any woman should have to answer to anyone but herself and her own child when it comes to making sure the latter is fed.
Wilde, 32, continues, “But once she makes that choice, she should be publicly permitted to do that in whatever way she needs to. Certainly there should be no pressure on women to breastfeed, or they are made to seem like they are terrible mothers. I think that’s really unfair.”
It seems Otis is following in his mama’s footsteps in the sense of bringing the women around him up.
“I like to think [Otis is] already a little feminist. And he is. He’s a really good guy,” she says. “I want to promote the idea that the definition of feminism is equality and it’s something that’s not difficult to teach children because they are born with that sensibility.
“They are only taught to separate people and value them differently once they get older,” she adds. “Luckily, I’m just embracing the perspective he was born with.”
“I certainly have less time and I think I’ve just gotten a bit more efficient about getting ready, whereas before I would have a few more minutes to experiment with different looks,” theTron: Legacyactress confesses. “Now I kind of know what I’m going to go for and I’m good about getting it done in five minutes.”
And though Wilde admits she’s been “pretty lazy” during this pregnancy compared to her first, she has adopted a mantra that has taken her far in terms of staying healthy.
—Jen Juneau and Anya Leon
source: people.com
