Kristen Doute is learning a lot in her new mommy role.

Approximately eight weeks after welcoming her daughter, Kaia Lily, The Valley cast member offered a brief update on her new little one and shared some insights she has gained as a first-time mother. Kristen began by posting an Instagram picture of her newborn resting in a bassinet, snuggled in a pink tartan blanket. The former Vanderpump Rules star mentioned that she picked up the swaddling technique from her dear friend, Kelly Bores, a South Carolina hairstylist and fellow mother.

“Aunt [Kelly] visited us for a week and taught me SO much,” Kristen wrote in the photo’s caption. “I discovered Kaia enjoys being swaddled and having some alone time. (I also just learned how to swaddle correctly.) We miss you, Kel.”

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Why Kristen Doute feels “so lucky” with baby No.1, Kaia Lily

Kristen also took the opportunity to respond to several questions and comments submitted by fans. One question focused on “sleep regression,” a phase where a baby or toddler’s sleep schedule regresses, leading to more frequent awakenings, shorter naps, and other disruptions in sleep patterns.

“I’ve been so lucky,” Kristen said in an Instagram video while holding baby Kaia. “She’s been sleeping most nights, like, maybe every other night, for six hours straight with a bottle and diapy-change break, and then another couple [more] hours. It’s been pretty magical. The naps are either super long like this, or they’re 90 minutes. So, it just depends. But it’s getting a lot better.”

Kristen said she suspected Kaia’s improved sleep was due to a baby formula change.

“We switched from Enfamil to HiPP, the Dutch formula, and it has done wonders,” she explained. “Or maybe it’s because she’s almost eight weeks old. I don’t know… First-time mom. And good luck with sleep regression. I feel like that’s gonna happen to us soon.”

Kristen Doute admits she doesn’t remember parts of her childbirth

Kristen and her fiancé, Luke Broderick, welcomed baby No. 1 on June 11, about nine months after Luke popped the question. Kristen spoke about her labor experience in the July 29 episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, admitting there were some details and moments that were a blur.

“I remember the pushing part and then kind of watching [the hospital staff] weigh her and watching them take her to Luke,” Kristen said. “But, yeah, even when we tell the birth story, I make Luke tell half of it because I feel like I don’t remember — I know that I don’t remember some of it.”

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Kristen also recalled how Luke supported her during the delivery.

“During the actual like pushing part, which was only nine minutes, he was just standing next to me,” she said. “I remember him just, whatever my doctor said, he said. When [the doctor] was like, ‘Push, push,’ and Luke was like, ‘Yeah, do that!’”

Kristen said the experience was pretty “by-the-book,” as she had an induced labor.

“When I found out I was pregnant, my doctor told me — it was like the only thing that he was gonna harp on me about my age — that he would not let me go full term and definitely not past, because after the age of 40, I guess like your placenta stops supporting itself,” she explained. “So that was just a worry… [The doctor’s] like, ‘A week early tops, but probably I’d like you to go a week early.’”

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