Earlier this month, Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to her fourth child, and her first baby with husband Travis Barker. The baby is a little boy named Rocky Thirteen. His first name was inspired by both the movie and the guitarist for the band Suicidal Tendencies. If you briefly wondered if they announced his middle name as Thirteen because they’re huge Swifities and wanted to troll Kim, ha, I did too. But no, it’s Travis’ favorite number and he has it tattooed on his elbow. How very Beckham of them. Rocky is also the thirteenth(!) Kardashian/Jenner grandchild.
Kourtney had a pretty difficult pregnancy, and back in September, she was rushed to the hospital for urgent fetal surgery to save Rocky’s life. After that scare, Kourtney’s pregnancy seemed to be a bit better. Now that little Rocky is here, Kourtney and Travis have decided that for the time being, they’ll be having family time amongst just themselves and their children. When they decided to have extended family over to meet him, it will be by invite-only.
Kourtney Kardashian has been reportedly keeping a strict ‘invite-only’ rule for anyone coming to visit her baby boy, The U.S. Sun has exclusively learned.
According to an insider, even Kourtney’s sister Kim, 43, “still hasn’t met” her new nephew.
The source exclusively told The U.S. Sun: “Kourtney is going to be introducing the new baby to her family on an ‘invite-only’ basis.
“[Kourtney] and Travis have communicated that they will be taking ‘family only’ time for the newly blended family and for Kourt to rest, and then they will be inviting the extended family over on an individual basis,” the insider explained.
The source continued: “So now everyone’s talking about where Kim will be on the list.
“Obviously, Kris will be first – but who is going to get the second invite?
“Kourtney has said it’s a germs thing – to protect the baby and not expose him to any risk – but it’s, like, part of her new strategy to keep everyone at arm’s length,” the insider claimed.
If this story is true, which Kardashian do you think leaked it? I understand being excited to meet a new baby in the family, but speculating the order of invite shows zero chill. It’s perfectly reasonable for Kourtney – and any other parent of a newborn – to set boundaries, including an “invitation only” rule. When my older son was born, we had our immediate family members who would be seeing him in those first few days/weeks get up-to-date on their vaccinations, specifically the Tdap one. And Poor Rocky almost died in utero, for goodness sake! Who knows what Kourtney’s labor and delivery looked like? She’s probably physically and emotionally drained. I get that Kris is probably breaking out in hives every day that passes without getting that baby on camera, but let the Barker-Kardashian brood have their quality, germ-free time.
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I started watching the Kardashian’s on Hulu and if there is one thing I’ve gleaned is that Kris LOVES to turn everything into a huge ass party. She invites everyone and their mamas.
So, I totally believe Kourtney is putting this boundary up to prevent Kris from invading her house with party planners and cameras.
I have never watched any of those shows, I only know of them through the media and sites like this. Good for Kourtney for setting boundaries up for her mother to deal with. I’m glad that they are protecting this fragile little baby from the tornado of a grandmother.
I’m in agreement to let them have time with their new baby alone. The rest of the family can wait or maybe she can send them a quick little picture or video to get them through till they can meet him in person.
This sounds completely reasonable. Boundaries are there and they should be respected.
I had a former co worker whose child was expecting ( but lived in another state) and they were hot headed because they were not getting what they feel they were entitled to.
My former co worker was upset that their child’s partner was not answering their calls or text all the time. The partner finally sent a group text (which already upset my co worker as they felt they should not be part of this text chain) that will update when the baby arrives or it there is a medical issue. Everyone in the text said okay, keep us posted (which was obvious that the other set of grandparents, aunts and uncles to be where not the problem), but my co worker who thought they were different. So the baby finally arrived and they sent a pic and said they wanted 30 days together before family starts planning their trips to visit. That again pissed my co worker off and then I said ‘this sounds reasonable’ and then I was told I just don’t understand. So I just side eyed, said OK and went back to work.
If you go on Reddit, you’ll see that it’s becoming very common for parents to not have visitors for like first month of the baby’s life. Like a lot of people complain that they either can’t see their grandchild or their parents can’t understand their boundaries.
You’re so right. What is it with these complainers?! I’m just so tired of people thinking they’re entitled to things that ultimately have nothing to do with them. Especially when family decisions are involved.
Respect people’s decisions, quit obsessing over whether you’re being slighted and focus on your own sh*t.
It ain’t that hard.
Accurate. The only people we saw during that first month were two or three friends and/or relatives who came to help me while I recovered from my emergency cesarean and my husband had to work. But I was mostly on my own sleeping and nursing with the baby all day 🤣 we also didn’t take her anywhere until she was about 2 months old unless it was unavoidable. And she was always strapped to me in a baby moby wrap. Same with her baby brother. We didn’t fully start socializing again until they were like 5 months old.
Fantastic. Finally one of those trash people shows some parental responsibility by protecting their child from potential immune system threats. Good for Courtney and Travis.
I wish I’d done this when I had my son! Instead, my mom walked into the hospital room, threw her giant purse onto my bed (missing my day-old c-section wound by less than an inch), barely saying hi as she went for the baby. People get so entitled about what THEY want (aka to hold the baby) and don’t think for once about the baby’s safety.
Right and this time of year is prime flu and covid season so this is a smart idea
When my niece was born – at the height of Covid – she also had some minor health issues, mostly food allergies but they weren’t exactly sure what the issue was for a while.
No one other than immediate family was able to meet her for over a year. They did let my mom visit and see her outside, ten feet away. I was finally able to meet her in person when she was about 18 months old (she’s adorable!) and we had FaceTimed a lot – she has two older siblings so I like to think she recognized me a little bit. I live in a different state so it wasn’t odd.
My point is that this is really reasonable to me. And good for them for putting their foot down. Just because both parents chose a life of fame, along with Kourtney’s extended family, doesn’t mean that this minor child will choose the same thing when they are old enough to understand what it means.
This is completely reasonable. I think its up to each new set of parents to decide what is best for them (with the mom getting to really make the decisions, sorry dads.) My mom came over to help for about 10 days after both my boys were born and I loved that, but I put off my MIL visiting (with the first one she visited the day my mom left, with the second I made her wait a few weeks.) basically one was helpful when here visiting and one was not, so I made arrangements accordingly.
I was fine with people visiting for an hour here or there, but more than that and it was too much for me pain-wise (c-sections.)
nothing about Kourtney’s plan seems wrong to me.
I completely get this. I was very protective about my babies as well. Both my husband and I come from families with terrible boundaries and we were the first ones to actively set those. It pissed a lot of people off. I did not care.
It actually started before my first was born. I knew my grandfather’s wife would attempt to insert herself. That is her way: ignore/neglect/emotionally abuse and then when she has the opportunity to look good to others, she will pop up and try to say she’s my grandmother (when she’s always insisted she isn’t and tells us to call her by her first name). So I talked to the L&D nurses and made it very clear that they were not allowed in the room with me.
True to form she showed up uninvited and unannounced right as they’d had to make the call that I would need an emergency cesarean. I could hear her in the hall trying to weasel her way in. Bless those badass nurses, they never budged. I still get emotional thinking about that.
Protect your family. That doesn’t always mean in an extreme way. It can be as simple as this. All families deserve this quiet time together. If they’re lucky enough to get it, we should respect it.
Kourtney setting a solid boundary to nest and enjoy her child with her new hubby and in relative safety is everything.
She’s aware of her family’s intentions better than we are. Nobody can copy, promote, steal, or disrupt her life if she creates that wall. Good for her
I feel like this article is trying to make Kourtney look bad but it seems pretty normal for invites instead of people randomly coming by. I don’t have kids but a lot of family and friends invited people because of wanting rest and making a routine for themselves and the baby.
It makes me respect Kourtney even more , for setting boundaries. Good for her.
We are still in a pandemic, and small babies die from covid.
And the last thing Kourtney would want is to get covid, a cold or the flu right now when she has a newborn and is recovering herself.
Her family is all over the public in multiple countries, I wouldn’t allow that germfest anywhere near my baby.
My first son was born at 30 weeks and weighed 2 pounds 13 oz
Both my mom and mil were great so they took shifts daily at the NICU, he was never there alone for the 5 weeks he was in.
It was months before other people got to see him and we didn’t go anywhere for about a year
Her boundaries are normal and healthy
Babies don’t spoil, and nobody is going to be harmed if they don’t get to visit immediately. As others have noted, it’s flu season and COVID is still very much a threat, especially for a tiny baby with a delicate immune system. And we don’t know if the condition that necessitated the operation in-utero might have made him more medically delicate than a brand-new baby would ordinarily be!
I have nothing but admiration for Kourtney giving a clear direction/boundary to her family. They can meet him when she’s ready. He will be as sweet and cuddly at 3 or 6 months (or beyond!) as he is right now. And I agree that the tone of this piece meant to cast shade on Kourtney, but any reasonable person would applaud her for putting her little one first.
Wait, how did I miss Kourtney having her baby? Did y’all post about it on here? Congrats to Kourt and Travis! Glad they’re sticking to their boundaries and letting people see baby on their terms.