The REAL Reason Khloé Kardashian Didn't Name Baby Boy Tatum for 8 Months E! News

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00:00 Tatum's a little different of a story.

00:03 Khloe Kardashian explains why she struggled naming her son Tatum.

00:07 The Good American founder appears on the SheMD podcast on May 7th, where she gets candid

00:13 about her surrogacy journey with her and ex Tristan Thompson's son, whom they welcomed

00:19 in 2022.

00:21 The reality star reveals her little guy didn't have a name for months after he was born.

00:27 "Tatum, so Tatum's a little different of a story.

00:32 I like unique names, but not off-the-wall names.

00:36 I think our family has enough off-the-wall names.

00:39 I didn't want to have like, you know, just too much craziness.

00:41 I actually didn't legally name Tatum, I think maybe for eight months."

00:48 "A few months, I know."

00:49 "It was a long time, and I'm embarrassed to say that, but…"

00:53 "What did you call him at home?"

00:56 "I would try different names at first, but none of them I liked.

01:00 And then Tatum was, but we would always call him baby or like, I call him Papa all the

01:05 time.

01:06 So like Papa was a lot that I would use.

01:09 But like, that was tough for me."

01:11 Koko admits that she had a different experience naming her daughter True, opening up about

01:17 her surrogacy experience with Tatum.

01:19 "I, it's interesting when I was, because I wasn't carrying him.

01:24 I didn't really feel anything.

01:26 Like with True, I could feel things about her.

01:30 Or like when I would pray at night, I would pray and we would have like our conversations.

01:34 And I don't know, I just felt True's spirit."

01:37 The 39-year-old also shares this message to anyone else going through surrogacy, noting

01:43 it's okay to have struggles.

01:45 "I think comparison is definitely the thief of joy.

01:49 So I think anyone going through surrogacy, don't compare yourself to somebody else's

01:53 journey.

01:54 I think it is such an incredible blessing that we have this option.

02:01 And I'm so grateful for that option.

02:03 And I'm so grateful for the women out there who are giving up their bodies to carry someone

02:08 else's baby, to then give it back to their mother.

02:12 Like it's such a beautiful thing, but give yourself grace, give yourself patience."

02:17 "I think it's such a beautiful thing, but give yourself grace, give yourself patience."

02:18 "I think it's such a beautiful thing, but give yourself patience."

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