Gwen Stefani on motherhood, nursing, touring with baby, and how it ‘keeps getting better’

Update: We are bumping this post back up to the top after a number of emails from readers, commenting on People and Page Six articles that pull out one of the below quotes from the original article and say Gwen is still nursing. This is untrue — it’s just another case of the media taking quotes out of context.

If they read the Observer article closely, they would see the quote is from the author’s conversation with Gwen before her tour started — back at the beginning of April! As Gwen said many times this past week while doing radio station interviews in Australia, she nursed Kingston for 13 months and just stopped a few weeks ago, in July.

Hopefully that clears things up.

Originally posted August 6th: Songstress Gwen Stefani, 37, made the Australian media rounds while promoting her Sweet Escape shows in the country last week. We have a full interview roundup — Gwen discusses her motherhood fear, nursing, taking Kingston on tour, flights, Gavin Rossdale as a dad, why parenthood keeps getting better, Kingston’s sense of humor, and more.

Click below for all the highlights.

Gwen is currently wrapping up the Australian leg of her Sweet Escape tour and heading off to Japan — with son Kingston in tow, of course! Not that jet-setting with a 14-month-old is easy.

He’s been traveling since he was 3 months. He’s used to it…[but] it’s something you don’t really get used to. I’mnot used to it. He [used to] just nurse and fall asleep. [Now] he’slike a little koala bear, he just clings on. [We] play with moo-moocows and horses — trying to just keep him busy [on the flights].

It’s super hard having a baby on tour, but super fun. I do things thatI would never do. Normally, I would be sleeping the whole time [I wasn't performing] — I’m asleepaholic. But with Kingston, we’re going to see the polar bearstoday. I wouldn’t normally do that. It’s hard, but it’s so fun.

If I had to leave him at home and not bring him with meeverywhere, then I wouldn’t do this. I know that’s not going to last,and he’s going to get more demanding and there will be school andstuff. But for now I get to do it all.

I get ready from 4-7 pm, then do my meet and greet for a half-hour, and from 7:30 to 8 pm I would just play with Kingston, then put him down, nurse him, put him to sleep. I didn’t want to miss that, and it worked out perfectly.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Gwen had famously mentioned that she hoped becoming a mother would ’save me from my own vanity.’ When she became pregnant, the fear of the unknown grew larger.

[I wondered], how I would fit him into my life? Would I be too self-obsessed to be able to care about him enough? I have a really extraordinary life and I obviously have a lot of passion about the things that I do. So I didn’t know if I could be selfless enough. But obviously I can! It’s the most amazing thing that’s ever happened to me.

It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my entire life.He is just…a miracle. The whole thing…in the stomach, coming out, andthen they’re…a human. It’s just weird, it’s incredible.

Gwen is also aware that the fun is just beginning — and she’s enjoying every stage.

Everyone keeps telling me it’s going to get so much better. Whenhe was 3 months, I was like, ‘This is the best, I don’t want him togrow — this is great.’ And it’s true, I mean as they start to know who youare…

One of the more recent developments is Kingston’s sense of humor, which Gwen relays in a story from the previous evening.

He was so excited, because last night at the show — it was an earlyshow, so [I put him to bed] and as he was falling asleep, his dad came in and wound him up and he totally ended up staying up until 9:30 — I came out in my costume.

He’s seen me init one other time, but not for awhile — he saw my black tights and hewas just laughing — he thought it was the funniest thing, my littlestriped outfit. He was laughing like, ‘What are you wearing that for?’ He wanted to touch [the tights] and kept walking between my legs. [laughs]

Hegot to see a couple songs last night which was really exciting for me,not like he really cares. [laughs] He’s stupidly cute, it’s crazy. Just yesterday he was different, his personality is adorable.

Back in early April, Gwen was open about her nursing experiences with Kingston — then 10 months — telling an Australian reporter in a just-released news piece,

Breastfeeding is just obviously really convenient with my lifestyle. I don’t know when I’m going to stop [nursing]. I’ll just keep going while I can — he’s getting his teeth so it is a little bit scary. He’s bitten me a few times!

She now confides that ‘I only stopped nursing a few weeks ago‘ at 13 months, having made it a bit over a full year.

The breastfeeding is over, thank you! That was really fun, I really enjoyed that…but it’s over.

Although Gwen may have handled the feeding, husband Gavin Rossdale does his part as well. When asked who changes more diapers, Gwen gives credit where credit is due — but lets listeners know that she still comes out on top.

Iwould probably say me, but Gavin is really helpful. He’s a reallyamazing dad. He’s been getting up with him every morning. We arguedabout getting a swing set in the backyard. Guess who wanted it and whodidn’t? [laughs]

Sources: 2Day; The Observer; The Daily Telegraph