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- Gypsy-Rose Blanchard shared that hearing her daughter Aurora call her “mommy” for the first time was a deeply healing experience, given her traumatic past with the word.
- She described how motherhood has allowed her to redefine “mommy” as a symbol of love, safety, and comfort, contrasting with its previous painful associations.
- Blanchard, who was released from prison in 2023 after serving time for her involvement in her mother’s murder, is now focused on raising her daughter with boyfriend Ken Urker.
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is healing from her trauma. The Life After Lock Up star shared why hearing her daughter call her “mommy” for the first time was healing for her.
“For so much of my life, the word ‘Mommy’ carried a meaning that was complicated and painful for me. I knew motherhood would give that word a new meaning, but I don’t think I was prepared for what it would feel like to actually hear my daughter call me Mommy,” she wrote on Instagram on August 17.
Blanchard shared a video of her daughter, Aurora, saying “dada.” She tried to get her to say “mama,” but it didn’t work.
Then, at 18 months, Aurora once again said “dada” while sitting at a table. Over the video, Blanchard wrote, “Heart started silently breaking.”
At 19 months old, Blanchard tried again. She said “mommy” as her daughter sat on the couch. Aurora very slowly said “mom-my” and Blanchard cheered.
“I carried her, brought her into this world, and have had the privilege of watching her grow into this beautiful little person. At 19 months old, hearing that tiny voice finally say ‘Mommy’ hit a place in my heart I can’t fully explain,” she continued.
“Motherhood has given me the opportunity to experience that word from the other side, to make it mean love, safety, comfort, patience, and home. Some moments are bigger than they look. To everyone else, it may just be a new word. To me, it felt like healing. #gypsyroseblanchard #motherhood.”
She shares Aurora Raina Urker with her boyfriend, Ken Urker. Aurora was born in December 2024. In March, Blanchard shared a video of Aurora taking her first steps.
In 2015, Blanchard’s then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn killed Dee Dee after she spent years of faking her daughter’s medical conditions and diagnoses. Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for her involvement in the scheme to have Dee Dee killed. She was released from prison in 2023.