Khloe Kardashian admits she’s still struggling to bond baby Tatum after surrogate birth

Khloe Kardashian opened up about not being able to connect with her newborn son, Tatum, three months after he was born via a surrogate on Hulu’s The Kardashians.

While Kim flew to Milan and Kourtney and Kendall were in New York City, Khloe was back home in Los Angeles with Tatum.

Her mother Kris Jenner pays an early visit in the third episode of season 3 of The Kardashians, titled Everything Is My Fault!

Khloe – who was awkwardly asked out on a date by Scott Disick in last week’s episode – admitted to Kris, “I feel guilty” as she hasn’t “connected” with her son three months after he was born can make.

Khloe also revealed to Kris that she has set new boundaries for her ex/baby’s father, Tristan Thompson, and insisted she stop getting back together with him.

Guilty: Khloe – who was awkwardly asked out on a date by Scott Disick in last week’s episode – admitted to Kris, “I feel guilty” as she hasn’t been able to “connect” with her son yet, three months after his birth

Kris asks how Khloe feels — three months later — about the whole surrogacy process, and Khloe says, “If you compare it between True and him, it’s a completely different experience, the connection.”

“With True, it took me a few days to think, ‘OK, this is my daughter and I loved it,’ but only days.” It takes me months with him. I love him and I love kids, but I’m definitely still not that full bond, but so many people say it takes time,” says Khloe.

Kris adds, “I think you’ve been through a lot for you. Your emotions are spent trying to deal with trauma and all the things you’ve been through and I think you need to remember that. I mean, you have to give yourself a little credit.

Khloe agrees but says she feels “guilty” because it’s not the same, adding that she doesn’t treat him differently, she just questions herself sometimes.

Kris adds that she needs to give herself a break because every time she comes over, Khloe, “mom of the year, is always feeding someone or entertaining someone or adoring your kids.” You are the most considerate person to all of us.”

Khloe adds in confession that she wishes she wasn’t, “so critical of myself because I’m really nice to everyone, I’m just not nice to myself.”

“Being a mom is truly one of the most magical experiences ever,” Khloe adds in a confession, as Kris asks to hold the baby, but warns Khloe that he could throw up on her.

Kris holds the child and she begins to cry when Kris adds, See your mother jump up. Who is connected? Who’s connected?’

Earlier in the episode, Kris asked how things are going with Tristan Thompson, with Khloe taking a deep breath before adding, “We always get along. He and I have a great friendship, we get along very well and for my children I put everything aside. What’s done is done, so what would I hold on to? I don’t have to ‘punish’ him, because I’m not coming back to him.’

Kris adds that she came by recently and Tristan was there feeding their five-year-old daughter True and it was “really cute.”

“And when I’m not there and not around, he’s there and I’d rather have him here than a babysitter. I mean, there are still limits. Like, I’ve definitely put my foot down around a lot of things. No one is just chilling here if there aren’t kids involved,” Khloe tells Kris.

Kris: Kris adds, ‘I think for you, you’ve been through a lot. Your emotions are spent trying to deal with trauma and all the things you’ve been through and I think you need to remember that. I mean, you have to give yourself a little credit.

Guilty: Khloe agrees but says she feels “guilty” because it’s not the same, adding that she doesn’t treat him any differently but she sometimes questions herself

Khloe adds in confession that the boundaries are important because “we’ve done this song-and-dance a few times.”

“I got back with him after a cheating scandal, so I don’t know if Tristan is like, ‘Oh wow, let’s just talk this out and she’ll come back to me eventually.’ I can see why he would think that. So it’s my job to set boundaries that show my actions differently,” she says.

Khloe tells Kris that they aren’t there to hang out alone or watch TV together, adding that she makes sure he knows, “it’s all about the kids.”

“I can’t just let those old habits come into my life. It’s just not what I want,” she confesses, while Kris says it makes her happy.