Heather Rae El Moussa breastfed her son on a commercial flight after facing backlash for sharing parenting tips while flying private
- Heather Rae El Moussa documented a commercial flight she took with her son, Tristan, on Instagram.
- The realtor said she breastfed Tristan during takeoff and landing to make the flight easier for him.
Heather Rae El Moussa appeared to subtly respond to criticism from social-media users during a trip with her son.
On Monday, Heather shared a series of photos to her Instagram story documenting a flight she took with her son Tristan, who was born in January.
She captioned a photo of Tristan in his stroller, "Long travel day ahead," adding that they were on their way to see "daddy," Tarek El Moussa.
Heather and Tarek have been together since 2019, and they got married in October 2021.
The "Selling Sunset" star also shared a photo of herself holding Tristan on the commercial flight they took, sharing information on how she kept him comfortable in her caption.
"A flight is a flight...," she wrote. "Breastfeeding on takeoff & landing to help his ears. Here we go!!"
Heather's caption appeared to reference backlash she received after Tristan's first plane experience in May.
On May 2, Heather posted a series of photos of her family on a private jet, writing in the Instagram caption that it was Tristan's first flight, as well as advice about how she made him comfortable on the plane.
Social-media users were quick to criticize Heather in the comment section of the post because the plane was private, noting the experience was likely different than that of a commercial airline. Heather did not respond to Insider's previous request for comment on the criticism.
Her Instagram story from Monday seemed to directly echo a comment a social-media user left defending her back in May: "A plane is a plane — flying is flying — she breast fed him before and after and that's what helped nothing to do with being in a private jet."
The El Moussas celebrated the Fourth of July in Florida alongside Tarek's older children, Taylor, 12, and Brayden, 7, who he shares with his ex and former "Flip or Flop" costar Christina Hall, as they documented on their Instagram stories.