Why Kailyn Lowry Says She ‘Doesn’t Do Holidays’ with Her 7 Kids: ‘Happy to Send Them to Their Dads’

Kailyn Lowry is getting some peace and quiet this holiday season.

The podcaster, 31, spoke with E! News during the 11th Annual Reality TV Awards on Tuesday, Nov. 19, sharing that with the holidays around the corner, Lowry is looking forward to getting a minute to herself.

“Honestly, all my kids love each other so much,” the mom of seven told the outlet. “I couldn’t have asked for better kids, truly.”

“I actually don’t do holidays,” she continued. “All my kids go to their dads, and they have big families over there and they love their kids. I’m happy to send them to their dads for the holidays.”

Lowry shares Verse and Valley, 12 months, as well as 2-year-old son Rio, with fiancé Elijah Scott. She is also mom to 14-year-old Isaac, whom she shares with her ex Jo Rivera, 10-year-old Lincoln, whose father is Lowry’s ex-husband Javi Marroquin, and 7-year-old Lux and 4-year-old Creed with her former boyfriend Chris Lopez.

During a November 2020 episode of her podcast Coffee Convos, Lowry told co-host Lindsie Chrisley that she was not planning on celebrating Christmas with her kids.

“We’re not doing anything. Like, I’m just not gonna have them so they don’t have to get each other stuff,” she said.

“I might ask them do they want to get each other anything for Christmas, and if they say yes, then I would just obviously facilitate that. They’re gonna be with their dads, I’m pretty sure, until the end of Christmas Day, so I feel like maybe by then it would be over but also I don’t know. It might be kind of nice to give each other something, so maybe we’ll see.”

In March, Lowry got candid about deciding between being a stay-at-home mom or hiring a nanny, sharing that her perspective was unique because she’d done both.

Noting that she didn’t need to get into the pros and cons of being a stay-at-home mom, Lowry explained that she used to “fantasize” about having a nanny when she was home alone with her kids.

“And while that is true most of the time for me now, there’s still so much guilt associated with having a nanny and relinquishing control in terms of your kids,” she continued.

“I cannot tell you how much time in the day I am having anxiety and thinking about the fact that I have to get these things done for work and for my other kids, and I’m not spending the same time with my three babies that I once did with my four older ones individually.”