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This episode drove me crazy. While I can empathize with the chaos their household must be, I was face-palming myself every other scene. As the mother of a toddler who started her escapades of escape, climbing, and just a utteral destruction before age 1 (my oldest was pretty chill so the second's personality there is for a loop), a little bit of baby proofing and limits could go a loooong way in that house. Sure, their little farmhouse style baby gate looks cute, but they admitted the babies escape it all the time. Get an ugly pressure mounted one with a baby proof latch and you will be good. My oldest was 3 when we got ours and she figured it out quick so it shouldn't be an issue with her older boys. Figure out a way to childproof that bathroom door for Christ's sake. And if it is truly such a unique door that none of the hundreds of safety locks will not work on it, put a freaking lock on the toilet seat. While not pretty, good old painters tape would solve the baby in the air duct problem. I see a dozen things that could be fixed in less than an hour and dramatically improve their life, so it was so frustrating to watch the babies get into things they shouldn't repeatedly. I was also confused why they needed to bathe each child individually at the sink after their messy dinner. I have a bathtub that is smaller than the standard size built today, but I could easily fit three babies in there at a time. Not sure why they couldn't tag team to do something like that. Mom is probably crazy overwhelmed, but the whole household just seemed so laissez faire, especially with the energy of the older boys. I prefer the rigidity of the Busbee house!

And here I was feeling like a horrible mom for letting my two kids watch TV for an hour each day when they get home from school/daycare to give me time to get dinner/laundry/cleaning going after work. I'm glad there are stories like these to make me feel better about my parenting!

It's very possible, and likely, that they did plan a nap into their days. But get 5 overtired toddlers after 15 hours of travel and new time zones...things will likely not go to plan. Hell, sometimes when my toddler is extremely over-exhausted and I put her down for a nap thinking "she's going to sleep SO good" she ends up sleeping for horribly for 1/2 of her normal nap time and the cycle perpetuates.

Yeah I loved how Diego was all "I'm done holding her now" and immediately went to his phone. He thinks he's such a genius, but can't even figure out just HOW bad that looked. A simple "Oh, I'm sure grandma is dying to hold her...here you go" would have gotten what he wanted and looked 1000% better. I just can't even with this kid. And when his parents both started cracking up when he described the "area" the doctor cut, I was not impressed. They acted like he was such a cute and precocious little boy, when in fact he's a self-absorbed, narcissistic, horrible human. It's no wonder how he got that way.

Laura's parents seem like the type who NEVER talk about emotions. Makes for awkward family gatherings with tension in the air, as you could see from Anna's little birthday celebration. There was one moment where Anna was stepping around her mom to get out of the kitchen and those two seconds told me a ton about their family. Anna was obviously upset with the whole situation, but she's learned that expressing any dissatisfaction with her parents is unacceptable. So she bowed her head and awkwardly walked past her mom, who slightly noticed her daughter's weirdness but didn't care enough (or didn't care enough to address i, lest having to deal with the inevitable emotions) to do anything. The entire family is emotionally stunted, and Laura is likely the black sheep of the family who rebelled against the status quo by distancing herself emotionally from her family (hence the "Anna's got to get over this" mentality) while also fufilling her emotional needs in "unexpected" ways. It hit so close to home because it mirrored so many interactions in my own family.

I agree with you about Amber. She's very naturally pretty. But I've noticed she has a HUGE mouth, and only ever eats HUGE bites of food. I noticed it in the scene with her friend on the dock. She was eating melon and put a chunk the size of the Titanic in her mouth. I was honestly amazed. Noticed it a few more times since. Once you see it you cannot unsee it.

Oh man. I traveled on a plane to visit my family at 7 months pregnant with a toddler in tow. And spent 5 days there with 4 kids under 3. Felt weird all week but sucked it up and trudged on. On the morning we were due to leave I felt utterly exhausted and OFF and asked my husband to take me to the ER. They told me I was fine and just over-tired and pregnant. Flew back home and doctor ordered some tests. Raging mono infection with an enlarged spleen to boot. I felt so much empathy for Danielle during that scene.

Haters gonna hate, but I LOVE the name Hazel. Helps that the quint with that name is so adorable too. Usually names are cyclical and once the current generation birthing babies doesn't have personal connections to people with that name, they come back in style. Bet you dollars to donuts that in 25ish years we're going to see a lot of little babies named Barbara, Patricia, Kathleen, and Susan. Funnily enough, I have two girls- one named Riley and one named Paige. So Riley is definitely my favorite quint (her personality is SO much like my youngest's it's incredible). I was pretty snarky about last season- about how scripted it all seemed, how they seem to have boatloads of money and designer matching clothes...but I'm actually really enjoying the current season.

This season definitely has me interested, but mostly because I hate the majority of the cast. Ally and Josh are the only people I find tolerable. Their girls are adorable, and they seem pretty relaxed parents (I especially like that he cleaned up his kids' mess at the restaurant instead of expecting an employee to do it). They're definitely too "gosh golly" for me to every imagine being friends with them personally, but seem like good people. Jamie and military guy- holy smokes they're both unlikable. He spends hours at the gym EVERY day and buys a truck on a whim? She appears to not work, and does what? Plays house 50% of the time with some kid that's not hers? She appears to have a permanent scowl on her face, but not as bad as... Autumn!- girl is crazy. Crazy eyes, crazy hair. She seems completely incapable of seeing things they way they are. Her husband/boyfriend seems like a guy who does whatever he wants, whenever he wants. I give him 6 months before he bails. And I'm sorry, but unless you're SUPER crunchy granola (which they don't appear to be), to think that raising a baby on a boat is insane. Mariah and Raymond- poor Raymond. He seems like he's an okay guy. She seems like a prima dona and I'd honestly be shocked if she's had less than 3 cosmetic procedures to her face already. Her face looks plastic (and it's not the poor makeup application, which is AWFUL). Brings us to the triplet parents- I despise them. Maybe it's because I hate mega churches. Maybe it's the way she talks (she almost looks like she's had a stroke...sort of Drew Barrymore-ish). Maybe it's the fact that her husband was handed a job by her father and how their entire existence is propagated by folks giving them their money in the name of the lord. And yet I'll keep watching because I can't turn away.

I can judge her for the teenage pregnancy, the allowing/engaging in the crazy momma drama, and being too young and immature to stand up to her ridiculous mother....but I'm leaving the TV alone. From the small snippet of video I saw posted she actually seems like a pretty good mother. If she has the TV on at all times and doesn't engage with her son, then sure I'll judge away. But having it in the background or making a video with her kid there isn't neglectful parenting. You can't interact with a baby EVERY second of the day. And who says that the other 99% of the time we don't see him in a video he isn't on a play mat or playing with developmentally appropriate toys? I have a 4 year old who watched a little TV as an infant (not all the time, and mostly just when I needed a break and flipped on a 30 minute show for me while she played or dozed off an on in my arms) and she's A-OKAY. In fact, she's the youngest in her preschool class (birthday riiiight before kindergarten cut-off) and she's starting to read, can count to 50, and has started doing addition and subtraction. And she's bilingual. My youngest is a year old and is being raised the same way. I refuse to judge this teen mom for having TV on (unless it's ALL the time and she's not doing other parenting necessities because of it), not feeding her baby organic food, or not doing 1 out of the other 5000 things moms get judged for doing/not doing on a daily basis in this society. If Timothy's basic needs are met, he gets a few stories read to him weekly, and he gets some love and interaction throughout the day he'll be just fine.

I see it differently. I think Jenelle knew she could hold her own with Nathan, so she would fight with him whenever she felt like getting her way. Same for all her other boyfriends. They were all losers, and not above domestic violence, but I think Jenelle always knew she'd win out against them both physically and emotionally. She knew she could twist things around and use their anger as a pawn for her ultimate benefit (even if it meant a few bruises along the way). I think deep down she knows that David could kill her, so she keeps the peace. It might look like they get along better, but really we're just seeing the calm right before the sh*t storm. Could take a few months or a few years, but it's coming.

I think I had a different take on the Jace/baby scene. When Jenelle went to talk to Jace he repeated "it's just not right" twice before finally just giving in and saying "yeah, a new baby is good". I think there's more going on than what is assumed. Do I think that Jace is confused, hurt, and betrayed by his mom having another baby? Absolutely. But what I REALLY think happened is Barbara had found out about the baby a day or two before from her coworkers and social media. She likely was livid and upset, and knowing Barbara and how she doesn't make the best decisions when it comes to Jace's emotional stability in regards to his mother, likely already told Jace about the baby before Jenelle did, and likely complained to Jace about how "it just isn't right!" I think Jace was repeating what he heard Barbara saying. Likely he KNEW it wasn't right and had several valid reasons he could have hashed out with his mom, but the kid's 7 and it's easier to just give in. Totally assumed here and maybe it didn't really go down this way, but I have an inkling I'm more right than not. Either way, poor Jace is doomed in adulthood.

I'm an equal opportunity time ice cream eater. But I figure that dinner time is right around 5:30/6 for most people, so unless they ate dinner at like 4:45 the kids are either eating ice creams FOR dinner or will be too full from ice cream to eat a proper dinner. Which is totally fine as a summer treat every once in a while, but it's weird to actively make that choice when filming.

I just started the latest episode and it's getting harder and harder to like this family. The episode started with immediately talking about how expensive the quints are. Of that I have no doubt. But I also don't think you have much room to talk when all 6 of your girls are continuously decked out in boutique designer dresses and rompers, you live in a mansion, and drive what is basically a bus. Here my husband and I are with our two kids struggling to pay daycare each month, both of us working full time, squeezing two car seats into subcompact cars because they're paid for and we can't take on a car payment, and the only boutique outfit my daughters have seen was gifted at Christmas by Nana. My husband and I have it good compared to a lot of people. The Busby's have it REAL good so it ticks me off to hear them lamenting on how much money they spend.

My husband walked in on me watching this after putting our daughter to bed and said "why do you watch this crap??" I didn't have a good answer. Ironically, he sat down and watched about 20 minutes worth. When I cringed at Piper being shown onscreen and said "I'm sorry, but that child is by far the ugliest kid I have ever seen on this show" he thought I was a horrible person for berating a child's looks. Until he watched her horrible mother and saw Piper's "glam" photos...then he said "yeah, I see what you're getting at". It's funny because both my husband and daughter are gingers, so I have a natural affinity towards redheads and even I didn't find Piper the slightest bit attractive. And was it me, or did she seem to be eating something in EVERY scene they showed? That pre-teen needs to put down the starbucks and candy. Candence was a spoiled brat, and almost as ugly as Piper. However, she was very well spoken and seemed to have quite the personality. If her mothers gave her ANY sort of discipline I could see that kid going far. I actually thought Kaylee (Kay) was really cute. She might not be 6; she did speak very well for her (supposed) age, despite the stumbling, but I found her personality to be refreshing. For the 5 minutes of screen time her mom got, I sort of liked her. My grandmother, mother, and MIL were all nurses so I have an automatic soft spot in my heart for nurses and find them to be no-BS, down-to-earth, and caring women for the most part. Hoping Kaylee's mom continues to fit into the mold I put her in. Put me in the group that actually sort of likes Cambrie after last night's episode. I judged her harshly at first based solely on her looks (she looks inflatable), but after seeing more of Jamie and her "Sassy" squad of moms Cambrie looks like a class act. She may be inflatable, but she's professional and doesn't play into the drama the other team so desperately wants to start. And as much as I find Kim to be a complete ditz and Selyse to not have any pageant potential, the ganging up on her was completely uncalled for. I seriously never encountered 1/4 that drama in high school and was shocked that grown women with children could be SO nasty. I'm so glad I surround myself with better people than that in life that until now I was oblivious how horrible some women can be. I don't give Kim a pass on Selyse's horrible last pageant; Jamie is a horrible coach for sure, but 2 hours of watching past Toddlers & Tiaras episodes could have clued Kim onto the fact that you need to provide music, practice your routine, and show up on time. Really not rocket science. I think if she DOES end up switching teams she'll frustrate Cambrie to no end with her cluelessness. I'm still disgusted by the new format. An episode should contain cute kids saying ridiculous things off the cuff, crazy pageant parents, the actual pageant, and crowning- not this manufactured drama bullshit. Okay, done snarking.