Jeremiah & Hannah: Done Counting and Done Caring

[oliviabenson]

17 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

Didn't Joy name her dog Brielle?  I wonder where Brielle the dog is now?

I doubt that poor dog is even alive or she was left outside to fend for herself. Duggars shouldn’t even get pets. Who got 2 kittens as a gift that Josie grabbed roughly? Those 2 kittens aren’t around either.

[AstridM]

Didn’t Joy also have kittens at one point?

[CalicoKitty]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

I doubt that poor dog is even alive or she was left outside to fend for herself. Duggars shouldn’t even get pets. Who got 2 kittens as a gift that Josie grabbed roughly? Those 2 kittens aren’t around either.

I think that was Giddy.  Joy had wrapped the kittens in a gift box.  And yes, Josie was grabbing at them roughly.  They were never seen again.

[andromeda331]

While your probably right I'm choosing to believe Brielle and the kittens ran away to a better home. 

[ginger90]

[xwordfanatik]

So Jer and Hannah are the first of the 19 to have 2 kids before their 2nd anniversary.  

Nuts.  I can't even.

[Salacious Kitty]

5 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

So Jer and Hannah are the first of the 19 to have 2 kids before their 2nd anniversary.  

Nuts.  I can't even.

What about Bunk Bed Jed? They had Irish twins, IIRC.

[xwordfanatik]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

What about Bunk Bed Jed? They had Irish twins, IIRC.

Was the second born before their second anniversary?

I might be mistaken; I read Jer and Hannah were the first, on Reddit.

[dargosmydaddy]

Jed!'s kids are closer together (though not quite Irish twins), but they didn't get pregnant with their first as quickly.

Jed!+Katey--> married 4/3/21, first kid born 5/2/22, second born 5/24/23

Jer+Hannah--> married 3/26/22, first kid born 12/25/22, second born 2/25?/24

Edited March 6, 2024 by dargosmydaddy

[Girl in a Cardigan]

7 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I know this isn't the point of her post, but it always bugs me with the mom dresses and gets the kids dressed up and everyone matches, but then the dad is also there. Like even his shoes are dirty. Was there no white shirt he could wear to match her dress? No burgundy tie? Like they found tiny burgundy onesies for their newborn, but that was his best outfit choice? C'mon Jeremiah! Try at least as hard as your wife who had a kid a week ago!

[Minivanessa]

His clothes didn't clash with the white and burgundy clothes or the neutrals in the setting, and he's wearing a nice smile.

I'm not a fan of this guy or his family. And, I'll give him a pass here because (a) you have to grab the moment when a toddler can be photographed, awake and happy, not to mention when there's a newborn to handle at the same time (IOW by the time he changed clothes the moment might be gone), and (b) he doesn't look that bad, the beatup shoes are the worst part, he and his clothes look clean, and I think his hair may look kinda rumpled all the time.

And, as said above, he's really smiling. I much prefer this photo to the sullen Amish cosplay of Ben Seewald in those staged monochrome portraits in fields of weeds that Jessa has shared with the world. 

[dargosmydaddy]

At first glance I thought she was cosplaying as a Nonnatus House midwife! 😃

They do look happy. 

 

[Quof]

I assume the family was on their way to church?  Which is a great place to take an infant whose age is still being measured in hours. 

[all fall down]

Jer reminds me a lot of John David in that picture. I never really paid attention to a resemblance between them before, but I notice it in that picture. 

[CalicoKitty]

22 hours ago, dargosmydaddy said:

Jed!'s kids are closer together (though not quite Irish twins), but they didn't get pregnant with their first as quickly.

Jed!+Katey--> married 4/3/21, first kid born 5/2/22, second born 5/24/22

Jer+Hannah--> married 3/26/22, first kid born 12/25/22, second born 2/25?/24

I hope this was just a typo.  Two kids born a week and a half apart would be unique.

[dargosmydaddy]

1 minute ago, CalicoKitty said:

I hope this was just a typo.  Two kids born a week and a half apart would be unique.

Yes, typo. I fixed it in the original post.

[FizzyPuff]

These two have been married for two years.Two years and two kids yikes 😬

 

 

Edited March 29, 2024 by FizzyPuff

[andromeda331]

I still like her dress.

[Salacious Kitty]

Hannah's sister Alaythia is moving to Arkansas, ostensibly to work for Medic Crap. I had no idea that MC was in a financial position to pay people salaries. She's also the perfect age to court Jason or James.

[Snow Fairy]

I saw on Reddit they're expecting another girl 

[Salacious Kitty]

Is the youngest one even a year old yet? My God, slow your roll. 

Edited December 24, 2024 by Salacious Kitty

[ginger90]

She’s due “late next spring “.

[DXD526]

FFS, get off her, Jer. 

[precious pupp]

How many will this make?  Are they competing with Jed!?

 

[Future Cat Lady]

4 minutes ago, precious pupp said:

How many will this make?  Are they competing with Jed!?

 

It's their 3rd. The oldest is 2. And yes I think he's competing with Jed. They probably want to have as much kids as their parents. They are disgusting. They probably ask for sex asap after birth.

[Gemma Violet]

2 hours ago, Future Cat Lady said:

They probably ask for sex asap after birth.

The IBLP stipulates that a certain amount of time has to go by before sex can start up again--the amount of days depends on whether you've had a girl or a boy.  Yeah, weird.  Of course, as the Duggar guys get married, they may be deciding to ignore that particular rule.

[Salacious Kitty]

It's 40 days after the birth of a boy, 80 for a girl. No way is Her waiting 80 days, given the spacing of his offspring. 

[andromeda331]

I'll never understand having kids so fast. I get the first and maybe the second coming sooner. Once first baby gets older and sleeps during the night there's more time for Mom and Dad. But after the second? All the work with a baby and one year old? Especially when the husband is no help. It's insane. 

[GeeGolly]

In the real world is recommended to wait 6 weeks for sex after giving birth.

Nobody was going near my lady parts during that time, especially after my first.

Fundies must have some kind of super healing power to be doing the wild thing so close to birth.

[Salacious Kitty]

6 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

In the real world is recommended to wait 6 weeks for sex after giving birth.

Nobody was going near my lady parts during that time, especially after my first.

Fundies must have some kind of super healing power to be doing the wild thing so close to birth.

The Rods have TWO sets of Irish twins. 

[Notabug]

3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

In the real world is recommended to wait 6 weeks for sex after giving birth.

Nobody was going near my lady parts during that time, especially after my first.

Fundies must have some kind of super healing power to be doing the wild thing so close to birth.

But Jill and her fundie ladies must be 'joyfully available' to their men no matter what.  I don't think recent childbirth or frequent breastfeeding or a colicky baby who doesn't sleep would relieve them of that burden.  What's a little pain as long as the head of the household gets his rocks off?

[CalicoKitty]

I thought there were so many days they had to wait after delivery per the Old Testament.  60 days for a boy and 80 for a girl?  I'm pretty sure it was 80 days after a girl and a shorter time after a boy.  I remember Michelle talking about that on one episode.

[Salacious Kitty]

40 for a boy, 80 for a girl. 

[Gemma Violet]

Oh, I mistakenly thought it was the IBLP.  I didn't know they got it from the Old Testament.

[Absolom]

It is in the OT, but it's something IBLP pushes not all fundies.  Just because it's in the OT doesn't make it binding on all conservative or fundie Christians.  There are SO many rules in the OT that I know of no current Christian groups trying to follow all of them.

The OT rules are a pick and choose thing that some groups use like a cafeteria menu.  

Then add in the human factor of just because their church, minister, or parachurch group has a particular rule, doesn't mean couple A or person B is going to "get a testimony" to follow it or believes in it or remembers it from their training or finds it fits with their life or wishes.

 

Edited December 30, 2024 by Absolom

[lookeyloo]

oh gosh, all religions are pick and choose and look for loopholes.  Had many a discussion recently with someone who said "no" and then asked "higher ups" and, well, yes.  At least that is my opinion and I am not a religious scholar.  some things are custom, some things are tradition, some things are "that's the way we do things", etc.  I like my religion and I know it is full of varying opinions and loopholes but I look to it more as a connection to times past, people of my heritage, traditional things that bring connection, moral lessons, probably common to most or a lot of religions, etc.

[Absolom]

I heard a story yesterday of a woman who wants to get the family dog neutered.  Her husband disagrees and told her he asked the rabbi who said they couldn't because it would be mutilating the dog.  They can, however, sell the dog to a non-Jew who will get the dog neutered and can then sell it back to them.  ::smh::

[Future Cat Lady]

9 minutes ago, Absolom said:

I heard a story yesterday of a woman who wants to get the family dog neutered.  Her husband disagrees and told her he asked the rabbi who said they couldn't because it would be mutilating the dog.  They can, however, sell the dog to a non-Jew who will get the dog neutered and can then sell it back to them.  ::smh::

They do circumcisions. It’s okay to mutilate your baby but not the dog?

[Absolom]

That's exactly what daughter's MIL who is Jewish asked.  She kept saying it's a dog.  Where in the Torah does it talk about dogs? 

So whose interpretation are Jeremiah and Hannah following or are they making their own or simply doing what they want to do?  Do they listen to the doctor or the midwife or do they close their ears when medical people speak?

Edited December 31, 2024 by Absolom

[lookeyloo]

10 hours ago, Absolom said:

I heard a story yesterday of a woman who wants to get the family dog neutered.  Her husband disagrees and told her he asked the rabbi who said they couldn't because it would be mutilating the dog.  They can, however, sell the dog to a non-Jew who will get the dog neutered and can then sell it back to them.  ::smh::

a loophole to be sure

[AstridM]

2 hours ago, lookeyloo said:

a loophole to be sure

I do appreciate that they don’t try to force their beliefs on others. 

[LilJen]

18 hours ago, Absolom said:

That's exactly what daughter's MIL who is Jewish asked.  She kept saying it's a dog.  Where in the Torah does it talk about dogs? 

So whose interpretation are Jeremiah and Hannah following or are they making their own or simply doing what they want to do?  Do they listen to the doctor or the midwife or do they close their ears when medical people speak?

Not Torah, but "As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly." Proverbs 23:11 😁

[oliviabenson]

3 under 3 is some quick reproduction. and all girls. at least in a few years they will be running the house chores while mama relaxed and is being joyfully available to her main man. does this twin even work?

[beckie]

Jed and Katey will have four under three when their twins arrive.  Maybe Jer and Hannah are having a competition with them, to see who can reproduce the quickest.

Nah.

[EmeraldGirl]

How many do they have, what ages and what names? I haven’t been able to keep up with them at all. Jer I think it’s still the best looking Dugger boy. I know it is a very low bar.

And what about the others that we never hear about? How many kids do Josiah and Joe have? I’m glad they’re happily living out of the Spotlight. But don’t they all work for JB in some capacity? What happens when he kicks it? Can they all move on independently? Can they keep this family business together without their headship?

I am hoping that most of them on such a rapid pace of pregnancies will slow down eventually and stop at six or so children. Growing up in the catholic school and church, it was not unusual to see large families of 6 to 8 children. But no one got anywhere near 19. I believe joy said that they wanted five or six. It may seem like a lot to us now, but it used to be very common to have that many children. It’s the 10+ or 15+ that is insane.

Edited 15 hours ago by EmeraldGirl