Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

[DragonFaerie]

Jill was a high school senior in 1997 so that means she had to be between 16-19 - using large margins there.  Meaning she would now be between  37 - 40.  And I think there are mornings I look rode hard and put up wet and I look better than her at 50 - holy f!

[tabloidlover]

12 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

She's delivered the last several at the hospital. I guess the change came after her supposedly SEVERE miscarriages. 

I'm curious about her definition of a SEVERE miscarriage.   How is it different than a regular miscarriage?   I just don't get it, but that doesn't surprise me as I don't get her in general.   

[MyPeopleAreNordic]

Of course Jill is going to a hospital to have the baby. Jill is all about Jill, so of course she wants the best care for herself.  Jill isn't going allow Jill to receive her medical treatment from the likes of a Duggar "midwife."

 

(I'm making fun of Jill's narcissism here, but trust I 110% believe that every woman should get the best licensed, medical practitioners available, especially women who have high-risk pregnancies, etc.  So...good for Jill for taking care of Jill instead of martyring herself (& possibly baby) with a home birth given her age, baby's issues, etc.)

19 hours ago, DragonFaerie said:

Wow - a DOCTOR.  That means she's smarter than the Duggar girls so far - that's just scary.

The fact that Jill has gotten doctor's care during her pregnancy makes her so much smarter than the Duggars.  It seems they likely get none, so if there were problems like what happened to Jill's baby, the Duggar girls wouldn't even know.  The Duggars can't even trust their family "midwife" Jill to be able to tell if the baby is breach. 

[Vacantsmile3]

In other news... Alyssa Bates had her baby! 

[bigskygirl]

At least they come up with better baby names than the Duggar clan.

[PradaKitty]

I just realized something. Weddings for these girls are like going to the prom for the rest of us! Dressing up, looking pretty, getting pictures taken, etc....

And since they don’t get the prom experience, this is the whole thing ( prom, graduation, wedding and of course, all night grad party (aka wedding night) and senior trip (honeymoon) !!

[drafan]

25 minutes ago, Vacantsmile3 said:

In other news... Alyssa Bates had her baby! 

Holy crap! Am I reading this correctly? She had that baby yesterday and looks like that today? OMG

((That personalized baby blanket is awesome. Where do you get such a thing?))

[BitterApple]

Wow, she had her baby? I feel like she hasn't even been pregnant that long.

[Jynnan tonnix]

1 hour ago, bigskygirl said:

At least they come up with better baby names than the Duggar clan.

Yeah, even though I first read that as Zoey Joey...

[Sew Sumi]

If Erin goes as she has with the last two, she'll have Everly within the week. 

[Absolom]

13 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

Wow, she had her baby? I feel like she hasn't even been pregnant that long.

Alyssa waits a few months to announce rather than making it public as soon as she knows.   She really does recover exceptionally quickly from childbirth.

[Heathen]

4 hours ago, bigskygirl said:

At least they come up with better baby names than the Duggar clan.

It would be nice if they spelled them correctly. 

[andromeda331]

4 hours ago, Jynnan tonnix said:

Yeah, even though I first read that as Zoey Joey...

That's what I read too. 

[Bridget]

16 hours ago, drafan said:

Holy crap! Am I reading this correctly? She had that baby yesterday and looks like that today? OMG

((That personalized baby blanket is awesome. Where do you get such a thing?))

The blankets are super popular now and rightfully so. I want one with my name on it!

Maci from Teen Mom was given one for Maverick and thanked the manufacturer on her Instagram page. If you have the time to peruse her page, that'll provide you with at least one company who makes them. I will try and get the name myself because I should've bookmarked it and it'll drive me crazy if I can't recall who makes them.

Also, if you Google "personalized fleece baby blankets", you should find a few companies to at least compare prices, styles and sizes. I know I've seen some beautiful ones on Etsy as well, which you can shop for via Amazon. 

UPDATE: @Fuzzysox and @drafan 

Check out Shophighway3 on Instagram for personalized fleece blankets. Their actual website is https://shophighway3.com/

They’re even more beautiful than I remembered. (I don’t have kids, I don’t have Instagram and I’m not sponsored by them! I’m just a sucker for personalized/monogrammed items.) 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Bridget
Found the web site

[lianau]

On 3/28/2018 at 10:47 PM, Sew Sumi said:

Doctor is going to induce at 39 weeks, which I think is almost upon us. The FJ mole says that it looks like baby has dropped.

Do you think she's annoyed by the fact that she's got a mole or is she enjoying it that people find her that important ?

 

22 hours ago, tabloidlover said:

I'm curious about her definition of a SEVERE miscarriage.   How is it different than a regular miscarriage?   I just don't get it, but that doesn't surprise me as I don't get her in general.   

A SEVERE miscarriage gives you more martyr points.

[Fuzzysox]

14 hours ago, drafan said:

((That personalized baby blanket is awesome. Where do you get such a thing?))

Maybe Michaela?

 

**just read another post and didn't realize it was fleece. So it wouldn't be Michaela.

Edited March 30, 2018 by Fuzzysox

[Barb23]

13 hours ago, PradaKitty said:

I just realized something. Weddings for these girls are like going to the prom for the rest of us! Dressing up, looking pretty, getting pictures taken, etc....

And since they don’t get the prom experience, this is the whole thing ( prom, graduation, wedding and of course, all night grad party (aka wedding night) and senior trip (honeymoon) !!

I've thought the same thing since the Dillard's wedding.  Derick kept exclaiming how beautiful Jill was during their First Look.  I realized all the hoopla was because they had probably never seen each other that dressed up  (like going to the Prom or fancy dance) or had been to places that required them to wear more formal clothes. (Especially in the case of frumpy Jill.)

Edited March 30, 2018 by Barb23

[xwordfanatik]

She's really pretty (photo above) and it looks like her husband will never be bald, so they make the Duggars look even frumpier (and balder.)

[Heathen]

Alyssa Webster is just a Duggar with cleaner clothes and slightly less rigid beliefs. This is, what, three kids in less than three years? And she can't be more than 22 or 23. 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Heathen
To change surname from Bates to Webster

[BitterApple]

Just now, Heathen said:

Alyssa Bates is just a Duggar with cleaner clothes and slightly less rigid beliefs. This is, what, three kids in less than three years? And she can't be more than 22 or 23. 

She got married at 19 and was pregnant within six months, so yes, I don't think she's any older than 23-ish. Erin's also on her third kid within three years. Even the Duggar girls can't match that pace. 

[Westiepeach]

Apparently the Duggar girls are slacking in the baby making department.

Did you all notice I’m using my sarcastic font?

[bigskygirl]

4 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

She got married at 19 and was pregnant within six months, so yes, I don't think she's any older than 23-ish. Erin's also on her third kid within three years. Even the Duggar girls can't match that pace. 

I can picture JB not happy another family is beating him in the grandchildren race. Of course, most normal grandparents would be more concerned about the mother and baby's health and well being instead of how many they have.

[Westiepeach]

Just now, bigskygirl said:

I can picture JB not happy another family is beating him in the grandchildren race. Of course, most normal grandparents would be more concerned about the mother and baby's health and well being instead of how many they have.

Pshaw. It’s all about quantity, not quality. 

[bigskygirl]

3 minutes ago, Westiepeach said:

Pshaw. It’s all about quantity, not quality. 

I forgot! Please forgive me! I will now head to the Prayer Closet.

[Westiepeach]

1 minute ago, bigskygirl said:

I forgot! Please forgive me! I will now head to the Prayer Closet.

Good choice. It’s my turn to bring the wine!

[BitterApple]

6 minutes ago, Westiepeach said:

Pshaw. It’s all about quantity, not quality. 

That pretty much summarizes the Duggars' approach to everything in life.

[bigskygirl]

6 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

That pretty much summarizes the Duggars' approach to everything in life.

I wonder if that is their approach to doing you know what. I guess it could since their way of thinking is practice makes progress, and progress makes babies. I will bring the pizza, chocolate, ice cream, root beer, and cheese cake to the closet.

[DragonFaerie]

1 minute ago, bigskygirl said:

I wonder if that is their approach to doing you know what. I guess it could since their way of thinking is practice makes progress, and progress makes babies. I will bring the pizza, chocolate, ice cream, root beer, and cheese cake to the closet.

Didn't J'chelle once say something along the lines of "it doesn't take long, or it's over quickly?"

I've got bbq'ed ribs and fried apps with tequilla for the prayer closet

[BitterApple]

3 minutes ago, bigskygirl said:

I wonder if that is their approach to doing you know what. I guess it could since their way of thinking is practice makes progress, and progress makes babies.

Aaaaaaaand there goes my apetite......

[Heathen]

31 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

She got married at 19 and was pregnant within six months, so yes, I don't think she's any older than 23-ish. Erin's also on her third kid within three years. Even the Duggar girls can't match that pace. 

Wasn't she even younger, just 18? I remember thinking that she was marrying young even by fundie/Duggar/Bates standards. And then had her first baby less than a year later. 

[Sew Sumi]

I think she was just past her 19th birthday when they married.Think Kendrab's age and subsequent fertility.

Edit: Alyssa was about 19 1/2 when she married. Her birthday is in November, so she's now  23y 4m with 3 kids under 3 (for about two weeks).

Edited March 30, 2018 by Sew Sumi

[3 is enough]

Alyssa looks great and seems to recover quickly but if she keeps up this pace she will hit a wall.  Having so many babies that close together does catch up to you eventually.  I gather from her Instagram posts that looking good is quite important to her.  I predict that the first time it takes her longer than 5 minutes to get her figure back she will shut down the baby factory. 

Edited March 31, 2018 by 3 is enough

[Fuzzysox]

Erin Bates had her baby today. She too looks like a beauty queen after giving birth.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/bringing-up-bates-erin-and-chad-pain-welcome-baby-no-3/

[Sew Sumi]

Erin went at 36 weeks, just as I predicted I just thought they would be a few days later since Alyssa never went early before, and her due date was 4/2, At any rate, I knew these two were going to arrive together. 

Edited March 31, 2018 by Sew Sumi

[allonsyalice]

It's slightly embarrassing when US alternates between Zoey and "Zooey" to be honest. 

[Heathen]

41 minutes ago, Fuzzysox said:

Erin Bates had her baby today. She too looks like a beauty queen after giving birth.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/bringing-up-bates-erin-and-chad-pain-welcome-baby-no-3/

What does she look like without all the filters? 

[louannems]

18 minutes ago, Heathen said:

What does she look like without all the filters? 

HaHa... We are being defrauded by her daughter's cleavage!!!

[Heathen]

Erin looks about as real as a Kartrashian. Good grief. Does Chad change all the diapers and do the housework while she devotes time to her hair? 

[Sew Sumi]

A couple more pix from Erin's IG. I guess they had to sell out now that Chad doesn't really have a steady job.

[louannems]

Wasn't Chad a shop manager?  Did he also quit work to "go into ministry"?

[BitterApple]

Wow, Chad no longer has a full time job? What happened to his manager position at the metals shop?

[MunichNark]

I think Chad has gone into some sort of building furniture/selling houses business.

Erin cares hugely to the point of obsession about appearances, which is why she is caked in make up and has her hair done. It also explains why her house looks like nobody lives in it, although I'm sure she too has messy days. But it speaks volumes about her inner feelings that she needs to present such a controlled environment. Her upbringing must have been horrifically chaotic and lacking basic security.

Due to my upbringing - which was nothing like hers I should add - I too have control issues that I live out differently, but I'm pretty sure that she has major issues going on.

I hope she'll stop having babies now, her health will suffer for it if she doesn't. I reckon that the older girl child is a handful too, her expressions speak volumes.

[andromeda331]

Didn't Chad say on Bringing Up Bates that he quit his job to go into construction? I don't know why you wouldn't keep the steady job and do construction on the side at least until you've build up enough business to make it full time job. 

[Temperance]

That's the most non made-up look I've ever seen on Erin. She didn't have time for foundation like she normally does. You can see she has freckles in those photos. Usually she has a strong tanner foundation that covers her freckles--- including the ones where her older daughter was in the hospital?

As for Chad, it sounds like he and Erin might be going back to Gothardism. Lots of children and he is going to work for himself.

Edited March 31, 2018 by Temperance

[Barb23]

8 hours ago, Fuzzysox said:

Erin Bates had her baby today. She too looks like a beauty queen after giving birth.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/bringing-up-bates-erin-and-chad-pain-welcome-baby-no-3/

 

7 hours ago, Heathen said:

Erin looks about as real as a Kartrashian. Good grief. Does Chad change all the diapers and do the housework while she devotes time to her hair? 

My mom swears childbirth changed the color of my hair.  I had lighter hair with blonde highlights at the time, not overly done. When they wheeled me to my room she didn't recognize me at first, my hair was darker. I think it was just sweaty & messed up from the shower cap they put on me for my c-section.  Plus for some reason during labor, I was comfortable with my right arm across my forehead/hair adding to the mess.  No way could i have gotten myself that dolled up so soon after childbirth. (Well maybe I could have if my pictures were going in Us magazine. Lol)

Having the perfect look does seem to be a priority with the Bates girls both with themselves & their children. 

ETA:  Glad both of them had uneventful births with healthy babies (so it seems) esp Erin with her clotting issues during pregnancy. What a difference than the Duggar girls who have us sitting on the edge of our seats clutching our pearls, waiting to find out about their crazy childbirths.

Edited March 31, 2018 by Barb23

[floridamom]

Erin was still in the hospital when those pictures were taken. So much eye makeup on, too. How could she stand up and do her hair just hours after having a baby?

I agree that her obsession with 'the look' is over the top.  Does she realize that her hairstyles are about 45 year out of date? She's fixed on the Tammy Wynnette look. Senior Prom Night 1974. I also find her personality to be fake.

[drafan]

30 minutes ago, floridamom said:

Erin was still in the hospital when those pictures were taken. So much eye makeup on, too.

 

Looks like false eyelashes also.

Brooklyn looks sassy....wouldn't take the lollipop out of her mouth for the pic..... and showing some toddler-cleavage. (Surprised Erin let that pic get published.)

Super-cute kids tho.

[GeeGolly]

I hope their kids are heavy sleepers or the Paine house is going to feel very small when they are wanting their kids to sleep. I swear one of my kids would wake up if I got within 2 inches of her door.

I just don't get these Quiverfull families buying 2 bedroom homes. It makes no sense.

[Fuzzysox]

37 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I hope their kids are heavy sleepers or the Paine house is going to feel very small when they are wanting their kids to sleep. I swear one of my kids would wake up if I got within 2 inches of her door.

I just don't get these Quiverfull families buying 2 bedroom homes. It makes no sense.

Chad and Erin are renting. Last episode I saw they wanted to buy a house but said they were going to wait a while longer. 

[bigskygirl]

Chad gives me the creeps! Another reminder of a creepy stalker guy from a bad Lifetime movie. I put him in the same category of JB, Smuggar, Derick and a few other Duggar men boys.