Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

[Obsidian]

Oh, but you can't do a list of blessings  without mentioning that MOTY Mechelle has 20 children and delivered every o... uh, 19 of them! What a loving sacrifice!

[JoanArc]

9 hours ago, Kokapetl said:

That picture is so ghoulish. 

Not goulish, just trying way, way too hard.

[GeeGolly]

20 hours ago, Kokapetl said:

That picture is so ghoulish. 

Yup, they might have done better if they set this Pinteresty picture up with some depth. As it is now it almost looks like a bulletin board with Mason Velcroed on it. I can see Jinger standing on their couch as Jana keeps all the young ones at bay, to get this shot. Its about as bad as the photo of Spurge in his manger bed surrounded by Christmas lights.

[floridamom]

What is their obsession with paper grocery bag decorations? Is it Pinterest of something trendy that I'm not aware of?....or just bad taste?

[BetyBee]

I think the birth announcement is kind of cute.  It will look dated in a few years and that's as it should be.  Not that I'm defending these people, but this just doesn't bother me.  

[Albanyguy]

3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

As it is now it almost looks like a bulletin board with Mason Velcroed on it.

If they steal that idea (and I'll bet they'd LOVE it), we'll make sure you get full credit for it.

[kokapetl]

I found the photo ghoulish because it looks like crime scene evidence. 

[louannems]

The crime and evidence of unprotected sex, even though both parents are unemployed and the marriage is in dire straits.

[Churchhoney]

12 minutes ago, Kokapetl said:

I found the photo ghoulish because it looks like crime scene evidence. 

Well, now I can't unsee that.  ;  )

[3 is enough]

Am I the only one who finds a heavy looking metal barbell that close to a newborn to be really scary?  What if the baby jerked and it started to roll? 

Unless it has been photoshopped... 

But these are the DUGGARS, and common sense is scarce.

[dargosmydaddy]

Presumably the baby and assorted props were on a flat, horizontal surface, and the picture was taken from above. I don't think there's any kind of movement a swaddled newborn could make that would cause the weight to roll, and even if it somehow did, it's positioned enough to the right that it wouldn't be in line to hit the baby.

It's still a bizarre set-up, but at least he fared better that his cousin Philip and the dump truck, tree stump, etc.

[Jellybeans]

How can a newborn make a heavy dumbbell roll when it's not even round?

[MamaMax]

They couldn't find a calendar on which to circle the date?

[Sew Sumi]

5 hours ago, Kokapetl said:

I found the photo ghoulish because it looks like crime scene evidence. 

The game of Clue, perhaps? 

[kokapetl]

11 minutes ago, Sew Sumi said:

The game of Clue, perhaps? 

More like that plane crash show. 

"How did a stillborn baby, an alarm clock, and a dumbbell cause a 747 to crash? The answer will shock accident investigators, and shake the aviation industry to it's core". 

Edited September 16, 2017 by Kokapetl

[McManda]

4 hours ago, dargosmydaddy said:

Presumably the baby and assorted props were on a flat, horizontal surface, and the picture was taken from above.

Oh my god, I'm laughing at the idea of this photo being taken head on and they've velcroed a newborn and and bunch of other paraphernalia to a wall. 

My issue with the photo is the odd composition. Everything is so spread out. I get not wanting to endanger a baby (though I've seen worse with newborn photos), but Photoshop is a thing. It'd be really easy to compose the whole photo, shoot it in two layers (one with just Mason and one with the  stuff) and then composite it all together if they were really worried.

Something tells me there wouldn't be.

[DangerousMinds]

Or just take a nice, natural picture of mom and new baby?

[Sew Sumi]

They did take the pic of Smuganna both kissing the baby. They could have done well to picture As NBA alone. It just looks so band-aid given it's their fifth, and we never got pictures like this for any of their other kids.

[Churchhoney]

2 hours ago, DangerousMinds said:

Or just take a nice, natural picture of mom and new baby?

Yeah, but I think Pinterest is one of their few "interests." So I suppose we shouldn't judge them too harshly when their Pinterest-derived wedding desserts and baby photos come out looking ridiculous. Poor things don't have any other outlets for expression at all, really. 

[Tabbygirl521]

17 hours ago, Kokapetl said:

More like that plane crash show. 

"How did a stillborn baby, an alarm clock, and a dumbbell cause a 747 to crash? The answer will shock accident investigators, and shake the aviation industry to it's core". 

Dying laughing!

[Fostersmom]

On 9/16/2017 at 11:10 AM, Kokapetl said:

I found the photo ghoulish because it looks like crime scene evidence. 

I found it ghoulish because it looks like the baby isn't alive. It reminds me of the old death pictures from centuries past. 

[Mollie]

54 minutes ago, Fostersmom said:

I found it ghoulish because it looks like the baby isn't alive. It reminds me of the old death pictures from centuries past. 

Or, a little mummy surrounded by grave goods.

[Churchhoney]

5 hours ago, Fostersmom said:

I found it ghoulish because it looks like the baby isn't alive. It reminds me of the old death pictures from centuries past. 

There was a time in the 90s when there was an infant-picture fad in which they put them in Victorian settings draped with roses and so on, often asleep. I never could figure out whether the photographers and parents realized that the pictures they were mimicking were pictures of dead babies or not. .... Never wanted to ask when somebody proudly showed me one either. 

[Jynnan tonnix]

8 minutes ago, Churchhoney said:

There was a time in the 90s when there was an infant-picture fad in which they put them in Victorian settings draped with roses and so on, often asleep. I never could figure out whether the photographers and parents realized that the pictures they were mimicking were pictures of dead babies or not. .... Never wanted to ask when somebody proudly showed me one either. 

Oh, ew...I guess I somehow missed that fad. I don't remember ever being put in that position and am very glad for it! Not sure what sort of response I might have misguidedly come up with...

[Mojitogirl]

Jessa put up a cute video on IG of Henry rolling around a blanket on the floor playing with a toy car. Except that with what we know about this family, that might not be so cute and innocent.  Clearly, she loves her children and seems like a good mom but she also loves her parents and thinks they did a great job. I hope if she's blanket training that it doesn't involve the rod. 

[louannems]

[BitterApple]

They are so cute! I love the side-eye Henry is giving Spurge at the end of the video.

[queenanne]

7 minutes ago, BitterApple said:

They are so cute! I love the side-eye Henry is giving Spurge at the end of the video.

Yes... it's all yuck, my fastidious toddler friend (so cute!).

[RedheadZombie]

Why is Henry even in the playpen?  Where would he go when he doesn't even crawl yet?

[doodlebug]

5 minutes ago, RedheadZombie said:

Why is Henry even in the playpen?  Where would he go when he doesn't even crawl yet?

He could use it for naps or, maybe if he's not in it, Spurgie gets a little too physical in playing with him.  He can also probably roll over and there are some kids who roll their way into trouble in a heartbeat.

[madpsych78]

My favorite part of the interaction:

Jessa: Do you want to get in there with Henry?

Spurgie: No!!! Nasty!

[Temperance]

8 hours ago, Mojitogirl said:

  Clearly, she loves her children and seems like a good mom but she also loves her parents and thinks they did a great job. 

Their fans expect the Duggar kids to say JB and Michelle are great; it's part of the fantasy they buy into.  Jessa knows this what the fans and her parents want her to say. It's hard to know what she actually thinks. 

[xwordfanatik]

They are adorable little kids.  It's sad to think they'll only get 1/10th or 1/20th of mom & dad's attention, eventually.

If nothing else, Jessa's going to keep popping them out until she gets a girl or four to assume sister-mom duties.  After all, taking selfies while arching her back & pushing out her pregnant belly, is exhausting.  And she has to shop for tight t-shirts each time.  Whew, makes me tired just thinking about it.

[sometimesy]

Looks to me like Jessa added the second child like a champ. Both boys are clean and happy. I have a feeling she chatters a lot with Spurgeon. She is a stay at home mom, it's only 2 kids and she has a lot of help, but  it looks like, so far, that's a good thing for these little fellas. 

[ariel]

On ‎9‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 8:58 AM, Kokapetl said:

That picture is so ghoulish. 

It looks like a sad baby wake.  Nothing joyful about it.

[ariel]

5 hours ago, louannems said:

That Darn Damien.  I hope someone from the Hallmark channel is here.  I have a show idea for you!

!

Edited September 18, 2017 by ariel

[kokapetl]

Clearly the toy cow had an accident. 

[RedheadZombie]

3 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

They are adorable little kids.  It's sad to think they'll only get 1/10th or 1/20th of mom & dad's attention, eventually.

If nothing else, Jessa's going to keep popping them out until she gets a girl or four to assume sister-mom duties.  After all, taking selfies while arching her back & pushing out her pregnant belly, is exhausting.  And she has to shop for tight t-shirts each time.  Whew, makes me tired just thinking about it.

If she doesn't have a girl soon, maybe she will re-think having a Michelle-sized litter.  Without Michelle's girl-slaves, I doubt she would have made it through half the howlers.  I'm hoping all the J girls have all boys, or at least boys for the first five or six children.  No need to continue the slave tradition.  Although I can picture Jessa suddenly developing a dislike for gender norms.  Boy children can be just as nurturing as girls, and Spurgeon may become a brother-mom.  At least he seems to have a sweet disposition - as long as they don't do anything yucky-nasty.  LOL.

5 hours ago, doodlebug said:

He could use it for naps or, maybe if he's not in it, Spurgie gets a little too physical in playing with him.  He can also probably roll over and there are some kids who roll their way into trouble in a heartbeat.

Makes sense, but I hope he doesn't spend too much time in there.  If Spurgy is a little too rough, he needs to have some time outs so Henry's world isn't limited to a playpen.  But Jessa seems to be doing very well with these first two.  I hope and pray she has a mental breakthrough and remembers how miserable she was raising/neglecting her younger siblings.  I guess as long as Ben remains a stay at home dad, and the lost girls are available to help, she may continue popping them out yearly.  I was hoping her vanity would limit her output.  Out of the older girls, Jessa is the last one I would have predicted to follow in Michelle's footsteps.

[Jynnan tonnix]

1 hour ago, RedheadZombie said:

If she doesn't have a girl soon, maybe she will re-think having a Michelle-sized litter.  Without Michelle's girl-slaves, I doubt she would have made it through half the howlers.  I'm hoping all the J girls have all boys, or at least boys for the first five or six children.  No need to continue the slave tradition.  Although I can picture Jessa suddenly developing a dislike for gender norms.  Boy children can be just as nurturing as girls, and Spurgeon may become a brother-mom.  At least he seems to have a sweet disposition - as long as they don't do anything yucky-nasty.  LOL.

Makes sense, but I hope he doesn't spend too much time in there.  If Spurgy is a little too rough, he needs to have some time outs so Henry's world isn't limited to a playpen.  But Jessa seems to be doing very well with these first two.  I hope and pray she has a mental breakthrough and remembers how miserable she was raising/neglecting her younger siblings.  I guess as long as Ben remains a stay at home dad, and the lost girls are available to help, she may continue popping them out yearly.  I was hoping her vanity would limit her output.  Out of the older girls, Jessa is the last one I would have predicted to follow in Michelle's footsteps.

How old is Henry now? I forget...but he looks big enough that he may actually be crawling already. My daughter was crawling at about 5 or 6 months - speed crawling like a little crab to where she could be hard to keep up with.  And my younger son, who also crawled early, was actually standing up holding onto things and walking himself around the sides of his crib, the furniture etc, by 7 months and took his first steps unaided the day before he turned 9 months...so Henry may be fairly mobile by now. My older son never crawled at all until after he began walking at 11 months and fell down a few times. He then decided to crawl for a month or so before beginning to walk again in earnest. They are  all different.

[ariel]

If the Duggar girls keep on breeding, I hope they all have boys.  That will put a stop to the slave-girl labor force.  It may also shut down the baby factory.

[AnnieBeez]

14 hours ago, louannems said:

Maybe put down the fucking camera and clean it up. [Although I only see a little wet spot?]

[Totally]

18 minutes ago, PuhLeeze said:

Maybe put down the fucking camera and clean it up. [Although I only see a little wet spot?]

Isn't that Joy's job?

Edited September 19, 2017 by Totally

[Sew Sumi]

49 minutes ago, Totally said:

Isn't that Joy's job?

No, that's Hannie's job now. Jenni is busy with Jilly Muffin's kids. 

[EarlGreyTea]

On 9/13/2017 at 1:51 AM, LittlePeas3 said:

all those photos, I want to be near her with a pair of scissors! I want to chop a minimum of 6 or 7 inches!  

She would look so great with a wavy bob. Something like this would look great on her, cause social media to freak out, set her apart from the other Duggarbots, and get rid of all that scraggly hair maintenance. So of course it'll never happen. Jinger would look great with it too, and there's better odds on her actually doing it.

Edited September 20, 2017 by EarlGreyTea

[Sew Sumi]

I don't have Jinger's curls, but I'm seriously contemplating the shoulder bob when I go in for cut/color on Friday. I could easily blowdry straight or scrunch up the waves I have to make it more piecey like the picture. I wouldn't even be hacking THAT much hair off, maybe 4 inches? 

The only decision for me is long-layers, which might be better for me, or blunt, which I'm sick of. I can't fathom how the Duggar girls aren't sick and tired of on layer, butt-length hair. Ugh. 

[Temperance]

2 hours ago, EarlGreyTea said:

She would look so great with a wavy bob. Something like this would look great on her, cause social media to freak out, set her apart from the other Duggarbots, and get rid of all that scraggly hair maintenance. So of course it'll never happen. Jinger would look great with it too, and there's better odds on her actually doing it.

That hair would look great on Jessa! 

[Arwen Evenstar]

My hair at its longest was halfway down my back. It was a pain to wash, dry, and style and was always tangled.  Even when I wasn't working, I had no time for hair.  All these Duggettes do is spend hours a day styling their hair.  They don't go to work, so I guess playing with their manes and taking selfies is their job.  If it was all healthy hair, I wouldn't mind the length, but it's a fried mess. 

I got my long hair bobbed after my dx. Thanks to chemo, my hairstyle is more reminiscent of Sinead O'Connor's now.  It's liberating, but even Texas will feel cold soon. 

[dargosmydaddy]

While it's nice to see that Henry has learned to smile, I can't help but love that he still frequently looks skeptical in photos. And gives great side-eyes:

 

Edited September 23, 2017 by dargosmydaddy

[ariel]

What are Bin & young Damien eating?

[kokapetl]

On 21/09/2017 at 4:39 AM, Arwen Evenstar said:

My hair at its longest was halfway down my back. It was a pain to wash, dry, and style and was always tangled.  Even when I wasn't working, I had no time for hair.  All these Duggettes do is spend hours a day styling their hair.  They don't go to work, so I guess playing with their manes and taking selfies is their job.  If it was all healthy hair, I wouldn't mind the length, but it's a fried mess. 

I got my long hair bobbed after my dx. Thanks to chemo, my hairstyle is more reminiscent of Sinead O'Connor's now.  It's liberating, but even Texas will feel cold soon. 

I’m a guy, and my hair grows long, and I have no fucking idea how women deal with waking up to a knotted mess each morning. Do you all sleep perfectly still?