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

[GeeGolly]

I don't know, Jessa has a history of going silent prior to some type of news. From pregnancy to a brother being arrested. Of course she got beat up pretty bad when promoting  Scamaritan Health, so her feelings might be hurt.

[louannems]

7 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

She;s probably busy buying excessive Amazon Christmas gifts and pillow cases.   She'll probably do a huge photo and video dump next week.

No, she just yanks off the yellowed (and spit-up on) pillowcases from her bed.

[YupItsMe]

10 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

I don't know, Jessa has a history of going silent prior to some type of news. From pregnancy to a brother being arrested. Of course she got beat up pretty bad when promoting  Scamaritan Health, so her feelings might be hurt.

Has she posted since then? I bet people have bombarded her with questions about Spurgeon.

[GeeGolly]

On 12/17/2022 at 10:05 PM, kaleidoscope said:

Is Jessa being really low key lately?  I'm wondering how things are going with Jinger's book about to come out and Ben being named as the person who opened Jinger's eyes to a new way to view faith.   It must be quite tense all around.

I'm starting to think you're right. Jessa and Ben were not seen at the sweater/costume party. Perhaps they need to ask permission to go to the TTH to keep Ben's wayward mouth away from others. I can see how that wouldn't sit well with Jessa.

Next thing you know Jessa and Jill will be BFFs counting kids together again. Or the Seewald's will sell the home they don't own and move to CA.

[oliviabenson]

On 12/4/2022 at 6:36 PM, leighdear said:

Caught this on Reddit & immediately thought of Jessa, and the "aesthetic" of her children's wardrobe.  If they had any money, that is....

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ckvj09wPcFO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

(Actually, the whole account is pretty damn hilarious)

I’m a huge fan of the Instagram account. 
 

Not a fan of moody bland Jessa.

Edited December 26, 2022 by oliviabenson

[FizzyPuff]

On 12/24/2022 at 9:23 PM, GeeGolly said:

I'm starting to think you're right. Jessa and Ben were not seen at the sweater/costume party. Perhaps they need to ask permission to go to the TTH to keep Ben's wayward mouth away from others. I can see how that wouldn't sit well with Jessa.

Next thing you know Jessa and Jill will be BFFs counting kids together again. Or the Seewald's will sell the home they don't own and move to CA.

I can’t see anything Ben has to say that would convert anyone, he’s such a bore. Jessa would loose her mind if she had to ask permission to go to the big house. 

[sagittarius sue]

5 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

I’m a huge fan of the Instagram account. 
 

Not a fan of moody bland Jessa.

I think I caught a glimpse of her in yet another ugly brown dress in a Christmas video.

[ginger90]

Ben’s sermon from November 27th:

https://anchor.fm/ibcspringdale/episodes/Ben-Seewald--Matthew-231-39--Beware-of-False-Religion-e1rd8tc

[Salacious Kitty]

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Ben’s sermon from November 27th:

https://anchor.fm/ibcspringdale/episodes/Ben-Seewald--Matthew-231-39--Beware-of-False-Religion-e1rd8tc

It's been a couple of weeks, but I remember someone referencing this sermon. I forget why it's controversial, though. 

[Lady Whistleup]

It's a good thing Jessa didn't show us her sad little Christmases with the kids opening their Amazon boxes and her wearing that brown cardigan.

[Salacious Kitty]

I thought I might have seen a glimpse of Jessa in James' Christmas video. It was from the side, but it was someone with long, dark brown hair bending over. Could have also been Lauren though. 

[ozziemom]

Did we ever see Spurg’s birthday week? Jessa is usually way behind on her posting but it seems like we’ve seen nothing since her posts for the Christian health insurance company. Maybe all the negative comments made her so mad she’s on a social media break.

ETA: I spotted Fern in an Instagram story of one of Bin’s sister. Very brief and no other kids.

Edited December 27, 2022 by ozziemom
Adding info

[FizzyPuff]

14 hours ago, ozziemom said:

Did we ever see Spurg’s birthday week? Jessa is usually way behind on her posting but it seems like we’ve seen nothing since her posts for the Christian health insurance company. Maybe all the negative comments made her so mad she’s on a social media break.

ETA: I spotted Fern in an Instagram story of one of Bin’s sister. Very brief and no other kids.

Yes I checked his sisters instagram, Ivy was there too, I guess Jessa and Ben are with his family this year? 

[Scarlett45]

20 hours ago, FizzyPuff said:

Yes I checked his sisters instagram, Ivy was there too, I guess Jessa and Ben are with his family this year? 

Ivy is a cutie. 

[louannems]

So Fern wore Jessa’s brown sweater for Christmas?

[YupItsMe]

On 12/26/2022 at 9:37 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

I thought I might have seen a glimpse of Jessa in James' Christmas video. It was from the side, but it was someone with long, dark brown hair bending over. Could have also been Lauren though. 

I thought it was Lauren talking to, or taking a picture/video, of her baby and another little girl.

[Gemma Violet]

WOACB says on her latest video that there was a fire on the property of Jessa's previous home.  (The home has not yet been sold.)  She says a homeless man moved into their shed and started a fire to keep warm a couple of weeks ago which caught the shed on fire.  The house is OK.

[ginger90]

4 minutes ago, Gemma Violet said:

WOACB says on her latest video that there was a fire on the property of Jessa's previous home.  (The home has not yet been sold.)  She says a homeless man moved into their shed and started a fire to keep warm a couple of weeks ago which caught the shed on fire.  The house is OK.

I thought the house was moved, and the property was sold?

[Salacious Kitty]

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

I thought the house was moved, and the property was sold?

No and no, at least as of now. 

[Absolom]

WOACB is behind.  I read that on the internet the day after it happened.

[Salacious Kitty]

15 minutes ago, Absolom said:

WOACB is behind.  I read that on the internet the day after it happened.

She took a couple of weeks off, I think. I haven't seen anything from her in a while. 

Edited January 4, 2023 by Salacious Kitty
Bad choice of prepositions

[awaken]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

She took a couple of weeks off, I think. I haven't seen anything from her in a while. 

Except she posted that she bought a new BMW! 😁

[Salacious Kitty]

3 minutes ago, awaken said:

Except she posted that she bought a new BMW! 😁

I meant she took a YouTube break. 😀

[GeeGolly]

What is it with sheds around there? Is that the norm? Jessa had a squatter in the shed of her new house too.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, GeeGolly said:

What is it with sheds around there? Is that the norm? Jessa had a squatter in the shed of her new house too.

Maybe the squatter is stalking Jessa, but not when she's living at the residence. 😃

[Scarlett45]

7 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

What is it with sheds around there? Is that the norm? Jessa had a squatter in the shed of her new house too.

I can imagine it’s easy for unhoused persons to access, (not as secure as a main house) while providing them shelter. I know in the city I’ve heard of similar situations in detached garages of unoccupied houses.

Likely the person doesn’t have any intention besides staying dry and somewhat warm. Do sheds typically have a power source?

[Zella]

I wonder if that happened during Winter Storm Elliott. We didn't get the precipitation a lot of places did, but it caused the temps to drop well below zero and the wind chill was in the minus 20s. There were a lot of warming shelters opened in the NWA Metro area, but I'm sure there were people not able to access them for whatever reason. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Just now, Zella said:

I wonder if that happened during Winter Storm Elliott. We didn't get the precipitation a lot of places did, but it caused the temps to drop well below zero and the wind chill was in the minus 20s. There were a lot of warming shelters opened in the NWA Metro area, but I'm sure there were people not able to access them for whatever reason. 

I believe it happened a couple of days before Christmas. Was that when the cold spell came through? 

[Zella]

1 minute ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I believe it happened a couple of days before Christmas. Was that when the cold spell came through? 

Yep. The temps dropped early on December 22* and we were under advisories about the cold until the morning of Christmas Eve. After that it warmed up some, but that day was still pretty cold too. 

*I remember the date so well because I had to drive a relative to a doctor appointment the day before, and we were debating logistics for how to protect her outdoor barn cats (which we did) and we rescheduled the appointment because of the impending cold. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Zella

[Gemma Violet]

13 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

Do sheds typically have a power source?

I have electricity in my shed so I can turn on the light in case I have to go in there at night.  The electrical wire connects to the main house which is about 30 feet away. 

I can't imagine lighting a fire in a shed.  Wouldn't the smoke choke you?  He could have cracked the door a little for fresh air, but that would let in the frigid air which would negate the fire in the first place.

Edited January 5, 2023 by Gemma Violet

[GeeGolly]

I think the article I read said the fire happened on the 23rd, so that would line up with the storm.

[ozziemom]

Jessa returns to Instagram today to plug Snuggles, I guess it’s a baby thing? Also on Instagram plugging this are a bunch of Bateses. Do these companies just reach out to every Fundie reality TV has been? It always seems like every Duggar and Bates mom is shilling the same product.

[SMama]

Fern is way past the Snuggle Me stage. Is the company that desperate?

[GeeGolly]

I think Jessa is pregnant.

[Salacious Kitty]

5 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I think Jessa is pregnant.

She's been using Fern as a shield for a while.

[SMama]

How old is Fern? Are Jessa’s kids evenly spaced like Anna’s?

[dargosmydaddy]

14 minutes ago, SMama said:

How old is Fern? Are Jessa’s kids evenly spaced like Anna’s?

Fern will be two in July, and so far Jessa has had babies in every odd number year.

Edited January 18, 2023 by dargosmydaddy

[Salacious Kitty]

19 minutes ago, dargosmydaddy said:

Fern will be two in July, and so far Jessa has had babies in every odd number year.

However, Spurge and Henry are just 15 months apart. 11/15 and 2/17. But a new baby would be closer to two years younger than Fern, about the same gap back to Ivy and Henry. 

[Joan of Argh]

14 hours ago, ozziemom said:

Jessa returns to Instagram today to plug Snuggles, I guess it’s a baby thing? Also on Instagram plugging this are a bunch of Bateses. Do these companies just reach out to every Fundie reality TV has been? It always seems like every Duggar and Bates mom is shilling the same product.

I was wondering the same thing because Audrey Roloff from Little People Big World was also shilling Snuggles today on her Instagram.

[Salacious Kitty]

6 hours ago, Joan of Argh said:

I was wondering the same thing because Audrey Roloff from Little People Big World was also shilling Snuggles today on her Instagram.

As was Josie Bates Balka.

[GeeGolly]

What happened in Jessa's new yard? Not only is there a nice playscape for the kids, but their fence seems to be gone. There's chicken wire everywhere.

Maybe the church bought the playscape and the Seewalds will re-fence in the spring so the kids can access the playscape from their backyard?

[ozziemom]

So Jessa is back on Instagram, she doesn’t look pregnant and Fern was front and center. Maybe the boys are not acting cutesy anymore but they seem to be in the background in the latest posts. And Bin was smiling! FU to the internet snark.

[Salacious Kitty]

4 hours ago, ozziemom said:

So Jessa is back on Instagram, she doesn’t look pregnant and Fern was front and center. Maybe the boys are not acting cutesy anymore but they seem to be in the background in the latest posts. And Bin was smiling! FU to the internet snark.

Was she selling something? 

[SnapHappy]

26 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Was she selling something? 

Just the privacy of her children.

[Stevie Nicks]

In her latest Instagram video, you can see she's still got her Christmas tree up.  😑

[SMama]

Jessa is back on IG, this time shilling 

sofatutor, a learning app. She shows Spurgeon and Henry using the app. I don’t have a problem with learning apps. But it would be nice if the boys were comfortable while using it and not squinting on their mother’s cell phone.

They have at least one MacBook. Get an iPad and also get the boys school seats or desks. Just because the app name has sofa in it does not mean your poor kid has to plop on a chair to “learn.” Kids, especially homeschooled kids, should have a dedicated study area. A place with natural light, quiet, and with ample space to spread books, notebooks and arts and crafts. 

[GeeGolly]

18 minutes ago, SMama said:

Jessa is back on IG, this time shilling 

sofatutor, a learning app. She shows Spurgeon and Henry using the app. I don’t have a problem with learning apps. But it would be nice if the boys were comfortable while using it and not squinting on their mother’s cell phone.

They have at least one MacBook. Get an iPad and also get the boys school seats or desks. Just because the app name has sofa in it does not mean your poor kid has to plop on a chair to “learn.” Kids, especially homeschooled kids, should have a dedicated study area. A place with natural light, quiet, and with ample space to spread books, notebooks and arts and crafts. 

But Jessa was shilling in front of a bookcase. 🤣

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, GeeGolly said:

But Jessa was shilling in front of a bookcase. 🤣

Probably Ben's books. 

[andromeda331]

10 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

But Jessa was shilling in front of a bookcase. 🤣

Maybe it was photoshopped.

[Meow Mix]

On 1/30/2023 at 2:52 PM, SMama said:

JKids, especially homeschooled kids, should have a dedicated study area. A place with natural light, quiet, and with ample space to spread books, notebooks and arts and crafts. 

I wasn't even homeschooled and my parents always made sure we had a comfortable quiet place to do homework and study.  We weren't squinting at a cell phone or standing at a coffee table staring at a laptop like Gideon does.