Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!

[Salacious Kitty]

21 minutes ago, Zella said:

When did this happen?

It sounds like it was pretty recent. But she hasn't given a specific time line. 

[Zella]

9 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

It sounds like it was pretty recent. But she hasn't given a specific time line. 

Thanks! That's what it sounded like, but I was curious if I'd missed something. 

[Salacious Kitty]

2 minutes ago, Zella said:

Thanks! That's what it sounded like, but I was curious if I'd missed something. 

Nah. She first mentioned it late last week, so it's new to us. 

[EmeraldGirl]

I thought it was maybe Valentine’s Day? I can’t remember if she mentioned how it was a bad day or not.
 

She must be really zoned out if she got painkillers. I can’t imagine any of the Duggers accepting drugs for anything. I’m sure that’s a gateway to something even if you take Tylenol.

[ginger90]

It happened before Valentine’s Day.

[Salacious Kitty]

Yeah, I just mentioned that we only knew of it late last week. She says "recently," but that could mean days or even a couple of weeks. Everyone's definition is a little different. 

[Quof]

14 hours ago, Notabug said:

The liability coverage is for the car, regardless of who is driving it and should cover to the extent of the policy

Allowing an unlicensed driver to operate the vehicle is a policy breach. If the owner didn't allow the operation then there is also no coverage because it was being driven without the owner's consent. 

[floridamom]

Gee, I hope that Jill ends up being ok with no lasting issues from this.

[Notabug]

7 hours ago, Quof said:

Allowing an unlicensed driver to operate the vehicle is a policy breach. If the owner didn't allow the operation then there is also no coverage because it was being driven without the owner's consent. 

So, the victim is penalized because the car's owner was negligent?  Doesn't seem fair to me.

Of course, it is quite likely that Jill and Derrick have coverage for uninsured motorists, but still seems wrong.

Edited February 20 by Notabug

[ginger90]

Personally, I don’t think she should even be talking about it publicly. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Quof]

And she should get out of that chiro snake oil contraption and see a real doctor 

[AstridM]

43 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Personally, I don’t think she should even be talking about it publicly. 🤷🏼‍♀️

It’s certainly better than child exploitation, imho.

[Jeanne222]

On 1/7/2025 at 9:55 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

Derick confirms that this conversation was cordial, at best. 

Needs some work on his punctuation.  Using commas where they are not needed.  Long running sentences.

Always surprises me how professionals can't write a decent letter.

[EmeraldGirl]

I’m not a fan of chiropractors. I’ve known people who swear by it, and I’ve also known people who have had damage from it. I stick to regular MDs.
 

Talk typing tends to add unnecessary commas all the time. Sometimes I go back and look and sometimes I don’t. Maybe Derrick just did a quick talk type and it ended up that way. 

[ginger90]

1 hour ago, AstridM said:

It’s certainly better than child exploitation, imho.

Of course. I’m sure they haven’t settled everything yet though, so to me she shouldn’t be talking about it publicly. 

Edited February 20 by ginger90

[AstridM]

4 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Of course. I’m sure they haven’t settled everything yet though, so to me she shouldn’t be talking about it publicly. 

Probably. IMO there are very few things that should be talked about with millions of complete strangers!

[Is Everyone Gone]

She seems to be seeing a regular doctor as well as a chiropractor, so it's good she's getting an MD to look at it.

 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Jill and her kids are playing cards?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGo0AnOMYls/?img_index=4

Nike!!!

[dargosmydaddy]

1 hour ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Jill and her kids are playing cards?

That's not Jill in the picture with the cards (much darker hair/ eyebrows).

[EmeraldGirl]

That pot pie looking thing looks pretty good.

She said yesterday that she is still having constant headaches. And she was showing ultrasound pictures of the one they lost. I think she’s going through a very hard time right now.

I saw a doctor on Instagram talking about how dangerous chiropractors can be. When they do the neck cracking, it can really hurt something. They showed a guy in the hospital who had his neck cracked, and it injured something very badly. I wish I were more educated on what the words were. Or maybe not educated, just that I can’t remember either.

Edited March 1 by EmeraldGirl

[Is Everyone Gone]

Yeah Jill sounds like she's struggling. Chronic pain from an accident can be so hard to overcome. Hope she's okay.

[Quof]

6 hours ago, EmeraldGirl said:

saw a doctor on Instagram talking about how dangerous chiropractors can be. When they do the neck cracking

Never let a chiro touch you above the shoulders. 

Signed - a medical malpractice lawyer. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

This salad dressing doesn't look bad:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGwE5loyqjv/

I might try it.

[EmeraldGirl]

I actually think quite a few of her things look pretty good. I thought that chicken pot pie looked good, and something that children could help with easily (and not Amy‘s kid’s way with sharp knives). Plus, she made a homemade blueberry syrup, and I saved the recipe for that.

[Is Everyone Gone]

34 minutes ago, EmeraldGirl said:

I actually think quite a few of her things look pretty good. I thought that chicken pot pie looked good, and something that children could help with easily (and not Amy‘s kid’s way with sharp knives). Plus, she made a homemade blueberry syrup, and I saved the recipe for that.

I don't think Jill was a NATURAL cook, but I give her credit for trying new things. I thought her beef stew looked decent too.

[leighdear]

OMG!  A 33 year-old mother shakes together somebody else's recipe for a Vinaigrette salad dressing? 

When is the PEOPLE Magazine spread coming out?? 

This is amazing!!!

[Is Everyone Gone]

Jill and the boys are filling out their NCAA brackets. I'm so glad she gives her boys the normal American experience.

[JAYJAY1979]

She does seem to present a comfort aesthetic in her IGs.  What she shares are things that are doable/achievable unlike some of the other Fundie lite influencers.

I was watching some early And Counting episodes when she was a teen..and she seemed so sweet and shy in her talking heads.

  

[libgirl2]

On 2/20/2025 at 11:53 AM, EmeraldGirl said:

I’m not a fan of chiropractors. I’ve known people who swear by it, and I’ve also known people who have had damage from it. I stick to regular MDs.
 

Talk typing tends to add unnecessary commas all the time. Sometimes I go back and look and sometimes I don’t. Maybe Derrick just did a quick talk type and it ended up that way. 

My cousin's son is a chiropractor. If I went to anyone, I would go to him. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Jill seems to be having a hard time since it's the 1 yr anniversary of them losing Isla Marie. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHZEt5eywHW/

I think part of it is genuine grief over the loss, but I also wonder if part of it is the fact that Jill (unlike her sisters) seems to have extremely rough pregnancies and deliveries, and she feels lesser than because of it. I wonder if she feels upset bc she sees everyone else popping out babies like candy.

[libgirl2]

2 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Jill seems to be having a hard time since it's the 1 yr anniversary of them losing Isla Marie. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHZEt5eywHW/

I think part of it is genuine grief over the loss, but I also wonder if part of it is the fact that Jill (unlike her sisters) seems to have extremely rough pregnancies and deliveries, and she feels lesser than because of it. I wonder if she feels upset bc she sees everyone else popping out babies like candy.

Some of them are but others like JD and Abbie aren't. And Jinger is on her third. I think she is upset as many parents would be upset over the loss of a little one. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

6 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Some of them are but others like JD and Abbie aren't. And Jinger is on her third. I think she is upset as many parents would be upset over the loss of a little one. 

I'm sure grieving the loss is part of it. I'm not denying her that. Just wondering if she feels doubly sad because fertility is so highly prized in her social circle and upbringing.

[libgirl2]

1 minute ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

I'm sure grieving the loss is part of it. I'm not denying her that. Just wondering if she feels doubly sad because fertility is so highly prized in her social circle and upbringing.

Well that is true. 

[crazy8s]

Other than Jessa, (who also has had problems during delivery) none of the oldest Duggar sisters has been popping out the babies.

Besides the m kids. really only Jessa, Joe, Josiah and Jed seem to want to have a bunch of kids. Maybe Jer and Jason will follow that path. but it seems the DIL are popping out most of the Duggar babies out these days.

 

[Salacious Kitty]

54 minutes ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

I'm sure grieving the loss is part of it. I'm not denying her that. Just wondering if she feels doubly sad because fertility is so highly prized in her social circle and upbringing.

I also wonder if the ruptured uterus Jill suffered with Sam's birth has limited the number of children she can have? Maybe the doctor told her one more, but she tested fate with the Isla pregnancy, and it ended badly. Perhaps she knows she can't have more. 

All speculation, of course. Who knows, she may go on to have several more. 

[oliviabenson]

she is lucky she has 3 kids. plenty of women have 0 and want kids.

[Notabug]

12 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

I also wonder if the ruptured uterus Jill suffered with Sam's birth has limited the number of children she can have? Maybe the doctor told her one more, but she tested fate with the Isla pregnancy, and it ended badly. Perhaps she knows she can't have more. 

All speculation, of course. Who knows, she may go on to have several more. 

Jill would've been warned not to risk going into labor again and to have a scheduled cesarean but I don't think her loss with Isla was related to the history of uterine rupture.  She had another healthy term pregnancy after Sam.

 

7 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

she is lucky she has 3 kids. plenty of women have 0 and want kids.

Kids are not interchangeable. Just because a parent has other kids doesn't mean they don't miss and mourn for the child that they've lost.  If one of your parents died, no one would think to say to you, 'Well, at least both of them didn't die at once.  Your other parent can step right in and you'll forget about the one who died'.  I don't doubt that even Michelle Duggar mourns the loss of Jubilee.

 

[BetyBee]

While Jill has every right to mourn the loss of Isla and to wish for another baby, I don't think @oliviabensonwas saying that kids are interchangeable or that there is no reason to mourn the loss of a parent. Being thankful for what you have been blessed with is a valid pov, imo. I have a soft spot for Jill and I hope she is able to have another child if that's what she wants. Her back pain may be more on her mind at the moment. 

[oliviabenson]

39 minutes ago, Notabug said:

Jill would've been warned not to risk going into labor again and to have a scheduled cesarean but I don't think her loss with Isla was related to the history of uterine rupture.  She had another healthy term pregnancy after Sam.

 

Kids are not interchangeable. Just because a parent has other kids doesn't mean they don't miss and mourn for the child that they've lost.  If one of your parents died, no one would think to say to you, 'Well, at least both of them didn't die at once.  Your other parent can step right in and you'll forget about the one who died'.  I don't doubt that even Michelle Duggar mourns the loss of Jubilee.

 

where did I say she can't mourn her kids? or they are interchangeable? do not put words in my statement. read carefully what I said. I said she has 3 children while some have 0. and why put dead parents in there? please find in my statement anything about dead parents. stop putting words in my statement that are not there. 

 

she is blessed to be a mother. yeah maybe she wants to be like her mom and pop out 29 kids with no problems. but apparently Jill isn't Michelle 2.0

Edited March 20 by oliviabenson

[Notabug]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

where did I say she can't mourn her kids? or they are interchangeable? do not put words in my statement. read carefully what I said. I said she has 3 children while some have 0. and why put dead parents in there? please find in my statement anything about dead parents. stop putting words in my statement that are not there. 

 

she is blessed to be a mother. yeah maybe she wants to be like her mom and pop out 29 kids with no problems. but apparently Jill isn't Michelle 2.0

I'm sorry, but this is a sensitive topic for me.  And, yes, while Jill has other children she undoubtedly loves, it doesn't mean she isn't mourning the loss of her daughter.  Anyone going through a hard time could probably find others who have it worse; but that really doesn't ease their pain to know that something even more devastating could've happened.  I'm sure Jill feels lucky to have her boys, but thinking of people who can't have kids isn't going to prevent her from being sad that Isla died.

I tell patients that it's like being stabbed with a 6 inch knife or a 12 inch knife.  Which one is worse?  Well, both are pretty awful and I'd rather be stabbed with neither, thanks.  Comparing someone's pain to that of someone who has perhaps had a worse experience is not really helpful.

[libgirl2]

3 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

she is lucky she has 3 kids. plenty of women have 0 and want kids.

Like Michael Bates. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

9 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

she is blessed to be a mother. yeah maybe she wants to be like her mom and pop out 29 kids with no problems. but apparently Jill isn't Michelle 2.0

I think actually, she really wants a daughter.

[Gemma Violet]

Video below.  It's been a few months since Jill posted a video.  She mentioned that she's home schooling her kids.

 

[Salacious Kitty]

I think she's been homeschooling since they moved to Siloam Springs. The boys would be in different schools due to the way the schools group by grades. 

[Notabug]

1 hour ago, Gemma Violet said:

Video below.  It's been a few months since Jill posted a video.  She mentioned that she's home schooling her kids.

 

Well, that's unfortunate.

[andromeda331]

8 minutes ago, Notabug said:

Well, that's unfortunate.

Yes it is.

[Salacious Kitty]

So she's plinking them down in front of screens while she entertains Freddie in the living room. I hope that Derick at least put his foot down and decided on an accredited curriculum. 

Edited March 22 by Salacious Kitty

[Is Everyone Gone]

It's really weird why the Duggars don't just send their kids to a private Christian school. There are a bunch of them down South.

[oliviabenson]

They probably can’t afford the private school tuition. And I guess home school is easier since you don’t need to go anywhere in the morning.

[Salacious Kitty]

Gah, I just heard that Jill fairly recently posted delusional stuff about public schools. I doubt the boys ever go back. 

Good luck getting another Dillard Pistol Pete, Derick. Your kids will never get into a decent college as long as Jill teaches them.