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Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I was going to point that out Naja but didn't want to get accused of being too critical again.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
The twins were curiously missing from the ep, too, unless they explained why they were gone and I missed it.

The twins were in school.

I shan't comment about Kate.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Okay, last night's show just showed her complaining about under the freezer. Yes, she does jump on Jon a lot. (And not in a good way!!) But at least she is a mom who really loves her kids. She is very organized and I think that is important when you have so many kids.

Really, Jon is a big boy and if he doesn't like the way Kate is, he can talk to Kate. My guess is he is so used to it that he doesn't even see it anymore.

I used to like Kate a lot less until I found out all about the octoplet mom. Kate and Nadya are in two different leagues--miles apart. I feel for/worry about Nadya's kids. Not so much for Kate's. Now I appreciate Kate a whole lot more!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Last night's show was the woods show, there was no freezer talk. That was last week or the week before.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Well there was freezer talk last night because i have not seen a show in a long time. That was the first episode I saw at the new house.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Julieboo, there are several shows shown on a given night. A bunch of old ones, and the new one.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Yep, I know. I saw at least two of them last night! And one of them had the freezer part.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
The twins were at school.. at the end of the ep Jon said that after the walk in the woods and riding the tractor and making and eating lunch that two of the kids were napping, two playing with the walkie talkies, two on the computer and then it would be time for the twins to come home, and later dinner.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 12:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
It bugs me to see the 4 year olds still in high chairs.

Marameko
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07-15-2002

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marameko a private message Print Post    
On the most recent episode with the foray into the woods didn'tthe little kids eat lunch seated at the table with Jon ?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
It bugs me to see 4 year olds still in bibs! That seems degrading to me.

Maram, yes they were seated with Jon. Usually highchairs are used at or near a kitchen table. (We pull our daughter's up to the table so she's eating with us.)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
My two year old quit sitting in a high chair/booster 6 months ago. But I know that herding 2 kids is like herding cats, so I can't imagine 8! I also can't imagine doing laundry for that many people in one day, not to mention stain removals. So I can see the need for bibs and kinda high chairs too.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Having raised only 3 kidlets very close in age, I definitely see the need for bibs and those booster high chair seats. My kids didn't have the high chair type but instead used booster seats on their kitchen chairs. Even then I kept a close eye to make sure they didn't tumble over and fall...ack! So with six 4y/o's I definitely applaud the high chair seats and the bibs as well (saves on extra bulky laundry issues).

Just my ====>


Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
We should take into consideration that the little kids are probably very small for their ages as regards the needs for higher chairs.

Hey, bib the kids (I do my husband with a napkin as some of everything he eats winds up on his shirt). Most 4/5 year olds needs some touching up after eating, so whatever save the parents time and effort is okay in my book.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
LMAO OG!!!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
A traditional high chair that has the tray - then yes 4 years old is too old. But what these kids are in basically are just chairs that are high that push up to the table. No problems with that for me.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm 51 and I sometimes still need a bib! LOL

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I certain use something if I want to protect my clothing.

There is a woman who makes adult bibs and sells them.. I've seen a few people wearing them at the senior center lunches.. I think some of them are in those electric scooter chairs and probably have some difficulty leaning over the table a bit.

And what OG said.. the little Gosselins are in a low percentile for size and I grew up that way myself, always being short and projected to be short and indeed, being short and I'm sure I had to sit on a phone book until I was older than my brother did, as he was always taller.

To me there is no shame is something that is needed and useful. If someone is doing laundry for 10 people, it is a lot more important to protect the clothing, I'd think.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Kate was on Dr. Phil yesterday (the show was about the octuplet mom). She looked the best I have ever seen her.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Roxip, I'm not a Dr. Phil watcher, and am interested in Kate's take on the octuplet woman.
tia

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
To put it very mildy, Kate thinks this woman has not used good judgement. She says she has no idea how she'll do it. Kate said she herself brought 6 babies home to 2 while this woman is bringing 8 babies home to 6. Kate said that she herself is very organized and driven and that first year was insane. She said they had a team of 50 volunteers to help with a strict round the clock schedule.

After time, the volunteers got burnt out. Many just liked babies so when the kids got to be toddlers, they (many volunteers) disappeared.

Kate said she did not leave her house for two years. And in that first year she never sat down. She got a 15 min. break at lunchtime when the volunteers told her to go sit on the deck and eat. She lived for those 15 minutes.

She also said that first year almost killed her.

She does not know how Nadya will be able to do it, especially without a partner like Jon.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I just think if Nadya loves babies and that is why she keeps having them, she won't even be able to enjoy these 8 as babies as she will be too busy.

They did some stats on Dr. Phil and said it would take 30 hours to breast feed these babies each day!! (And that is assuming one could lactate that much milk!!)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Well, Julie I was always told that you will produce as much milk as your babies stimulated the day before. She's going to disappear! Breast feeding burns TONS of calories.
I think a wet nurse is in order. Isn't there some program where one can donate breast milk? I'd do it for those babies.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I would have really liked to see Kate on Dr. Phil.

You all have good points about the high chairs. I didn't think about them probably being smaller than the average 4 year old.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I'd bet those chairs are more narrow than regular dining room chairs. It's probably easier for them to fit around the table in addition to sitting up higher. Maybe at their new house they'll graduate to big chairs. I don't see any problem with the high chairs (since there's no tray, I don't see it as a true high chair), and I don't have any problem with the bibs either. They still tend to look like they hold their spoons and stuff in an immature grasp pattern, and probably spill quite a bit.