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Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
Jim Bob Duggar and his wife, Michelle Duggar, who became well known after a series of documentary television shows on TLC and Discovery Health, welcomed their 17th child, daughter Jennifer Danielle today (Thursday, August 2) at 10:01 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital in Arkansas. The couple's new daughter weighed in at 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and was six days overdue.

Jennifer will be welcomed home by her 16 siblings, Joshua, 19, twins John David and Janna, 17, Jill, 16, Jessa, 14, Jinger, 13, Joseph, 12, Josiah, 11, Joy-Anna, 9, twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 8, Jason 7, James 6, Justin, 4, Jackson, 3, and Johannah, almost 2.

The couple are already discussing having more children

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
God bless them! I can't even imagine.

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Willsfan a private message Print Post    
I watched a few of the shows on TLC but never heard where Jim Bob worked or how they managed to support such a huge family. I know she home schools them and that must be a job in itself.
My hats off to them. They are apparently doing a great job of raising those beautiful children.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I think his eldest son said he was involved in Real Estate but no elaboration.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Drat ! Just missed the ten minute editing mark. LOL Found the family website:

Duggar Family Website

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 10:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
Rissa I tried to load your link but it was taking a long time for some reason so I used my keyword and got this link http://www.duggarfamily.com/ It loaded really fast Your Link when I clicked on it had this addy? http://www.jimbob.info/ so I think the http://www.duggarfamily.com/ worked better for me

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Is it just me or does anyone else think that having so many children is kind of crazy? How can they possibly give those children the individual attention they need? My mother raised 5, and she could barely remember our names!

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I have three and spent all yesterday calling my youngest by the name of my middle daughter. Says more about my impending dottiness then the number of children. RFLOL My first reaction tends to be the same BJM but all those kids seem really well-balanced and happy so its working somehow. Makes me feel very inadequate that she can have a peacefull, well-managed household with that many kids and my three keep me on the edge of insanity most days. LOL

Thanks Seattlemom, that website wont open at all for me now so perhaps they updated it to the one you provided recently.

The thing that surprised me most was that I just assumed the kids were part of their faith (no birth control and all that) but the mom talks about using birth control at the beginning of their marriage for years and then again after their first child. That teaches me to make assumptions.

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
i'm looking for to Jon and Kate plus 8. they really have their hands full. she has a great personality. guess you'd really need a sense of humor w/ sextuplets and twins.

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
i'm looking for to Jon and Kate plus 8. they really have their hands full. she has a great personality. guess you'd really need a sense of humor w/ sextuplets and twins. tuesdays's at 10 and 1030pm. discovery channel

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
In my growing up days - long. long ago - Catholic families routinely had fifteen or more kids. I know at least three families who had fifteen and up, AND I don't remember ANY multiple births in the families I knew persomally!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 5:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
My son-in-law is one of 13 kids as both his mother and father were also. My grandkids have more cousins than they can count.

Sabbatia
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08-15-2005

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 11:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sabbatia a private message Print Post    
I was thinking that when Johannah was born, they said she was high risk because of the condition of her uterus after having that many children. Her body just MIGHT be trying to tell her something.

I have nothing against the Duggers...and I have defended them on other groups....but there is ONE thing that really bothers me. On the show, the mom said something about one of the older girls being assined the "chore" of taking care of the baby...or at least that's how I took it. If you look at the 58 pics on their website, you will see lots of pics of the new baby, but the only ones where she's being held by her mother are the group ones. I find that really odd.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Maybe mom is the one taking most of the pictures.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I think I remember her (mom) saying that each of the older children is loosely assigned a younger child to look after. I got the impression it was more along the lines of a buddy system when they are out of the house.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Once they are weaned, they get passed off to the oldest child not already taking care of a younger child.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Once they are weaned, they get passed off to the oldest child not already taking care of a younger child.

Then Michelle and Jim-Bob retire to their suite to begin working on another one.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I wonder if she's ever suffered from post partum or anything like that.

I'll bet her stretch marks are worse than mine.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Exactly Sabbatia! The older girls slave in the kitchen and laundry all day to provide for the family. The mother teaches in the home school. She says they share in the duties, but the main duties fall on the girls.

They are part of an ultra conservative religious group. The girls only wear dresses, and they have to wear old fashioned bathing suits that look like they came from the early 1900's. They used to make their own clothes.
When I saw their big house being built with the huge kitchen, I realized with a sick feeling that the children will be cooking all the time in there. It's not like our children cooking once in a while. Those kids work. They have 3 meals a day for 7 days a week to prepare for that huge family. Their kids can't play with other children unless they are a part of their group.
Sorry, but I can't watch them.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Thank you Twiggy, I felt the same way. It's sad that they are teaching their children that women are inferior and only there for domestic reasons. I wonder if the daughters will have the same opportunities for college that the male children do.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
What channel is this on?

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 8:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
It's usually on TLC, but I don't know in the future.

Escapee, I was reading that all the girls want to be housewives like their mom. I think being a housewife is fine, but give the girls other choices, too.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Twigs! I caught a couple of episodes of Joun and Kate and eight tonight and enjoyed them. Sooooooo thankful not to be there!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Saw John & Kate plus 8 last night and watched Kate get a free tummy tuck. There was a plastic surgeon's wife who had watched the show and asked her husband to help Kate out for free. John stayed with Kate for a few days then had to return home to work and the kids, so Kate stayed at the doctor's home for a week or so. She and the doctor's wife developed a nice friendship. It was so great that the doctor's wife wanted to help Kate with that excess belly skin and that the doctor did the work for her. I was very impressed that he didn't suggest she have a breast lift, just told her to go to a bra specialist and get fitted correctly.

Kate was stoic and a great patient. She and John had a number of days alone together without the children, and it seems that they renewed their relationship because of it. It was a great show. I love this family, and those kidlets are so adorable!!

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Think about it. Every meal would be like fixing a Thanksgiving dinner for your extended family. I hope Dad makes LOTS of money, because the grocery bill must be huge.

I do not question their love for their kids, but I do question their practicality, and I also have to question the health issue for the mother. That just can't be good for her.

I knew a family once that had five kids of their own and then adopted nine more. Now that, I had to admire. Four of the adopted kids were siblings that would have been seperated if someone did not adopt them together.