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Texannie
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07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 3:43 am
I got so choked up watching the mom (sorry, I am blanking on her name!) through out the whole episode as she watched Rebecca react to the horse. Especially at the end when she was talking about how the hospital just hands you a child with disabilities, but doesn't tell you what do to. I had heard they were doing this show to raise awareness for CP.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 3:54 am
I love this show, and was also choked up during this episode. Having spent nearly 15 years in physical therapy, working with preschoolers with disabilities, some things really bothered me. WHY was this mother so surprised by things the therapists said and did? It was as if the Mom was seeing everything therapy related for the first time. Her daughter attends a "cerebral palsy school" and she doesn't have contact with therapists? What kind of yahoos have been working with this child?!? I wanted to jump through that screen and strangle those therapists for some of their handling techniques. It's way more than I'm going to talk about here, but suffice it to say...they stunk. As I watched this show, I felt like I wanted to contact this family and tell them I'd move in and work with Rebecca for free. Totally unrealistic, but that child has such potential. Grrr...gotta go, because this post is making it sound like I don't enjoy the show, but I do.
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Delurker
Member
08-19-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 5:02 am
I'm glad to see a thread started about this show. I really like this family and their down to earth attitude, such a big contrast from some of the other families with multiples.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 6:31 am
What channel and time does this air?
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Delurker
Member
08-19-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 6:36 am
Monday nights at 9:00 pm on TLC, in place of Jon $ Kate Plus Eight.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 6:51 am
Thanks!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 9:53 am
I really enjoyed last nights show as well. I also wondered what kind of therapy they were getting for the little girl presently, because like you said Hukdon, it seemed like they weren't getting her much therapy or maybe weren't present for it? I don't know much about children with such severe disabilities, so it's a learning experience for me to watch. I like the family. they seem much more normal, average to me. I feel like I can relate to them.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 9:37 pm
Love this family so much more then the others out there. The parents are so down to earth, the mom does not freak about matching clothes, the couple seem to really enjoy each other and get along well. I think this couple have it much harder with a special needs child yet they seem to be a much more likeable couple. I have not seen any bickering between them and I see really great older siblings helping out the younger ones. All in all, it is very refreshing to watch.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 3:37 am
oh..they have only been on a week...i am sure there will be lots to pick apart in the weeks to come! LOL
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 9:23 am
I teared up watching the show too. I want to watch more of this family! I was wondering about the physical therapy for Rebecca if maybe that the mom was surprise because she didn't expect it from the horse ranch or maybe that they asked her to talk about it like that because it was new to US?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 9:32 am
From what I can tell, there have been 4 episodes so far, and they started March 23rd. This family seems so wonderful and down to earth. I had a funny thought. They should do the "Wife Swap" show with the Gosselins...LOL Yes, I'm joking, but can you imagine?
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 10:07 am
lol Naja! I really enjoy this show!
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 5:38 pm
Yes Naja, that would be great!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 5:46 pm
I looove that idea!!
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 5:47 am
I'm loving this show. Momma reminds me a lot of Sharon Gless from Cagney and Lacey fame.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 8:00 am
I am still loving it. So refresing to see this nice family. I really hope they don't get too big for themselves 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 8:17 am
Thanks Earniesgirl, Sharon Gless, that's it! I couldn't for the life of me figure out why she looked so familiar!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 10:56 am
This family will be tested. Once fame and $$$$ invade their seemingly "normal" lifestyle it may be hard to keep things in check. We'll see. I have a feeling they'll handle it better than an other family has.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 1:18 pm
How do you prove you handle fame well? I am sincerely asking. I hear that all the time. I am not sure what one does to show they are or are not handling it well.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 1:53 pm
I think turning a little mean and snooty means fame has changed someone. I can never imagine this mom being comfortable in a spa, or being regularly unpleasant. But I guess we'll see.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 2:40 pm
ok. thanks for the clarification. as how that would apply for Kate (which I gather that's what the inference above was about), hasn't Kate been accused of being unpleasant since the start? Hard to have fame going to her head at the beginning. Not sure how liking a spa shows fame goes to ones' head. I absolutely ADORE going to a spa and I am definitely not famous. but i do feel for the Hayes family because now everything they do will be scrutinized.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 5:37 pm
does anyone know where this family lives. i'm hearing an accent, but, they could live elsewhere.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 5:47 pm
i thought Illinois.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 6:20 pm
Massachusetts. Maybe Rhode Island, but for sure up in the NE/New England area.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 6:33 pm
Hoboken, New Jersey Mother, Elizabeth Hayes, gave birth by Cesarean section at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey. The delivery of six babies took less than three minutes. Combined, the babies weighed nearly 25 pounds; individually; the smallest were 3 pounds, 9 ounces and the largest was 4 pounds 10 ounces, well above average for multiples delivered at 32 weeks. Family Info: Eric and Elizabeth Hayes already had two sets of twins when the sextuplets were born. Twin brothers, Kevin and Kyle, were eight and boy/girl twins, Kieran and Meghan, were five when the babies arrived. Eric Hayes is a policeman. More Info: The Hayes family is the only one in the United States with two sets of twins and sextuplets. At the time of their birth, a hospital spokesperson claimed that the babies were the first set of surviving sextuplets in New Jersey, but this was not confirmed. To convceive sextuplets, ovulation induction treatments were used to stimulate mother Elizabeth's ovaries to produce more than one egg. Updates : In 2007, the family appeared on Good Morning America. The program described the sextuplets individually in the following way: Rachel: the Curious George of the group. E.J.: the shy one. Ryan: the most outgoing, believes in sharing, until push comes to bite. Tara: prefers her alone time. Connor: the resident drama king, enjoys his time at center stage. Rebecca: the only sextuplet who is struggling; she has cerebral palsy. Television: The Hayes family were featured in a television program called Twins, Twins and Sextuplets on the same network that made the Gosselin Family famous http://multiples.about.com/od/quintssextuplets/p/hayessextuplets.htm
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