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Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Is Kayla the one with the horses? (and preemie son Rylan?) I was horrified that she rode with the baby. Horrified.

Rylan's was born early and had trouble latching on. She pumped and feed him with a bottle.

She, at least, seems like a good mom even though she isn't ready to leave her mom.

I hope so much that Amber (previous season) is not pregnant. Amber is such a mess.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
She did do that much, pumping etc. I was pleased to see that. I don't care how much you trust your horse, you don't put a newborn on there, ever, even with you on them. Anything can happen, ANYTHING.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
While waiting in the check-out line at Kroger's this afternoon, I saw on a tabloid cover that Autumn IS pregnant and does not know who the daddy is -

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I assume you mean Amber and don't always trust the tabloid headlines!!

Not that I'd be surprised if she was pregnant :-(

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Yes, Sea, I did mean Amber and could you possibly mean that the tabloids are not 100% accurate - LOL?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
The poor girl last night just had no clue at all. I'm glad that she did give the baby to her uncle and aunt, though I'm thinking it would have been better to have done an adoption with strangers because I don't know how she's going to be with the baby being in the family.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Thanks Mamie - I was looking for an update - I started watching and thought once again MTV is doing a disservice for adoptions - glorifying (by airing and focusing on the teen moms) keeping babies -

I just hope she can go forward and fulfill her college dreams, that has to help with the decision with adoption...

Scout
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01-19-2005

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I think it was great that the aunt and uncle allowed her to have that trial period. She really was incredibly clueless, and I think would have always romanticized what having the baby would have been like.

I suppose she didn't take parenting classes since she had planned to adopt, but has she really never changed a baby? Don't girls babysit anymore? To call your mom because the baby had a messy diaper was ridiculous. She kept saying she wanted to do all these things, but I think all she really wanted was for her mom to do all the work things, and she just dress up the baby and hold her.

The mom was trying so hard not to push her either way. I really admired that because it was obvious that she thought the adoption was the best solution. She looked so tired that evening that she suggested they sit down and divide up the jobs. When Ashley said something like, "we'd never really worked out who would have what responsibility, I just wanted to scream "everything" with the baby is your responsibility.

Her mother listed job after job that she herself could do. Then she asked Ashley to empty out the trash (which seemed to be a foreign concept) and Ashley pulls a face and rolls her eyes like she'd just asked her to work a 60 hour work week.
And when her mom asked her about a job, she tells her she can work a whole fifteen hours a week, and then looked upset that all Her money would go to the baby.
I just get the idea Ashley has had zero responsibilities in her life, and been pretty spoiled if the shopping trip for baby beds was any indication.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Ashley was going to cry when she asked her to take out the garbage. I think she was probably pretty spoiled at home and was expecting mom to baby her and the baby. She just wanted to hold her and look at her. I think she thought that was all it entailed.

Scout
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01-19-2005

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I don't know that the inter-family adoption is a good idea. I thought that since the aunt and uncle let her have the opportunity to try it and see that she couldn't do it, would help her accept her decision better. That she could see just how difficult it would really be. But according to people who have read her blog, it sounds like she wants the baby back again. Almost like she feels that they're just keeping her temporarily.
I know a lot of people said that inter-family adoptions work out well, but I think it would make it really tough. With a stranger, she would know it was final. With family, she seems to think the rules don't apply. She just has so much growing up to do. I doubt she realizes all the trauma her aunt and uncle must be going through.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    


1 year old Callie her birthday was December 16

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
What a cutie!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
uh oh - looks like Amber has been formally charged!

http://www.tmz.com

/2010/12/27/teen-mom-amber-portwood-charged-felony-domestic-violence-video-pregnant/#comments-anchor

We're told Amber was charged by the Madison County Prosecutor's Office today with two felony counts of domestic battery, one felony count of neglect of a dependent, and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery

We're told Amber faces three years behind bars and up to $10,000 in fines if convicted on all charges.

I know I've said it before, but she is young, and has a sad backstory - then vroom fast lane to celebrity - and with those cameras around her, I think it gave her some boldness, and for her maybe she thought "air time" (fights on the MTV reality shows are legend) and then of course the money she gets from the show...

I doubt if she'll get jail, but I truly hope she gets help.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I was watching a clip show with Amber, Maci, Caitlynn and Farrah the other day. Caitlynn did more with Leah than Amber. I don't think Amber knows how to get off the couch.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 5:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Now, Mamie, she flops on a bed sometimes, too! Oh you mean during the show, not in the clips.. LOL!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
LOL Sea, there is that!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 5:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I doubt Amber will serve any time, and the scary thing is she may well have another child on the way, with several possible baby daddies.

Too bad they didn't come up with part of the contract saying that they could be on these shows (and getting income from them) as long as they didn't go out and get pregnant again.

Call it social engineering, but this show unfortunately, now that it is into several seasons, may be actually encouraging a few to become pregnant and then to be outrageous for camera time. And I'd say Amber was the one to go that route. The others from the first Teen Mom season have all made efforts to progress in life.. to finish HS, or take college classes or culinary school, to have jobs, oh, and not to get pregnant for a second time.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Very true, Sea. The others have all tried to better their situations. Amber and Gary even talked at the reunion show about still having sex without protection.

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Willsfan a private message Print Post    
<<"I don't know that the inter-family adoption is a good idea.">>

I can see this ending badly.
If Ashley continues to want to keep the baby (for short periods of time) then the aunt and uncle should just flat out tell her NO. This is what would lead to hurt feelings & bad family relations. It may be hard for her to accept but she's not mature enough nor does she have a good education or good job yet. The only way she could keep her daughter is if her parents supported both her and the baby and babysat for her most of the time. She just doesn't get it. And she might not understand the heartache she has already caused for her aunt & uncle.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
From Ashley's blog: (12/26/10)

Christmas was okay. I got a car and other cool gifts. If Christmas was based on only gifts, then yeah, it was awesome. All I wanted was money and a car. Other than that, it was definitely hard. Last Christmas, a year ago, I had Callie with me and it just brings back memories. I slept in until 3 depressed and just wanting to cry all day. I pretty much snapped myself out of it, and just take the time that I have with her and enjoy it. Then I felt guilty for wasting half of day. It’s like I can never win. I get sad because I wish I had her with me running around with my family and all of us loving on her and being with her all of the time, but one thing I do know that, that fun part isn’t the only part of being a parent. But aside from all that, Callie is more beautiful and smart than ever. She knows how to use an iPhone. Not even kidding, she can slide and navigate, turn it on, drag icons, etc. I can’t believe how big and smart she is! She has a huge attitude and a gigantic sense of humor.

Sometimes I think that I’m coming to terms with my decision, and a part of me feels like I am forcing myself not to because I know in my heart what I want. Maybe I’ll feel guilty if I become at peace with my decision. I honestly don’t think that I will ever be at peace though. I want to take Callie home with me every day. I don’t see how anybody could be at peace with an adoption. Like I have said many times before, I am at peace knowing she’s so well taken care of in a family that I wished I had when I was younger. I just miss her every single day.

http://ashleydsalazar.com/

So we must be seeing an old show since Ashley's baby is now 1.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Peace for the child is the point, not peace for her.

And a car? Really?

As for Amber, per a "close friend" who was apparently once one of the guys she has run through for sex, Amber doesn't "like" condoms and her excuse for not having birth control at least is she has no insurance.

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Willsfan a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the Upate Happymom. Glad to see she made the right decision.

I used to feel kind of sorry for Amber but the more I hear about her behavior the less I like her. I read somewhere online she was dating 3 men and maybe she slept with one or all 3 and to think she's doing this without a condom is unbelievable IMO.
(But not everything I read online is true.) She must not think she could get AIDS or an STD.
It's amazing how many young people are getting all kinds of diseases from unprotected sex. Scary.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am pretty sure Planned Parenthood provides free birth control products

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
That would mean that Amber would have to get up off the couch or bed to go there.

Scout
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01-19-2005

Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
LOL, Mamie. That's true. Amber's behavior is so erratic and so irrational. She acts as though she's either way over-medicated, or she's doing some self-medicating.

I really wish they would get someone besides Dr. Drew in on these reunion shows. He's completely useless. "Now tell her you love her". "Ok, now say you love him". Problem solved. I thought he just acted bizarre.