tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post8941355123344350745..comments2024-03-19T01:05:08.633-05:00Comments on Duggar Family Blog: Duggar Updates | Duggar Pictures | Jim Bob and Michelle | Counting On | 19 Kids: The 2x3 DuggarsLily and Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00941253435533935093noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-9978054620660635682019-09-12T05:37:01.298-05:002019-09-12T05:37:01.298-05:00Happy 2nd Birthday Mason Garrett, Hard to believe ...Happy 2nd Birthday Mason Garrett, Hard to believe its been 2 years. I can't wait to see what God has in store for you. I would love to see the family on Counting On. I love watching the children grow. Natasha B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-71796258352621696782019-09-08T17:40:59.946-05:002019-09-08T17:40:59.946-05:00I guess it depends on the family and how they make...I guess it depends on the family and how they make it work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-55478432892689934282019-09-08T17:38:39.075-05:002019-09-08T17:38:39.075-05:00I know people who have gotten pregnant after using...I know people who have gotten pregnant after using preventative lol. That was God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-27159750417758238472019-09-07T14:32:57.089-05:002019-09-07T14:32:57.089-05:00Knew what she signed up to? She has the ability to...Knew what she signed up to? She has the ability to choice her own life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-62587534045632463892019-09-07T06:04:10.979-05:002019-09-07T06:04:10.979-05:00@4:16 No, Grandma Mary was there helping them whe...@4:16 No, Grandma Mary was there helping them when the show first began and they were living in the small house. She may not have been sleeping there at night, but she was there during the day to help and to babysit. As far as household management, Michelle tried, but the kids still found ways to get around that when she was busy or wasn't looking. They talked about this in books, and some you know from the news that broke a few years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-69876608033505367142019-09-06T20:22:34.170-05:002019-09-06T20:22:34.170-05:00Debbie God gives us free will.Debbie God gives us free will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-67748357922903487642019-09-06T18:39:35.718-05:002019-09-06T18:39:35.718-05:00Anna is 31 now and in 2036 she'll be 48.Anna is 31 now and in 2036 she'll be 48.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-51492081127623834252019-09-06T13:06:50.653-05:002019-09-06T13:06:50.653-05:00I am the one who posted a bit ago who worked as a ...I am the one who posted a bit ago who worked as a nanny. I want to add that even if the mom is a stay at home mom she may not have much one on one time with her kids if they are not homeschooled. After 7 hours at school many parents put their kids in extra curricular activities. This means they aren't going home right after school to spend quality time with Mom. They are going to soccer practice, gymnastics, piano lessons, etc. Then they come home and do homework while mom makes dinner. Finally, IF the parents don't allow the TV or Internet they finally get that quality time. Duggars don't even watch TV and probably not much internet so have time to play and talk to their kids at night as well as during the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-73544798780707741882019-09-06T11:45:17.931-05:002019-09-06T11:45:17.931-05:00Many parents who work outside of the home only see...Many parents who work outside of the home only see their kids feom dinner on. That's just a couple of hours spending time with them before getting them ready for bed. I used to work as a nanny in New York and the parents were nice but they didn't get home until 6pm due to the commute. The child went to bed 8 to 8:30. Even on late nights with bed at 9, that's only 3 hours. He was in preschool at the time. It seems obvious to me that by homeschooling they are spending more quality time with their kids than the loving family I worked for did. I also bet that a lot of the people complaining have no problem with women working full-time. If you are fair you can't complain about a lack of quality time in big families that homeschool but encourage and rejoice in mother's working outside the home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-65804064472065471132019-09-06T09:38:01.049-05:002019-09-06T09:38:01.049-05:004:22, I really hope you meant to say deprived, not...4:22, I really hope you meant to say deprived, not depraved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-23810578669811028492019-09-06T08:18:56.057-05:002019-09-06T08:18:56.057-05:007:32- You are missing the OP's main point, w...7:32- You are missing the OP's main point, which is that babies can be a distraction from bigger issues. Working on a troubled marriage is an ongoing thing and healing does not happen in a vacuum. I would add that bringing more children into such a relationship is not using good judgment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-79336261709028073222019-09-05T16:16:21.210-05:002019-09-05T16:16:21.210-05:00@7:45 PM I think Grandma Mary moved in with them o...@7:45 PM I think Grandma Mary moved in with them only around 2009 when the Grandpa passed away. They all moved into the big house I think in 2006, and Johannah was born before that, and she is 16th child. So Grandma moved in with them when they already had way more than 10 kids. <br />The 10th and 11th are the twin boys, and they were born in December 1998. At that time Josh, the oldest, was almost 11. They lived in a small 3-bed house with like 1 bathroom. Maybe the church people were helping, but I think the main thing was the buddy system, when older kids were helping with a particular younger child. Like, Jill wanted to be Joy's buddy when they learnt it will be a girl,and Jill was born in May 1991 and Joy in October 1997, so Jill was like 6.5 years old when Joy was born. <br />It is hard to imagine how Michelle could operate this household - when the twin boys were born, she had Joy at 14 months, then Josiah was 2 years and 4 months, Joseph was not even 4. The older girls, the youngest Jinger was 5 at that time, Jessa 6, Jill was 7.5, John&Jana were almost 9, and Josh almost 11. So 7.5 year old Jill was taking car of 14 month old Joy, and I guess Jana could look after Josiah and Joe... Jessa and Jinger at 6 and 5 could be self-sufficient already? Like, seriously, how is it possible to manage such a household?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-78371494427350293722019-09-05T16:13:25.601-05:002019-09-05T16:13:25.601-05:00If you are going to use math to try and say that t...If you are going to use math to try and say that these kids in large families don't get enough attention then try factoring in the 8-9 hours a day many moms are away from their kids at work. Or the 7-8 hours most kids are in school. These home schooled families don't lose that time 5 days a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-15976231239643539532019-09-05T15:59:44.025-05:002019-09-05T15:59:44.025-05:00Little M girl is coming in November!
Little M girl is coming in November! <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-32856397856658842792019-09-05T15:07:58.934-05:002019-09-05T15:07:58.934-05:00Sunnysideup I didn’t see anyone say children were ...Sunnysideup I didn’t see anyone say children were a burden. I don’t think it’s the wish of many women to have many many children, more children than they can provide for financially, emotionally or spiritually. Only the couple having children can decide what is good for them. As far as the physical effects of having a large number of pregnancies, I scheduled surgeries for a large urology practice 9 out of 10 women having bladder lifts were women who had more than three children. Good for you that you are not incontinent many women are. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-85340360970306164012019-09-05T14:33:06.723-05:002019-09-05T14:33:06.723-05:00I wonder if they decided on a name already. I vot...I wonder if they decided on a name already. I vote Meagan or Maryanne. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-27278741944176934812019-09-05T13:17:51.147-05:002019-09-05T13:17:51.147-05:00I think Michelle is just a miracle, because not on...I think Michelle is just a miracle, because not only she was able to get pregnant so often, she had twins, and also she was able physically to have so many pregnancies. Each pregnancy does some damage to woman's body, this or another way. Women get issues with kidneys, heart, teeth. After a c-section there is a muscle damage, scar tissue issues. Like, pregnancy is difficult on a body. <br /><br />I think Jessa is very healthy and might want to have many kids. Anna seems to take it alright. Kendra as well. However, Jill was fine through a pregnancy but had horrible deliveries by some reason. Joy's second pregnancy ended at late turn. But like after a 3rd pregnancy woman's body will show is it's capable for more pregnancies or not. Like, it's not as easy as get pregnant-have a baby; a woman still has to go through 9 months of carrying and growing a baby inside her own body, and then she has to give birth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-47783029898264272732019-09-05T13:09:47.710-05:002019-09-05T13:09:47.710-05:00If you count by years of marriage, after 10 years ...If you count by years of marriage, after 10 years of marriage Anna had 5 kids. After 10 years of marriage, in July 1994, Michelle had 6 kids, and this is only because she had twins with John and Jana. <br /><br />We shall see where Jessa will be in 5 years. Most probably she will be at 6 too. <br /><br />I think Kendra will stop for a little while after she has her daughter - she will have one of each, no reason to rush into a new pregnancy. I think Lauren might want to have another baby soon enough, and she will treasure every new baby because of her miscarriage. Jinger does not seem like she would want to have many kids, I can't see her even with a 2nd child. Jill seems to be happy with only 2 now, and her husband in Law School, I don't see her having another child soon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-86976246051181184392019-09-05T13:03:17.134-05:002019-09-05T13:03:17.134-05:00Let's not forget that Michelle had twins (John...Let's not forget that Michelle had twins (John and Jana), so that one pregnancy resulted in 2 kids at once. They were born in January 1990, so Michelle was 23 at that time. But also she got married when she was 17, almost 18, and they waited to have kids. It was 4 years after their marriage when they had their first child, Josh. And 5.5 years after she had 3 kids. <br /><br />Her first son John married at 20 (in 2008), and had first child (Mackynzie) at 21 (in 2009), and 5 years after he got married he had 3 kids too. Jill just celebrated her 5-year wedding anniversary in June, and she has 2 kids. Jessa will have 5 years of marriage this November, and she has 3 kids already (Ivy was born 4.5 years after their wedding). <br />Jinger got married in November 2016, not even 3 years now, she has 1 child. Joy got married 2 years ago, and she already has a 1 year old and had a miscarriage at a late term. Joe got married 2 years ago too, and she has his second child arriving in a couple of month. Josiah is married for just a year, and he is having his first child soon too, and this is after a previous miscarriage. <br />Like, Michelle's kids have their kids right after they get married, unlike Michelle who was waiting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-6113360327358473842019-09-05T12:45:06.222-05:002019-09-05T12:45:06.222-05:00Anna's new daughter will be Duggar's 16th ...Anna's new daughter will be Duggar's 16th grandchild and born around the time Duggar's first grandchild, Mackynzie (Anna's first child too), will turn 10! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-89832690964877063162019-09-05T06:33:23.626-05:002019-09-05T06:33:23.626-05:00I should look to see if ours goes back to grandpar...I should look to see if ours goes back to grandparents as well. That's awesome. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-7619063733131022032019-09-04T16:22:36.792-05:002019-09-04T16:22:36.792-05:00Be glad you don't live in my depraved area (KY...Be glad you don't live in my depraved area (KY) where when it's really hot babies are often seen in public places wearing nothing but a diaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-82164375987133972472019-09-04T15:53:09.185-05:002019-09-04T15:53:09.185-05:002:42- I am a retired schoolteacher. I can tel...2:42- I am a retired schoolteacher. I can tell you that the amount of individual attention I could give each student correlated with the class size in any given year. This should not come as any surprise that the same is true for families. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-10170995270591531442019-09-04T15:18:55.957-05:002019-09-04T15:18:55.957-05:005:00, and once again, the things that are importan...5:00, and once again, the things that are important to you are the things you make time for. A parent could have only two children and within the time of a month spend very little time with their kids and no one on one time whatsoever, whereas you could have parents with four children, who make sure within the time of a month to spend individual time with each of their kids, as well as spending time with everyone together as a family. Having less kids does NOT automatically equal more attention to each child, that is up to the parents to make happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-26348169556092392142019-09-04T15:15:05.916-05:002019-09-04T15:15:05.916-05:00No they don’t. I love Anna, but she is not someone...No they don’t. I love Anna, but she is not someone that women should be mirroring. (And I don’t mean choosing to have a large family.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com