2 thumbs & a dummy

It’s probabyly old new by now but if you hadn’t notice this headline, it’s about a single monther of 6 who had recently given birth to octuplets. Damn straight…that’s another 8 babies!

Needless to say, the mother, Nadya Suleman is now being judged left right and centre for what she has done. I think most people are against her choice but hey, she’s the parent and I guess it was ultimately her choice. But personally, I too have to agree that it was the wrong choice to make. From her interview, the reason why she chose to have all 8 babies was because she wanted a big family, after being deprived of having any other siblings. She was an only child and she hated being the only one.

But woman, you already have 6 kids – isn’t that enough? On top of that, you are a single mother who was once depressed, living with your parents in a 3 bedroom house [from what I gather]. How are you going to fit and feed all your children now? I highly doubt a disability pension is sufficient.

Perhaps I’m being as judgemental as the rest of the world but seriously, I really don’t think she is in the right situation to have any more kids. I don’t mean to say that one should not have more children but can one support that many? And I’m not just talking about financially which is one of the most imporant aspects coz like it or not, money makes the world go round, and everything these days cost money. Nothing is gratis. Also being a single parent, she is both mother and father to these kids. Can she really handle that responsibity?

Honestly, I am just worried about the children. I’m thinking if they will be deprived of her affection or not and grow up thinking that they hated being in such a huge family because they never really got all that much attention from mum and how hectic things must be around them. So many people, so much noise….gosh, I’d go mad!

Of course people are going to bring up the Gosselin and Dugger family but the difference is that these people are apparently quite capable in caring for their brood. Personally, if Nadya is going to support her children, she had better start thinking about writing a book and publishing it, get a website running and do whatever she can to get more income than she already is. Perhaps in the beginning people might lend a hand in kind and monetary wise but heck, it ain’t going to last forever.

But in any case, I wish her the best and hope that she will be able to provide for all her 14 children coz it wasn’t their fault that they were born into this family.