Jon and Kate Plus 8 Official Thread - Part 8

[MAKmom]

I'm really happy how well things are going for Kate & the kids. She is amazing. My husband is so impressed how she handles 8 kids. We were at a lost having 2 in 22 months. But we are wimps I still get overwhelmed packing for us & the younger girls are teenagers.

The low blood sugar is a pain but I think everyone gets grumpy if they do not eat on schedule.

 

[DMRick]

I still get overwhelmed packing for us & the younger girls are teenagers.

We went camping (almost two hours from home) for a week when we realized we never put one of out kids clothes in the RV. It was a long trip home to get them, since at the time, we could afford the gas and time better than all new clothes.
I hate packing.

 

[kidshop]

I'm really happy how well things are going for Kate & the kids. She is amazing. My husband is so impressed how she handles 8 kids. We were at a lost having 2 in 22 months. But we are wimps I still get overwhelmed packing for us & the younger girls are teenagers.

The low blood sugar is a pain but I think everyone gets grumpy if they do not eat on schedule.

Did you tell him about the nannies, the bff/helper and the bodyguard/personal assistant to handle much of the stuff for her? She is 'handling' the 8 kids with a whole crew with her. Anyone could do that!

 

[Dee77]

Did you tell him about the nannies, the bff/helper and the bodyguard/personal assistant to handle much of the stuff for her? She is 'handling' the 8 kids with a whole crew with her. Anyone could do that!

Exactly!! Plus when her and Jon were married, I always thought he was pretty involved with the kids and took care of a lot of things around the house. That is a sentiment not shared by many but it is his redeemable quality in my opinion.

 

[MAKmom]

Did you tell him about the nannies, the bff/helper and the bodyguard/personal assistant to handle much of the stuff for her? She is 'handling' the 8 kids with a whole crew with her. Anyone could do that!

He was watching , Kate is running the show as far as the kids go. We always had help with our 3 kids but it was still overwhelming at times. I can not imagine 6 at the same age. I only have 2 teenagers at home and keeping up with them is driving me crazy. Getting a 15 year old ready for a trip to Quebec with the French Club had me stressed

 

[mhsjax]

He was watching , Kate is running the show as far as the kids go. We always had help with our 3 kids but it was still overwhelming at times. I can not imagine 6 at the same age. I only have 2 teenagers at home and keeping up with them is driving me crazy. Getting a 15 year old ready for a trip to Quebec with the French Club had me stressed

Wow, you had help with 3. Unfortunately we NEVER had any help. We managed pretty well, sure it was kind of crazy, but we survived. I think Kate is ok, but I don't think she is "running the show" She has lots of help, sure she may make the decisions, but she has help. She even had her helper there at 5:30 am for the kids first day of school.

 

[DMRick]

Is that a bad thing, to have someone there at 5:30 to help get 8 kids ready for the first day of school?

Or is it just because it's Kate?

I'm pretty sure there is a lot to do with that many kids, and the decisions and choices (especially knowing that Kate doesn't like to lose control) would fall on her shoulders, so in that sense, she's the one in charge. I certainly am not jealous of the help she has..good for her if she can afford it. I'd bet that even making sure the help is there, is on her.

Do I wish she would not say things like, I'm doing it myself, since we know she isn't? Sure, but only because it irritates people. I don't really care if she is actually doing it all herself. I guess she feels she is. I often have, even with a husband right here to help.

She even had her helper there at 5:30 am for the kids first day of school.

 

[kidshop]

Wow, you had help with 3. Unfortunately we NEVER had any help. We managed pretty well, sure it was kind of crazy, but we survived. I think Kate is ok, but I don't think she is "running the show" She has lots of help, sure she may make the decisions, but she has help. She even had her helper there at 5:30 am for the kids first day of school.

Kate is not running the show. She is following along with the script of the poor put upon parent. She has no idea, and she is lucky she doesn't know what 'alone' really is. She would never make it.

 

[Promomx2]

I think Kate should be getting the kids to help more.

 

[DMRick]

I'd bet she is running the show of her kids. She may get others to do for her, but with her control issues, I bet she has copious notes of just how she wants things to happen with the kids, and others follow them.

I do agree that she isn't alone, alone, since she is able to afford help. Would she make it if she was? I think so, she's a tough cookie. But I'd bet the nights alone without a husband to share all the triumphs of the kids is hard.

But who knows for true, since we aren't in her life, not really.

Kate is not running the show. She is following along with the script of the poor put upon parent. She has no idea, and she is lucky she doesn't know what 'alone' really is. She would never make it.

 

[mhsjax]

Is that a bad thing, to have someone there at 5:30 to help get 8 kids ready for the first day of school?

Or is it just because it's Kate?

I'm pretty sure there is a lot to do with that many kids, and the decisions and choices (especially knowing that Kate doesn't like to lose control) would fall on her shoulders, so in that sense, she's the one in charge. I certainly am not jealous of the help she has..good for her if she can afford it. I'd bet that even making sure the help is there, is on her.

Do I wish she would not say things like, I'm doing it myself, since we know she isn't? Sure, but only because it irritates people. I don't really care if she is actually doing it all herself. I guess she feels she is. I often have, even with a husband right here to help.

Ok first of all, just where did I say that Kate having a helper at 5:30 am was a bad thing? I was responding to the poster that said her hubby was so impressed with her. I wa just saying that she has help even at horrible hours.

Also did you see the post a few pages back where I actually defended Kate? Wow, do I have to blow sunshine up her butt for you to think that I am not insulting Kate to some extent?

I think you need to read all of the posts before you assume what I am talking about.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Absolutely! I just wonder what occurs before the actual meltdown. Maybe its retaping the scene 15 times or getting up at 5am to arrive before the park opens to the public.

Is this a fact or are you over exaggerating. At the very least, I did watch the show and they arrived after the sun had already risen. I live on the coast and the sunlight doesn't even break here until sometime between 6 and 6:30. So they did not arrive at 5am.
****drat misclicked on iPhone and cannot scroll through the reponse window to complete my though....so the end of what I was going to say is that the Kate "personal choice commentary" to be inappropriate. It always seems when folks run out of legitimate discussion points for their POV that they resort to "personal attacks" when they want to further prove their point. I just don't understand the purpose of that.***
Nor do they do 15 takes of all that they shoot. There just isn't time for all of that.

As for the hypoglycemia...add me to the mix of failing to comprehend the degree of Kate's meltdown. The cabana had a HUGE spread and while I am not familiar with the layout of discovery cove...it seems the "no outside food" rule is a tad irrelevent.

I too won't let my children carry trays. My oldest is almost 10 and while she can help...if I'm flying solo, she's usually table saving with the other 2 while I fetch the food. Can't comment on 4, yet as I don't do much with the newborn as of yet.

I do find much of the comments directed at Kate's personal choices (I.e. Bikini, travel outfit, hairstyle, shoe choices, parenting choic

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Ok first of all, just where did I say that Kate having a helper at 5:30 am was a bad thing? I was responding to the poster that said her hubby was so impressed with her. I wa just saying that she has help even at horrible hours.
about.

not arguing with you

but what is so wrong with people being impressed with another parent even if that parent has help?

To me it would be like scoffing at someone impressed with a friends home or their landscape or their hair or their clothes or a party being held and saying.."you do realize they had ______ don't you?"

it just seems....well I don't want to risk points...so I'll just say that it seems wrong to me for others to feel the need to point it out. The adjective I would have used is by no means bad, but I don't want it to be misconstrued in any way as an attakc when it would not be.

I just feel that if someone is impressed by someone, there isn't Anything wrong with that. Pointing out the help makes it seem as though their opinion should be wrong.

 

[DMRick]

I'm sorry. When I read

She has lots of help, sure she may make the decisions, but she has help. She even had her helper there at 5:30 am for the kids first day of school."

it gave me the impression that you thought the posters husband was wrong, that Kate has plenty of help. I didn't think the poster that said that was implying she didn't.


That's why I asked,

Is that a bad thing, to have someone there at 5:30 to help get 8 kids ready for the first day of school?

Or is it just because it's Kate?"

I seldom read who the poster is, as I've said in the past, I just respond to the post I'm reading.

So, is this a good thing, or bad because it's Kate? I wasn't being snarky, I really wasn't sure which way you meant it, which is why I asked. I didn't realize I should have remember who said what and looked to see if you had stuck up for her in the in the past, to know which way you meant it. Now that you said she has help even at horrible hours, maybe you think that's good for her. I couldn't tell that from the 1st post.

Ok first of all, just where did I say that Kate having a helper at 5:30 am was a bad thing? I was responding to the poster that said her hubby was so impressed with her. I wa just saying that she has help even at horrible hours.

Also did you see the post a few pages back where I actually defended Kate? Wow, do I have to blow sunshine up her butt for you to think that I am not insulting Kate to some extent?

I think you need to read all of the posts before you assume what I am talking about.

 

[OhMari]

We went camping (almost two hours from home) for a week when we realized we never put one of out kids clothes in the RV. It was a long trip home to get them, since at the time, we could afford the gas and time better than all new clothes.
I hate packing.

We did this once. We went camping out West in the middle of summer and barely packed any kind of clothes except summer clothing. We were in the Rocky Mountains, and thank God, my dd is an over packer. We were wearing all her socks, extra shirts, sweatshirts, otherwise we would of had one hefty bill from a tourist t-shirt store.

 

[mhsjax]

Ok, Once and for all. I don't care that Kate has help. As long as she admits it, which she has done. I was responding to the other poster who, to me, implied that maybe her hubby hadn't watched Kate much before. I amy have been wrong about that, so I was pointing out that she does have help.

Also I have been defending Kate to some extent. Her bathing suit, her low blood sugar, things like that.

Also since she has admitted that she loves her job, I have more respect for her, it was the constant saying of contradicting things that bothered me. I have alwasy said that I just want her to admit it. And she has, so I am good.

 

[DMRick]

Also since she has admitted that she loves her job, I have more respect for her, it was the constant saying of contradicting things that bothered me. I have alwasy said that I just want her to admit it. And she has, so I am good.

I'm with you on this. Hopefully she'll get better at admitting stuff that bugs us as she goes along

 

[3prettyprincesses]

Put me in the camp of not caring whether Kate has help or not. Do any of us truly have any idea what it's like to get 8 kids ready for school, and 6 of them the same age? I'd want help too. What's wrong with that? Like Doris and mhsjax said, she has admitted as much. I suppose if I had a problem with Kate having help, I'd have to look down on people with nannies. Which obviously I don't.

And I agree with you Doris, it probably is a very lonely feeling at night when Kate's in bed without Jon to talk over the days events. You can't get a nanny for that! So I believe Kate when she says that she feels alone. Sure it's nice to have help but it's probably vastly different than having a spouse around. A different kind of help I'd imagine. And, if we all want Kate to be working, then she's going to need help. At least she's doing something (DWTS and Twist of Kate) while Jon is doing what exactly? Probably going to his girlfriend's college graduation!

 

[MAKmom]

Wow, you had help with 3. Unfortunately we NEVER had any help. We managed pretty well, sure it was kind of crazy, but we survived. I think Kate is ok, but I don't think she is "running the show" She has lots of help, sure she may make the decisions, but she has help. She even had her helper there at 5:30 am for the kids first day of school.

We have our own business & we made the choice that I would work. I had to have help to do that. For a few years I even worked from home. I am not a supermom. I want help... I need help. Some of you can do everything yourselves but not me. I also go out to dinner on the weekends without my children... I know that bothers some of the ladies on this thread. It is normal where we live.

 

[mhsjax]

We have our own business & we made the choice that I would work. I had to have help to do that. For a few years I even worked from home. I am not a supermom. I want help... I need help. Some of you can do everything yourselves but not me. I also go out to dinner on the weekends without my children... I know that bothers some of the ladies on this thread. It is normal where we live.

so who said anything about going out to dinner without the kids being wrong. If you need help because you work, fine. Also going out to dinner around here without you r kids is very normal, we do it all the time. Still don't know what that has to do with having help with 3 kids.