Poor Anna Duggar

[SpeakNow]

She doesn't have J'slaves to help her!

tlc.discovery.com/videos/19-kids-and-counting-super-mom-anna.html#mkcpgn=fbtlc1

[Visionoyahweh]

Not even close to Michelle's daily life.

[alysee]

Not even close to Michelle's daily life.

Ha, yeah. It's more like Michelle does nothing but maybe write blog posts, or hang out in her room while the J'Slaves do all the work.

I think Anna is a better mom, but only time will tell if she really is ad well as having a narcissistic personality as well.

[JenniferJuniper]

Little girls with energy? I thought Michelle said only little boys have energy, and that boys and girls are so completely different.

What Anna doesn't seem to understand is Josh's little sisters are allowed to swing, jump, and hang off of anything as high as they like at home. Mom and Dad aren't involved, and the J'Slaves have long since given up. The girls probably thought she was nuts for trying to control them. Memo to Anna, if you want to keep your little ones safe, stay away from the Uncle Howlers and the Aunt Howlerettes.

[dizzy]

Did anyone watch the video after that? Cameras and Cowboys? Jackson is talking about how he loves cowboys and playing Lone Ranger and Tonto with Hannie... but how she doesn't have her Tonto stuff anymore and now she plays baby dolls. Wonder if she got in trouble for that somehow.

[JenniferJuniper]

Did anyone watch the video after that? Cameras and Cowboys? Jackson is talking about how he loves cowboys and playing Lone Ranger and Tonto with Hannie... but how she doesn't have her Tonto stuff anymore and now she plays baby dolls. Wonder if she got in trouble for that somehow.

I saw that. I think the anticipated Jackson/Hannie gender role break-up has happened. There was far too much cross pollination going on, what with Hannie playing Tonto and Jackson playing House. (and knowing Hannie, probably being made to wash the dishes.)

[ophelia]

She obviously is PREGNANT!!

And I have to say that it seems like she did an excellent job.. I imagine it to be quite eventful to go to the park with all that little ones.

[Sola]

She obviously is PREGNANT!!

And I have to say that it seems like she did an excellent job.. I imagine it to be quite eventful to go to the park with all that little ones.

Still not convinced. She just looks as though she has a mum-tum to me.

[JenniferJuniper]

Still not convinced. She just looks as though she has a mum-tum to me.

I thought she most definitely looked pregnant in that youth/purity speech thing she and Josh did the other day.

[SealFan1963]

Anna being pregnant again just makes me sad. When will she ever have the time to just enjoy her babies being a baby. They are only little for so long, and it goes by so fast. At the rate she is going, she will soon have five kids under the age of five.

[Sola]

I thought she most definitely looked pregnant in that youth/purity speech thing she and Josh did the other day.

Before I had my diastasis recti and hernia fixed 3 weeks ago I definitely looked pregnant - nearly 11 years after I gave birth the last time!

With a diastasis recti your tum doesn't go back and you do look pregnant and it is very common. Sometimes it goes back on its own, others it doesn't. Usually you can only get a repair (here in the UK anyway) if there is additional problems like with my hernia poking through. I wouldn't be surprised if she has one, she's had decent sized babies plus both babies are fairly close in age.

[Koala]

Heh, so Michelle managed to farm out 3 of her kids to Anna for the day huh?

[CC3]

I enjoy watching how well Anna takes care of the little girls/guy. I used to watch 12 kids 8 and under in my childcare days. We loved the park , the swings and playing tag. I still think Anna is pg, but must be over the morning sickness.

[Guest Anonymous]

Still not convinced. She just looks as though she has a mum-tum to me.

Yeah, the tum looks too low to be a baby tummy, to me.

[PBrooke]

Note that looking at a TLC video for proof of Anna's pregnancy is pretty pointless as it was probably filmed months ago.

[AudreyE]

Anna being pregnant again just makes me sad. When will she ever have the time to just enjoy her babies being a baby. They are only little for so long, and it goes by so fast. At the rate she is going, she will soon have five kids under the age of five.

Pfft. Babies aren't for being enjoyed. You're thinking of a fetus.

[marmalade]

She doesn't have J'slaves to help her!

http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/19-kids ... pgn=fbtlc1

More like "She gets a dose of her own life in about 3 years." Since we know TLC did taping at the Smugs' abode last week, I'll be SHOCKED if they don't work in an announcement, esp. since they also went to the compound and showed off Anna's shitty gifts. What a better time to make the "announcement" even I denied until last week?

If Sean couldn't get it into what's going to be a half hour snooze fest, it'll definitely be on Anderson. Boob and Mullet will appear duly shocked. :roll:

[ElphabaGalinda]

Anna could use the practice for what her life will be for the next few years. Hopefully Mak won't have to raise her younger siblings in a few years like her aunt did. Anna seemed more capable than Michelle to handle the kids, but who knows how she'll handle it 10 kids into the future.

[Visionoyahweh]

Since we know TLC did taping at the Smugs' abode last week

I thought it was a pre-taped interview for AC, or did I miss something?

[emmiedahl]

I have to give Anna some props. She looks like she is a normal, loving mother in that video. Michelle does not even have the self-awareness to pretend.

Of course Anna is raising children who will discriminate against everyone not identical to them and vote for douchebags like Santorum...

[Sola]

I have to give Anna some props. She looks like she is a normal, loving mother in that video. Michelle does not even have the self-awareness to pretend.

Of course Anna is raising children who will discriminate against everyone not identical to them and vote for douchebags like Santorum...

Anna does seem to have a better maternal instinct. Mind you, that isn;'t hard, J'Chelle doesn't have any. But I've noticed Anna become more and more J'Chelle-like. She's doing the same adoring looks that J'Chelle does, has that same sing-song voice. She'll be a clone in a few year.s

[lilah]

Heh, so Michelle managed to farm out 3 of her kids to Anna for the day huh?

More like the J'slaves needed a day off. Maybe it was perming day at the Duggar compound.

If I could rescue Hannie I'd put her in gymnastics or circus in a hot minute, she is a born acrobat. And I'd let her play tonto all she wanted to (well maybe after we had a discussion about how respecting native Americans and racist stereotypes)

[bananacat]

I think that if the howlers had been girls instead, they'd be spending a lot of time with Anna to help out. I think Hannie's fate will be caring for her nieces and nephews in a few years, especially since the older daughters will still probably be around. If Anna some teenage sisters and lived closer, they'd probably get involved too. Jana through Jessa learned how to care for kids by raising their younger siblings, but Johanna through Josie won't have that responsibility. I could definitely see them being forced to help Anna just so they can learn how to do handle all that work. And if Jim Bob gives them a house on the compound, I think this will be especially true.

I do think Anna seems more nurturing than Michelle. However, Michelle probably also seemed that way when she only had a few kids. After a while you just burn out. I think Michelle just stopped caring around Jessa, and Anna will probably be the same way in just a few years at the rate she's going.

[Guest Anonymous]

But Anna is still young, give her a few more years and a few more kids. It will be Michelle 2.0...ugh!

[Guest Anonymous]

I wonder if Michelle ever offers to babysit her grandchildren for Anna so she can go run errands, get a pedicure, or just go home to get some much needed rest for a few hours? Anna's mom is in Florida, she has no family other than the Duggars around..I think it's sad that she can't drop the kids off for a few hours with grandma so she can just get a break sometimes. You know that never freakin' happens. Michelle needs to stop having children and focus on the one she's got and oh maybe enjoy being a grandma every once in a while.