16 and counting!!!

lovethesea

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More.....she wants more!! I am guessing the older ones are the babysitters and housekeepers??
Oct 12, 4:16 PM EDT
Arkansas mother gives birth to 16th child
By MELISSA NELSON
Associated Press Writer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again.
Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces.
The baby's father, Jim Bob Duggar, a former state representative, said Wednesday that mother and child were doing well.
He said Johannah's birth was especially exciting because it was the first time in eight years the family has had a girl.
Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.
"We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them," he said.
The Discovery Health Channel filmed Johannah's birth and plans to air a show about the family of 18 next May.
The Learning Channel is doing another show about the family's construction project, a 7,000-square foot house that should be finished before Christmas. The home, which the family has been building for two years, will have nine bathrooms, dormitory-style bedrooms for the girls and boys, a commercial kitchen, four washing machines and four dryers.
Jim Bob Duggar, who sells real estate, previously lost his bid for the U.S. Senate. He said he expects to run for the state Senate next year but isn't ready to make a formal announcement.
Michelle Duggar had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple married.
Their children include two sets of twins, and each child has a name beginning with the letter "J": Joshua, 17; John David, 15; Janna, 15; Jill, 14; Jessa, 12; Jinger, 11; Joseph, 10; Josiah, 9; Joy-Anna, 8; Jeremiah, 6; Jedidiah, 6; Jason, 5; James, 4; Justin, 2; and Jackson Levi, 1.
 

pitbull01

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Someone doesn't know how to lay off... :hilarious Just kidding-but 16?!?! That is just toooooooo much!
 

tangman99

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Originally Posted by Darth Tang
Uh, I think the cost of a child per year out weighs the tax break....trust me on that.
Oh yeah! Doesn't even come close.
 

lovethesea

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even if there was a bigger tax break................NO WAY.
I love my kids to pieces (most days). Thats just too many. Years ago....OK, you needed big families for farms etc. But 16 and more to come? I bet their insurance company hates them. 9 bathrooms? I can hardly keep up with 3.
Plus they will run out "J" names soon and she could probably birth those babies at home by now.
 

cartman101

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Originally Posted by pitbull01
How the heck would you transport those kids? You'd have to be a school bus driver!
definitly by a bus
 

birdy

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They do have a bus, I saw a story on them.
They are a little creepy to me, the girls all sew their own clothes and they all dress alike. The older kids take care of the younger kids, they are all homeschooled. It is like they are creating their own little community.
Like I said creepy......
But they can support their family without help from anyone and we live in a free country where you can have as many kids as you want. But I wonder long term if those kids are going to have issues. Their were 6 kids in my family and some of us had issues of feeling left out and all that.
 

thangbom

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..... it's a lot of kids.. but hey.. it's there life and body.. and the world rec is like 64 i think.. all of the kids where by the same mom and dad... this family was from back in the pioneer days of the US..... they had like 6 kids, then 2, 3,5,2 and what-not... till they came too the big ## twins where the lest amout of kids they had at once...
 

lovethesea

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OK.....I just saw these guys on the Today Show. I'm with Birdy, something creepy about it. Seems normal and nice and all, and very efficent.....BUT it just seems too perfect to me. $2000 a month alone in food!! :scared:
 
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