It's Day 3 of "the experiment" as they call it, and all the teens are crashed out because you know, they are teens, when the parents show up. Way to be prepared to show your responsibility! Now before we all panic, there are professional nannies in the houses overseeing the babies, and let's face it, babysitting the teenagers. No harm will come to any child except for the foul language that gets thrown around indiscriminately by some of the teen moms. Nice.
I love to pull my own finger...it works every time...braaaap
Jordan and Sasha get theirs first, and I'm guessing there might be an awkward discussion later as they are an African American couple and their baby is white...looks like Sasha has some 'splaining to do....They get little Shay who is quietly cute, I'm guessing because he just woke up from a nappy-nap. They go over the "big black book of how not to kill my child" (I leave a similar one for my dog sitters, aka "Mom and Dad") and the mom tells them not to leave Shay alone in case he chokes. Yes, or just because he's ELEVEN MONTHS OLD and shouldn't be left alone, period. The choking is just a traffic cone to this construction site. Shay apparently eats too fast for his own good sometimes (I have a dog like that!) and chokes. I just Heimlich my dog and that seems to work. I'm guessing they probably should just pat the kid on the back a little?
Kristy and Daniel drop off baby Karson to Cory and Alicea who look at the baby as though he's toxic waste. No, that's in his diapers. Kristy and Daniel are hoping to school Cory and Alicea about raising a baby, and in about 20 minutes we'll see graduation. Karson is a happy baby according to his parents, and at seven months old he's in the midst of some major teething. "Teething" is code for "This kid is going to go ape-shit for most of his time with you." Can't wait for the teens' responsible reaction!
Six month old Etta is being dropped off by her parents, Natalie and Chet to Sean and Kelsey. Natalie was a teen mom and says, "I had a lot of potential but never got to be the person I could have been." Basically Natalie just admitted that her life sucks because she got knocked up. Now, I admire her honesty, but damn! Way to say that in front of your husband! Didn't he have any potential? Etta, in true baby form, freaks out and starts crying, and Sean is like, "Oh crap." That cute flower barrette in Etta's hair isn't going to make this any easier, Sean. However...Sean is kind of a natural at this.
"I bet she's going to spit up on me," he says. Well duh. Babies leak from every orifice, that's just how they work.
At Daton and Morgan's house, fretful parents Wiley and Leslie are handing over Miley (is anyone ever called Jane anymore?). Leslie is trying to tell them that Miley wakes up around 7 a.m. which is surprising to both Daton and Morgan because they had no idea there was a 7 in the a.m. Morgan is paying absolutely no attention to the directions Leslie is giving, and you can see that Leslie, clearly a hard-charging career woman, wants to fire Morgan right now. Morgan seriously looks at this like a game. Daton asks about diaper changing. Leslie says in an interview, "We're a little nervous." Really? Because you are leaving your baby in the hands of teens? Well, it's not like she's a nice car.
Kelly and Austin meet Zachary, the drooling son of Tara and Jason. He must have seen Kelly's boob and was thinking about lunch. Kelly talks about how natural and comforting it felt to her to hold Zachary. Just wait until he does something you don't want him to do - see how well slamming doors works on him!
Seriously, these parents must be crazy, I wouldn't trust a piece of damp toast to these teens. Luckily, the parents get to watch every mistake from a monitor. Big Brother becomes Big Mother! They show the professional nannies standing around, but they cannot provide any assistance or advice, they are only there in case of emergency. Well, them and an entire production crew.
Your mother is watching everything you do,
so make sure she can see your hands at all times
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Thank you, oh Dearest Crabby, for recapping this horrible show. I want to run screaming out of the room just from reading this, so I know I couldn't bear to watch it. And what is it with a baby suddenly being a hot accessory item like a pair of Prada shoes?
Honestly, I thought the whole thing was ridiculous back on "Friends" when Rachel got pregnant. You saw her by herself a lot more than with the baby... yeah, 'cause that's what single mothers do. Sheesh.
Babies = loud, need diaper changes, have to be fed, puke often. Cats = quiet, poop in a box, eat for themselves, puke only hairballs.
Hmmmmm...... I'll take the cat option please! :)
(No insult meant to any parents out there - I'm sure your kids are great.)
1 of 10 | Posted by teri00 | Posted on June 30, 2008 9:43 PM
That recap was hilarious.
2 of 10 | Posted by cuzimbtyful | Posted on June 30, 2008 11:56 PM
Okay, so I must say I love this show seeing as how I have a 13-month-old, and I KNEW this was going to be drama.
I love it, because at the end, those kids are going to appreciate their parents and all the hard work they put in (hopefully) and have an understanding of what parenthood is really like..not three days at a time, but FOREVER.
However, I want to punch Alicea and Sean both in the face every time their faces come up onscreen. Alicea wasn't even really trying to feed him. Maybe Karson's different from my son, but my son is picky with eating, and I'm sure with his teething, he's not going to lunge for the spoon. It actually needs to be INSERTED into his mouth, not waved in front of his face. And I hate that Sean was trying to exacerbate the problem and make the baby scream more and cause more issues to turn his girlfriend off. Do you not realize you're screwing with a human life to prove a point? Not nice, and the baby will do it all on her own, thankyouverymuch.
However, I'd like to whack all the parents upside the head too. I don't care if I'm across the street. There is no way I would leave complete teenage STRANGERS to take care of my son. No emotional attachment, so they don't really care. Maybe it's because my son had a heart defect that needed to be repaired at five months, but I'm worried about leaving my son alone with my husband, much less teenagers we don't know.
I need a break, but not THAT bad.
3 of 10 | Posted by narcissistic | Posted on July 1, 2008 5:07 AM
DC, I was so excited to see that someone was recapping this show!!! No one at work is watching it and I had to talk about it with somebody. God, that Alicea is one selfish B. And whatsherface who wouldn't wear the pregnancy belly, it was going to be for what, 18 hours?? I think her paycheck should be docked for that.
4 of 10 | Posted by wintersux | Posted on July 1, 2008 6:11 AM
I thought the show (and your recap) was great. Of course, most of the (selfish) people that most SHOULD watch it (potential parents; those who have parents but don't respect them; blind/deaf people) probably WON'T.
My youngest is in college, but I well remember the day my wife left me alone all day with our first baby. I thought I could watch both the baby and all the football on TV. I was a Marine sergeant, what's so complicated, right? What a quick course in mom appreciation THAT was! I never again resented her "getting" to stay home with the baby while I "had" to go to work with my buddies.
I agree that there is NO WAY I'd leave my child with these genetic mistakes.
I wish I'd had a wise, patient mentor like Miley's dad back then.
5 of 10 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on July 1, 2008 8:26 AM
fire@will:
"most of the (selfish) people that most SHOULD watch it (...; blind/deaf people) probably WON'T" What, blind/deaf people are selfish and don't make responsible parents? Surely that came out wrong.
Crabby, great recap! I wanted to string up Alicea for checking out after a the mom held herself in check as well as she did. And Kelly...How desperate must that Austin be to put up with that sort of childish narcissim. She can't possibly be that good in bed [much too selfish] so what could possibly lead to such pussywhippedness.
And don't even get me started on Sean. What a prick. He sees how much the baby likes him then trashs her while rubbing his hands together crowing about how his evil plan of manipulation against Kelsey is working superbly. She deserves better than being saddled with him for the father of her child, that's for sure. She doesn't need a baby right now, but she never needs one with him. Maybe this show will teach her that at the very least.
6 of 10 | Posted by Splotchie | Posted on July 2, 2008 2:33 PM
Not that it matters, but Daton seems a little gay to me. Maybe that's why there relationship is in the crapper.
Alicea is a dumb, selfish c*nt plain and simple. Her mom had her early and now she wants to have a kid early? To quote Julie Roberts in PRETTY WOMAN: "Big mistake. Huge!" Someone give that girl a hysterectomy pronto. Okay? Okay.
7 of 10 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on July 3, 2008 8:25 AM
Well this was just hilarious. I haven't seen the show, but maybe I don't really want to...?
I'm pretty sure that teens aren't the only ones who can be persuaded that child rearing is awful. I'm afraid one episode of this and I will never want to have babies.
8 of 10 | Posted by hollywood sucker | Posted on July 3, 2008 9:51 AM
Crabby:
EXCELLENT recap. For a non-parent, you really seem to "get" it!
I've taped every epi so far for my three teenage sons, but then after watching them, I can't see the "reality" in this reality show. Teens with cul-de-sac homes, stainless appliances, granite countertops, jobs that start at 9 am, make-up, decent hair, AND a maid service? (The teen twits aren't cleaning that house, folks. No way.) Puh-leeze. No one with a crying baby, a job, and a spotless house has time to flat-iron her hair. No one.
9 of 10 | Posted by TheVoiceOfReason | Posted on July 11, 2008 7:23 AM
I keep forgetting to watch this show and after reading the recap, I programed the DVR.
Mama broke her foot when I was six. My sister was 3 and my brother wasn't even walking yet. Daddy took a few days off and he called the phone company before lunch the first day to put the phone on the wall. He couldn't keep my brother from playing with the phone beside the couch. :>)
He also told Mama that he would never again ask what she had been doing all day.
He kept that promise.
10 of 10 | Posted by Gertrude | Posted on July 16, 2008 10:13 AM