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Octomom vs. Nannies | 03/26/2009 10:40 am

Octomom's Home a Circus, Says Fired Nanny

Her older children have no bedtime schedule, no schoolwork schedule. They’re up till two o’clock in the morning …’
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls … The moment we all saw coming … Octomom Nadya Suleman’s home has become a circus, says the founder of the free nursing service that helped the single mother care for her 14 children.

Speaking with CBS’s Julie Chen Thursday morning, Linda West Conforti, founder of Angels in Waiting, described the environment in the La Hambra home as "chaotic" and unsafe:

Her older children have no bedtime schedule, no schoolwork schedule. They’re up till two o’clock in the morning, running around the house. I literally, myself, had to get one out of the backyard around 1:30 in the morning, because he was outside playing. He somehow escaped the nanny that was supposedly watching the older children, and he was outside playing. And I asked him to come in.  And that was literally minutes before we had an intruder in the backyard at Nadya Suleman’s house because there is no security that has been provided for her, the nurses or the babies that are in the nursery.

Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing Angels in Waiting, spoke about the nannies who reported Suleman to Child Protection Services on "Dr. Phil" Wednesday:

If those babies are endangered in any way, they have a legal duty to report, and they take that duty seriously, and I thank God that they do. These Angels in Waiting nurses have been heroes in this situation.

Suleman also spoke to Dr. Phil on the telephone, and the conversation was aired on the show:

The primary issue was that myself and my nannies felt extremely uncomfortable. I personally felt like a stranger in my own home. The goal was to empower me as a mother, help me, train me.

In an e-mail to wowOwow on Monday night, Suleman’s attorney Jeff Czech explained the relationship began on the "wrong foot."

Suleman’s children are now receiving care with the help of Kaiser Permanente, the hospital in which Suleman delivered her eight babies.

All sides in the nanny versus octomom squabble will appear again on "Dr. Phil" Thursday. Stay tuned …

144 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

marita dorr
it is sad thatshe has no idea of how to care for those babies  and she gives the impression of not really wanting themm i have to say that it looks as though she just wants to get whatever money she can  the whole situation is so sad
By marita dorr on 03/26/2009 10:58 am
DeBúrca obj
wowOwow… Please do a thread about the doctor who colluded with this train wreck. Give his name, show his photo, let us know what consequences he is suffering for his part in this.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/26/2009 11:01 am
DeBúrca obj
Lila, thank you for the link. Now why is it that this isn’t THE story? That link is dated back to February yet you can find info on the ‘octomom’ everyday! Why isn’t this guy being called the ‘octoquack’? Wow should do a piece on him and they can start with your link.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/28/2009 1:58 pm
Lila Kuh

Yeah… this is one of the issues I see with health care costs in the US.  I think malpractice lawsuits are often unreasonable and even frivolous, but when there really IS an obvious issue, it is as if the doctors close ranks to protect their own.  So he is supposedly being "investigated" now, but I doubt the public will ever know the result… if there even is a real result.  Grrrr.

Octoquack - That’s perfect!

By Lila Kuh on 03/28/2009 3:16 pm
DeBúrca obj
And who is investigating him is what I would like to know. I hope there is an independent investigation and not just self regulation going on.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/28/2009 9:09 pm
Steve R
I still like the idea of making the doctor pay child support.
By Steve R on 03/26/2009 4:47 pm
Andrea Brandon
Oh definitely. I also think his license should be suspended for the next 18 years and that his fine is to be a nanny for those kids, 8 hours a day, every day.  :-)  If that won’t teach him a lesson I don’t know what will.
By Andrea Brandon on 03/27/2009 1:17 pm
Ro H

This has all become some kind of circus!  It is sickening!

Did she ask for the fertility drugs?  If so, why?  Why would a woman with six children already, want more?  Is she a professional welfare mom?  Is that what this is all about?  and…

Now, she is famous, does she get to have millions of dollars for getting pregnant, and living off all of US?  If so, will she eventually pay us all back the welfare bucks?

And, if she can’t take care of the previous children, why in God’s name is she getting pregnant again - just to keep having babies?  Damn! 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE, FOLKS?

By Ro H on 03/29/2009 2:29 am
georgia fatwood
Hello Steve….petty larcenist here…(I stole this from fp…) Did you hear the one about the new Octomom breakfast at Denny’s? Eight eggs, no sausage, and the guy at the next table has to pay for it…..Ba-romp-bomp…..
By georgia fatwood on 03/27/2009 9:25 pm
Community Manager
oh thank you… I needed a laugh tonight!
By Community Manager on 03/27/2009 10:16 pm
georgia fatwood
Dear ComMan… Well darlin’, you are just so welcome….but give "fp" the credit….I stole it. I ‘fess up. Can’t believe you all can’t get the weekends off. But I guess that if we were left to our own ungoverned (ungovernable) devices, you’d get back here early Monday morning and there would be "teeth, hair and eyes all over the road…." (That’s Boondock talk for "major disaster"…) Good hunting….
By georgia fatwood on 03/28/2009 12:22 am
Steve R
lol I hope that’s a family meal, because that is way too much cholesterol for one person to handle. Nobody bringing the bacon either, I see. Thanks for sharing, georgia. After your deep freeze, I hope you are high and dry this spring. Smiles and hugs…
By Steve R on 03/27/2009 10:54 pm
Lila Kuh

Aaargh!  "The goal was to empower me as a mother, help me, train me."  She of all people should not need "training."  Not only does she supposedly have eight years’ experience as a mother, she has (or nearly has) a Bachelor’s in child development already and says she plans to get a Master’s to become a professional counselor on the subject.  This is a lot more formal, expensive training than most moms get - but oddly, billions of other moms the world over - even the poor and uneducated - are far more competent in raising their own families.

Enough already!  She can’t handle one or two kids, much less six or 14, including several special-needs children and all the simultaneous preemies.  I’m beginning to think the only thing that will jar the authorities into action is a death or serious injury.

By Lila Kuh on 03/26/2009 11:02 am
Tee Zee
Let’s hope Dr Phil can get this mess straightened out, Nadya needs help and these children deserve a fair chance at life.
By Tee Zee on 03/26/2009 11:03 am