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holy sh__ did you guys see this??
TMZ has obtained pictures of Octomom Nadya Suleman's
home that have triggered a police and child services investigation into
allegations that her 14 kids are living in horrendous conditions and are
being grossly neglected.
TMZ broke the story, Octo's
hairstylist, Stephanie, went to La Habra cops Tuesday afternoon and
filed a formal complaint. A La Habra cop and 3 reps from the Orange
County Department of Children and Family Services went to Octo's house
Tuesday night to investigate.
One picture shows two children
pooping in a portable training toilet in the backyard. We're told the
plumbing in the house is shot, and only one toilet is operational.
Another
photo shows Octo just after she got her hair done. What's shocking is
that she locked her kids in the bedroom by propping a chair against the
door so they couldn't get out.
Yet another pic shows the
children's bedroom, with 2 cribs and a mattress. Stephanie told cops
some of the kids are forced to sleep on the floor.
And there's more ... a pic shows some of the kids in the backyard, barefoot, dirty and wearing no pants.
Re: holy sh__ did you guys see this??
ok seriously my house is not amazing but DAMN!
Those kids need to be taken from that trainwreck.
Does she just let them loose with cans of spraypaint to destroy every surface in their home, or what?
Eh, the pictures themselves actually don't REALLY show anything.
Mattress on the floor doesn't mean neglect. The mess and the writing on the walls? A single mom of FOURTEEN kids - not surprising in the least, to be honest.
Pooping outside? Eh, they are on potties. you've got 14 kids? 2 need to go? Taking them inside and leaving the rest unattended - well, that could be where all the writing on the walls comes from.
Look - I'm not trying to defend her. She makes me sick. And if the allegations being thrown down are true, I hope those kids get taken and put in good homes.
BUt the pictures themselves - nothing is shocking to me.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I feel sad for those children. They did not ask to be brought into this. I wonder if they will be able to place those children in approprate homes without splitting them up. The Octomom is just not up for the task. She is clearly suffering from mental illness.
UGH so sad.
I was thinking this too. Not how I would want to live, but it doesn't look filthy (like poop piled on the floor) and my kids have been outside, barefoot and dirty before!
But if the plumbing isn't working, that's unsanitary. And I sure don't think she's mentally stable, but I haven't thought that in a while.
ETA: And
at the locking kids in rooms thing.
Daycare is SO exhausting!
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Word. And the laundry piled up there, um... I can't even imagine how much laundry would accumulate with 14 kids.
I do feel bad for the kids though
Agreed. My neighbor is potty training her toddler and they have a little potty outside for her to use. That in and of itself is not a sign of abuse, nor is a mattress on the floor, laundry piled on a floor, or kids playing in their backyard without shoes and pants. We can't be certain whether kids were locked in that room (a photo of a closed door means nothing).
Obviously an investigation is appropriate, to check on the welfare of those kids, but this doesn't shock me at first glance.
I agree with this. I've let my kids be outside in our yard many times wearing just a diaper or even bottomless during the potty training stage.
If there are in fact kids locked in the room with the chair under the handle, that is an issue. If the chair is there to keep kids out, well, ok then.
Laundry on the floor? Who doesn't have that from time to time?
ETA: even the locking of the bedroom door doesn't bother me too much. I've read many times about parents who lock their kids in their room during naptime/bedtime for safety reasons.
the only thing that REALLY bothers me is the spray paint because either's SHE'S lost her freakin' mind and is spray painting her walls all by her lonesome, or the kids are playing with spray paint, or both. the spray paint really screams crazy to me.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I'm with ECB, those pictures arent' that bad. I certainly don't think they qualify as squalor. The house is messy, but it mostly looks like clothes and toys. As for the chair against the door, the door clearly says Do Not Enter, so I wonder if it really is a bedroom with kids trapped inside or if it's a pantry or mom's bedroom and she wants them to keep out. Who knows. I agree that pooping on a portable potty outside isn't the worst thing ever. I know moms who keep a potty in their van for on the go pottying. As for the kids with no pants, I'm sure there are no other toddlers in the land running around with only a shirt and underpants.
I'm not saying that she is the best mom ever, but I'm not ready to storm the house with pitchforks.
Oh yeah, she is clearly cuckoo.
It's pretty bad and a clear sign that she can't manage but the only things that truly sounded the alarm for me is the chair under the door and the spray paint. That said, I don't think it's in those kids best interest for them to all remain with her. She went public recently saying she needed to go on welfare yet she still has a personal hairdresser making house calls? Please.
And find time to pose for nude pictures.
I'm going to have to agree. The pottying outside on mini potties doesn't disturbm in the slightest.
Nor do kids running around without pants on. L does that all the time. And if they're playing outside, of course they're going to be dirty.
I also placed a chair just like that on our apartment door because when we first moved, L had a sneaky habit of unlocking the door and chasing after me. I didn't want her to do it in the middle of the night and I hadn't gotten a new lock yet.
And I'd hate for people to see our apartment right now. It's like a hurricane went off because H came with more stuff and we're not organized yet.
I hope they investigate, and if the allegations are proven to be true, then I'll be horrified. But the pictures in and of themselves show me a messy (but not necessarily dirty) house where there is a lack of order and boundaries. They don't show me filth and neglect.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
Well, she clearly has her priorities straight. ::eyeroll::
I used to know someone sorta like this (she only had 3 kids though). From the outside she looked normal and well put together, but her house was COMPLETELY trashed. She just tried to put on a show for the world.
It's defintely sad and the chair keeping the door close freaks me the eff out, but clearly this woman has some sort of mental illness.
Yes. I think we should all get together and get her some housekeeping services! Poor thing....