Interesting. This article about the octuplets mentions the mother's name. [link] Haven't seen that anywhere in mainstream media before. And it's weirdly buried way down in the middle of the article. (It's actually not that difficult to find. I got curious yesterday, since it seemed weird that they were releasing the grandmother's name but not the mother's name, and it took less than a minute on whitepages.com to figure it out.) The grandmother seems to be talking to the press a lot, though. She said that she's not going to help take care of the kids anymore.

The CBS article I read, Hil, said that the grandparents had released the mother's name to the AP, so a lot more details are emerging.

And you're right-- the grandmother seems really ticked off.

The more that emerges about this, the more... weird it gets, for lack of a better word.

Perverse as I am, the thing that's struck me most forcefully is that this woman a) has, according to her mother, had an obsession with having kids since she was a teenager and b) was working towards a Master's in counseling after a Bachelor's in child and adolescent development.

Maybe it's the writer brain going strange places, but it has an almost Frankenstein feel to it.

the grandmother seems really ticked off.

True. Also, whatever I think of the mother's behavior with regard to having more kids, I think that what the grandmother did in regards to spilling things as she did to the media is simply wrong.

Yes, I'm being judgemental. It's one thing for her to choose not to enable her daughter. I feel strongly that it's another thing entirely to trot her daughter's name and circumstances out to the media like this.

The doggie car seat is really cute. Mona is too short to look out the window, so it boosts her up and attaches to her harness so she won't go flying out the windshield if we're in an accident.

Now, obedience classes. She's ridiculously insane. Doesn't know any commands, and the barking/fear of strangers is awful.

I agree, Anne. I think choosing to reveal her name and make it easier for the media to dig up details is just this side of passive/aggressive. It's as if she really wants her daughter to swim in her own stew from the standpoint of, if the public knows of what can easily be interpreted as some sort of mental instability, they'll be less likely to pour forth with the sympathy and assistance.

Of course, I could just be completely full of it.

I got 3-D Glasses! I didn't even have to go all the way to Target--they had them at the local Safeway.

Damn. I went to my Walgreen's and no 3-D glasses there. I wonder if they have them at the Jewel?

But I'm not going to go out to Jewel 'til tomorrow. Running errands did me in and that's despite taking a lunch break.

Also, one of the pre-existing children is reportedly autistic.

The more details that come out about the octuplets, the more I agree that the woman is crazy.

The most startling thing for me?

Forty-six physicians and staff assisted in the deliveries.

That would be a neonatalogist for each baby + NICU nurse or two for each and perhaps a respiratory specialist.

That's one crowded OR.

The more details that come out about the octuplets, the more I agree that the woman is crazy.

Yes. She reminds me a lot of those people who end up with 53 cats -- only with humans.