My Single Mom Life

The teens and I watched the Baby Borrowers tonight on NBC, and I'm pretty sure we'll be watching it all the way to the end.
Some of those teenagers who came in there all gung ho "I want a baby, I love kids! I'm great with kids!", learned really quick that no matter how cute you think babies are to look at, they actually require you to do more than hold them and dress them up cute.

I have a feeling more than a few of these teens came from families where they were spoiled by their parents, all the best clothes, shoes, schools, jewelry, Sector watches, and lives that didn't require them to lift a single finger.

Take Kelly and Austin.
Kelly is a spoiled brat of a girl.
She refused to wear the pregnancy belly, she screamed at Austin and threw a temper tantrum, and she thinks she can be a mother?
Uh, no.

Then there's Cory and Alicea.
Here's another young girl who is obviously used to getting her own way.
She was absolutely terrible with the baby, she was swearing, said the baby could "starve" because it was being fussy about eating, she cried several times during the episode.
It got so bad with the pure neglect of taking care of the baby, that the real mother had to come over late at night and tell these two idiots that the baby needed to be fed, have it's diaper changed, and bathed, and put in clean pajamas.
Seriously, they didn't do any of those things, and when the mother came over to tell them all of that, Alicea made excuse after excuse why she didn't feed the baby, bathe it, change it, she said it was the babies fault. She actually said the baby was refusing to eat.
Honey, as a parent, you HAVE to feed the baby. You are the adult who knows what's best.
You must be patient and not throwing a hissy fit if the baby spits some of it back out.
They do that.
A lot.

All Daton and Morgan did was fight with each other.
Daton was another crybaby of a girl.
I think their couple bio says everything about these two that anybody ever needs to know about how they are as would-be parents.
This on-again, off-again surfer couple has been dating for over a year and a half. Morgan and Daton live a life that is virtually free from responsibility where they get to surf and skateboard everyday. Still dependent on their parents financially, they feel that this social experiment is about taking on new responsibilities and will put their relationship to the ultimate test.
'Nuff said.

Jordan and Sasha actually did pretty good.
When they opened up the door to the baby room and saw all of the items that needed to be put together like the crib, changing table, and dresser, clothes, toys etc, Jordan told Sasha who was wearing the pregnancy belly, to go lay down and rest, he would do it all, and he did.
He built every single piece of furniture and made the room look very nice.
They only had one rough night of the baby crying, but they got a handle on it pretty quick.

Sean and Kelsey.
Kelsey wants to be a mother, right now, Sean knows he's not ready for this, so he's actually enjoying watching her have a hard time when the baby cries and things become difficult.
These two didn't do too bad, Sean actually has a decent thing going on with the baby, he bonded to it, and the baby bonded to him, rather quickly.
Kelsey is struggling a bit, only a few moments of frustration and tears, nothing at all like the way Daton and Alicea were though, which is a good thing.

This week's episode ended on the eve of the very first day with the babies.
They will have the babies for 2 more days, then move on to toddlers, pre-teens, teens, and then elderly parents to take care of.
Oh, and whatever and how many pets the "families" have too.

I really hope a lot of teenagers are watching this, and I think there might be from checking out the poll on the main page.
But it looks from the results that a lot of teens who are voting in the poll, think being a parent in your teens is best.
These are the current results as of the time of this post;

When are couples best prepared to become parents?
A) Teens
45.48%
B) 20's
25.90%
C) 30's
27.56%
D) 40's
0.78%
E) Later
0.27%

Yeah, teens think being a teen parent is the awesome.
I'm hoping by the time this show/social experiment ends, those numbers will change, or the show will at least have a positive impact on some teen-aged girls.
I know there has always been, and there will always be, teenage moms, but we can hope those numbers decrease right?
Maybe they just don't get it, how hard of a job being a parent is, even if you are happily married and financially ok in life, own a home and all that jazz, being a parent is the single hardest job I've ever had in my life.
I still struggle from time to time, babies don't get handed to you with a manual when you walk out of the hospital.
They just get bundled up and handed to you.
You might get a gift bag from Enfamil or some other baby formula company, but there's no manual in that bag either.

Anyway, the teens and I watched the show together tonight.
They actually paid attention to it, sat through the entire hour long show, and said they'd watch it every week.
Maybe it will have a positive impact on my boys.
I'm so not ready to be a grandmother just yet.