Family Up To About 90,000 Diapers

POSTED: 9:10 am CDT August 3, 2007


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas family has just expanded to 17 children.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their seventh daughter into the world Thursday.

Jennifer Danielle weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces.


Thirty minutes later, the Duggars were talking about having number eighteen.

All the children's names start with the letter J. They're home-schooled and range in age from 19 right down to the newborn.

There are two sets of twins in the brood. Jim Bob is a 42-year-old former state representative. Mama Michelle is 40.

The Duggars' talent for having children has not gone unnoticed. The family has been featured on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network.

Discovery Health's Web page says the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers --so far.







Michelle Duggar and husband Jim Bob with their newborn daughter, Jennifer Danielle, and 16 other children.

do you think they would notice 3 more sons?

when do they find the time

prb said:

to you mean?

"I bet it's like a clown's pocket in there"

ZombieKitten said:

I remember seeing then on a show, WOW and now they have added another

i'm surprised her uterus hasn't fallen out!!!

but congrats to them and their little colony.

I guess making babies is their hobby.

are those kids wearing name tags??

roodboi said:

looks like it...maybe they are, 'I'm the Big Sister/Big Brother' buttons.

they'd have to have their names tattooed on their foreheads if I was their parent...

roodboi said:

That's irresponsible parenting.

CarrieMpls said:

more like irresponsible fucking...

Maybe they are trying to start their own sweat shop!

MoniGram said:

they can make their own nikes!

i don't understand these people. i've seen them on TV before and I just don't get it.

ZombieKitten said:

I may be out of place saying this but, I don't care. Those people are just wrong. Why on god's green earth would you do this? I have 4 kids and I always feel guilty that I am not spending enough one on one time with each child. I can not even imagine how those kids must feel having to be one of 17! I've seen that family on television, the mother just likes the idea of being pregnant. She thrives on the attention of it all. That is not a family, it is a freak show.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

exactly.

she seems like she has a screw loose and the husband seems to like that about her.

Vagina - nature's clown car...

jtfolden said:

I don't get these mf's AT ALL

PaisleyPark5083 said:

What ends up happening is that the older ones end up being "parents" literally. Of course they aren't the biological parents, but they do all of the parental tasks...They take care of the younger ones. They feed, dress, bathe, teach, entertain. I mean, come on...I consider myself a Christian and I don't buy into this BS that you have to have as many kids as God gives you. I think God gave us a complex brain for thinking and making decisions. Just because you can have that many doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea. If God wanted us to be like animals, particularly dogs and cats cause they can have huge litters, we'd be small, furry, and lick our private parts!

Ugh, I agree. Irresponsible parenting.

That's too many damn kids. I love kids, but 17 is just too damn many. I guess some folks don't believe in birth control.

CHIC0 said:

Can you imagine the stretch marks she must have from being pregnant so many times?

roodboi said: