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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may not be novice parents but they’re new to the world of twins and it seems a lot of people are shouting out with words of wisdom, advice, good cheer, and even babysitting offers.
This week’s issue of People magazine has Brad and Angie on the cover (actually so does every other weekly magazine that I saw in the store today), which you can see here. Inside, Wyclef Jean, a friend of Angelina said “I’m willing to babysit for them!” which is a brave offer when there are six kids! Babysitting aside, he feels they’ll be more than able to handle the large group of children, saying “they will do well”.
Meanwhile, People also interviewed an everyday non-celebrity family who have something in common with the Jolie-Pitt family in that they had four children already when they added twins to their family. They advised them that sleep is even more elusive with twins, that they often didn’t get to bed until 1 am by the time they got all the kids to sleep and took care of their own things, and that the father fell asleep while being driven, blindfolded, to a surprise party just because he was so incredibly tired.
Even the family’s eight-year-old daughter was able to give a piece of advice to Maddox Jolie-Pitt. She said, “The babies may stink up the house a little, and they might make some noise. It may be hard, but being the oldest of six can be fun.”
How cute is that?
Off topic, but it looks like paparazzi might have had helicopters, although I am sure Brad and Angelina have prepared a way to leave the hospital unnoticed….
“Paparazzi chopper probe
Local authorities have launched an inquiry into a number of helicopters believed to have broken aviation laws, in an attempt to get photographs of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their new babies at Nice’s Lenval Hospital. With the first snap of the twins potentially worth millions of dollars, the paparazzi have been going to extraordinary lengths to get pictures. Low flying choppers have been hovering over the hospital, annoying patients and residents.”
From rivieraradio
Ligaya you are the moderation queen and Victoria is in second place. Ligaya, I believe you have missed your calling in life. You could be an entertainment reporter, every day I learn something about show business from your comments. My husband came from a family of 15, in Puerto Rico that was no big deal.
Actually, the Duggar family does take a lot of hits for having such a large family. I don’t know how Michelle Duggar’s body can handle giving birth so many times, but everyone is different. I loved birth and enjoyed pregnancy to a degree, but it was hard on my body at times so 18 or 19 times would be out of the question to me. But they seem to do very well and take care of each other so who cares?
My grandmother came from a large family, six girls and two boys and they were actually smaller than the other farming families in the area. My other grandmother was an anomaly of her time, she came from a family of three children.
If I could handle it and afford a large enough place to house them all, I’d love a bigger family, three or four kids, but for me two will suffice.
But for people to freak out because Brad and Angelina have six kids is just… weird to me.
Never fails – my 2 cents are under mod. I’m going to start counting how many of my posts go under moderation & how many don’t.
Thanks for bringing this up. I’ve been thinking about this forever – everybody was treating the JPs as if they were circus freaks with 4 kids. I said, wait a minute, I have 3 siblings & we all handled it just fine. In my parents’ generation, the norm was 6 kids, and more if living in the Philippines. My dad came from a family of 13 kids, my husband’s great-grandparents had 14 kids. My husband’s co-worker has 8 kids, no help.
And what about that family of 17-19 biological kids I read about in Parade or People? There wasn’t an outcry against them, or crude suggestions like the mom keeping her legs closed – was suggested of Angelina in one blog. The derisive comments were almost always directed against Angelina. The sexism is so blatant.
How about the Duggars, they have 18 children and might be expecting #19. Boy, I could never handle that. Brad and Angie love children and they will stop adding to their family when they feel that they would not be able to handle more. But I don’t see that happening any time soon.
I think its rude to how they say that its not normal to have a large family. In fact, I think its kinda funny, because my parents both come from huge families. My father has 9 brothers and sisters, and my mom has 6. Now that’s a big family! I grew up with my extended family, and I consider my cousins my brothers and sisters. I had so much fun growing up with them and never felt alone. I loved it and wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. Plus, we’re all Brangelina fans! I have 50 cousins in total, and grew up with about 14 cousins. (The rest are in another country.)
blessgrangelina, thanks for mentioning jon & kate. i love the gosselins. my sister and i were thinking it would be a hoot if the gosselins met the jolie-pitts ;) they can share parenting advice with each other, and it might be cool if the kids get to hang. heh.
I think it’s pretty well known that having two kids who are relatively close in age is easier than just one. They totally entertain each other. Actually I had a younger brother and sister who were close in age and they pretty much raised each other. The parents were very busy with their own stuff and they weren’t that hands-on, but it was OK.
Yeah, Kim, I can imagine it must be kind of hard to have one kid. They need you to play with them all the time — and you are not a kid ! Easier to have two or to allow your kid to stay/play with other kids a lot when he gets older (that’s what happened to me and as soon as I was surrounded by other kids a lot I was much happier).
Sherry – I have a comment on the last post under moderation…
Sherry: Yeah I always wandered why most of them did not write to their newspapers and stations (radio&TV) to complain.
@Kim, that’s another blessing of having more than one, they entertain each other no end.
I actually think Jon & Kate do a great job, those kids are very well behaved and loving. But they are also kids; curious, troublesome at times, entertaining and very LOVING to each other and their parents.
I feel that if anyone is capable of handling six children it is the Jolie-Pitts. With the help of three nannies, 2 grandfathers and 1 grandmother I think they will manage beautifully.
from what I hear 3 is the new 2 where kids are concerned. It was once common for every family to have 2 children, now most people I know have 3. I only have one I sometimes think it would be easier if we could have had more they would have entertained each other. At the moment my son is very time demanding, always wants someone to play with. Anyway the JP’s are only double that at the moment so I don’t think it is a huge family, look at the show Jon and Kate plus 8, now that’s crazy. I could not imagine having 2-6yr olds and 6-2yr olds all at once.
BlessBrangelina – No kidding! I’ve always thought about how incredibly insulting it must be to the numerous families who have four or more children to keep hearing people trash talk Brad and Angelina for having some “abnormally huge” family.
That was sweet article by People mag and I hope it makes some people think twice before they attach the “weird and abnormal” monikar to B&A regarding a large family.
There are people out there with big families, some bigger and they are normal and happy with their “brood”!