The Baby Has Landed

[Sotiredsomuch]

Anyone watching?

I love stuff like this.

sorry, my comment was regarding Mo in the pub talking about a man's life, along with the elders

took me right back to that terrible, permanent unpredictability of having a newborn

I watched it last night as I approach 30 weeks and was thinking "OMG What am i doing?!" I forgot just how tough those days are (2nd time for me).

I thought the mum of 5 looks bordering on some sort of mania. To have a 5 day old baby and already talk about having another one! She's not all the ticket is she. The dad just looks absolutely miserable and run down. Tbf they both look totally aged and shattered. Why keep popping out babies? Enjoy the ones you have. I agree with pp she is trying to replace something missing by having all these kids.

Loved the Nkrumah's. Oh the arguments me and OH have had about table manners (usually when tired and narky).

Thought the gay couple were great. Didn't realise the surrogate was actually carrying donor eggs too. That made it a bit more easy for me to understand her giving them away. She was just the incubator! Still a very selfless thing to do.

I thought Syler and family could be any one of a typical British family set up. Yes there are things that some people don't agree with or wouldn't do, but that could be said for all of us as we raise our kids. I often go to my friends housed and think "oh I wouldn't do that". Syler has a lot of support around her which is the most important thing for baby Ace.

My baby is four weeks old, they would not let me take the hat off my baby the entire 72 hours we were there! It wasn’t like that when j had my last baby three years ago.

I feel sorry for Mo.

I feel for Mo too but I just wanted to give Syler a hug when she was all tearful. Those early weeks are so hard ...I can remember feeling tearful at times.

Mo is doing well because he’s having to adapt to a whole new way of life when in his culture things are done very differently.

I find the mum of 5 very strange. She is so aware of the cameras and seems like she is acting most of the time. She obviously wants to be seen as supermum but in reality she can't give the time or attention to the children she has.

I feel sorry for her husband. He obviously did not want so many children but has just gone along with what she wanted and her bossiness. Looks like she wants more too!

I think she needs attention and what better way than to keep having babies.

I feel for both syler and mo. They’re just totally daunted first time parents, dealing with a total culture shock on Mo’s part and it’s probably not helping being under the scrutiny of your mum/MIL whose done it all before. I know the mum is a great support for syler too though. Maybe just ease of Mo a bit. He’s learning it just like syler is but no-one is shouting at her like a child when she doesn’t know what to do.

I also think syler and mo should be off out with baby ace for a walk or a bite to eat rather than syler sitting in all day alone and resenting mo for leaving the house. It’s not good for anyone to sit in the house for days at a time. Even new mums need to get out and get some fresh air and see people other than the tv. Sure fire way to baby blues is sitting in in your pyjamas.

Watching it now. Really made me laugh when the girl at scouts or whatever it was came out with why do you want so many kids and he was like I didn't!

We saw about 5 mins of their lives, Syler was clearly in a lot of pain from her section still as it was such early days. I know I wasn't up to going out for a walk and getting fresh air after mine.

Yes I'm guessing they might not be out cos of her c section?

I'm also thinking it's a lot harder when you're from different cultures. The are so many differences that you can't see. But I'm not sure that they'll last the distance.

I agree Misha and family seem really likeable.

We didn't see the gay couple get back home this episode so I'm sure the dogs will come back soon

Didn't realise the surrogate was actually carrying donor eggs too.

It did make more sense. Although, learning that she didn't even know the guy she works with before thinking about being a surrogate was a bit surreal.

I wonder if they will follow he journey after the birth, or if it will just be the 2 dads from now on.

Why would you assume it was her eggs in the first place?

I read about some women that are "addicted" to being pregnant, all the attention that brings and the feeling of being pregnant. I wonder if this is what's going on with mum of 5?

The choice to have a large family is one thing, but to leave no gaps in between each child seems madness to me. and not very fair on the siblings.
I agree her husband looks worn down and resigned to it rather than having any say in the matter.

I really think Syler, Mo and Amr-ace would be better off in their own space. Syler's mum's over-involved but I really felt for her missing her own mum. (I think the whole, "ooh, she's here isn't she? She's here in him" a bit creepy though). How would you pronounce Amr-ace? Like "Amir"?

The Nkrumahs are so lovely, how do you raise children to be that lovely??

(And I was pleased that one of the boys got in to bed with mum and dad after a grandparent said that wouldn't be happening any more).

Yeah I was upset for the boy being told he wouldn’t be able to sleep in with mum and dad. You could see in his face he hadn’t even considered that and he was trying to process it as she was talking. So glad they let him in. I’ve got a boy who still comes in for a cuddle with mum and he’s 10. My ex stopped my eldest doing it when he was 3 and I’m still really sad about it. I shouldn’t have let him do that.

Yeah I was upset for the boy being told he wouldn’t be able to sleep in with mum and dad. You could see in his face he hadn’t even considered that and he was trying to process it as she was talking.

Yeah, his eyebrows popped up. I said to DP, she's just made that up. If this was true the parents would have managed it with plenty of warning and some big boy duvet sets or something.

Yes I thought it was too much saying that after the baby was born

I'm catching up with the rest now. Watching the dads react to the twins... brought a tear to my eye.

I really wish someone - a producer or camera person, anyone - would talk to Syler and Mo about safe sleeping. The woolly hat and all the blankets are freaking me out

I really wish someone - a producer or camera person, anyone - would talk to Syler and Mo about safe sleeping. The woolly hat and all the blankets are freaking me out

Yes, I really feel for them struggling in those first few days. (And Misha when she was wincing with the breast feeding).

I know that's not quite what you were saying @snowballer, but I was just thinking about them struggling and making mistakes on telly.

Did anyone else notice the Nkrumah dad put baby Ramiyah down to sleep on her tummy? That made me wince too. As well as when grandma (?) told the younger boy there was no place for him in his mums bed now that the baby was here :/