22 kids and counting s3. Sunday ch 8pm

[Blondeshavemorefun]

New thread for new series

obviously all this has happened in the past year

they would have been better filming this as it happened and showing it

as we have seen all their trips on Facebook and instagram if on it

E 1 - Chloe’s pregnancy takes a worrying turn

I too used to like this programme, but its become so consumerist & OTT its ridiculous.

They have all these children yet don't seam to give a flying f**k about the environment, buying absolutely everything brand new.

Hardly setting a good example to the next generation is it?

Its very sad to see that the adult children are now following in Mum & Dad's footsteps and having children very young, without establishing careers for themselves. How are they going to fund their futures?

Its very sad. I wont be watching again.

Daniel hit his girlfriend while in Majorca and she left early and he tried to take her passport

There were messages on tattle about it with proof

Finally watching

it’s a bit difficult to watch them all while sue does lengths

really Noel

think counted 7 kids

why didn’t she go when kids at school

the pool thing. Omfg

who paid for that !!!

sure the salesman rubbed his hands in gleee when saw them and the camera crew 😂

turning to the bank of mum and dad for baby stuff

you would have thought and reliesed what babies need as has seen lots of them arrive at home

Did Jake rolls his eyes when she asked if Chloe was ok

obv they checked to see if baby was ok before filming as she didn’t seem that worried or say thank fuck baby’s ok

when baby blondes decided to play games and keep still , tho no bleeding I was omg and in tears

and dh and I rushed up to hospital and was awful not knowing till heard the heartbeat. No way would I have been filmed

sure we both cried in relief and said thank fuck and then the little bugger moved and kicked constantly for hours

yes she was waddling

all Jake seems to say is yeah 😂

wonder how many babies they will have - not 22 so jakes says

They said it was June but she seemed to have a lots of strap marks - wasn’t that warm April /May was it

or had they been away for sunshine

shame she didn’t do the swim for charity and raise and donate money

would you not have just gone to hospital by car driven by Jake rather then an ambulance

surely would have been quicker

6lb 2. That’s ickle tho guess 3w early

tho Noel doesn’t even know they weight or his smallest /oldest 6/12 no 6lb 8

4 of the eldest are now parents

who’s the 5th

will they now get preg

My perspective is that the kids are just left to their own devices most of the time. The only time they seem to get attention is when there is a grand reveal of something that has been bought.

Also, the chaos of getting them out on time for school, surely with so much "experience" they should have that down to military precision by now!

I find the whole household extremely chaotic with no structure at all in their daily lives.

I agree with a previous poster that none of the older kids seem to have any motivation to get jobs and be self-sufficient.

I find the whole family dynamics very odd.

Wonder how many will have issues when older /adults - like in 20yrs

Children all look underweight, malnourished and need a good wash and hairbrush.

Who's Daniel? Is he one that still lives there or one that's moved out?

Yes I do worry the children do not eat enough.

I saw an episode about a year ago. It was the day before the kids were going back to school (possibly after the school summer holidays) Noel shouted about 5 boys names and sent them up to get ready for bed....but they were all different ages, I think 1 was the youngest boy (of an age where you would take a child to bed, have a bedtime routine etc) and some were around 8 or 9 and 1 was at high school. It seemed very random that they all needed to go to bed at the same time.
There seemed to be very little order about it and neither parent initially went upstairs to supervise teeth brushing etc.
(I know that's only a snippet but if anything wouldn't you want to look more organised if tv cameras were there?)

And they've all got dreadful teeth. Haven't either parent heard of an orthodontist?

The daughter Chloe is having her first baby at 27, Sue already had a teenager at that age! Crazy.

What’s the age gap between eldest and youngest Radford? Must be a UK record for full siblings surely

@porpy
Over 30 years isn't it?

It blows my mind that the age gap between quite a number of their children is greater than he age gap between Sue and her oldest.

I'm a similar age to Chris and my youngest child is a little older than my DC. I can't imagine them having any kind of sibling bond with that kind of age gap. Doesnt help that the youngest 10 or so will have grown up in a completely different lifestyle than the older ones.

I think Chris & Daniel are already showing signs. Millie also seems attracted to trouble and has an unstable home life

Oh, and what was with Sue being filmed I'm bed with nothing on?! They knew they were being filmed for TV. If you want to sleep naked fine, but at least chuck on a vest top or teeshirt to be filmed for TV!

I don't think there is an issue with oldest /youngest and age gap

Dh has eldest dss who is nearly 34 and dsd 30and then dd5 with me

Both older 2 love and adore our dd and she loves and adores them

I think the pp meant it’s not a normal sibling gap. They won’t have the same sibling relationship as siblings closer in age will.

DH reckons they will have been 'lent' the demo swim spa in return for free advertising.

I would imagine much of it is product placement.

I'd also bet they don't have much in the way of savings/pensions/owned assets.

The thing that makes me sad is how little time each child had before they were 'replaced' by a younger sibling.

I grew up in a horribly abusive family as one of four kids. We learnt not to bother our parents. Spare time was for looking after younger siblings, cooking and cleaning.

No one checked how we brushed our teeth so I can relate to that aspect. We learnt to be invisible.

I can't spot the dysfunction in relation to my own childhood but I can see how different the Radford kids' lives are to my own kids.

I am mithered by my kids 24/7 - it is a never ending stream of requests and questions. They each have their own relationship with me and laugh because I am a big softie who enjoys making them happy (aka a pushover!).

I just don't see Sue and Noel having that close relationship with their kids.

Yes exactly, and that Chris has a larger age gap with his youngest siblings than he does with his own parents. Combine that with the huge change in lifestyle for the family around baby number 15(?) It's almost like the older and younger siblings grew up in completely different families.

I just wonder how that would affect their relationships. I can imagine having your own children older than your siblings would affect your bond with them as you're not growing up together and would be more of an uncle or auntie than a brother or sister with the children seeming more like cousins.

Yes!! The girls especially have that weird thing going on when you just know it's because they've had dummies or a bottle of juice shoved in their mouths 24l7. The boys don't have that.

Yes dd 5 and her big brother and sisters dc so dd niece 4and nephew 1 are more like friends /siblings the Aunty/niece

in years to come when they go clubbing to the park and say they are a year apart but Aunty and neice and sure many will go how and wow

Yes, DH has 2 much younger half-siblings from his dad, 25+ year age gap. That combined with the fact he’s never lived with them and has his own children who aren’t that much younger means he really doesn’t see them as his ‘siblings’. Not in an unkind way, he loves them but says the relationship feels identical to what he has with his nieces and nephews.

At the end of this episode i thought the toddler looked really cute.

I feel really awful saying this but it made me think I hadn't thought that about any of the Radford kids.

It when occurred that as she's so young maybe it was Ophelia and having checked on Google it is.

I wonder why this is? Not all babies are cute. My eldest wasn't lol!!!

Pure speculation but I wonder how many other kids have autism. We have two children who are autistic and it’s very common to have another child with autism. Max is autistic isn’t he. It’s also largely thought to be hereditary so I wonder about Noel or Sue. I’m sure they love their kids but it seems like as a child you’d get lost in amongst it all. I find it hard managing three (though 2 are autistic) so I don’t know how you’d cope with so many and be able to have that quality time.

Sue definitely has some special needs.