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Octu-Mom Takes Free Child Care, Bigger House

Nursing charity to provide care for octuplets worth up to $135K per month

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 10, 2009 2:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has agreed to accept free round-the-clock nursing and child care from the nonprofit group Angels In Waiting, the Los Angeles Times reports. The babies, expected to leave the hospital within weeks, will also have a bigger home to go to. Suleman's father has bought a four-bedroom home in Orange County nearly twice as big as the one currently housing Suleman, her other six children and her mom, People reports.

The news comes just in time for Suleman's older kids, who aren't looking forward to eight more siblings, she said. They're "externalizing their anger. They become more withdrawn and get a little more sad," Suleman tells the Insider. "One of my kids didn't want to deal with the reality of what's going on. I noticed some tears coming down his face."

This house in La Habra, Calif., is being bought by the father of octuplet mom Nadya Suleman, according to a Prudential Realty listing agent.
This house in La Habra, Calif., is being bought by the father of octuplet mom Nadya Suleman, according to a Prudential Realty listing agent.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets leaves her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif.
Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets leaves her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Nadya realized that she had to make every effort to care for the octuplets as well as the six children at home in a way that proved that she understood the enormity and complexity of the task ahead. - Dr. Phil McGraw, who helped arrange the child care deal

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COMMENTS
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Bubblebee
Mar 10, 2009 9:10 PM CDT
It is beyond me why any woman would want to have children they can't afford. Isn't that the number one thing that crosses every womans mind when they think about having kids? "How will I support and provide for my child?" That is what I call a mother...A woman who puts her children first before herself.
Thinker
Mar 10, 2009 6:47 AM CDT
Nope, not a Democrat. She is ignorant and religious, remember?
mockingbird
Mar 10, 2009 6:07 AM CDT
How very random and non pertinent.

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