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Octuplet Mom Loves Fame More Than Babies: Nurses

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 26, 2009 3:00 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman is more interested in media attention than in her babies, charged a spokeswoman for the free nursing staff axed this week by the multiple mom. "There's only a few hours beyond the time when the cameras were rolling that she actually came into the nursery when she was there to care for her babies—and that's wrong," attorney Gloria Allred said on NBC's Today show.

"She doesn't even come into the nursery to feed her own babies, to hold them, to change them, to love them except when the cameras are rolling." Suleman fired the round-the-clock nurses provided by a charity organization because she complained they were setting her up to fail, reports the New York Daily News. They contacted Child Protective Services three times, in part because of security concerns that the babies be protected from the press and public, said Allred.

Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman leaves her mother's home in Whittier, Calif., last month.
Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman leaves her mother's home in Whittier, Calif., last month.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Media and curious onlookers swarm the garage of octuplets mother Nadya Suleman as she returns to her home in La Habra, Calif., earlier this month.
Media and curious onlookers swarm the garage of octuplets mother Nadya Suleman as she returns to her home in La Habra, Calif., earlier this month.   (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
Octuplet Maliyah checks out the camera in her hospital crib last month.
Octuplet Maliyah checks out the camera in her hospital crib last month.   (AP Photo/NBC NEWS)
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Caps
Mar 27, 2009 2:48 AM CDT
I totally agree with your comment, bacimom
oldgoat
Mar 26, 2009 8:46 AM CDT
Gee what a surprise. This woman is a parents worst nightmare.. Only cares about herself.
bacimom
Mar 26, 2009 5:30 AM CDT
One of the problems with this country is the fascination with non-celebrities that take over all discussion and so-called news. I've had it with Britney, Paris and so on. Our attention is so deep into People, Us and National Enquirer that all the important info goes right over our collective heads. Ask most people to name a European world leader, the head of the UN, or even the location of the Hague and you'll get a blank stare. This woman needs mental help and foster homes for her children, not papparazzi and Entertainment Tonight

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