Looking Like A Parent

Here is the photo being shown all over the world the past two days.Yes, that is none other than Nadya Suleman, she of octomom but actually 14-omom status. It appears our dear Nadya is claiming she lost 150 pounds since the birth of her litter, I mean eight children, a year ago. Here's a brief reminder of what she looked like at that time. photo from TMZ.com

Furthermore, she claims she lost those pounds naturally. She even goes on to say that her friends call her "rubber band" because she snaps back so fast after giving birth.

No honey, your friends call you "crazy lady" but maybe that sounds like "rubber band" to you.

Anyway, here's the deal. I would like anyone out there with 14 kids to raise his or her hands. Wait, how about 6 kids? 4? 1? Seriously, I'd like to talk to anyone out there who has ever seen or touched a child.

Here's my argument (and this is disregarding the obvious issues of airbrushing and photo shopping). If Suleman is the one raising these 14 children, do any of you believe she has had time to diet and exercise this last year? By my calculations, just changing the diapers and feeding 8 newborns would take up 23.5 hours out of every day. She would feel like a new woman if she got to brush her teeth. I only had two at a time and there were many, many days when my bowl of morning cereal was still sitting there, untouched and more than a bit soggy, 8 hours later.

No, I'm thinking a woman who looks like this is not doing any full time child care. Someone who is taking care of 8 newborns would look more like this.Enough said.