Chip and Joanna Gaines 6 wk old baby

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www.google.ca/amp/people.com/babies/chip-gaines-left-baby-son-home-twice/amp/?client=safari

Did anyone else see this story on google news this morning? Thoughts?

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I watch this show and I really enjoy the show but this article had me do a double take. As in seriously? No one is this airheaded and reckless to do something like this twice to a newborn.

[mrsdee1982]

I'll admit that I side eye this hard. Once? Ok....mayyyyybe...but twice? NOPE. And then the bungee cord thing? Are you kidding me?

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Oct 23, 2016 10:41:59 GMT -5 mrsdee1982 said:

I'll admit that I side eye this hard. Once? Ok....mayyyyybe...but twice? NOPE. And then the bungee cord thing? Are you kidding me?

I agree. At the end of the article too Joanna just says jovially that she wasn't comfortable with him watching the baby for the next year...it's written in such a way that is so goofy and joking.

[mrsdee1982]

Yeah, if I came home 3 separate times to that kind of bullshit from my husband, I would not have the same outlook on it. Not even 15 years (or however long) later.

[heartofglass]

Personally I would have flipped out the first time and taken him with me everywhere after that.

[jillywilly]

This can't be real, right? Like, surely they're playing on his silly, goofy persona on the show, right? I just can't imagine a dad forgetting that he's the parent in charge not once, but twice. I just can't believe that.

[stinybean]

I don't even know what to say to this!

[erbear]

I these are not things you should publically be admitting to...

[blueskiessmiling]

This seems almost slightly unbelievable.

[blueskiessmiling]

I do love Fixer Upper though. She could decorate my house any day.

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Oct 23, 2016 12:52:53 GMT -5 budders said:

Oct 23, 2016 12:26:15 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

Wowwwww.

Things are a little different in Texas though. When we were down there I saw kids still riding in beds of pick up trucks.

Whole different world

When we were in Naples, Italy, we saw a woman hop on the back of a motorbike cradling an approximately 3 month old baby and speed off, no helmets. I almost cried and told H we needed to get out of there ASAP.

Bali is like this too. We went there on our honeymoon and you see a baby in a sling on the mom on a motorbike with a mirror strapped to the back and this weeks groceries and a toddler hanging on the side.

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Oct 23, 2016 13:31:27 GMT -5 @wwprestige said:

Not cool, Chip. Jealous that Jo had enough energy to go jogging twice in one week with a 6 week old.

I was also going to say i was no where near running shape at 6wks PP.

[billyhorrible]

I can see forgetting about a sleeping baby when you're a new, sleep deprived parent. If it didn't happen we wouldn't hear about infant car deaths.

But the attitude which seems to read as "oh those silly men! What will we do with them! Hahaha" makes me uncomfortable.

[alayne926]

I agree with billyhorrible.

I don't like the "oh silly men...they can't 'watch' babies" attitude this gives off.

[Widget123]

Serious side eye. If I was with a guy like that I might reconsider having 3 more kids with him.

[holliberry28]

I feel like it was exaggerated for the article. I can't imagine publicly admitting to that happening not once, but twice. I do love them and would move to Waco if they renovated my home.

[beersandweirs]

Yeah, I definitely don't enjoy the light-hearted way this is presented. It's like they're trying to make a "dad's don't know what they're doing" joke, but it's most definitely not funny.

[alayne926]

Oct 24, 2016 11:28:45 GMT -5 madymoiselle said:

+1 for the side eye. But on the other hand it is better that he forgets the newborn at home rather than forgetting him in the car. But still, side eye and smthg weird to admit multiple times.

Or he could be a responsible adult and take care of his children.

[periwinkledaydreams]

Isn't this a famous person just admitting all over the Internet their repeated negligence and risk of injury to a minor? Like... bungee-ing a carseat to a quad with an infant in it is super not legal, and for good reason, anywhere in the US.

Also, what billyhorrible said. I hate the "can't let dad 'babysit' the kids anymore cause he's a silly dumb dumb!" thing. Its dumb.

"Forgetting" once is believable I guess, although incredibly unfunny and inexcusable. Continuing to live like your child is a forgettable thing is negligence.

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Oct 24, 2016 14:33:35 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

Isn't this a famous person just admitting all over the Internet their repeated negligence and risk of injury to a minor? Like... bungee-ing a carseat to a quad with an infant in it is super not legal, and for good reason, anywhere in the US.

Also, what billyhorrible said. I hate the "can't let dad 'babysit' the kids anymore cause he's a silly dumb dumb!" thing. Its dumb.

"Forgetting" once is believable I guess, although incredibly unfunny and inexcusable. Continuing to live like your child is a forgettable thing is negligence.

This!  

Yes, madymoiselle, better at home than in the car, but if you forgot your child at home ONCE, wouldn't you be more vigilant about making sure they are with you when you leave the house and not make jokes about it?

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Oct 24, 2016 21:28:50 GMT -5 @imapenguin said:

Oct 24, 2016 21:04:31 GMT -5 @badwolf321 said:

I was mostly talking about the bungee chord thing. Not the leaving the child home alone. I meant no offense @imapenguin. Excuse my preggers brain from missing words from my statement. 

Also where I was....was not central texas. Middle of no where west texas.

We're good 😊 I just needed to WK for my homeland. We're Just like everyone else...maybe we say y'all a little more, but we are not generally neglectful.

I do feel like Texas prides itself on being run a bit different. I did a road trip from Austin to Houston with my friend and her brother and he drove with a beer between his legs. When we pulled into a gas station I told him to throw it out. There was a cop at the station and he told me 'this is Texas girl. If you have Texas plates you do what you want'.

Not sure if this is accurate to everywhere there but that has been the attitude presented to me by friends that live there.

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@badwolf321 out of curiosity I looked up if this is legal. It's actually legal there as long as you can prove the pickup is your families only mode of transport. I'm sure it's like this in other states too so not to only call Texas out.

[belle0720]

Yowsa, I would probably start crying freaking out if my H did this. I did a 5k fun run at like 8 weeks postpartum and started jogging a few days a week to prepare, so I had someone watch G every time I went. Even if my H had been home, I feel like that's a talk I would have had with him before I left the house. "Hey I'm going for a jog. Make sure you watch her. I'll be back in 30." Assuming she had that talk with him before she left, how the hell do you forget that quickly that you have a baby there?! I don't think we even left G in a room alone until she was like 3 months old.

Maybe they are exaggerating it a bit to play up his persona. But even if it did happen I can't imagine ever joking about it so flippantly. That's just not a laughing matter and not a story I'd be putting out there to the public. I would be horrified.

I do however love their show and all of the houses they do.