Kate Gosselin's Larry King Blog Entry

From the Larry King Live Blog Website

LKL BLOG EXCLUSIVE: “Jon & Kate plus 8″ commentary
updated 10:34 am ET

This is an exlusive LKL Blog commentary by Kate Gosselin of TLC’s “Jon and Kate plus 8″ - Kate, a mother of twins and sextuplets, will also be our guest tonight on Larry King Live! Let us know what you want to hear from Kate NOW!

When parenting multiples, there are many things that are important to remember. Here are a few:

1. Parenting multiples is totally different than parenting a singleton. The schedule and methods that work for a singleton will need to be amended for multiples. I remember receiving advice from moms of singletons and thinking ‘how in the world would that work in my situation?’ … And so it requires a multiple mom to think very much on her own and create a unique schedule.

2. With multiples, help is not an option, it’s mandatory for survival.
It was very difficult for me to accept help but I realized that the health and well being of my family depended on me allowing others to step in and help… Many of these people we had never met before!!!

3. Life will never be the same. It will be difficult and beyond manageable at times. Embracing the myriad of changes is very difficult but very necessary. I choose to see the blessings, not the inconveniences that multiples bring. The many happy and smiling faces when I come into the room keep me going…

4. Ultimately, the responsibility is on the parents to raise this unique set of people who, although born as a group, are each individual people. It begins with giving enough time to each child and helping him/her to identify their differences.
This is a very difficult task as time is at a premium!!!!

5. A parent of multiples will forever be answering questions, fending off judgment and making logistical adjustments to make life fit their situation. This is just another part of life with multiples that will eventually become normal but, again, takes adjustment and wisdom.

6. Children are meant to be born one or two at a time. Modern science causes more to occur sometimes. While this causes strains, I believe that each life, no matter the circumstances, is created for a purpose and that it is possible to raise “HOM” (higher order multiples) successfully but it takes sheer and utter determination and commitment on the part of the parents!

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Kate Gosselin to Guest on Larry King Live: Discussing Octuplet's Born Last Week and The Mother, Who Now Has 14 Children

For those following the octuplets born last week, Kate Gosselin of Jon and Kate + 8, will appear on Larry King Live Monday night with her opinion on the story.

Kate Gosselin gave birth to two sets of multiples herself, first a set of twins, then to sextuplets 4 years later.

News today is reporting that the octuplet's mother's ex-husband is not the father of the fourteen children. The grandmother is stating that the mother is obsessed with children.

I have a post on this story that I have not finished. And to those readers that know me, you know it is going to be good... heh.


This posting is an update and to pass along that Larry King will have Kate Gosselin as a guest tonight discussing the story.

Acutal post of the octuplets (not to mention Kate Gosselin..damn, I wish I had finished yesterday and published) So here is my "proof" I had the blog posting already in draft before learning of Kate's appearance on Larry King. So, heh..

And for those wondering, I am doing okay after the last chemo cycle. I have received a lot of emails and have tried to answer as many as I can. I apologize to those that I have not yet answered. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I honestly appreciate all of them. Most of all, I appreciate YOU. Thank you for subscribing to this life of mine. Even if you don't subscribe, thank you for your readership. This blog allows me to empty my thoughts at times, as well as keep me busy while I am confined to bed (or sofa..heh). I want to start chronicling my chemo and cancer therapy more, but with the Caylee Anthony site, keeping up with the girls, the home, cancer, chemo and all the other Mommy duties, it is a daunting task.

Thank you to you all!

update 2.3.09 See video of Kate Gosselin on Larry King Live at this posting on the blog.

Octuplets' Mom "Obsessed"

The California octuplets turned a week old Monday, and officials at Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower Medical Center say all eight continue to do well. However, the picture emerging of their mother is that of a woman who's been fixated on having babies.

Nadya Suleman, 33, now has 14, all seven years old and under. She lives with her parents in a modest home in Whittier, Calif., outside Los Angeles. There've been no pictures yet of the infants or Suleman. She remains hospitalized, too. Reporters continue to pepper her parents with questions at the family home. "Everybody's doing good," Suleman's father said. How are the kids doing? "Fantastic," he replied. Suleman's mother said Nadya paid for in vitro fertilization with money from a legal settlement after a work accident.

The octuplets' grandmother adds that all 14 kids were conceived through in vitro, using the same sperm donor. It's unclear how Suleman plans to support her huge family. Her parents have had financial problems. The octuplets are all preemies and will likely require extra care. Suleman once had a license as a psychiatric technician but that expired. In recent years, she's been an unemployed student.

Suleman, though, has hired an agent, and there are reports she hopes to make money through TV interviews and even by working as an on-camera childcare expert. "She did not seek to have more children," Suleman's grandfather has said. "She thought she was going to have ONE more child." Suleman's mother said that, when Suleman was in her mid-20s, she believed she was infertile and became obsessed with having children. That's what a family acquaintance says, as well, and that Suleman always hoped for ten kids.

Congratulations Pittsburgh Steelers - Super Bowl 43 Champs!

Thanks for another great year guys! Looking forward to another winning season in '09.

The BJ Penn Smoothie

The "BJ Penn Smoothie"

As seen on UFC Primetime:

Banana Oatmeal Smoothie(2 servings)
(BJ Penn also uses Whey Protein at times)

1 cup low-fat milk
1 cup orange juice
1 medium banana - cut into pieces
1 pack of instant oatmeal - regular or unflavored
(if you prefer, you may add Whey Protein)

3 or 4 ice cubes

Place all ingredients in the blender, liquid then ice first, and blend for a minute or so until smooth.
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This is also a great smoothie for kids, mine love it. My oncologist also recommends it as well. I usually make a full recipe and take along with me to chemo treatments. The protein as well as the sugar from the juice has helped keep my blood level stable.

As for BJ Penn, we true fans are still behind you all the way. We know the last fight was a crock and can't wait for you to get your day to beat GSPs ass.