Living Rosa | Part 2

[CaliCanada28]

I never watch them anymore but catch them on Instagram. What in the world is going on with Lennon's speech? She is clearly a smart little girl but oh my goodness, her communication skills are so delayed. She's almost 5 and you can't understand her. They just did a Instagram story where the poor baby was trying to tell Alexa to play the Trolls soundtrack and Alexa couldn't understand and played something else. Poor Lennon got visibly upset and Tara just laughed. I didn't know what it was that Lennon had asked for until Tara asked the Alexa to play it. I feel so bad for Lennon who is clearly very smart but is having a speech delay. She just needs therapy for it and I hope they are giving it to her. I even DMed them and asked but I am sure they won't address it.

I hope that if they don't address it, it's for Lennon's dignity and not just because they aren't doing anything about it. If she doesn't go back to school in the autumn, will she be able to get any help?

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Is it just me or did Lennon speak a bit clearer when she was just learning how to talk? I feel like she annunciated just a wee bit better than how she does today. I dunno I feel like it was never this bad. If they haven’t acknowledged this problem themselves then I hope the grandparents have at least brought it up but I can’t help but think that they wouldn’t not do anything about her speech. I have a feeling they’re working on it behind closed doors but it’s just kinda strange how they wouldn’t share that info just a bit to their audience...unless they’re embarrassed by it.

[HeyKatie]

The twins aren’t any better when it comes to speech I can’t understand what any of them say half the time.


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[emh]

I never watch them anymore but catch them on Instagram. What in the world is going on with Lennon's speech? She is clearly a smart little girl but oh my goodness, her communication skills are so delayed. She's almost 5 and you can't understand her. They just did a Instagram story where the poor baby was trying to tell Alexa to play the Trolls soundtrack and Alexa couldn't understand and played something else. Poor Lennon got visibly upset and Tara just laughed. I didn't know what it was that Lennon had asked for until Tara asked the Alexa to play it. I feel so bad for Lennon who is clearly very smart but is having a speech delay. She just needs therapy for it and I hope they are giving it to her. I even DMed them and asked but I am sure they won't address it.

I saw that story too! I watched it twice to figure out what Lennon was saying, and she was just unintelligible. I get that they can probably understand her because they are with her all of the time, but there was definitely a moment in an older vlog where even Tara could not understand what Lennon was trying to say. I really hope they address it soon

[SouthernBella]

Lennon was definitely more intelligible when she was a toddler learning to talk. She seems to have a physical or neurological issue that is causing her speech to get worse and it is clearly frustrating her. Mandi and Tara laughing about it and then just speaking to the Alexa thermal’s isn’t fixing anything. I bet some basic speech therapy would help her a ton. I don’t get why these “influencers” share everything but don’t want to share stuff like this. It is mind boggling.

[kates_crush]

The twins aren’t any better when it comes to speech I can’t understand what any of them say half the time.


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I just watched the latest vlog and understood maeve perfectly, she was very clear, I just think we don't hear them speak often, they don't talk a lot and are quiet, but I understood everything maeve said easily and I can never understand lennon... it also bugs me the way tara speaks sometimes, shes talking but barely moves her mouth, like when she was showing us the overly expensive cloths she got for the new baby.
the twins at three speak more clearly than lennon at almost five.

[LucyDiamond]

Yes! I think it’s strange they keep showcasing Lennon’s speech without addressing it. I totally respect keeping things private but by recording and posting it and not addressing it they aren’t keeping it private. They should either stop recording her speaking or address it.

[Lexxa]

I always leave this page for weeks or months at a time and then come back wanting to reply to month old posts haha. I’m sure this will be a long post on all my thoughts over the last few months.

Anyway I’m mainly on here because I watched an old blog pre babies and Tara called Mandi cute which actually made me do a double take and realise how little affection Tara seems to show Mandi (at least on camera)not even recently but since they had children.

About gender preference, I do genuinely believe Mandi wouldn’t are if it wasn’t for Tara. I can see her having a preference for a boy since she already has three girls but I think the main thing is her being worried about how Tara will react to another girl & if she’ll push Mandi for more. I do wander how desperate Tara is for a boy and if she does want number 5 & Mandi puts her foot down on no more pregnancies (they do seem to be tough for her & not to mention the births) if Tara would consider getting pregnant herself. In my opinion adoption is definitely not an option since the whole reason the did rivf is because Tara was scared she wouldn’t be able to bond with the baby if it wasn’t her biological child.

As for their relationship, Mandis dependency on Tara is actually scary, I understand missing each other when you’re away from the other person but I think being able to be alone and just kind of be your own person is also really important and I don’t think they have that. I think Mandi could be scared of being away from Tara in case of a csection may be because if anything happens and Mandi has to make any decisions she won’t be able to do that alone she needs Tara to do it/she’s scared of what Tara will say if she doesn’t agree with Mandis decision.

Does anyone else feel like maybe they don’t have a favourite but for some reason Meave is their least favourite? She seems to be a little behind Everett which whenever they talk about it makes me feel like they’re disappointed. And the new/future sleeping arrangements (With Maeve ofc being the one to sleep on the floor) are weird to me, I have a trundle bed but it’s used as a guest bed because it’s such a pain to be used everyday.

They also seem so against moving house I’m not sure why, they seem to have the money and that house, especially bedrooms, will be crammed with 4 children. They also seem to hate everything I would have liked about the house! I LOVED the brick wall before they painted over it and recently in I think their Instagram story not video Tara mentioned how she dislikes the ivy growing in their fence which again I love, I love ivy growing on houses or fences it makes the house look lovely and the garden much nicer than if there was just a wooden fence. I also dislike how white everything in their house is, I know white is super popular now and everyone seems to love it but I like colour, I loved having my room painted when I was a child again I feel like this is Taras decision completely, Mandi seems like she’d like to paint the walls in the girls’ room and maybe their living spaces.

[zombieguts7]

Does anyone else feel like maybe they don’t have a favourite but for some reason Meave is their least favourite? She seems to be a little behind Everett which whenever they talk about it makes me feel like they’re disappointed. And the new/future sleeping arrangements (With Maeve ofc being the one to sleep on the floor) are weird to me, I have a trundle bed but it’s used as a guest bed because it’s such a pain to be used everyday.

They also seem so against moving house I’m not sure why, they seem to have the money and that house, especially bedrooms, will be crammed with 4 children. They also seem to hate everything I would have liked about the house! I LOVED the brick wall before they painted over it and recently in I think their Instagram story not video Tara mentioned how she dislikes the ivy growing in their fence which again I love, I love ivy growing on houses or fences it makes the house look lovely and the garden much nicer than if there was just a wooden fence. I also dislike how white everything in their house is, I know white is super popular now and everyone seems to love it but I like colour, I loved having my room painted when I was a child again I feel like this is Taras decision completely, Mandi seems like she’d like to paint the walls in the girls’ room and maybe their living spaces.

Oh my goodness, their planned sleeping arrangements for the kids absolutely bugs me! I do agree that the trundle bed will become very annoying to use everyday. Honestly, they should keep the twins in the room that Tara juuuuust redecorated for them and then move the crib into Lennon's room once the baby is big enough. They aren't planning on a nursery, but it almost seems like it if they're moving all three kids into one room so that the baby can be alone lol. Also I'm kind of sad that Tara put wallpaper over that beautiful map that was in the twins' room

[Lexxa]

Does anyone else feel like maybe they don’t have a favourite but for some reason Meave is their least favourite? She seems to be a little behind Everett which whenever they talk about it makes me feel like they’re disappointed. And the new/future sleeping arrangements (With Maeve ofc being the one to sleep on the floor) are weird to me, I have a trundle bed but it’s used as a guest bed because it’s such a pain to be used everyday.

They also seem so against moving house I’m not sure why, they seem to have the money and that house, especially bedrooms, will be crammed with 4 children. They also seem to hate everything I would have liked about the house! I LOVED the brick wall before they painted over it and recently in I think their Instagram story not video Tara mentioned how she dislikes the ivy growing in their fence which again I love, I love ivy growing on houses or fences it makes the house look lovely and the garden much nicer than if there was just a wooden fence. I also dislike how white everything in their house is, I know white is super popular now and everyone seems to love it but I like colour, I loved having my room painted when I was a child again I feel like this is Taras decision completely, Mandi seems like she’d like to paint the walls in the girls’ room and maybe their living spaces.

Oh my goodness, their planned sleeping arrangements for the kids absolutely bugs me! I do agree that the trundle bed will become very annoying to use everyday. Honestly, they should keep the twins in the room that Tara juuuuust redecorated for them and then move the crib into Lennon's room once the baby is big enough. They aren't planning on a nursery, but it almost seems like it if they're moving all three kids into one room so that the baby can be alone lol. Also I'm kind of sad that Tara put wallpaper over that beautiful map that was in the twins' room

If Tara has to deal with the trundle every morning I can see them figuring out a new arrangement like throwing Maeve in with the baby. It’s not like the girls can easily put the trundle away themselves and even if I’d imagine they would get annoyed by it and soon enough it would become ‘Maeve should do it it’s her bed’

I’m sad about the map too! They were able to incorporate it into the nursery they could have done it in a ‘toddler room’ too, it’s not like the room has so much colour the map would clash with anything. Maybe they’ll uncover it when the baby is in that room.

[deusexwarchina]

Does anyone else feel like maybe they don’t have a favourite but for some reason Meave is their least favourite? She seems to be a little behind Everett which whenever they talk about it makes me feel like they’re disappointed. And the new/future sleeping arrangements (With Maeve ofc being the one to sleep on the floor) are weird to me, I have a trundle bed but it’s used as a guest bed because it’s such a pain to be used everyday.

They also seem so against moving house I’m not sure why, they seem to have the money and that house, especially bedrooms, will be crammed with 4 children. They also seem to hate everything I would have liked about the house! I LOVED the brick wall before they painted over it and recently in I think their Instagram story not video Tara mentioned how she dislikes the ivy growing in their fence which again I love, I love ivy growing on houses or fences it makes the house look lovely and the garden much nicer than if there was just a wooden fence. I also dislike how white everything in their house is, I know white is super popular now and everyone seems to love it but I like colour, I loved having my room painted when I was a child again I feel like this is Taras decision completely, Mandi seems like she’d like to paint the walls in the girls’ room and maybe their living spaces.

Oh my goodness, their planned sleeping arrangements for the kids absolutely bugs me! I do agree that the trundle bed will become very annoying to use everyday. Honestly, they should keep the twins in the room that Tara juuuuust redecorated for them and then move the crib into Lennon's room once the baby is big enough. They aren't planning on a nursery, but it almost seems like it if they're moving all three kids into one room so that the baby can be alone lol. Also I'm kind of sad that Tara put wallpaper over that beautiful map that was in the twins' room

I haaaaate that stupid wallpaper!! I'd give my left boob for a dope map like that.

Also, I hate that they gave Maeve the trundle. (Or at least, IIRC it was Maeve that got the trundle- please correct me if I'm wrong). Like, holy heck ladies, you may as well put it how Maeve is your least favorite on a billboard! (that is, Tara's least favorite- Mandi and Maeve seem to be close).

[deusexwarchina]

I always leave this page for weeks or months at a time and then come back wanting to reply to month old posts haha. I’m sure this will be a long post on all my thoughts over the last few months.

Anyway I’m mainly on here because I watched an old blog pre babies and Tara called Mandi cute which actually made me do a double take and realise how little affection Tara seems to show Mandi (at least on camera)not even recently but since they had children.

About gender preference, I do genuinely believe Mandi wouldn’t are if it wasn’t for Tara. I can see her having a preference for a boy since she already has three girls but I think the main thing is her being worried about how Tara will react to another girl & if she’ll push Mandi for more. I do wander how desperate Tara is for a boy and if she does want number 5 & Mandi puts her foot down on no more pregnancies (they do seem to be tough for her & not to mention the births) if Tara would consider getting pregnant herself. In my opinion adoption is definitely not an option since the whole reason the did rivf is because Tara was scared she wouldn’t be able to bond with the baby if it wasn’t her biological child.

As for their relationship, Mandis dependency on Tara is actually scary, I understand missing each other when you’re away from the other person but I think being able to be alone and just kind of be your own person is also really important and I don’t think they have that. I think Mandi could be scared of being away from Tara in case of a c-section may be because if anything happens and Mandi has to make any decisions she won’t be able to do that alone she needs Tara to do it/she’s scared of what Tara will say if she doesn’t agree with Mandi's decision.

Does anyone else feel like maybe they don’t have a favourite but for some reason Maeve is their least favourite? She seems to be a little behind Everett which whenever they talk about it makes me feel like they’re disappointed. And the new/future sleeping arrangements (With Maeve ofc being the one to sleep on the floor) are weird to me, I have a trundle bed but it’s used as a guest bed because it’s such a pain to be used everyday.

They also seem so against moving house I’m not sure why, they seem to have the money and that house, especially bedrooms, will be crammed with 4 children. They also seem to hate everything I would have liked about the house! I LOVED the brick wall before they painted over it and recently in I think their Instagram story not video Tara mentioned how she dislikes the ivy growing in their fence which again I love, I love ivy growing on houses or fences it makes the house look lovely and the garden much nicer than if there was just a wooden fence. I also dislike how white everything in their house is, I know white is super popular now and everyone seems to love it but I like colour, I loved having my room painted when I was a child again I feel like this is Tara's decision completely, Mandi seems like she’d like to paint the walls in the girls’ room and maybe their living spaces.

I 100% agree on the fireplace- it reminds me of my great aunt and uncle's fireplace in their old house. I can't stand how pretty much everything in their house is WHITE. Get some color! Have some personality! Good lord!

The sleeping arrangements make me mad as hell too- like, you guys are LOADED, it's really not that hard to get an extra bed! Just get a smaller dresser!

I also 100% agree that they play favorites- in my opinion, Tara's most to least favorite are Everett, Lennon, and then Maeve. However, I do think Mandi favors Maeve just a tad- although as to where Everett and Lennon fall on her scale, no idea.

[Lexxa]

I always leave this page for weeks or months at a time and then come back wanting to reply to month old posts haha. I’m sure this will be a long post on all my thoughts over the last few months.

Anyway I’m mainly on here because I watched an old blog pre babies and Tara called Mandi cute which actually made me do a double take and realise how little affection Tara seems to show Mandi (at least on camera)not even recently but since they had children.

About gender preference, I do genuinely believe Mandi wouldn’t are if it wasn’t for Tara. I can see her having a preference for a boy since she already has three girls but I think the main thing is her being worried about how Tara will react to another girl & if she’ll push Mandi for more. I do wander how desperate Tara is for a boy and if she does want number 5 & Mandi puts her foot down on no more pregnancies (they do seem to be tough for her & not to mention the births) if Tara would consider getting pregnant herself. In my opinion adoption is definitely not an option since the whole reason the did rivf is because Tara was scared she wouldn’t be able to bond with the baby if it wasn’t her biological child.

As for their relationship, Mandis dependency on Tara is actually scary, I understand missing each other when you’re away from the other person but I think being able to be alone and just kind of be your own person is also really important and I don’t think they have that. I think Mandi could be scared of being away from Tara in case of a c-section may be because if anything happens and Mandi has to make any decisions she won’t be able to do that alone she needs Tara to do it/she’s scared of what Tara will say if she doesn’t agree with Mandi's decision.

Does anyone else feel like maybe they don’t have a favourite but for some reason Maeve is their least favourite? She seems to be a little behind Everett which whenever they talk about it makes me feel like they’re disappointed. And the new/future sleeping arrangements (With Maeve ofc being the one to sleep on the floor) are weird to me, I have a trundle bed but it’s used as a guest bed because it’s such a pain to be used everyday.

They also seem so against moving house I’m not sure why, they seem to have the money and that house, especially bedrooms, will be crammed with 4 children. They also seem to hate everything I would have liked about the house! I LOVED the brick wall before they painted over it and recently in I think their Instagram story not video Tara mentioned how she dislikes the ivy growing in their fence which again I love, I love ivy growing on houses or fences it makes the house look lovely and the garden much nicer than if there was just a wooden fence. I also dislike how white everything in their house is, I know white is super popular now and everyone seems to love it but I like colour, I loved having my room painted when I was a child again I feel like this is Tara's decision completely, Mandi seems like she’d like to paint the walls in the girls’ room and maybe their living spaces.

I 100% agree on the fireplace- it reminds me of my great aunt and uncle's fireplace in their old house. I can't stand how pretty much everything in their house is WHITE. Get some color! Have some personality! Good lord!

The sleeping arrangements make me mad as hell too- like, you guys are LOADED, it's really not that hard to get an extra bed! Just get a smaller dresser!

I also 100% agree that they play favorites- in my opinion, Tara's most to least favorite are Everett, Lennon, and then Maeve. However, I do think Mandi favors Maeve just a tad- although as to where Everett and Lennon fall on her scale, no idea.

I think the brick wall made that room feel so cozy before it was painted. I would have loved a wall like that in my house. I think the only room in their house that I like is the master that’s probably because I always wanted to paint my room that shade of blue.

I think Everett is dependant on Tara and definitely has a preference Tara over Mandi and that’s why Meave is maybe closer to Mandi, she’s more independent so probably doesn’t get as much attention when it’s just Tara at home & Everett actually wants her attention.

The sleeping arrangement ... I just don’t see it lasting for a long time. I won’t be surprised if after the baby comes they actually start looking for a new house. Honestly it would I even make more sense to me if Tara and Mandi moved themselves into Lennons room, make a nursery in the twins room and have the three girls in the ‘master bedroom’ it’s not like they have an en-suite in there, the only difference is that it’s bigger and has a double closet.

[Highlighter]

Do you think they might be doing up the house to sell later on? The arrangement is ridiculous for four children, specially if baby number 4 is a boy. But is still just about a non-issue for a few more years (unless the new baby turns things upside down). They might be doing up to hopefully be able to get something a lot bigger in the future?

[Lexxa]

Do you think they might be doing up the house to sell later on? The arrangement is ridiculous for four children, specially if baby number 4 is a boy. But is still just about a non-issue for a few more years (unless the new baby turns things upside down). They might be doing up to hopefully be able to get something a lot bigger in the future?

I did think that but they said that they spoke to someone and what they’re doing to the house isn’t adding a lot to it’s value which is kind of mind blowing to me. Not that they’ve done a whole lot & Im not a fan of some things they’ve changed but the kitchen, the living room and basement imo should add something to the house value, especially when you compare whit what it looked like before.

Also they spoke about moving because they get a lot of questions about it and they’re convinced the house is big enough for them and don’t think they’ll be outgrowing it anytime soon, Tara said they’ll be fine untill the kids are much older

[emh]

The spelled "experience" wrong in their latest vlog title...

[CaliCanada28]

Are the really not going to address the podcast and how they’ve basically given up on it? Lol

[Highlighter]

Do you think they might be doing up the house to sell later on? The arrangement is ridiculous for four children, specially if baby number 4 is a boy. But is still just about a non-issue for a few more years (unless the new baby turns things upside down). They might be doing up to hopefully be able to get something a lot bigger in the future?

I did think that but they said that they spoke to someone and what they’re doing to the house isn’t adding a lot to it’s value which is kind of mind blowing to me. Not that they’ve done a whole lot & Im not a fan of some things they’ve changed but the kitchen, the living room and basement imo should add something to the house value, especially when you compare whit what it looked like before.

Also they spoke about moving because they get a lot of questions about it and they’re convinced the house is big enough for them and don’t think they’ll be outgrowing it anytime soon, Tara said they’ll be fine untill the kids are much older

I mean fair enough. As long as each kid has somewhere to go if they want time on their own. I'd hate to be in that house though. Two adults (one bitchy, the other needy), a school age child who they might not send back to school, two energetic toddlers who they may not send to school, a newborn baby and two dogs. Sounds like 'paradise'...each to their own I guess. People are dealing with worse.

Though the evil part of me is looking forward to how they are going to handle things when the baby comes. Tara will probably cope but Mandi is going to be so overwhelmed. Despite the fact she seems to hate being away from Tara's side, she clearly enjoys her job and she was obviously becoming very stir crazy when she was off work for a long time. The kids at home + a newborn + maternity leave + covid is going to make things a shit show.

[CaliCanada28]

Do you think they might be doing up the house to sell later on? The arrangement is ridiculous for four children, specially if baby number 4 is a boy. But is still just about a non-issue for a few more years (unless the new baby turns things upside down). They might be doing up to hopefully be able to get something a lot bigger in the future?

I did think that but they said that they spoke to someone and what they’re doing to the house isn’t adding a lot to it’s value which is kind of mind blowing to me. Not that they’ve done a whole lot & Im not a fan of some things they’ve changed but the kitchen, the living room and basement imo should add something to the house value, especially when you compare whit what it looked like before.

Also they spoke about moving because they get a lot of questions about it and they’re convinced the house is big enough for them and don’t think they’ll be outgrowing it anytime soon, Tara said they’ll be fine untill the kids are much older

I mean fair enough. As long as each kid has somewhere to go if they want time on their own. I'd hate to be in that house though. Two adults (one bitchy, the other needy), a school age child who they might not send back to school, two energetic toddlers who they may not send to school, a newborn baby and two dogs. Sounds like 'paradise'...each to their own I guess. People are dealing with worse.

Though the evil part of me is looking forward to how they are going to handle things when the baby comes. Tara will probably cope but Mandi is going to be so overwhelmed. Despite the fact she seems to hate being away from Tara's side, she clearly enjoys her job and she was obviously becoming very stir crazy when she was off work for a long time. The kids at home + a newborn + maternity leave + covid is going to make things a shit show.

I’m assuming they’ll be homeschooling Lennon. How are they gunna do that plus take care of a newborn plus two, energetic 3 year olds? Especially when Mandi goes back to work I wonder how that’s gunna work for Tara since I feel like she has her hands tied now with cleaning/organizing the house, taking care of and entertaining 3 kid’s under the age of 4 AND vlogging.

[Dallas_Snob]

Did anyone watch the Insta Live with Tara and Gena Gaffe?

So, we conceived our 3 via RIVF over a decade ago before it even had a name (perks of having a wife who works in the field). I was curious to hear more about Tara and Mandi’s journey as well as Gena and her wife Jordana.

It was painful. Gena was incredibly informative and while I find their MLM personalities a bit much, they’re both very smart women. Tara just seemed clueless and ill prepared. She didn’t have a solid answer for half the questions and seemed uncomfortable and apathetic. I think Gena was irritated.

Anyways. Gena asked how T&M funded RIVF and Tara’s answer was great.

She said they had a fund friends and family members could donate too instead of giving them wedding gifts. What a nice way to basically say daddy paid for it all (like the wedding, the house and all the rounds of IVF).

[deusexwarchina]

Am I the only one that's sick of every second instagram post being an ad or sponsorship? They've always been pretty moneygrab-happy, but they've really revved it up the past few months- it used to be like, every 3-5 posts, but now it's every other one. Like, normal picture, ad, normal pic, sponsorship, normal pic, promo, ETC. I just think it's tone deaf to be going at it so hard at in in the middle of a pandemic. Like, boo, chill. If you're so desperate for money, then maybe Tara should find some part-time work.