- I had an ultrasound.
I've decided to do a home birth.
With all the stuff going on, I don't even know...
what a birth like that would look like in the hospital.
Woke up this morning with contractions
that I could not sleep through.
- Here's the thing,
if the number of COVID cases go back up,
you might not be able to go to school in person.
The state has, like, a color-coded map
based off of how many, like, active cases we have.
- Right now, our county is in red.
You gotta do e-learning from home.
- I thought I would jump on and do a little baby update.
I'm four weeks and five days.
- Woke up this morning feeling like garbage.
Our doctor explained my symptoms.
Those are all signs of COVID.
I got a call from the doctor.
I do not have COVID. - That's good.
- I wanted to meet up with Devoin
just to talk about things.
Like helping me out with Nova's birthday party,
helping me out with finances.
- Just a $15,000 body.
I don't even have $15,000 worth of [bleep] [bleep] body here!
- He thinks I get paid all this money
so he doesn't have to contribute
and now Nova's birthday party is gonna be
super [bleep] awkward.
- And I want you to start, like, working and stuff
so we both are busy. - Mm-hmm.
- Like, I want you to have, like,
more drive and more aspirations, like...
- I have drive, Jade. - Stop.
You don't have to get defensive, I'm saying, like--
- I know, but you act like I don't.
Dude, stop.
- You both are pissing me off. - We're pissing you off?
She's the one [bleep] doing it,
and you're not helping me parent her!
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
[oinking]
[upbeat music]
- Cole's feeling better, and today we're finding out
the gender of the baby.
We had the doctor write the sex in an envelope
and gave it to a photographer,
so he can take some pictures as we all find out.
So we're gonna go to the new house.
- I'm excited.
- We've never done anything like this
'cause I hate surprises.
You know how hard this is for me?
- I know, but-- - This is purely for you.
- I am so pumped.
- Aubree's on her phone. She doesn't care.
- [laughs]
Aubree, what do you think the baby is?
- Girl? - You think it's a girl?
- Oh! - We got a girl...
What'd Watson say? Girl?
- He's--nah, he changed to boy-girl.
- What's that?
- Yeah, he said Watson. - Oh, yeah.
- We're gonna stick with him at guessing boy.
Layne, is it a girl or a boy?
- [gibberish]
- Blue, blue? She said blue.
- Oh! - Layne says blue.
I want a lot of Watsons.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- All right, guys!
Watson, we're gonna go do the confetti and fly in the air.
- Let's go!
- We got poppers...
- We got poppers. - Hold on, I'm gonna show you.
- It's so sunny.
I'm nervous.
[indistinct chatter]
- Ready?
- Three...
two... one...
[all screaming]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- It's a girl! - Oh, my God!
- No...
- No! He said "no!"
- [laughs] - It's another girl!
- Oh, my God! - It's gonna be another sister!
- We're having another girl.
We're gonna have three girls.
I was convinced it was a boy.
I feel like Aubree's excited that it's a girl.
Cole, I think he's happy either way.
I think it's so sweet that Watson
is gonna be the only boy, probably.
It's just funny because at the beginning
of the quarantine time, I feel like I remember
being like, "Dude, kids and quarantine is chaos."
And then here we are having another one.
[mid-tempo music]
- Today is Ali's first day of remote learning.
She and Aleeah are with Corey,
but I'll get them back later today.
♪ ♪
- Aleeah?
♪ ♪
Wake up.
- Oh... morning, Ali.
First day of fifth grade.
Let's get you some breakfast, okay?
- Because COVID cases are rising in our county,
all three girls will be virtual learning for now,
so I'll definitely have my hands full
when they're all with me.
Are you ready for your first day of dance in a long time?
- Yeah!
- I know you're ready to get back to some dance workouts!
But, listen, dance is gonna look a lot different.
There won't be as many people in your dance class
and you have to wear your mask
and you have to stay away from everyone, okay?
- Uh, you can breathe.
Well, are you excited to start school tomorrow?
- Yeah!
- Do you wanna call daddy
and tell him that you're going?
- Yeah.
- Hey, baby! What are you doing?
- Uh, nothing.
- You're playing with your slime?
- Yeah.
- Yep!
- I am the principal, teacher, and mother, okay?
- But you're not a teacher! - Yeah.
- I am a teacher now, apparently.
- No!
You're e-learning. - Does that mean--hey!
'Cause if you ain't good, mommy ain't gonna get--
- And then everyone else will--will hang up.
- Addie, what did he just say?
Sometimes you gotta listen and stop talking.
- Be quiet!
Okay?
- Who are you talking to like that,
Miss Priss? - You!
- You'd better watch your mouth.
- Bye!
Dad.
- Love you.
♪ ♪
- I know you'll listen to me,
'cause you love learning, don't you?
- Not that much.
- [laughs] Okay.
♪ ♪
I think this is fine.
- Yeah. We don't come in, right?
- Right. - We just drop her off and--
okay.
- You have to keep your mask on, okay?
- Wait, where is it? Oh, there it is.
- All right, I love you. Give me a big kiss.
Big girl, this is the first time
I'm not gonna be able to watch you.
♪ ♪
I love you.
- Don't be scared, you're a big girl!
You got this! Pound it.
Go, do your thing.
Have fun!
[upbeat music]
- Now that school and gymnastics are in full swing,
I've been handling our busy schedule mostly on my own
and Nova's ninth birthday is this weekend,
so I'm planning her party too.
All right, salita, we gotta-- let's go.
'Cause then we're gonna be late,
and I can't afford to be late.
Put your phone in your book bag and where's your mask?
And don't forget your lunchbox, 'cause you keep forgetting it.
- I love you.
Have the best day.
♪ ♪
- Let's go to school.
♪ ♪
- How's Nova doing in school?
- She said she likes it. - With the mask?
To be honest, I wish I went to school with a mask
'cause I could just go ugly and no one's gonna see [bleep].
- [laughs]
I'd rather her be in school than home...
'cause that short period of time
where they had to stay home?
It was too much for me to handle.
And I know her birthday's coming up,
so I'm trying to, like, plan, like, a birthday party.
- What's the theme? - Maybe, like, a TikTok theme?
You know, rent, like, an Airbnb
'cause I don't want nobody in our house.
- Girl...
is Devoin's, like, family coming?
Like, his mom and stuff?
- I think Charita going...
but I probably won't talk to them
'cause I don't have a relationship with them.
That's fine, Nova does, and at the end of the day,
this is for Nova 'cause it's Nova's birthday.
- Mm-hmm.
- I invited Devoin, but...
we got into this big-ass fight
and he was, like, "Why do you wanna talk about finances?"
- Oh, my God.
- "You have more money than me."
I'm just, like, "Devoin, I don't have money like that.
"I need help with Nova.
Like, that's your responsibility."
And he's like, "Well, you got your body done."
- Does he know--
- Well, I was like, "[bleep] you."
- First of all--
- "[bleep] you and [bleep] you."
- Your kid gets everything she needs and wants from you.
Does he, like, know that, like, just 'cause you bought a house,
like, that's why your broke? Like, ain't nobody rich here.
- After some time, he reached out to me.
He said he was sorry and that he was out of line,
but I don't take it serious.
I think he's only saying sorry
'cause he wants to come to the party.
But I'm sure he's gonna be there for Nova.
- Like, do you think he, like...
at least for right now, not forever, like,
just drop the [bleep] argument
because it's just really not worth it sometimes?
- I think what pisses me off more is, like,
if he said that he didn't have it,
great, you don't have it.
But when you're telling me that you don't have it
and then you're on social media
posting thousands of dollars on Gucci sneakers...
Like, he be posting photos of money,
all these designer things...
that's what frustrates me so bad.
- You feel like he's putting himself
and his priorities first and not Nova.
- And that's not what co-parenting is about at all.
♪ ♪
[raccoons chittering]
[upbeat music]
- It's been a lot having all four kids at home,
especially since Isaac and Lincoln
started virtual school this week,
but my film crew is back and it's nice to see them.
- Hey, Buddha!
And there she is.
- Hey! - Hi!
Let me move out of the way,
since we have to socially distance.
So this is baby Creed?
- This is Creed.
- How does it feel to have a fourth child?
- I still don't believe it. - [laughs]
- [lulling] Shh...
- Well, I mean, first thing's first,
how have you been?
- Tired. I've been very tired.
This is "baby difficult." - So what's been going on?
- That's what I should have named him.
He doesn't sleep.
He is just crying if he's awake,
so that--I get frustrated easily.
Much easier. He just doesn't...
He eats pretty--he eats okay, but he's tongue-tied,
so it makes it hard--it made it really hard
to latch on a nipple.
They did know on his chart when he was born
that he was tongue-tied or whatever.
He doesn't get it clipped until, like, next week.
- And that's, like, the little, like, webbing...
is that the top? - No, it's under the--
- Oh, under the tongue? - Yeah.
- So that--but then he can...
that will make it potentially easier?
- Like, this is the back and forth all day, every day.
[Creed fusses] Oh!
- So how involved has Chris been with the baby?
- He bought a box of diapers for Creed
when Creed was born and that was it.
He hasn't seen him since the week he was born.
- So he was at the birth? - Mm-hmm.
To my surprise, I will say he was very supportive.
We didn't argue. It was good.
- So let's--tell me about the labor and delivery.
- When I was pushing him out, he did--
there was a moment where I--I pushed
and I couldn't--I didn't feel another contraction,
so the midwife was like, "I need you to push."
Like, "I need you to do it." Because... whatever.
So he comes out and he's just completely not breathing.
And the look on Chris' face was like--
just... terrified. You know?
- Oh, God.
- So she goes to give him, like, breaths,
and then he finally is like... [gasps].
And so, but just, like, being at home knowing that, like,
your midwife is not a doctor. - Right.
- And I am 45 minutes from a hospital,
so it was just...
that piece of mind,
that's, like, the one thing that I would say.
You don't have that when you do a home birth.
- So what is, in terms of custody...
- Chris doesn't have custody. Any.
- Zero custody? - No, he has--
- What is the deal with Lux's custody?
- Supervised visits.
He is legally allowed to contact me
in writing about these kids.
He has never done that.
- So you basically--
are you making a decision here and now
to be like, "I don't want you in Creed's life."
- Pretty much.
"I just don't want you to [bleep] my kids up,
"and I need to pick up the pieces
of the mess that I created and keep it pushing."
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- Things are still tense with Sean
after our fight last night,
but we're trying to be civil, especially since
tomorrow is Kloie's third birthday.
- Sean? - What?
- Can you get her this banana?
- I'm folding laundry. I'll be there in a second.
- I can't hear you.
- You'll figure it out. I'll be there in a second.
- There was a talk...
- Yeah, I'm not talking about the fight we had.
- No, it's gonna cause another one.
- All right.
- I'm avoiding that [bleep]. - All right.
- All confrontation if possible,
I'm avoiding that [bleep]. - All right...
- I don't see one. - Okay.
♪ ♪
- Did you have fun at your friend's house?
- Yeah.
I mean, we didn't do [bleep] except play the game.
Come on, quit being like that, dude.
Knock it off. Stop, dude!
- Get me down!
- Kloie. Did you have fun at mamaw's?
- Uh, no! - What?
Why is your answer "no" to everything?
Is that your favorite word? "No"?
[phone ringing]
- Hello?
- Hey, what are you doing?
- I'm walking out the door.
- How was Kloie--stop. Stop.
I am--quit!
[Kloie laughs] - You're not funny, stop.
- Hi, Kloe!
- Lord, have mercy.
Say, "Hi, mamaw." - Hi, Kloie.
- Hi, mamaw.
- Say, "love you." - I love you.
- Aww, you're so sweet.
- How was she at your house?
- She's real sweet, and then she just gets bad as hell.
- Yeah, I know. She's--
I've been trying to fold laundry.
She's over here just trying to knock everything down
and she's just being a pain in the ass.
- She is hell on wheels, man.
She just won't sit down and chill, like--
[Kloie fussing] - Quit, dude!
- She does what she wants. You know what I mean?
- Are you guys coming to her birthday dinner tomorrow?
Dinner's not till 7:00. - Mm-hmm.
[Kloie screams] - Shh.
Stop being loud like that.
Kloie!
Be quiet, dude!
- Mammy bought some new Barbies.
- Quit, dude! - I got her--
- You better stop being mean.
[Kloie cries]
- Put her in time-out or something, dude.
- I'm gonna have to get off here because this kid
is driving me absolutely insane.
You're going to time-out.
[Kloie screaming]
- Kloie, you better quit screaming like that.
- You better stop now!
Time-out.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- While Addie's at dance,
I'm meeting Corey to pick up the twins.
♪ ♪
- Mine is an hour. - All right, let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
- Hey, girl.
How was the first day of e-learning?
- It was really good. I had to do three things.
- You had to do three things? - Yeah.
- And Aleeah had?
- You didn't have anything?
- But your first day is--your first real day is...
- Tomorrow. - Tomorrow.
- Does Addie's start tomorrow?
- Yeah, Addie's starts tomorrow too.
It scares me a little. - Yeah, but...
I think they're gonna be pretty chill with it.
Our communication I feel is gonna stay--you know...
- So now, I mean, which they'll have to use their voice
and let us know what's working and what's not.
- Think the end goal is to learn?
- The end goal is to survive. - [laughs]
I don't know if I'll survive. - That's the main.
All right, well, love y'all.
- All right. - Love you.
- Y'all be good. - All right.
- Where's my phone?
- What do you think about school so far?
- Good, and I know what kids in my class.
I have some best friends in there.
- Grace, are you excited for your first day of e-learning?
Little bit nervous?
- I wanna know who is in my class!
- Are you feeling anxious, sis? - Mm-hmm.
- A little bit? - Yeah.
- It's okay.
For me, I know I get--when I get anxious,
my heart races, I get a little...
are you feeling like that a little bit, sis?
You don't know what to expect?
Mommy has been feeling It's a lot of anxietyt way.
because, I mean, we were definitely, as parents,
threw a curveball.
We thought you guys would start in person
and all of that has transitioned last minute.
- You know why?
'Cause there's this thing called the Coronavirus
that's ruining everybody's school year.
- The film crew's back
and our new house is going up fast.
It should be finished in a few months.
All this change is exciting,
but there's still a lot of decisions to make.
♪ ♪
- You ready to go to the new house?
- Yep, they're coming.
- Yay!
parents: Yay!
- I think I need to start driving
'cause I get so sick when you're driving.
- In the passenger's seat?
- When you're driving.
- Oh, just my driving? - No.
When I'm in the passenger's seat...
I--this baby is whooping my ass.
- I--yeah, absolutely.
I always get so excited.
Boom!
♪ ♪
- So we gotta put a fence up.
Who's doing the fencing?
- I'm not quite sure.
- Should we discuss school for a minute?
- Mm-hmm.
- School starts in a few days.
So they can do online virtual school,
or they can go in person,
but they have to wear masks and stuff.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I just feel like they should go in person.
I mean, it obviously is scary 'cause it's different
and we don't know exactly what's gonna happen.
And I feel like both of us feel pretty confident
in sending Aubree.
Aubree wants to go.
- In April, due to COVID, we started
homeschooling Aubree... - Yes.
- Already online, and that did not go well for her.
- No.
Let's just say her grades are usually good
and they weren't the best. - Yes.
See, I think she should probably just go.
- Watson's three, but he's starting pre-K a year early.
- I don't know how I feel about his quite yet.
- It's not like he needs to start.
It's an opt--still early for him.
- Yeah!
With the world the way it is now,
and not wanting him to go already,
it makes me kind of like... let's just wait one more year?
- I know, but I feel like next year,
you would still be, like...
- Probably. - No matter what.
- But it's just...
I don't want to hold him back, but...
I also don't want him to go. - I just think he needs some
interaction and some friends. - I understand that.
- He just is with us all day. - What I think of is...
I always think back to, like, when he got his tubes put in.
I'm a hot mess.
- I've never seen you cry like that... ever.
- I'm not a crier. - I definitely would think.
- Ever since he was born,
I've all of a sudden started crying.
- I know, that's what happens. - [laughs]
- I think that traumatized you.
- It traumatized me for life.
So now I'm, like, "Kay, wait.
"If he doesn't want to go to school
and is crying for me again, I can't handle that."
- Like, I remember dropping Aubree off
at daycare the first time, and it is hard.
I gotta go bye-bye. You're gonna go play, okay?
Give me kisses.
You're gonna make friends.
Kay?
Okay, I love you!
- Say, "I'll be just fine. Don't worry about me."
- Bye. - Okay.
Bye, Chelsea.
- It's gonna be sad for me too, but I know it's better for him.
I try to think of it as... - Oh, for sure.
- What's better for him and not what's gonna make me feel bad.
- I know. That's where I feel bad.
Like, am I just being selfish?
- He loves friends and playing with other little kids.
- Trust me, yes, I know.
- And that's why I'm, like, I really think
we should send him.
And if it's horrible, if crazy [bleep]--
- Take him out, right? - Yeah, yes.
- I want you to think it's good for him.
- I'm on board. I can't--I can't just, like,
keep him away from everybody forever.
I mean... - We could.
I think Cole's definitely more nervous than me
because I feel like I maybe wanted this
a little bit more than Cole for Watson.
Cole just wants to keep him all to himself forever.
I just feel like he needs, like, some interaction
and I think it's gonna be so, so good for him.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I don't hate the good life ♪
♪ ♪
- Creed was up most of the night,
so I didn't get much sleep,
but I still had to wake up early to help
the older boys with remote learning.
- ♪ Yeah, I don't hate the good life ♪
- Just ask me if you need help.
- Ohs, kay-kay.
- Hey. - Hello.
- Are you done with that one?
Did you already submit it?
- Submit? What do you mean?
- Then why isn't your name on here?
- 'Cause I didn't do-- - Oh, you just did your work
for tomorrow, crazy!
All right, you're done for the day.
- Yay!
- Let me check it over 100 times
because I need to make sure that he doesn't go to hobbies
with work to be done from over here.
Let me see your work.
- I have to-- - I'm gonna check--no!
It's already submitted, Isaac. - Nuh-uh.
- We submitted it yesterday. Yes, we did.
- It's not submitted. - It says "resubmit,"
Which means... - Exactly.
- Which means you've already submitted it
and it's done.
Go, you're done. - Whatever.
- Are you excited to be in sixth grade?
- It's kinda scary, but yeah. - [laughs]
- How do you think virtual school is going?
- Not good. - No?
- How do you think it's going learning at home?
- Hmm... not great. I don't like it.
- [laughs]
- How many friends do you think you're gonna make?
- One.
- ♪ Brush my shoulders off ♪
♪ And leave it all behind ♪
- I'm very tired.
Creed is just difficult all around.
It's been hard 'cause he's not sleeping.
Acid reflux, colic, the whole nine.
I mean, I have three other kids
and I don't feel like they've ever slept as bad as Creed.
I think Creed wakes up maybe, like,
four or five times in the night.
More tired than I have been with my other children.
♪ ♪
Hey. - Hey, girl.
Is he sleeping? - Yeah.
- Did he go down easy?
- Yeah.
Yeah, he went down. - That's a first.
- Well, I appreciate your help
'cause I don't know how I would do it by myself...
- You're welcome. - With four [bleep] kids.
- You're welcome, I know it's hard.
- He's not a sleeper. - He doesn't sleep.
- Maybe once he gets--he starts drinking more ounces
at each feeding, he'll sleep longer.
- Well, he has that tongue-tie appointment.
The midwife, like, checked him all out
and I guess the skin aunder his tongue...h
- I remember that.
- Is attached to, like, too far to the tip.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's not a huge deal. Lux had it.
- It's really common, I'm pretty sure.
- But Lux's wasn't--didn't need to be corrected.
His is just, I think, a problem.
- Yeah. - It's, like, reflux
and feeding and all that stuff,
it kind of plays a role. - Mm-hmm.
The way he latches on to the nipple.
- And he acts hungry because he sometimes doesn't eat all his--
like, he doesn't drink enough milk at once.
Do you know what I mean? - Yeah, he does.
- 'Cause it's fussy and the reflux and the tongue.
I don't know, I think it's, like, too much.
And then all of that affects his sleeping.
Every baby's different, so we'll see.
I just hope that it, like... helps.
[upbeat music]
- Today's Nova's birthday party
and we rented a house,
but we're self-shooting 'cause the crew can't come inside
Devoin and I still need to talk about him helping more,
but I'm trying to focus on Nova today.
- ♪ We're gonna do anything we're told ♪
♪ Express yourself ♪
♪ There's only one way to go ♪
♪ We go big, we go bold ♪
- How's it going?
- Pretty good, pretty good. I can't complain.
How are you doing? - Good, good, good.
I'm glad you made it. - Yeah, absolutely.
- Do you want to talk about what happened
with Briana?
- Well, I mean...
we just got into a little argument really about nothing.
So it's kind of--it was really a pointless argument.
- She said that you reached out to her afterwards?
- Yeah, I apologized.
You know, I was kind of out of line.
- Did you talk to your family about it at all?
- No. - No?
- I didn't really bring that up.
I was trying to figure out what we're gonna do.
You know, we got all these gifts and stuff for her
and she's expecting us, so I was trying to figure that out.
Imagine this without us here, like it just wouldn't...
Nova will still have fun,
but she would always be looking at the doors
waiting for us to walk in. - Right.
- And I couldn't do that to her, so...
We'll definitely talk about what we argued about,
or whatever. - Yeah.
- Another time.
We argued in the past over it.
We never really solved the problems, you know?
So that's something that needs to change as well.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'd fight a war to feel the pain ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm sleepwalking wide awake ♪
♪ How far have I to go ♪
- Today is the first day
all three girls are remote learning,
and it's gonna be a challenge to keep them focused
on their work throughout the day.
- You gonna wake up? - No.
- It's time to get up.
♪ ♪
Addie?
It's the first day of school! It's time to wakey-wakey!
- ♪ Looked out the windows ♪
♪ And walked down the steps ♪
- Okay. - Addie?
- What? - Right here, right over here.
- "Addie, Addie, Addie, Addie!"
♪ ♪
Mommy's on her period,
and she's gonna be the meanest principal.
- Yeah!
Okay, so it's Ali's second day of e-learning.
You two are gonna be doing your schoolwork in your bedroom
and then Addie will be right here.
- And if she was downstairs, all she'd do
is play with her toys down there.
- Yeah, and we play--we play with toys in school!
- No, you don't. - Yeah.
- No, no. - Yeah.
- Not in second grade. - No second graders.
- Yes! - No.
We're not playing with toys today.
- You haven't even been to second grade.
How do you know you play with toys?
- My friends. - Are you guys ready?
I wanna get a picture of you guys
over there by the wall really quick.
- Ali needs to get over right here.
- Say, "cheese!"
- "Cheese." - Burger!
♪ ♪
"Good morning. Welcome to second grade."
This is your last first day of elementary school.
What do you think about that?
- Hmm...
I've been through it all. I know what it's like.
- Oh, okay.
- So we have three different students
with three different lesson plans?
- I do.
- Now, what's the level of discipline
when they're at home? - Nothing!
I can tell you that right now.
- Oh, hold up. I'm about to call your dad.
[phone ringing]
- Hello? - Uh, yes.
This is Leah Messer calling from...
"The School of Excellence." [laughs]
- Yeah? - And I have a student that...
I have a student that is disobeying me right now.
- Yeah.
She said that I will not discipline her.
- She won't. You won't either!
- He knows that if he throws it away,
it's a waste of money.
- I don't even know where my iPod is, dad!
- I guess I can take electronics away.
All right, I was calling to mess with you.
- All right. Have a good day, I love you!
- Love you, dad!
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- Tonight's Kloie's birthday dinner,
and even though Sean and I haven't been getting along,
I hope we can put everything aside for her sake.
- Sit down.
- Hey! - Oh, she's excited.
- Happy birthday!
- How old are--tell mamaw how old you are!
How old are you?
- Memaw! - How old are you?
You wanna see a present I bought you?
- You want a present?
- Oh, look at her.
I bought it just for her. [chuckles]
[indistinct chatter]
Yeah, give us her present behind you.
Oh! - What's that?
- She's shaking. - Look at that, yeah.
- Look, it's a "Ballerina Dreams!"
It dances!
[Kloie giggles] - [laughs]
♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪ - What, that's a Mercedes.
- You're what? - I'm scared of the car!
- ♪ To you ♪
You ain't scared!
[all singing] ♪ Happy Birthday, dear Kloie ♪
♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪
- She's probably like, "How the hell
do they all know this song?" [laughter]
- Can you believe that she's three?
- No. - Yeah.
- That's what he said, "yeah."
And I was like, "It doesn't seem possible."
- Two years she's gonna be in school.
- So have you thought about,
like, preschools or elementaries?
Are you gonna put her in, like, private school or something?
- She's three.
- Honestly, I-- - I know, but--
- I wanna wait another year before we think about that, so.
- Oh, you don't want to go to preschool at three?
- I wanna see how COVID plays out.
- She misses going to her daycare,
but he's been sitting at home,
so why would I pay to send her to daycare
if he's sitting at home?
- Yeah, but I'm about to not be.
- But I would have her go one or two days a week
and he could go out and, like, deliver food or something.
- No, I'm gonna go back to school.
- Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
That's absolutely a great idea.
- You can go to school and you can have a job
'cause you can do the school [bleep], like,
part--not even full time. - I know, but I wanna get--
I wanna figure out my high school part of it first.
- I think that the high school--
- But it's not hard to go to school and go to work.
- I know. - You can do both of them.
- I'm [bleep], okay? - I think that, uh...
- I want to be able to control something I'm doing.
- What are you talking about? I don't control your life.
- You just had a problem with how I wanted to do it.
- Oh, well, we'll talk about that later.
- You're getting--all you're doing
is getting a high school diploma.
It's not that hard. You went to high school.
- All right, Jade. Whatever you say.
- You can go!
- I wish I could. - Stop, you guys.
[bleep]! - I wish I could.
- Let's not look like a bunch of white trash on this here.
- God, miss control freak over here.
- I'm not a [bleep] control--
man, you can go to hell. [bleep] you.
- I'll save you a seat. - You're pissing me off.
- Do that [bleep] at home. Come on, now.
- Yeah, we're in fight 24/7.
Long-lasting fight. - This is a fight right here.
- Only when I say stuff you don't agree with.
- God. Okay, guys.
- I'm over this. I want to go home.
I'm [bleep].
- Today's about Kloie, though, Jade.
- No [bleep].
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- I'm glad Devoin and his family showed up for Nova,
but it's still frustrating that I don't get much support
from any of them.
[upbeat music]
- Oh, my God. It's coming.
- Yeah, it's gonna...
- Get the fire extinguisher.
- Whoo!
- I can't blow that out.
- Try, try, try!
- Blow, blow!
- Blow it out!
- Yay!
[cheering]
♪ ♪
- You know, I do like that T-shirt.
- Sorry I didn't get you one.
- Yeah, I'm a little bit offended, but that's okay.
You're the mom, not me. - Yeah.
There's so much [bleep] going on in that house,
I don't even know what's going on.
That's how much [bleep]'s going on.
So many kids running around.
- I think she's having a good time.
It's good Devoin and his family came.
- It's not like I'm gonna scream at him or say something.
- No, you can't. You don't want to do that.
Not today.
I think out of all the parties you've thrown,
the importance of this one is...
as dysfunctional as our family is, they are here,
and I think that's big for them to be a part of--
- I'm tired of they only coming around during celebrations
and holidays and happy moments.
They're not here when we're struggling.
They're not here when Nova's sick.
They're not here when it's time to parent.
They're only here to celebrate the good times,
and that's what I don't appreciate.
How many times has Nova seen Charita...
since her last birthday? - It's gonna be the first--
One whole year that she's back. - One whole year, I know.
- I'm just glad that our family's there,
his family's gonna partake,
and let's just let it jive and let the kids have a good time.
You gotta do it for Nova.
Sometimes you just gotta suck it up.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- All right, buddy.
Since you're starting school and you gotta wear a mask,
I'll show you daddy's mask and how you put it on.
Do you want me to help you with yours?
Yours has a smiley face. - Okay.
- You gotta hook it on your ear like this, remember?
- [giggles] - Like that.
- And around. - That's right.
And then, here. Sit up a little bit.
Just like that over your other ear.
Yay, Watson!
[both giggling]
♪ ♪
- Aubree starts school next week,
but today is Watson's first day of pre-K.
Are you excited? - Yeah.
- What are you gonna play with?
- I'm gonna play.
- You're gonna just play, play, play?
- Yeah, and then the friends will play.
- There's a lot of friends there!
- [gasps] - [gasps]
- How are you doing? Are you panicking?
- A little.
- Mom, I'm gonna run in!
- You're gonna run in? - Yeah.
- Oh! - And then you'll go back home.
- You want us to leave and go home?
- We gotta walk you up there.
- We'll bring you to the door, okay?
- Okay. - And then we'll leave, okay?
- Okay.
- There it is, buddy! I can see it.
- We're here. - We're here!
- [gasps]
All right, buddy.
- Everyone else is just dropping them off.
- Are you ready?
That's okay, I'm walking him. I don't care.
♪ ♪
- We dropped Watson off and he seemed really happy,
but Cole's having a hard time.
♪ ♪
Are you okay?
No?
♪ ♪
Big boy's at school!
♪ ♪
- [sniffles] Yep.
- Do you feel better or worse than you thought?
♪ ♪
- I actually thought I was going to be all right,
but I'm not. - Oh!
- I just can't speak right now, it's hard.
- He's gonna be great.
- [sniffles]
Yeah, I was doing fine until he walked in there.
Then I had a few tears.
- You did? - Yeah.
- I didn't see that. - On my way...
[sighs] walking back to the car.
- Aww...
- I'm doing--I guess I'm doing better than I thought.
I thought you were going to be, - You're doilike...er than I--
- But I'm holding it in right now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Everything is wrong, everything is right ♪
- Natalie's watching Lux so I can take Creed
to the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor
to get his tongue-tie clipped.
I really hope this helps him
so we can both get more sleep.
All right. Creed?
We're gonna take the dog...
♪ ♪
to doggy daycare.
And then we're gonna go to your appointment.
♪ ♪
Buddha, we gotta take care of your baby.
He has a procedure.
♪ ♪
I just got out of the appointment
with Creed and he's fine,
but I'm frustrated with what they told me.
[Creed crying]
♪ ♪
[phone ringing]
- Hello?
- I got up at the ass-crack of dawn, drove an hour...
get to the appointment...
and you know what they [bleep] told me?
- What?
- He's not tongue-tied.
- I'm sorry, what?
- Kristin... I can't make this [bleep] up.
This was on his birth chart.
The midwife and the pediatrician,
both of them, two different [bleep] people,
told me he is tongue-tied
and he needs to see an ENT to have it evaluated
and clipped.
- No, he's not, because the ENT
is the person who would know.
She's like, "He's not tongue-tied."
I mean, I thought because they're both telling me that...
he was tongue-tied that
it was because tongue-tie is also related to, like,
acid reflux and stuff, which is obviously, like...
maybe I thought was causing his sleeping issues too?
Like, the reflux? - Right.
- So, I guess he's just...
a difficult baby.
♪ ♪
[bright music]
[mid-tempo music]
- Ali and Aleeah are focused on their schoolwork,
but it took Addie some time to settle down.
♪ ♪
Where did you read to?
You were supposed to read two chapters.
- I've readed a lot, mom!
- You haven't. - Yes, I have!
- There's quizzes for that book somewhere online.
I'm gonna find 'em.
- The first day of e-learning went... it went well.
I think just being patient with the teachers,
being patient with the children,
being patient with ourselves
and allow it to be a learning experience
and best of luck to all of us
through this e-learning process
because there will be days that are challenging.
I just want my kids and all the kids
to get the education that they deserve.
- ♪ Where would you be without your friends? ♪
♪ They got your back until the end ♪
♪ No need to do this on your own ♪
- [whistles] Come here, good.
- I wanna catch a goose!
♪ ♪
- Listen, how has e-learning been so far?
all: Good.
- You gotta do it for the rest of the semester.
What do you think about e-learning so far?
- The only thing I don't like about it
is not seeing my friends.
- Mom, I really did want to go to in person
and see everyone. - I know.
Right now, they decided with the COVID cases
being as high as they are,
we're gonna have to start e-learning.
And, trust me, like, it was a challenge for me too.
Because I was being pulled every which direction
and communicating with your teachers virtually
and making sure you guys are getting
all your work in on time.
That gets confusing, even for us parents.
I was definitely prepared for Ali to e-learn,
but I wasn't prepared for all of you to e-learn.
That's one bump in the road that we kind of crossed.
Listen, I know it's not easy
and I know it's difficult on all of us
and we're gonna have times where...
we get a little bit anxious,
but we're all in this together
and we're gonna get through it. Okay?
[gasps]
One, two, three, girl power!
[mid-tempo music]
- I've been trying to make tonight just about Kloie,
but I'm so upset with Sean and can't hide it anymore.
♪ ♪
He can't get his [bleep] GED
and have a job at the same time?
You're telling me you can't do that?
I went to school for a year straight
and went to work every [bleep] weekend.
- Everybody ain't built like we are.
but everybody's not built like that.
- He can only handle two days a [bleep] week
of some bull[bleep]-ass GED school?
- I mean, I don't know. - And no job?
Get the [bleep] out of here, man.
- Not everyone is as smart as us.
- Don't blow smoke up his ass, though.
That's some bull [bleep].
- I'm not, I'm just saying not everyone's as smart as us.
So it may take him longer. - It's not about being smart.
It's about not being a lazy mother[bleep].
I can't sleep, I have [bleep] anxiety disorder.
I'm at work every [bleep] day of my life,
and you watched me.
He watches me sit and cry at home
'cause I'm so exhausted, I'm--
and you would think someone, if they cared about you,
they'd want to take some of that off your shoulders.
You know? I just feel like...
like, no one is supporting me.
- Bull[bleep], Jade!
- Imagine how it feels to keep getting treated like [bleep]...
- Look, it's like this. - For years by somebody.
- When I jump in-- - And can someone support me
and be like, "[bleep], yes!"
All my friends are like, "[bleep], yes! Leave his ass!"
- I know, but when I jump in,
then you guys are back together and I'm the [bleep] bad guy.
- Well, then, it's like it acts like I'm a bad guy
'cause I'm, like, "Go. I'm done, go."
I have a kid that I have to take care of.
I don't want to take care of a 30-year-old man
that treats me like dog [bleep] every day.
- And then when he-- - I'm [bleep] miserable!
He talks [bleep] to me and calls me names.
- You're the only way.
- He talks about my [bleep] weight.
- This tough [bleep] right here makes me want to go
and kick him in the [bleep] out.
- I'm done. I want him out of my house.
- ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Let your trouble go ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Let it go ♪
♪ I don't believe in luck ♪
♪ But I'm hopeful ♪
♪ What other choice do you got? ♪
♪ Find a way ♪
♪ Whether you're here or you're gone ♪
♪ I'm still hopeful ♪
♪ I hear your voice ♪
♪ And it's not far away ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Let your trouble go ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Let it go ♪
- Aubree started at her new school
and they have had two or three positive tests.
- That situation that I was in, like,
no one will get it unless you've been through it.
- I went to go check the boys' assignments this morning,
half their assignments from last week weren't done.
I'm gonna lose my [bleep].
- Would you mind stepping outside when I do this?
[door slams]
- No, I'm not!