Colleen Ballinger #2

[Cherry Cola]

Something about going on tour with babies who were born prematurely when they aren't even half a year old during a worldwide pandemic just doesn't sound right.

 

[Anonymous 19]

Hi I'm new to this thread in particular and I may seem like I'm a little behind on the times but I keep with Colleen on all her videos BUT I have to get something off my chest.

When she gave birth to the twins and was being so extra and over dramatic it would really piss me off. Mostly because I'm a fan of Mayra Garcia and Karina Garcia and at the time Mayra had just lost her child a month before Colleen gave birth to the twins, it opened up my eyes alot on how Colleen is extremely close minded to the world around her and to other people's situations, she should have been happy her twins were doing great and developing steadily. Meanwhile Mayra Garcia had to struggle through her child in the NICU with no progress being made from the time spent there, to her child passing away. Then there's Colleen crying about how she can't breast feed her kids... Girl. At least they're eating. I don't usually cuss, but Colleen is absolute fucking cunt when it comes to her complaining about breast feeding and formula. There are mothers that would give everything in the world to produce at least half of what shes producing. There are mothers that would give anything in the world to have their child still breathing. But of course in Colleens world, in the center of he universe she's a horrible mother cause she can't produce ENOUGH milk. Somebody needs to wake her up and tell her to exit YouTube or something. With her constant crying and complaining about issues she causes herself it's tiring. I'd do anything to switch her out with Jenna Marbles. At least with Jenna it was wholesome and recognized when she did something the least bit offensive.

 

[Elle]

Colleen: guys, I'm just like so woke. I totally don't believe in gender stereotypes

Also Colleen: constantly sticks a bow on her daughter's head

 

[Memmy]

No Colleen, it is not for the doctors and nurses to continue to explain to you that your daughter's problems with feeding is because she's a preemie just because you refuse to accept that fact. There's no conspiracy, the doctors and nurses aren't hiding anything from you, they haven't treated Wesley any differently to Maisie. She was born at only 32 weeks, this is normal that she's still in the hospital. It is also normal that Wesley can feed and is home. They are two different people. Accept it. Have patience. This is nobodies fault. Stop vlogging or you're going to literally break down and then you definitely won't be able to be there for any of your kids' needs. And as for Christmas there will be many more Christmasses and just because you imagined some great Christmas content doesn't mean we all get what we want. Welcome to the real world.

 

[FloraFaunaLuna]

HAHAHA in her latest video Colleen gaslights her audience for commenting that her nursery was gendered. ‘Who says the blue bed is for Wesley and pink is for Maisy? YOU guys are deciding they’ve been given those colours, not me.’

AND IT IMMEDIATELY CUTS TO A CLIP WHERE MAISY WEARS PINK AND WESLEY WEARS BLUE

she is so full of shit. What a hypocrite:

 

[Elle]

Imagine getting a nanny when you work from home doing...fuck all, your husband is home most of the time, your best friend lives with you and your mum also appears to have moved in. How much 'support' do you actually need????

 

[Stillsneezy]

The Ballingers have to be my favourite soap opera. Between all the channels there is every character you'll ever need.

You've got the laidback hipster slowly spiralling into alcoholism, the Princess who doesn't realise how lucky she is, the outcast sister who's dared to live her own life & the brother who with his childhood sweetheart has decided to repopulate the world.

 

[xoxoxo13]

So, she's complaining that the nurses have asked her to spend more time with the babies. And she's all "I have work!!! I have to leave Flynn!!!", when the nurses actually suggested Erik and her could come in shifts. Or you know, she's gonna ask her mom for childcare anyways, why not start now?
She could take a small break from YouTube and focus on her freaking preemies that are STILL in the NICU, but I guess making money is more important.
Must feel like a blow to her 'amazing motherhood skills' that the nurses brought that up since no one has ever said out loud, to her face, that oh so grand Colleen is doing something wrong.

 

[Readuwroteu]

I hate how previously she's "stressed" about getting the nursery done, but then it turns out it was being done by Drew Scott?? With a bunch of furniture provided by Wayfair?

I seriously do not understand how things always come up Colleen.

 

[xoxoxo13]

idk if she's worried about Maisy or if she's worried about missing out on the perfect Christmas vlog/ig photo

 

[xoxoxo13]

That’s because you’ve never had a baby in a “box” or with purple legs. She’s telling her story? That literally happened to her? HER baby had purple legs. She’s talking about it on HER channel that literally no one forces you to watch. My baby also had purple legs when they were hospitalised once and I told many people about that. She misspoke by saying boxes? I wouldn’t necessarily know what to call them either off the top of my head. I haven’t raved about her once. But if you aren’t a parent then you really can’t speak on how someone else feels or should act post partum. Probably shouldn’t even if you are a parent. This site is to express your opinions, I get that, but Picking apart a new mother about stuff you know nothing about is just heartless.

And she shouldn't post her newborns online, or share her entire life, or broadcast her kid's entire childhood to the world. But she does. And as long as she does, I will comment on it, like everyone else here. If you've been following Colleen since before her first marriage you'd know this isn't nitpicking, it's a pattern. And that pattern is she will do and say anything for clicks and money. Heartless is her using miscarriage as clickbait. Heartless is her triggering her followers with talks of pregnancy and traumatic birth stuff without a trigger warning. Heartless is making a bunch of tweens her therapists because she's too self absorbed to live her life without an audience.

 

[FloraFaunaLuna]

Oh my god she’s announced next year she’s going on tour with Flynn’s AND the babes. THEY ARE STILL IN THE NICU AND SHE IS OPENLY PLANNING ON MONETISING THEM. That’s disgusting

 

[Discolights]

I’m actually appalled at her slating the nurses like that. They are the people who have kept her babies alive, cared and nurtured them, and she’s dragging them on YouTube. She doesn’t have to work right now either. She must be is well off money wise and can take some time off. She’s just so worried about becoming irrelevant that she’s still uploading.

 

[Readuwroteu]

Late to the party but I am a parent to a toddler, and I think it's pretty fair of people without children to judge Colleens behavior with the twins. (I also don't see a problem with people saying 'the twins' instead of their names, because that's what happens with twins when you're referring to both of them. My nieces are twins and I've referred to them as "the girls" their entire lives, and they're teenagers now)

I personally feel like if a person without children, who hasn't felt that sort of love/bond, can look at Colleens vlogs and go "wow it seems like she's not bonding with her twins/ isn't spending the amount of time with them that I would" is really telling about the impression Colleen is putting out there.

As a parent, I'm appalled by her behavior, so I don't feel like it's out of line for child-free people to have a similar opinion and voice it

 

[Seven of Nine]

A lot of the comments on the video are from nicu nurses are saying when babies are being prepped to go home they like the parents to come in for 24hr prep time to learn and be comfortable doing everything a premie baby needs and to get them feeding, changing nappies, doing a feeding tube if needed. And that it’s not judgemental.

She just always seems to find a way to twist everything. At the end of the day, they don’t work, she doesn’t have to film a video everyday, when she does film she doesn’t even edited and post it herself, she has a nanny (or is getting one), her parents basically live with her, her “best friend” is basically her housekeeper and assistant, her husband isn’t currently working, Finn sleeps at night, he really could use socialising with other children. They could easily spend more time at the hospital and it’s insulting to those who can’t afford to spend all their time at the hospital, who don’t have help, who are stressed about childcare and medical bills. I am firmly against anyone telling someone they have it easy because others have it harder because people can cope with different things and I don’t believe in minimising someone’s struggle and I’m not saying she didn’t have a hard pregnancy and birth and having premies in the nicu isn’t hard. BUT, Colleen has 0 self awareness and she constantly is pushing this she has it the hardest narrative. She’s just out of touch and because she’s the family cash cow, and without her none of them would have a career to be honest, everyone just feeds into the narrative.

 

[Memmy]

Actually, a lot of it is judgemental and cruel. It’s really easy to be the perfect parent when you aren’t actually a parent.

It is likely that any parents in here aren't exploiting their children's privacy and childhoods for views and cash. The very fact we can comment on her life and the finer details of her parenting is because she chooses to publicise it. We wouldn't have anything to say on her parenting if she respectfully kept her children's lives private.

 

[unnecessary]

I trained as a speech pathologist, and his speech and language abilities are definitely concerning. I would be expecting a 3 year old to speak in full sentences with reasonably correct grammar, but he isn't - at least not on camera. His speech is pretty unclear, which wasn't helped by Colleen reinforcing pronunciations like 'dar-dar' for car. He also has really unusual intonation - like he's asking a question every time he speaks.

Not to dismiss your knowledge.. but I really think you are all being overly harsh about his speech. I admit I haven't watched a lot of their videos.. but he isn't even 3 yet. A child who is 2yr 11mo is far less developed than a child who is 3yr 6mo. They change so fast. I used to assess the speech of 4yr olds before they start school, and I really don't think Flynn sounds like he is 'delayed' at all.

His speech in the "Flynn tries my breastmilk" video is pretty bloody good.

 

[FloraFaunaLuna]

So Colleen made cake to celebrate the twins turning one week old and they all sing Happy Birthday to ‘Flynn and the babies’

Even a moment that was meant to be about the babies, it had to also be about Flynn. This child is so spoiled. He’s constantly showered in gifts and praise and attention - even on Erik’s birthday, Kory’s birthday, a celebration for the twins. This does not bode well

 

[ratmama]

Glad the babies are safe and doing okay. Couldn’t help but giggle that they were born on Bailey’s birthday. For a family that takes birthdays very seriously I feel like that’s not gonna go over well….. even though they’ll act like it’s all fine and dandy in vlogs. Any guesses for how many videos we will get before the name reveal? Mine is 3 haha

 

[annielilz]

She's going on a tour with them in tow as miranda sings she is not touring them, they will just naturally be with her given they will be infants and when looking at the site's hosting it is subject to changes, she still has to earn as a parent and cannot put life on hold forever, most Parents in the US don't even get time off she is having 6 months off to help them and her recover...please look at her website and read the information

Colleen isn't a regular working mother, she's literally a millionaire and in an incredibly privileged position when it comes to money and on top of that, her job means that she's also in a position where she can work from home. You can't really compare her situation to someone going back to work because they NEED to, I'm sure most parents would have way more time off/WFH if they could. Plus there's still a big difference between going back to work and leaving your babies with your mom/at daycare and dragging them across the country to multiple states when they're less than 6 months old (during a pandemic no less)