Colleen Ballinger #2

[inn83]

Funny thing is, seems like it went Erik’s way besides how much she wanted to control it.. She shared many times she wanted earthy nature names lol

 

[elliebee27]

To think those sweet babies are a month old already and she still looks as if she is playing mom to them. Why didn't she just put down the camera and spend all the time she can with them and leave Gwen to look after Flynn which is what I expect she was staying with her for.

Also are the rules different in the US for driving after abdominal surgery? I wasn't allowed behind the wheel of a car for 6 weeks after I had a hernia op and that was only a small 1.5 inch incision.

It is pretty much up to you. 2-4 weeks is what I've been told when I have had surgery (not C-section, but appendix removal and it was pretty gnarly). I was driving 2 weeks after. It depends on painkillers too I guess. It is all 'we recommend you don't drive for two weeks blah blah blah'.

 

[ocean_eyes89]

Is it bad I didn’t want Maisy to come home for Christmas so this idiot couldn’t get ‘everything she demanded’ and maisy would be home for Christmas?

Erm kind of a little bit bad yes lol. No matter how much you dislike Colleen Masie/Maisy deserves to be home by now, with her grandma Gwen

 

[Memmy]

Thanks. God, she's annoying. As if that's some 'big secret'. She is getting treatment for your mental health as many, many people do. Don't need to use it as click bait.

Of course, honesty, transparency and being direct is so uncool

 

[a5adams]

Looks like Colleen gave a little hint in the description of her last video (“All I Want for Christmas is You”) that Maisy is home! Hope it’s true!!! There will be SO much less crying if it’s True!!!

 

[MEA1220-2]

Her grandpas name was Wayne William Ballinger, although tbh I can’t imagine them naming him Wayne

 

[marniebeau]

Is it normal for a baby’s head to be this flat and rectangular?

 

[beevr]

Oh my god I’m actually so surprised that they came because she has uploaded a video on her main channel two days ago. Honestly surprised she didn’t reveal that she had gone into labour or anything when it actually happened. Hope the babies will be okay!!

 

[ijeanie]

Do we know why Carter for the boy?

do we know why Carter for the boy?

Colleen posted on eriks post a caterpillar emoji and and a ladybird/bug and everyone was guessing carter but now the post doesn't seem to be on the picture any more interestingly, a few others guessed others names for the girl like laney but carter had a lot of attention

 

[evieswiffer]

baby names tomorrow, last minute predictions?

 

[girl178]

Colleen posted a photo dump 15 minutes ago. Weird the photo posted as part of the dump was the photo without Jessica and Bailey?

Why is that weird?

 

[Jules of Earthly Delights]

She never mentioned anything about engagement before the first pregnancy reveal and even then she had no ring, he supposedly proposed with stone only while she was pregnant.

But even assuming this was a real engagement- the marriage never happened in my opinion because of many signs:
- she’s super open about her life but wasn’t even a mention until months later when she showed “wedding” at home without any official but supposedly her sister?! No witnesses?! No certificate?!
- she and Erik get cagey any time the “wedding” or “marriage” is mentioned, they don’t know the date of it?!
- her claims she doesn’t like weddings are hilarious because she had the biggest most pompous wedding with Joshua in 2016
- Erik mentioned few times-“ are we really married”?! And “the plan was to have a wedding at some point”?! Like both of these things are in the future
- She didn’t take his last name unlike the name Colleen Evans that she took in 2016
- He might have access to her money (but that’s easy, one can share bank account with a roommate), however he refers to “Colleen’s house” or “the house where he lives” and never “their house”

I just think she made up the marriage thing because of not wanting Flynn to be introduced as a kid born out of wedlock, which for most people won’t be a thing, but for her definitely is, because of her strict super religious upbringing.

Thank you for this! If they really aren't married, Erik has got a lot of gall to be spending her money the way he is, especially for his own expenses like his credit and wisdom teeth surgery.

 

[Memmy]

I can actually respect that. She’s honest about the feeling of shame that is often an issue for people. Maybe I’m in the minority but she is being real when she shares that stuff and I think it does help people. We can’t admonish public figures for speaking out about mental health or about the way they do it. I read a lot of comments where people also felt that weird combo of shame and hating that they needed the meds, but also knowing that they needed the meds. I think it’s good to talk about that stuff to make people feel less alone about all of the feelings that go along with it. It’s not easy to admit you need help and I think whatever mix of feelings you have is okay.

I don't see how Colleen hiding things and admitting she is ashamed like everybody else in the comments is going to remove the very stigma that makes people feel ashamed. People talking about being ashamed doesn't rewind time and make people not ashamed. All Colleen has done is contribute to the fact that shame is a compulsory part of the process because we live in a society that makes people feel that shame. She has a public platform that could help prevent people feeling shame with depression, or taking medication for depression, yet all she's done is validate people's shame by sharing her own shame and validate the stigma by not being open initially.

If she had come out and said, "I'm taking medication for my depression and actually I'm really proud of getting help for myself, I'm not ashamed, I don't want to hide it, this is normal and it makes me no less of a person" then that would've been a positive influence. There's no point her coming out and saying something relatable but still stagnantes progress which is what she has done.

 

[GiggleBee]

Both babies have very square shaped heads

In the thumbnail Wesleys looks alot squarer.

 

[Stillsneezy]

I couldn't sleep so stuck the podcast on... She didn't like a show because it wasn't what she'd decided it was going to be, but she loved it. Erik said he didn't like babies but wouldn't let him build on his thought process. Then the 3/4 of the day debacle for melting the bin.

What a mistake to make so early in the day.

 

[Nat123]

She's home

 

[Memmy]

Honestly, if I were a nurse and I saw her in NICU after all her constant bashing over them litterally doing their job caring and making her children healthy - I don’t think I could be nice or pleasant to her!

What does she say?

 

[Memmy]

Long time lurker etc etc etc

Just watched her latest vlog. Let’s ignore the thread title being about top secret footage from that Netflix live show she once did being just two mega short clips at the very end. But half way through she cuts to a moan about how she’s aware of people saying she neglects Wesley over Maisy and how that isn’t the case (I agree with her on this one and find it difficult to read the posts that say she values her children in different ways). Anyway, having seen this, she must be aware of how shocking it was found when she dismissed Erik’s ‘daddy blues’.

I’ve put up with her for the last few years, yes she can be an interesting character at times, and she is very self-centred - but she vlogs for a living and that’s just the way it needs to be for her to create content - but I am so angry at how she just laughed at and dismissed Erik in that video and like many others was surprised at how her fans also pointed this out to her. I’m waiting for her to address it - to maybe compare how she acted to how she would react if people called her depression the ‘mummy blues’ like they were once referred to and recognise how hurtful that is. I hope they’ve spoken about it since and she’s been more understanding, or that he’s getting the support he needs from elsewhere. I don’t usually let stuff like this get to me, I can normally draw the line between my life and those of vloggers, but that….. male depression is not a joke, no depression is a joke, and for someone so ‘in tune’ with things like that to do that made my blood boil!

Anyway, rant over!

I saw that bit where she gets defensive about not singing a song to both of them on camera. I don't really understand why she bothered addressing it, it must really get to her but what's important is she knows she doesn't "neglect" any of her kids. Doesn't she realise that most people would just say things like this to wind her up and get a reaction and she gave them what they wanted

 

[kendek]

Maisy is home!

 

[Elle]

Thanks. God, she's annoying. As if that's some 'big secret'. She is getting treatment for your mental health as many, many people do. Don't need to use it as click bait.

*her mental health.