Sextuplets’ dad already spending $7,000 a month

[Arcmanov]

lol.@ ppl who sit on their asses waiting for an HDC house

You DO understand that when you're 'awarded' a HDC house, you still have to pay a mortgage on it, right?

...and I'm talking usual cases, not special ones.



Your statement implies otherwise.

[pioneer]

lol.@ ppl who sit on their asses waiting for an HDC house

Tru..dunno how ppl could put themselves on the gimme gimme list nah...

make six chiren

bong to get on list


ok make that five

[noshownogo]

By Susan Mohammed susan.mohammed@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Apr 9, 2013 at 8:47 PM ECT
Story Updated: Apr 10, 2013 at 7:00 AM ECT

THREE of the sextuplets have been discharged from hospital and already their father says he faces over $7,000 a month in expenses.
Kieron Cummings said he spends at least $3,000 in disposable diapers and the rest in baby formula a month. The eldest, a boy named Kaelon, died after 19 days and was cremated last Saturday at Belgrove’s Funeral Home at Tacarigua. He said the family was keeping a brave face in the interest of the five babies.
“We are still grieving. Kaelon will not be forgotten”, said the father. “We are keeping the ashes. But we have more to be strong for right now. We cannot be sulking and crying. We are keeping the ashes because his brothers and sisters will want to know about him.”
The three babies at home—sisters Kaylee and Syrai—and their brother, Shaelon, are at Lee Foon’s parents’ home at Edinburgh 500 in Chaguanas. The babies weigh over three pounds each, their father said.
Still in hospital are Paeton (a boy) and Persia (a girl) but Cummings said they are expected to be discharged from hospital soon.
Two large custom-made cribs, which divide into three compartments, were donated to the babies by friends of the maternal grandmother.
Cummings said he already had two car seats, but they were not yet in use since the babies were too small to fit in them.
The babies’ grandfather, Peter Lee Foon, said that he would assist on those days.
Cummings and Lee Foon, of Chaguanas, have applied for housing from the Government and have been waiting on a response for two years. Since the babies’ birth, Cummings said he has already spoken to Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, and the minister said the case was being looked into.
“We have to be interviewed by his staff, but we are waiting patiently,” said Cummings
“And we have two more (babies) to come home. A house will be nice. We have to put our house in place,” he said.
Of Lee Foon, he said, “She is coping. We are very proud of her. She has held out very well throughout it all.”
Cummings said the babies were breast and bottle-fed, and were also given vitamins as prescribed by doctors. He said they will continue to seek ante-natal care at the Mt Hope Maternity Hospital.
Cummings said he and Lee Foon had planned to be married before the birth of the babies, but the plans were postponed since she was on bed-rest since November.
“Everything depends now on how the children progress,” he said.

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[Rooki3]

so y he puttin he biz out dey?

it good for dey MC wear ah rubbahs nxt time

[neoise]

I call shenanigans. approx $200 for a box of 195 size one pampers in Pricesmart. Each baby using almost 600 pampers a month? My children used on average a box a month at that age.

[toyota2nr]

He looking for free thing. Looking for 'assistance'.

[KURMAman]

rattans does sell 10 diaper for $10..

[MG Man]

buy polish cloth on the roll and make diapers............then again me might say he cya afford safety pins

[tr1ad]

when will the government buy him a minivan?

[Rooki3]

if someone is showing difficulty in caring for their kids, shouldnt social services step in & find suitable homes for the kids

[moti]

7K a month is a bit high.
hospital care for the other two are free.

the other three are at home so lets do some simple addition:
3-4 box of size 1 pampers = $800 (200 per box)
5 tins of Klim stage 1 = $500 (100 per tin)
5 tins of Nestum cereal = $200 (40 per tin)
2 box of Wipes = $200 (100 per box)
Pennywise bill = $600 at the most (oil, creams, soaps, petro jelly, powder etc)
total: $2300

Medical bills: I would like to think they going clinic/hospital as going private with all those kids will be costly. (maybe here is where the rest of the money going? )

[X2]

Bess get a 2nd job quick...

[~Vēġó~]

buh where he wukkin'?

[Rooki3]

baby jordans eh cheap

[hustla_ambition101]

How much formula a newborn consuming so, and they just home a few days ago. Should have bought condoms instead.

[nemisis]

How much formula a newborn consuming so, and they just home a few days ago. Should have bought condoms instead.

if she wanted kids it would not have stopped her

[redmanjp]

they were trying to have a child-they took fertility drugs

[pete]

Pricesmart doesn't have newborn diapers. Those are $65 for 36 and assuming each baby is going through 10 a day then that's 50/day. I didn't believe the $3k figure and when I did the math I realised it could may be possible. Changing 8-10 a day is hard enough.. I really can't imagine having to do that for 5 kids.. that is real pressure.

[Habit7]

they were trying to have a child-they took fertility drugs

Wow, how the manner in which tuners does be speaking authoritatively on subjects they dont know does astound me

[Country_Bookie]

Related article:

Yesterday marked three weeks since Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean’s first sextuplets — three boys and three girls — were born prematurely at Mt Hope Women’s Hospital. “Next week would be one month already...very exciting,” a family member told Newsday.

The babies were born to teacher Petra Cummings and banking employee Kieron Cummings.

The first born, a boy, the family member said, “is still on the ventilator and remains stable. The other babies continue to do well also.” Shortly after his birth the first born was reported as critically ill. The parents have been advised that with premature babies situations can change in an instant.

Meanwhile, in a letter to the editor, paternal grandmother P Philip-Cummings expressed “gratitude and heart felt thanks” to the doctors and all medical staff of the women’s hospital for the safe delivery and care of the mother and sextuplets. She also thanked those who offered prayers and words of comfort to the family. She disputed reports that the 28-year-old mother of the sextuplets had sought fertility treatment, but instead sought treatment for a medical condition.

“I never knew going to a doctor seeking help for polycystic ovary syndrome was the same as going to a fertility clinic!” she said.

Noting that the birth of the sextuplets brought out the positives and the negatives in many, she said that the family continues to take everything in stride, one day at a time.

She quoted Lord Tennyson as saying, “more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” With the help and prayers from family, friends and genuine well wishers, she said, “we shall make it through. I continue to thank God as I pray for the health and well-being of the babies as they develop.”

Since their birth, a number of corporate citizens and individuals have pledged their support to assist the young family including the Ministry of People and Social Development, the Ministry of Housing through the Housing Development Corporation, and staff of Republic Bank.

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,175347.html

[pioneer]

Da good for he


Sure ah rubbers was cheaper


Welcome to real life btw

[sharkmouth]

Ent he want to use fertility drugs??Don't back out now...you got fertility....plus the other mutations or whatever side effect those drugs have on those kids...who knows what will happen to them...it never work out good when man want to play god

[crazybalhead]

Pete, they do, I saw them saturday. Pampers swaddlers, probably the only thing that will fit these tiny babies.

[pioneer]

Shouldn't the ched title be changed as the total number of babies have dwindled?

[**JSJ**]

dat rough, best ah luck to him..

[hustla_ambition101]

they were trying to have a child-they took fertility drugs

if she wanted kids it would not have stopped her

Well let them mind they blasted chirren with their own money, nobody told them unprotected sex and fertility pills is a recipe for multiple births. Also the reason they gave for use of the pills was fibroid.

[Habit7]

Related article:

Yesterday marked three weeks since Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean’s first sextuplets — three boys and three girls — were born prematurely at Mt Hope Women’s Hospital. “Next week would be one month already...very exciting,” a family member told Newsday.

The babies were born to teacher Petra Cummings and banking employee Kieron Cummings.

The first born, a boy, the family member said, “is still on the ventilator and remains stable. The other babies continue to do well also.” Shortly after his birth the first born was reported as critically ill. The parents have been advised that with premature babies situations can change in an instant.

Meanwhile, in a letter to the editor, paternal grandmother P Philip-Cummings expressed “gratitude and heart felt thanks” to the doctors and all medical staff of the women’s hospital for the safe delivery and care of the mother and sextuplets. She also thanked those who offered prayers and words of comfort to the family. She disputed reports that the 28-year-old mother of the sextuplets had sought fertility treatment, but instead sought treatment for a medical condition.

“I never knew going to a doctor seeking help for polycystic ovary syndrome was the same as going to a fertility clinic!” she said.

Noting that the birth of the sextuplets brought out the positives and the negatives in many, she said that the family continues to take everything in stride, one day at a time.

She quoted Lord Tennyson as saying, “more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” With the help and prayers from family, friends and genuine well wishers, she said, “we shall make it through. I continue to thank God as I pray for the health and well-being of the babies as they develop.”

Since their birth, a number of corporate citizens and individuals have pledged their support to assist the young family including the Ministry of People and Social Development, the Ministry of Housing through the Housing Development Corporation, and staff of Republic Bank.

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,175347.html

[Gem_in_i]

They want to give them up? They want house?
I guess they can afford the mortgage and other expenses besides this $7k.

[pioneer]

Adoption isn't a bad option

They could prolly keep the two strongest/most aesthetic ones and give away the rest.

[DVSTT]

That's what they get for not being married and not having a home yet still not using protection and allegedly using fertility pills. Steups, everybody want free thing and everybody have some kind of sob story to get it. Children can be put up for adoption if the parents can't take care of them.