Round 2.

The second week of teen mom was just as exciting and drama filled as the last week’s episode.

As we saw in last week episode Jenelle is fighting for her baby in a custody battle against her mom.  As much as Jenelle tries to convince the cameras that she is a good mom, it is easy for me to see that she is not. I don’t classify a “good mom” as one who parties every single weekend, smokes marijuana (as she stated to the lawyer), does not have a home, does not keep care of her kid and does not make money to support her kid. Truthfully, the only thing that Jenelle does for the baby is give it love and frankly that is not enough.  If you give the baby love, that isn’t going to pay for the bills and caring for him is not going to make the fact that she does illegal drugs okay. What a poor example of a mother, this child is going to learn from his mother and not grow up with a stable background. This is why I think that it is so appropriate that Jenelle’s mother is fighting for this baby. According to dosomething.org when a teenage mother gets pregnant it truly has bad effects on the babies. They stated that girls born to teen mothers are more likely to be teen mothers themselves and boys born to teen moms are more likely to end up in prison. That is scary to think about and I understand how that can happen, look at Jenelle. She thinks it is okay for her to party but these bad habits lead to more bad habits and the habits that she has will someday turn into her son’s habits. This is why Jenelle’s baby needs a better example than the one Jenelle is showing him. She needs to stop being self-involved and think about how to show the baby a good example, while still having fun in life. I do think that Jenelle’s mother is not helping the situation by not letting her learn how to keep care of the baby but she is still a better mother and example than Jenelle is.  By the end of the episode we see that Jenelle’s mom lets her back into the house but clearly states that if she messes up one more time that she is out for good.  If it was me I would have thought twice about letting Jenelle back into the house because she demonstrates domestic violence all the time. This is another worry of mine, if she is physically and mentally hurting her mother, how is she going to know not to do any better with her own child?

Kaitlyn was dumped by her baby’s father last week and moved on quickly as we all saw in this week’s episode. For those of you who didn’t get to catch the show Kaitlyn is now dating a co-worker of hers behind Jo’s (the ex) back. I have mixed feelings about this whole situation. I dislike the fact that Kailtyn is first of all dating, and secondly not telling anyone that she is. She shouldn’t be dating this quickly especially since she did not even wait a few months. I do believe that if Jo doesn’t want to be with her anymore and she has the same feelings towards him that they should be able to date other people but I don’t think that she had enough time to let her heart properly heal before rushing into another relationship. I also don’t think it is right how Jo provides a house for her, a ride for her and all of the necessities in life and she won’t even tell him that she is dating someone. I truthfully think she needs to move out of his house and start her own life. She can’t depend on his family if she isn’t dating him anymore. I also think that she needs to think more about the baby than herself. She can’t worry so much right now about dating, she needs to start saving money so that she can properly pay for daycare and pay for a house so that someday she can get her own house and not depend upon someone else.

Chelsea is so distracted by her baby’s daddy Adam. Here is some history about Adam if you just started watching the show. In 16 and Pregnant Chelsea was not supported at all by Adam, actually he sent her a text message saying, “Tell me when and where to sign over for that mistake”.  He is not exactly “good dad” material. I was very surprised when Chelsea told her friend that she still likes Adam and still wants to be with him. Some girls are stupid when it comes to guys. Why would you ever want someone in your life who will degrade you and say hasty things to you? He said, “I have changed”, give me a break! That lines has been used so much to get back old girlfriends, the truth of that matter is that he has not changed, he has just realized that no other girl will let them get by with treating them that way. I guess, maybe he has change (even though its doubtful) but she needs to make sure that he has changed before she makes any rash decision. Adam did seem like he missed the baby and I hope that he isn’t just putting on a show for the cameras.

Last but definitely not least is Leah. Leah had a tough week this week. My heart felt for her as I saw how much pain she was in. This week, Leah explained her worries about one of her twins. She noticed that she does not really have any feeling in that leg and she never supports herself on it. Like any good mother would, Leah took her daughter to the doctor and had it examine, when the doctor told her that she would have to have an MRI and Leah broke down. I can honestly say that Leah is the most unselfish teen mom on the show. She stated during the whole doctor visit that “it isn’t fair that her baby has to go through it” and that “I’m not scared for myself, I’m scared for her”. I am truly amazed on how she is so focused and so caring about her baby. Than Leah and Corey made one of the most grown up decisions, they decided that they are going to stop arguing. They said that if the baby has to go through that they she does not need parents that are going to be arguing all the time.  Unselfish. Unselfish is the only work I can use to describe Leah. She is putting her babies lives in front of her with no regrets. She is fully aware of what she is doing all the time and keeps in mind that everything she does, she now does for the babies. It is easy for most of the teen moms to say, or to think, that they are being unselfish but she is truly and fully unselfish!