Octomom Nadya Suleman becomes a grandmother for the first time
‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman has become a grandmother.
Suleman, 49, who had fourteen children, including a set of octuplets, in January 2009, marked her new chapter via social media in the late hours of Sunday, September 22.
Take to Instagram To share the happy news, the California native, who welcomed the first surviving octuplets in history, posted a photo of her granddaughter’s tiny foot peeking out from behind a pink blanket.
“Thank you my son and my sweet daughter-in-law for giving me this wonderful gift! We are so blessed to have her as a new addition to our family!” Suleman captioned the sweet post. “Baby girl, you are so loved and we can’t wait to watch you grow!! 08/30/24 🙏🏽❤️.”
Suleman’s Instagram post suggests that the child was born almost a month ago, on August 30.
Fans of Suleman, who made headlines in 2009 for giving birth to octuplets before embarking on an adult film career and starring in the pornographic film Octomom Home alonequickly shared their well wishes.
‘You’re a Grammy! Congratulations,” one person commented on the post, while another wrote: “Welcome to the club!! Congratulations.”
Before Suleman gave birth to her octuplets, named Nariyah, Isaiah, Maliyah, Jeremiah, Noah, Josiah, Jonah and Makai, Suleman was already a mother to six children: Amerah, Calyssa, Elijah, Jonah, Joshua and Aidan.
Although it is unclear which of Suleman’s children have now become parents themselves, Suleman agreed Instagram on August 21 to reveal how much her brood has grown since she originally became famous. The post celebrated the 21st birthday of her third born child, Joshua.
In the Instagram In the comments of a July 13 post from Suleman that captured the mother celebrating her birthday with all her children, Suleman also revealed that her eldest child, Elijah, was 23 years old, while her second eldest, Amerah, was 22 years old was.
The octuplets, who were conceived via in vitro fertilization, are now fifteen years old.
Suleman’s July 13 comments via Instagram also revealed that the family has remained close over the years. “We are all a close-knit family and are always there for each other, despite the eldest children having their own lives, as they should,” Suleman wrote.
In August 2019, Suleman opened up about her son Aidan’s special needs and confirmed that he is autistic.
“This is my teenage child Aidan,” Suleman captioned an Instagram video on August 20 of that year. “He’s 14 years old and there’s one going on in his head. Aidan is severely autistic and [needs] total care. He requires complete assistance in meeting all needs in the activities of daily living. Aidan is non-verbal, requires feeding, changing (he is not potty trained), bathing and one-on-one supervision as he has no safety awareness and would wander aimlessly into traffic. I, his mother, am and have always been his ONLY caregiver. This ‘job’ is my life (apart from caring for thirteen other children on my own). My children are my LIFE.”
In the video, Aidan sat outside as his mother called him her “baby” and her “angel” from behind the camera.