Jana Duggar’s mother hasn’t given birth to a baby since Josie Duggar was born in 2009, but this doesn’t mean Jana is done changing the diapers of an infant that’s not her own. In a recent Facebook post, Michelle Duggar offered up Jana’s babysitting services to Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard.
As the Inquisitr previously reported, Jill and Derick recently became the proud parents of a baby boy named Israel David Dillard . Michelle Duggar is thrilled to be a grandmother, but the 19 Kids and Counting matriarch didn’t offer to babysit Izzy herself — she hinted that Jana Duggar will soon be the one feeding the infant and cleaning up his messes.
“This ?#?tbt shows how Jana always wanted to help Mom out!” Michelle Duggar captioned the Facebook photo below. “Can you guess who she is feeding? Hint: Look at the date on picture. As a new aunt, I bet she’ll have a chance to feed another sweet baby soon!”
Based on the 1996 date, the baby in the photo is Josiah Duggar. Jana Duggar was born in 1990, so this means that she was only six years old when she was tasked with taking care of an infant. Most 19 Kids and Counting fans thought that the photo above was cute, but one commenter wasn’t impressed with Michelle Duggar treating poor Jana like a piece of property to be rented out.
“That’s sweet, but Jana is now 25 yrs old. When will she ever have a life of her own like Jill and Jessa???”
Jana has been dubbed “Cinderella Duggar” by 19 Kids and Counting fans who are concerned with her treatment. The eldest Duggar daughter has watched two of her younger sisters, 23-year-old Jill Duggar and 22-year-old Jessa Duggar, leave home to build their own lives. However, because she’s not married, Jana is stuck at home with her parents and her other younger siblings. Her parents are strict “independent Baptists” who believe that young women shouldn’t leave the nest until they land a husband.
According to RadarOnline , 19 Kids and Counting fans really started growing concerned for Jana Duggar’s well-being after watching an episode of the show about Jill’s wedding. While the rest of the family enjoyed sipping tea together, poor Jana was delegated to dress-hemming duty.
A source told Radar that Michelle and Jim Bob started molding Jana into a “mini-parent” for her siblings from a young age. Now she cooks, cleans, and babysits her younger siblings whenever her parents want to leave the house.
“She looks so tired and worn down sometimes. You can’t help but feel bad for her, having to take on all that responsibility at a young age,” the source said.
Last month, OK! Magazine claimed that Jana finally decided that she was fed up with her life as a live-in and nanny and that she was going to leave home to attend college . However, as the Inquisitr previously reported, the Duggar family has provided photographic evidence that Jana is still at home.
Do you think it’s fair for Michelle and Jill to ask Jana Duggar to split her time babysitting her siblings and her nephew? And do you think she should become the first Duggar daughter to leave home before getting married?
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