FANS have ripped Joy-Anna Duggar for putting her daughter Evelyn in danger after they spotted a worrisome clip in her recent social media post.
The Counting On star has been the center of scrutiny as she parents three young children at 26.
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Joy-Anna uploaded a new vlog to her family’s YouTube channel, Follow The Forsyths, this week.
At the end of the post, the reality star filmed her kids “saying bye-bye” to the camera.
“Gunner can you say bye-bye?” she asked her nine-month-old son.
The tiny tot babbled “bye-bye” in baby talk, which left Joy-Anna stunned.
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“Oh my word,” she gushed, then moving the camera toward her face.
“Okay, I don’t know if that was coincidence but that was so cute.”
“Say bye-bye,” she told Gunner again, who repeated his former babbling.
Joy-Anna’s mouth was wide open in shock as she admitted she “didn’t know” what to think about her baby’s first words.
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“Gunner are you copying me? Say bye-bye,” she asked once more, to which the little boy imitated his mom yet again.
But in the background of the clip, fans could spot the TV personality’s three-year-old daughter Evelyn seated on the dining room table.
The little girl was positioned on top of the high surface which was covered with a tablecloth.
She had a blanket placed over her legs and there was a pillow behind her back.
FAN BACKLASH
Fans were immediately concerned that Joy-Anna was allowing her little girl to nap on the table, far above the ground which seemingly put her at risk of falling.
Many took to Reddit to slam her parenting skills and discuss the strange sleeping arrangement.
“Is Evelyn sleeping on the table? It could be that she is playing or there could be any other reason, maybe. But it looks like she has a pillow and a blanket on the table,” one asked, opening up the conversation.
“This is the game of ‘toddlers sleeping in weird places’ but Joy letting it happen intentionally and dangerously. Yikes on bikes,” a second warned.
“Yeah, when my kids were toddlers they were very good at falling asleep at strange places sometimes…but I always made sure they were safe,” a third confessed.
“Gravity training,” a fourth joked, while a fifth noted, “This. I have friends whose youngest, a girl, can literally fall asleep anywhere.
“Even with her 4 older brothers making a ton of noise. But it’s always somewhere safe. Floor, sofa, etc..” they claimed.
ON DUTY DANGER?
This wasn’t the first occasion that Joy-Anna has been accused of poor parenting choices.
Earlier this week, the TV star admitted that she let her kids do “dangerous” things.
On Wednesday, the 26-year-old shared photos and videos of her kids on her Instagram Stories as they “helped” her husband, and their dad, Austin Forsyth, 30, work.
One video showed the couple’s 3-year-old daughter Evelyn sitting in Austin’s lap as he operated a heavy-duty excavator.
In another video, Evelyn and her older brother Gideon, 5, explained how they helped their dad knock down trees and clear land.
The 19 Kids and Counting alum then included a group selfie with all her children, including her and Austin’s newest addition, Gunner.
The next photo, captioned, “letting them do dangerous things, carefully,” captured Gideon climbing a tree.
Later in Joy-Anna’s Story, Evelyn was shown collecting “treasure” from the cleared area and Gideon was recorded using a pulley he fashioned from a tie-down strap and the recently cut timber.
STRANGE LAYOUT
Last week, Duggar fans claimed that Joy-Anna’s living room had a dangerous layout.
The hazardous configuration was spotted after the reality TV star posted a photo of her husband Austin playing with Gideon.
Joy-Anna captioned the Instagram Story post, “morning shenanigans.”
The snapshot showed her husband playfully tossing Gideon in the air while seated in a recliner.
The chair was positioned in front of the living room window and the backrest of the recliner, along with a full-body mirror and an upright piano, appeared to be blocking a door.
FAN COMMENTS
A fan took a screengrab of the InstaStory post and posted it to Reddit.
One person questioned, “What is going on with the layout!?”
They continued, “The lone chair right next to the window, blocking the door? The mirror and piano also blocking the door?!
The Redditor concluded, “I’m so confused.”
Another fan commented, “It is possible the chair is actually more forward than we can tell from the angle of the picture….the piano looks a little close like MAYBE the door would barely make it all the way open but why is the mirror there??”
A third person remarked, “I’ve always found the layout of their great room weird and like it shouldn’t even have a door there. I guess they agree lol.”
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