The adorable Busby quints from TLC's OutDaughtered have always spent lots of time together.
From the day they were born into this world, Olivia Marie, Ava Lane, Hazel Grace, Parker
Kate, and Riley Paige have played together, gone to school with one another, and explored
the world along with their parents, Danielle and Adam Busby, and older sister Blayke.
It appears that one of the quints has moved ahead just a bit quicker than her sisters,
both socially and emotionally, leading her parents to come up with a different way to
deal with her needs.
Danielle and Adam have tried to tailor their parenting to suit the needs of all their girls,
but with each one experiencing a different level of maturity, they are challenged every day.
After the Busbys moved into a rental home because their original abode had a mold problem,
they realized that one of their girls needed more space than the others for one specific reason.
Riley was often on a different sleep schedule than the rest of her sisters.
This led Adam and Danielle to make the tough decision to allow the little girl to have
her own room, while her sisters shared sleeping quarters.
Fans couldn't understand why Riley was allowed to have her own room when the only other daughter
to have her own personal space was the quints' older sister, Blayke.
The family addressed the issue on-camera and explained that Riley was given her own room
because she woke up earlier than her sisters.
When she shared a room with her siblings, she would disturb her sisters while they slept.
This led to a bunch of cranky little girls throughout the day.
This was why Danielle and Adam decided their daughter needed her own space in order to
entertain herself until the rest of the family woke up.
"The fact that she's sleeping in and it's her own room, like, best thing ever."
Riley continues to be the most independent of the quints.
She jumped a grade ahead while her sisters remained in preschool, though they later all
started kindergarten at a public school together, according to CheatSheet.
Her mother, Danielle, takes Riley's accomplishments in stride but says that her headstrong personality
can be a bit too much to take at times, calling her, quote, "the naughty one," according to People.
Danielle told People,
"She does have a sweet, cuddly side to her.
She wants to do good, but her personality just kind of gets in the way."
"I like kicking everybody's butt."
Riley's TLC profile describes her as, quote, "the rowdy one."
She is very friendly, quote, "the first to greet strangers," and she enjoys wandering
around and exploring.
Her adventurous personality got the little girl in a heap of trouble earlier this year.
Adam shared a photo to Instagram of doctors helping Riley after she slipped in the bathroom.
He wrote,
"Well, I'm done with doctors' offices today.
Riley just couldn't let us end the day without a little extra excitement.
This is what happens when you want to dance on the bathroom floor as your sisters are
getting in and out of the tub.
One staple for Riley!
She was a trooper though."
Now, even though Riley has her own space, that came with its own challenges.
After being separated from her sisters at night, Riley began to have difficulties sleeping.
She awoke with nightmares and ran to her sisters' rooms for comfort and to sleep with them in
their beds, according to Distractify.
This went on night after night.
"Riley, you know you gotta sleep in your room."
Then, older sister Blayke stepped in, sat her younger sister down, and asked her why
she was suddenly afraid to sleep alone.
"I'm having bad dreams because I watched bad shows that don't make me happy."
Blayke explained to Riley that she understood her fears and that the dark could be frightening
because it appears like something is there when it's not.
She suggested that Riley leave her bathroom light on so she could still see.
Blayke also advised Riley that she would regret not having her own space when she was a few
years older and wanted some privacy — something her other sisters would not have.
Riley agreed and soon began staying in her room through the night, marking another milestone
for the family.
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