TLC's OutDaughtered has followed the lives of the Busby family since 2016, but that doesn't
mean the cameras show you everything that goes on with the now-famous reality TV family.
From handling relentless parent-shaming, to their plans beyond the show, here's what you
haven't seen on OutDaughtered.
With six kids, it's a wonder how parents Adam and Danielle Busby ever find the time to squeeze
in a date.
But they do.
In fact, date nights are very important for the busy parents, according to their visit
with Us Weekly.
"Does date night count as a thing?"
"Yeah."
"...in life, do we have date nights?"
"It's always, don't ever give up on your date night."
But the fact that the Busbys prioritize their marriage has caused quite a ruckus among fans.
Danielle even wrote on the family blog, It's a Buzz World:
"Adam and I get a lot of criticism for having 'too many date nights.'
We whole-heartedly feel like by taking care of our marriage first, we are doing what is
best for our kids."
"We don't have time, we just make time.
So that's the advice, is just find that day and make the time."
Even if devoted fans watched every single episode of OutDaughtered, they might not know
that the Busby family takes their faith very seriously.
"Wanna go to church?"
When the quints were first born, it seemed to be a miracle that they all survived, and
that's something Danielle has directly attributed to her beliefs.
She told a local Houston news outlet,
"We are so thankful and blessed…and I honestly give all the credit to my God.
I am so thankful for this wonderful hospital and team of people here, they truly all are
amazing."
Additionally, Danielle frequently posts Bible verses to Instagram and writes about her faith
on her blog.
She once offered some advice to fans, adding,
"I want to encourage you…if you are struggling, having a rough time, or your circumstances
seem impossible…Ask God for eyes to see His mighty hand at work in the details of
your life."
Since the Busbys are raising six girls, it's no secret that they're a little busy.
And Danielle opened up about just how stressed she always is, blogging,
"As exhausted as I am every day, my mind is constantly thinking of the things I have to
do tomorrow [and] what I didn't finish today…that will now add onto the top of my tomorrow list."
"Spin the wheel.
What's your lucky chore today?"
But even though they're usually on-the-go, the Busbys still find time to rest.
Danielle explained that she and her husband work to find time for themselves, writing,
"Sometimes dealing with hurry is as simple as deciding to slow down.
Sometimes it means editing our schedules and removing half [if not more] of our responsibilities."
Danielle also took to Instagram to reveal that she had to learn how to make time for
what was important to her, posting,
"We all need time in our days [and] schedule to…SLOW DOWN!"
Considering Adam and Danielle have spent literal years of their lives in front of a camera,
it's not exactly shocking that they've gotten comfortable being filmed.
Fans of OutDaughtered are pretty used to seeing so much of the Busbys' lives on the show,
including their highs, lows, and everything in between.
But fans might be surprised to know that both Adam and Danielle, and all their kids, actually
have a great relationship with their production crew.
In an interview with Good Morning America, Adam explained,
"The camera crew almost became like family members.
Blayke was calling our producer Uncle Brad."
After all the hours that the TLC crew and the Busbys clock in filming the show, it's
a good thing they get along like family.
While there are quite a few reality TV shows out there that center on families, the Busbys
are unlike any other.
The fact that they have six daughters, five of whom make up the first set of all-female
quints in the U.S., truly sets them apart.
And it turns out, the OutDaughtered stars like it that way.
"A lot of it is just honestly, our life motto.
Figure it out."
In an interview with Romper, Adam and Danielle expressed their annoyance at being lumped
together with other reality show families, like 19 Kids and Counting's Duggar family.
Adam admitted,
"We get compared a lot to…I'm not going to name names…Honestly, that drives me up
the wall.
We are not them, and we have something together that is completely different than them."
It's hard to imagine having so much of your personal life filmed for the world to see,
but the Busbys are actually pretty grateful for it.
While their series might not detail just how happy they are to be on TV, Danielle told
Style Blueprint about the positive aspect of having a camera crew follow you around
all the time.
And she especially appreciates its capacity to capture her family's memories.
"Hello!
Anybody in there?"
She shared with the outlet,
"I probably get emotional and cry every time I watch an episode because it shows me how
much [the girls] have changed so quickly, and we're getting the best footage of our
life captured.
It's better than just me doing the iPhone."
Fans of OutDaughtered might not be aware of the downsides to the family doing the show.
Naturally, the camera doesn't really portray how Adam and Danielle struggle with life as
public figures, and it's not always easy.
On her blog, Danielle revealed,
"There are so many people who think the life of a reality show is just ridiculous and full
of exploiting your family."
"We're a little bit gluttons for punishment maybe?"
In an interview with Style Blueprint, the mom of six explained that she has also had
concerns for her safety at times, revealing,
"The biggest challenge is on two sides, on the personal side, the logistics of doing
anything.
The other is this life of people watching you.
It is the security and the safety of our lives and the girls.
It's still a scary world."
For most people, having your own hit reality series sounds like a career high.
But for the Busbys, that's really just the start.
Though the family enjoys being on TV and sharing their story with the world, they want more
for themselves and their daughters.
In an interview with Romper, Adam and Danielle explained that they want to expand their empire,
and not just with a clothing line or two.
"Just makes me feel a sense of, like, wholeness that I actually have other skills besides
changing diapers all day."
Danielle revealed to the outlet,
"Adam and I have a lot of visions and a lot of hopes and dreams and a lot of good that
we can share and create and do for others.
Maybe a nonprofit of some sort to help moms that are struggling with infertility, that
go through the NICU life.
That's just where my heart is with walking through such a hard time in my life."
"We are very indebted to this hospital and everybody here."
Adam added that they were also considering writing a book in the future.
OutDaughtered fans have likely watched the series for years, following along from when
the quints were first born, to their time in the NICU, to Adam and Danielle adjusting
to having five newborn babies at home.
It's definitely been a journey, to say the least.
"Everybody's always asking Danielle how do you do it, and after today, I don't even know."
But one pretty important thing that the cameras never showed viewers, was the fact that Danielle
actually breastfed all of the quints.
In fact, Danielle was so worn out from breastfeeding five babies that she realized she needed time
to herself.
Having gotten into running as a stress reliever, she told Romper,
"With the quints, I was a cow.
That's all I did for six months was pump, pump, feed, feed, feed, feed…It was my sense
of stress.
I wanted to go running at 9:00 at night, even after I had just [gotten] done feeding quintuplets."
It's no secret that being a mom is the hardest job in the world, but breastfeeding five babies
steps it up to a whole new level.
As loyal viewers of OutDaughtered know, life with six kids is definitely hectic for the
Busbys.
Even with older sister Blayke helping out, raising five babies at the same time is no
easy task.
However, in the early days at home with the quints, Danielle found herself getting a little
burned out on doing the same thing every day.
She even admitted that it was all reminiscent of the movie Groundhog Day, telling Style
Blueprint,
"You do bottles, milk, breakfast, get them dressed, play, they nap and that's when I
shower or do some laundry, constantly the dishwasher, constantly cooking or making food,
constantly cleaning up, and they usually go to bed about 7 p.m., and then you start the
dishwasher for the night and start over again in the morning."
"I mean, that was just…ugh."
Oof!
OutDaughtered might make it look like every day is an adventure for the mom of six, but
some days, she's definitely feeling the grind.
If you've ever seen an episode of the show, you know that Adam and Danielle are extremely
close to Danielle's family, who live in the Houston area as well.
But they aren't the only people that the Busbys like to hang out with.
In fact, they've gotten close with Jeremy and Audrey Roloff, from the TLC show, Little
People, Big World.
In an Instagram post from October 2019, Audrey shared,
"Beyond grateful for some time with these people while here in LA.
This photo contains some of the bravest and strongest people I know who are beautiful
examples of fearlessly trusting God no matter what life throws their way."
"It's like non-stop til the babies go down."
"Yes."
"I feel like we never hang out anymore."
Danielle has also used her Instagram to praise the Roloff's book, A Love Letter Life.
Unfortunately, one of the downsides to having your own reality show is that it means letting
opinionated people into your day-to-day life.
And the Busbys have had to deal with a lot of trolls who openly shame their parenting
techniques.
While the negative comments are not something shown on the show, Adam and Danielle opened
up to People magazine about the pressure they feel from absolute strangers.
Adam told the outlet,
"People are looking at our photos and looking at our posts under a microscope just to find
out what they can criticize about it."
Additionally, Danielle blogged about plenty of times in which a quote "enemy" was "filling
me with guilt and telling me that I'm a failure as a mom."
The Busbys definitely do the best they can when it comes to raising six daughters, but
haters are always gonna hate.
It can easily seem like cameras follow the Busby family around for the majority of their
lives, but the truth is that there are plenty of days, weeks, and even months when the family
isn't filming the show.
But even when the Busbys aren't shooting OutDaughtered, they are still making content, and plenty
of it.
In fact, Adam explained that his photography and videography skills had been fine-tuned
over the years, telling Romper,
"It was a hobby before, and then it became an obsession."
"On your mark, get set, go!
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run!"
With Adam's own camera and editing skills, fans of the Busby family can always get their
fill of Busby content.
The father of six typically uploads two vlogs a week when the family isn't filming OutDaughtered.
And between their respective Instagram pages, the It's a Buzz World blog, and their YouTube
channel, the Busbys are always sharing something.
"Who's ready to watch Lulu be bad?
Ava is?"
As the quints have gotten older, fans of the show have watched them start walking, learn
to talk, go off to school, and go on plenty of fun adventures.
But one thing that the quints have started to really enjoy is watching themselves on
TV.
Honestly, they're so cute, who could blame them?
Adam says that some mornings the quints like to watch episodes of the show, telling Romper,
"They love to laugh at the show, and then they point out family members and laugh at
each other and stuff like that.
It's really cute to watch."
TLC even released a special clip of the Busbys watching OutDaughtered together, with all
six girls giggling at themselves.
Could they be any cuter?
"This is the greatest show!"
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