Angela Suleman Keeps Talking

Angela Suleman, who became a grandmother of 14 when her daughter, Nadya, gave birth to octuplets on Jan. 26, isn't holding back about the controversy surrounding the babies – or her daughter, who is already the mother of six kids, ages 2 to 7.

"Her dad and I have told her she has six beautiful children. Why do you want more?" Suleman tells PEOPLE in its new issue, on newsstands Friday. "She is a good person but a little misguided."

Suleman suspects that Nadya, a divorced single mom who conceived all of her kids via in vitro fertilization, took such a drastic step to compensate for being an only child. "She was always upset about not having brothers and sisters," says Suleman, who previously questioned Nadya's decision making.

Suleman also revealed that her daughter, 33, has a degree in childcare from Fullerton College, a two-year community college in southern California. According to Suleman, Nadya has continued with her education. "She almost has her master's, but I don't know if she's ever going to finish with eight more [children]."


Saying she is "frustrated" by her daughter's choices, Suleman even disputes a report that she said the children are beautiful. "Newborns are never beautiful," she says. "They are so tiny I didn't want to touch them. They seemed so fragile."

Those close to the family are concerned about Nadya Suleman's well-being. "Shelooks 10 years older than she did a few years ago," says neighbor Thelma Steinweg. "She has had it rough."

Yolanda Novak, who says she served as a home health care worker caring for Nadya's autistic son three years ago, tells PEOPLE, "at that time she said, 'I plan to have 12 kids.' I said, 'By gosh, I can barely handle my twins,' and she said, 'I just like kids.'"

For her part, Angela Suleman – who lives with her daughter in Whittier, Calif., – is trying to decide her next step. "Nadya really is a good mother," she tells PEOPLE. "I love these kids ... I've been taking care of them since the first one was born, but I need a rest. I need a rest."

The free crap isn't rolling in for Nadya like it normally would. The economy is heading further south everyday, and companies don't want to be associated with someone who is angering the public. Mega multiples aren't getting free diapers, formulas, and other crap out of the goodness of corporate hearts (they don't have any), but to get their brand in the press.

And you have to feel sorry for Angela Suleman, but she kind of enabled this. Nadya's baby making factory wouldn't function without her mother there to back her up. And it sad that she blames herself because her daughter didn't have siblings, probably a decision that was made so that they could focus resources on Nadya. No her daughter probably had so many babies because she liked being the pregnant center of attention. If any company wants to give the family anything, it should be a paid vacation for Angela. I bet she would even be happy to visit her husband in Iraq.

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