"Go away"

https://youtu.be/NK3uEsHVgBA?si=Rcv_KT1xK3L3stnU

The girls are once again dressed in matching Christmas outfits and have joined their mom in the kitchen for a live video.

Shanann looks different. Her eyes are glassy and her voice is off. The girls are standing on their stool at the countertop. Both of them are smiling. Cece's nose is extremely red and irritated looking.

As soon as Shanann points the camera away from them they begin to fight and scream. They are told to "hode on." But the fighting and screaming gets more intense. Shanann scolds Bella and threatens to put her to bed. She turns the camera back on the kids and both of them have very sad faces.

I believe that the camera has already begun to negatively affect the girls. Shanann comes back onto the screen and Bella can be heard telling Cece to "go away" under her breath. Shanann is exasperated but tells the girls to "say hi." Bella gives Cece an elbow in the back instead and reaches for something we cannot see. Cece continues to whine.

Shanann decides to hurry and draw a name from a little bucket. This is what Bella was reaching for. Cece is still whining and crying so Shanann lifts her out of the stool to hold her.

Despite Cece being loud and upset, Shanann gives Bella a long look as she sits back down holding Cece. She then scolds Bella once again.

Bella wants the small bucket and Shanann promises her she will get to hold it soon. "Me want it," Bella says.

Cece is calm and happy now that she is being held but Bella is not. She begins to whine about wanting the bucket. Shanann apologizes for her frizzy hair … ? And Bella continues to fuss and whine. She even reaches in front of the camera view attempting to get the bucket that's just out of her reach. Shanann explains that the girls have been taking lots of steam showers because they are sick.

Cece arches her back and yells as Bella continues to complain about wanting to hold her mom's bucket. Shanann picks it up and starts to shake it. And shake it. And shake it. Prompting Cece to begin to reach for it and make a fuss.

Shanann continues to shake the bucket as the girls reach and whine for it. She smiles and acknowledges that it is making both kids upset. She continued to shake it. "It's like I'm shaking candy here you guys." Shake, shake, shake. " You'd think I was giving candy out. " Shake, shake, shake. Both kids continue to reach for it.

She promises again to let Bella "do it" as she whines continuously for it. She shows the audience the little scraps of paper in the bucket and then goes back to shaking it and shaking it. And scratching her nose. And shaking it. Right in front of the girls. She shakes it and shakes it.

She finally sets it down and tells Bella to "pick one name." But before she can get the entire sentence out, she almost drops Cece out of her arms. This is so bizarre. What happened here? The baby wasn't moving. Shanann just suddenly begins to flail and almost drops Celeste.

“Save!” Shanann calls out as if Cece had done something that resulted in almost being dropped on the floor. It looks staged. Or as if Shanann had lost her equilibrium.

Bella picks a name and Shanann shows who won a full month of Thrive. Bella takes the paper with the winning name and shows it to the camera just as her mother did a moment before.

Someone named ‘Mitch’ mentions Cece and Shanann calls her a “wild one.” Bella is able to play with the bucket now and she grabs it and continues to draw names out of it for fun. Shanann continues to sell the product to the audience. Cece waves to the viewers and the video ends.

The girls seem to be competing for their mother’s attention more and more as the days go by. Shanann’s parents are still living in the basement and I am positive they are attentive grandparents but nothing substitutes a mother’s attention