Octomom Nadya Suleman appeared on the Dr. Phil show in a two part special yesterday and Tuesday. She announced her plans to accept the free nursing care arranged by the Angels in Waiting service and talked about her new home and PR problems. Dr. Phil hyped it all to the Heavens in his typical tabloid TV style.

The nursing agency held a press conference yesterday to get some publicity and announce the logistical requirements of caring for eight newborns plus six children at one time. A spokesperson said that it would require 64 daily feedings, 6 nurses for the babies, and 11 nannies for all of Suleman’s 14 children. They say that Suleman will pay for the nannies, but that’s up to question. She’s also of course accepting donations through the Dr. Phil show and Angels in Waiting. Prior reports had the childcare costing $135,000 every month:

Representatives from Angels in Waiting detailed the care they’ll provide for Nayda Suleman’s octuplets in a Wednesday afternoon press conference.

The charity organization says the preemie tots will require 64 feedings a day, each lasting about 20 minutes. Six nurses will provide specialized care — including physical therapy — and recommends 11 nannies will watch over Suleman’s 14 kids.

Angels in Waiting staffers have coordinated with the octuplets’ medical team at the hospital to make sure everything is in place before the twins begin coming home (which could happen as early as this week; the babies will be released in sets of two), according to lawyer Gloria Allred and the charity’s founder, Linda Conforti West.

Suleman will cover the costs of the nannies and other living expenses, including formula and clothing. Angels in Waiting will pay for the nurses with private donations. If they don’t receive enough funds to cover the costs, they’ll provide care on a volunteer basis. They haven’t “crunched the numbers” on the monthly cost.

Allred, Conforti West and Annie Young, a nurse at the press conference, believe it will take about three months of constant care to get the octuplets “off to a good start.”

Donations can be submitted on Dr. Phil McGraw and Angels in Waiting’s (www.angelsinwaitingusa.org) Web sites. Retired L.A. Superior Court judge Dan Weinstein will oversee the money.

And despite Angels in Waiting at first refusing to allow TV cameras to capture the Suleman family, Allred alluded to some sort of public exposure of the octuplets for “transparency sake.” Conforti West is still adamantly against filming a reality show.

Angels in Waiting also revealed eight “principles” — or guidelines — of care, and matched each one up to a photo of an octuplet. The principles state that each child will be given shelter, education and medical services; Nadya and family won’t receive any money from the donations; and that if the family severs ties with the organization, all the money will go to other high-risk infants with whom the charity is working.

Conforti West also detailed some problems with Suleman’s new $564,000 home in La Habra, Calif. — which she called “not ideal.” The organization is currently sanitizing the heating and air conditioning system, among other baby-proofing measures.

[From US Weekly]

In a video that aired on Radar Online yesterday Suleman said that her father didn’t buy her new home for her despite the fact that he’s listed as the owner on the lease. She has also denied that her parents have lived with her for years, and claimed that her mother only moved in to help once she had to be hospitalized during her last pregnancy. Suleman’s mother will not be living with her in the new home, although you can bet she’d be begging her for help if she didn’t have a record-setting number of babies at once and all the free perks and cash that go along with that.

Yesterday TMZ had a breakdown of the cost of the outfit Suleman wore on the Dr. Phil show. She had on a $230 shirt and silver ballet flats that retail for nearly $200. She’ll need all the donations she can get if she wants to keep wearing designer clothes while an army of people watches her 14 kids for free. At least Angels in Waiting is taking pains to ensure that she’ll never get her hands on the money.

Nadya Suleman is shown at the bank yesterday and shopping at Target. Credit: WENN.com