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\u201cLooking back on my childhood and the way that my parents raised me, I can\u2019t think of anything that was negative,\u201d Erin Bates Pain<\/strong> (who joined the fam on May 2, 1991) told People<\/em><\/a>. “Everything, looking back, is really positive, and we made the best memories.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n While they didn\u2019t have a television \u201cwe substituted that for playtime with dad,\u201d she continued. \u201cOr, you know, playing games as a family or making memories. So, I don\u2019t feel like we missed out on anything and, actually, I think we were smarter because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Which meant that after she married Charles “Chad” Stephen Paine III<\/strong>\u00a0in 2013, they were eager for a big brood of their own. A blood clotting disorder let to several miscarriages before they were able to welcome Carson<\/strong>\u00a0in May 2015, Brooklyn<\/strong>\u00a0in August 2016, Everly<\/strong>\u00a0in May 2018, Holland<\/strong>\u00a0in November 2019 and Finley<\/strong>\u00a0in January 2022. And though she believed they wouldn\u2019t be able to have more children, they went on to grow their family with William<\/strong>\u00a0in October 2023 and Henry<\/strong> in August 2025. Revealing that Erin had gone into septic shock<\/a> following Henry\u2019s delivery, Chad wrote on Instagram<\/a>. “We would so appreciate your prayers for Erin as she continues to recover from some complications.\u201d<\/p>\n By October, she revealed she’d begun to walk<\/a>, writing on Instagram, “They might be a little wobbly, but they are steps I wasn\u2019t sure I\u2019d ever take again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n