Three years after the ‘Teen Mom’ stars placed daughter Carly up for adoption, she graced the cover of ‘LifeLines’ magazine with her parents Brandon and Teresa! Find out what they said about having their adoption play out in the spotlight.
Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra‘s emotional and selfless decision in 2009 to place their daughter Carly up for adoption to new parents Brandon and Teresa Davis was documented on MTV’s 16 & Pregnant, and their journey as birthparents in an open adoption continued through all four seasons of Teen Mom.
Before Catelynn and Tyler were even selected to be on MTV documentary series, they had already chosen Brandon and Teresa to be their baby’s adoptive parents.
So when Teen Mom became a huge success, Brandon and Theresa — and Carly’s open adoption — were thrown into the spotlight.
“In retrospect, we are glad that they were part of the show,” Brandon told LifeLines magazine, which is created by Bethany Christian Services, a non-profit adoption agency.
He and wife Teresa, along with Carly and baby boy Graham, whom they adopted in May, were featured on the magazine’s fall 2012 cover.
“Catelynn and Tyler have told their story, and it has changed lives,” he said. “We hope and pray that it has saved lives too. We are thankful that Catelynn and Tyler were a part of the show and that we are a small part, even if it saves one life.”
“It has been very hard that our adoption has been very public,” Teresa added. “We watch what our birthparents are going through on TV. It’s something I would expect birthparents to go through while dealing with their grief and loss, but it’s still hard to see and process it.”
That’s so sweet of them to say! And we agree — Catelynn and Tyler’s story is important, and we’re glad they have been able to share it with millions of viewers!
By the way, doesn’t Carly just look adorable on the cover? She is the spitting image of Catelynn — too cute!
What do YOU think of what Brandon and Teresa said HollyMoms?
– Christina Stiehl
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- ‘Teen Mom’ Tyler Baltierra: I ‘Regret’ Putting Carly Up For Adoption
Rhea Gallagher
Posted at 10:33 PM on February 11, 2013
I think that Catelynn and Tyler would have been brillant parents but giving Carly up for adoption was selfless and a wondering thing to do but if they go on to have another baby how do they think Carly would feel that they kept one baby but gave Carly up, if they didn’t think they were ready to have a child then they should have used protection not to get pregnant in the first place. Im not taking anything away from Brandon and Teresea as they are good parents.
Thats if Brandon and Teresea are their real names and if they even kept Carly as her name and not changed it because the don’t get to know really anything about them like their second name or their address they only know what state they stay in can’t even be trusted with anything but its ok for them to have their daughter but Catelynn and Tyler can’t get information of them. Dawn their adoption councilor is pushy when Catelynn had Carly she was trying to move things along and get them to hand over the baby but they can’t get a chance to say goodbye to their daughter… I think that they were expollied by the Bethany Christian Services as I reckon that they never wanted to give up baby Carly they were pushed into meeting Brandon and Teresea and before they know it it was no late for them to back out…