Teen Mom’s Catelynn Lowell Reveals How Carly’s Adoptive Parents Brandon and Teresa Davis Helped the Teen Connect With Nova

22.12.2022 - 00:49 / usmagazine.com

Keeping the lines of communication open. Teen Mom OG stars Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra have long had a rocky relationship with their biological daughter Carly’s adoptive parents. However, when it comes to explaining the decision to Carly’s sister Nova, the two couples have become a team.

“When I saw her struggling, I reached out to Carly’s parents, [Brandon and Teresa Davis], and we were able to set up a FaceTime so her and Carly could talk,” Lowell, 30, exclusively tells Us Weekly about how she and Baltierra, also 30, helped 7-year-old Nova handle her feelings about missing her biological sister.

“It’s all about honesty, really, when it comes to adoption,” the Michigan native — who has candidly discussed placing Carly, now 13, for adoption ever since her 16 and Pregnant episode aired in 2010 — tells Us. “When they’re old enough, we can watch that together.”

In addition to Carly and Nova, the middle school sweethearts — who tied the knot in 2015 — share daughters Vaeda, 3, and Rya Rose, 14 months. Lowell says that the discussions about Carly’s situation “will continuously evolve as my daughters get older and I have to keep explaining it,” but emphasizes that *being honest and transparent I think is the best way to parent when it comes to our story.”

During the November 1 episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter, viewers saw Lowell and Baltierra explain to Nova firsthand why they placed Carly for adoption when they were teenagers.

“She just started sobbing,” the microblading expert told her husband of Nova’s unexpected outburst after school one day. “She’s like, ‘I really miss Carly.’ She’s like, ‘I don’t [get it] — why did you have to separate us?’”

Nova explained to her parents why she was so upset about the situation.