The Wilson-Knutson Family

The Wilson-Knutson Family is the eighth episode of Season 4 of the American Supernanny show.

Episode summary
Jo visits the Wilson-Knutson family in Studio City, California and for the first time, she is working with a celebrity family: singer Wendy Wilson (37) and her husband Dan Knutson (39). They have four sons: 4-year-old Leo, 3-year-old Beau and 6-week-old twins Will & Jesse.

Growing up, Wendy had few boundaries which causes her to be a pushover with her kids while Dan grew up with rules & a strict schedule.

With the arrival of their newborn twins, the parents are exhausted & realize that their current parenting style isn't going to cut it anymore.

Leo and Beau are acting out. They fight aggressively with each other and don't take their parents seriously. Bedtimes are very chaotic for these two. Beau refuse to give up his binkies and he is still in diapers.

Also, Wendy is planning on going on tour with her sister Carnie (39). Can Jo help Wendy & Dan out before Wendy heads out on tour?

Submission Reel
Jo has arrived in Studio City, very excited, as for the first time in her life she’s helping a Celebrity Family. This celebrity turns out to be Wilson Phillip’s Member and daughter of Brian Wilson, Wendy Wilson (37) and her husband Dan (39) they have 4 kids, their oldest Leo (4), Beau (3) and Newborn twins Will and Jesse (6 Weeks old). Wendy admits going from 2-4 Kids overnight is like a whirlwind, Dan’s even in shock, Wendy even admits it’s like a Circus because of how wild the kids can get. To Jo, in musical terms the Family would be slightly off-key.

Dan explains how he grew up the opposite of how Wendy did, being brought up in a mostly strict Family. Wendy on the other hand had a mostly care-free Family. She explains that because Brian wasn’t around a lot to help her Wife, Marilyn, Wendy and her sister Carnie (39) could mostly do whatever they wanted.

The main issue comes with Beau. Despite being 3. He’s still in Diapers and hasn’t been Potty Trained again as he used to always go but just stopped for an unknown reason, as for Bedtime it’s a big struggle. Leo and Beau usually get out of Bed and make their way into their room, and with the Twins Dan admits it’s hard to even get quality sleep.

What's worse is that Wendy is planning to go on Tour with Carnie, which would end up leaving Dan to deal with all 4 kids. Which is why they need Jo.

Observation
As Jo arrived Leo and Beau begin Driving in the Garden and Wendy was desperately Trying to get them inside, but They instead ignore her. Eventually The Boys listened and went Inside, Jo actually likes the Fact Wendy admits She's a Pushover and once the Boys start Misbehaving it's just Left to Dan to deal with it. Jo also notices that Wendy and Dan have different Parenting Styles which she's fine with but points out she'll need them on The Same Page so they can make one Structure Made by them Both.

When Jo asks if there's regression Wendy says there is, as they got Beau to Potty Training going every day, but when The Newborns came He started going in his Underwear. It wasn't even long until Dan caught Beau Pooping in his Diaper. Jo believes he's doing it to get Wendy and Dan's Attention as right now it's going to Will and Jesse.

While Dan plays with the Boys outside, Wendy shows Jo around The House, saying she went from Career Woman to a Full Time Mom. Jo's Excited for Wendy, while also asking if there's anything happening around the Time which there isn't. We then see a Montage of Wendy and Dan not knowing what to do. Jo points out during it, Wendy and Dan have not been Keeping Track of Will and Jesse's Feeds during the Day.

Jo says the lack of a Routine follows through to Bed now seeing The Boys going into their Parents Bedroom. Once The Boys go to Bed Chaos ensues, before they can even Sleep Wendy and Dan are forced to look for Beau's Pacifier which he lost. After Leo began demanding more Time from Wendy. Jo then leaves for The Parents Meeting Tomorrow

Parents Meeting
At The Parents Meeting Jo talks to Wendy and Dan about Structure and The Needs of a Routine

Teaching
Jo begins her Teaching by bringing her Usual Routine which Wendy and Dan help make by putting in Key Points such as The Babies Feeds, BedTime and more.

Once they finish the Routine, Wendy's Sister Carnie and her Daughter Lola came over (Note an Unknown Boy also comes in as well). Jo has the Idea to have Dan play with The Kids Outside while Wendy and Carnie Practice for The Tour. It worked out successfully, Dan actually thought he was expecting Trouble from the 3 Of Them but surprised there wasn't. Before Jo leaves for The Next Day of Teaching she brought in The Paci-Fairy (Now Named Penelope) When Jo tells Beau about it, he refuses to give his Pacifiers up. He Eventually decided to and Mailed Penelope his Pacifiers. Jo then left for The Next Day of Teaching.

The Next Day Jo returned to find out Beau successfully slept without a Pacifier and then received his Letter from Penelope which are Toy Animals.

Next Jo decided it was Time to Get Wendy and Dan on The Same Page with how they'll discipline the Boys, It managed to work out successfully and with that finally made a Structure by them Both

Finally Jo decides it was Time to bring in The Stay in Bed Technique, Initially Wendy was a bit sad when she heard Beau say that he wanted her, He then came out but Wendy was able to put him back in Bed, But then Leo and Beau began to have a Breakdown but Wendy kept on following through and successfully got them to stay in Bed. With that Jo left the House for a Few Days

DVD Meeting
Jo arrives back to see how Wendy and Dan did

Clip 1: Wendy finishes reading Leo and Beau a Story with a Calm Voice but then switched to her Authority Tone Voice when Beau got up because he wanted to read another Story. Jo praised Wendy for this

Clip 2: Wendy has Leo and Beau play a Game with unknown rules, Beau then tries to Talk to Wendy but before he can finish it out of nowhere Leo slapped Beau, Wendy did the correct thing and sat Leo on His Naughty Chair.

Clip 3: Wendy talks about trying to get Will and Jesse's Feeds on Schedule but says their making their own Schedule. In the End She and Dan make a Good Feeding Time for them. Turns out Dan does want to get on Schedule but doesn't know how. Jo says that when she did the Schedule it's a 3-Hourly Feed and thanks to that they can Sleep Longer.

Clip 4: Dan finds out that Beau went Poo-Poo in his Diaper and went to go change it. What's surprising is that during this Beau actually asks why he's wearing a Diaper. Dan responds with the fact he wont go to the Potty

Reinforcement
So Far Wendy and Dan have been successful with everything, and thanks to that they’ve become more Confident so Jo decided to take the Family out to eat. Though there was One Problem, Dan was nervous because he didn't want to Disrupt People's Eating and embarrass themselves, So in order to stop this Jo implements the Dining out Technique, Dan does what every Parent does with The Technique Tell Leo and Beau what he doesn't want them to do, however a While Later Leo accidentally Drops his Plate on The Floor, Disrupting The Guests Behind them. Jo simply tells them to ignore it since at The End of The Day its What happens. In The end it works.

Before Jo goes it's finally Time to get Beau in with his Potty Habits so what she’ll do is Leave Wendy and Dan with Tips, but before she can finish, Beau all of a sudden, just got up and went to the potty. Now confident that Wendy will be ok on tour with Carnie, Jo leaves the family.

Family members

 * Wendy Wilson, 37
 * Dan Knutson, 39
 * Leo, 4 (born September 14, 2003)
 * Beau, 3 (born in September 23, 2004)
 * Will and Jesse, 6 weeks (born August 17, 2007)
 * Carnie Wilson, 39
 * Chyna Phillips, 39
 * Brian Wilson
 * Marilyn Wilson

Events Pre-Episode
Dan was mentioned in an article by People magazine. Link to the Page.

Trivia

 * When Carnie and Lola came over, The Camera Pans in on a Mysterious Boy who appeared out of Nowhere (Leo and Beau come out with Him), Jo never met the Boy on Camera, So it is unknown who he is. It's Also Unknown if he is a Member of The Family.
 * This is the 1st Time Jo helps a Celebrity Family, the 2nd was The James Family with Famous NBA Player, Mike James.
 * There have been Rumors in the Supernanny Community that there were Interviews of Leo and Beau. It's Possible this could be true as Kids being interviewed in Episodes Is relatively Common in The Show dating back to The Very 1st Episode of The Series.
 * It is unknown why Leo slapped Beau, It was possibly by Accident or out of Jealousy.
 * This Episode is often Considered one of Supernanny’s Best Episodes due to Starring an Icon from The Music Industry and how Wendy and Dan learnt pretty Quickly with Jo’s Techniques.
 * This Episode is technically the First Time Jo helps a Family with Newborn/Newborns as Children Are considered Newborns for 2 Months. Although this could be argued since Season 7’s The Peterfreund Family is stated to be The First.
 * Chyna Phillips was The Only Member of Wilson Phillips who did not Appear in The Episode.

Pop Culture

 * The Opening Shows an Extended Shot of Carnie and Wendy Practicing for the Tour, It features Hungry Hungry Hippo's Which can be seen on the Table. It was also seen being played by the Kids and Mentioned by Dan when he was Outside with Them.


 * Dan was Singing “I’ve been working on The Railroad” An Old American Folk Song in The Family Update.
 * This episode could be considered pop-culture entirely, due to it heavily focusing on Wendy's career in Wilson Phillips

Behind the scenes
This episode was filmed in September-October 2007.