Time flies! 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman celebrates her octuplets' 12th birthday by sharing photos of her brood posing in animal onesies - while praising the 'kind, caring, and respectful' children
Nadya Suleman, 45, called her octuplets 'the most kind, caring, and respectful kids I have ever known' in a birthday Instagram post on Tuesday
The mom courted controversy when she welcomed octuplets via in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2009, after already having six kids
Nadya maintains that her doctor, who transferred 12 embryos into her uterus at once, misled her; he insists she asked for it but has lost his US medical license
The mom-of-14 documents family life on Instagram — including at-home learning with all her kids — but mostly shares photos of the octuplets