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Shane and Hannah Burcaw, the social media stars known to millions as Squirmy and Grubs, have revealed exactly how they plan to shield their first child from “negative” comments once the baby arrives.
The interabled couple, from Minnesota, announced on 8 September that Hannah was pregnant, with the baby due in January. Shane, who has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a power wheelchair, is Hannah’s husband and she is also his full-time carer.
In their announcement video, the pair said they wanted to be “deliberate and intentional” about what they share of their child, a tone that marks a shift from the famously open way they’ve documented their own lives for years. Shane explained the thinking behind waiting until Hannah was 20 weeks pregnant before going public, saying they were “bringing another human into the world” who “can’t speak for their privacy right now”, so as parents that responsibility fell to them.
Hannah echoed that in a separate interview, saying: “We know what we’ve signed up for, and we’re excited to share our parenting journey, and how we make it work and all of that. But at the same time, our main goal is just privacy for the baby,” as reported by CafeMom.
Why it matters
The couple built their following by being unusually candid, including about their intimate life, after facing years of assumptions that Hannah had signed up for a “childless and celibate” relationship. In their January 2025 book Interabled: True Stories About Love and Disability, they rejected that idea outright, saying they had “a satisfying intimate life” and hoped to have children together, according to AOL.
Getting there wasn’t straightforward. The pair went through several rounds of unsuccessful IVF and took a years-long break after losing hope, before confirming in January that they were trying again, though it’s unclear whether IVF was used the second time around.
Shane has also been candid about the emotional side of impending fatherhood. In a Facebook post, he wrote that one of his “biggest worries” was how much he’d physically be able to interact with his children given his disability, particularly after feeling the baby kick for the first time. “I know and believe that parenting and love do not require physical ability, but I still grapple with those deep down anxieties at times,” he wrote, according to Yahoo News UK.
Speaking to PEOPLE, Shane said talking to other interabled couples who had already become parents had reassured him. “A human being, yes, needs physical care as a baby, but a lot of parenting is about the mind and emotions and learning and love,” he said. “My disability will not inhibit me from doing that with our kid in any way.”
Shane had anticipated backlash the moment they went public, saying some people would claim he “cannot and should not be a father” because of his disability, as reported by TODAY. Both he and Hannah have said they’ve learned to brush off such comments. “We’ve gotten good at knowing that people’s opinions don’t really matter,” Shane said. “They’re annoying, but they don’t matter, for the most part.”
What happens next
The couple haven’t revealed their baby’s sex yet, and Shane has launched a new blog specifically to document the pregnancy and early parenthood on their own terms, separate from their main social channels. With the due date set for January, followers can expect updates to continue, but filtered through the privacy boundaries Shane and Hannah say they’ve now put in place.
