*Francis interrupted Hal and Louis’ wedding even tho she didn’t care about marrying before that point. Francis becomes a hooligan because Lois never yells or says no to him until he’s a toddler

*Reese kicks the hell out of Lois and bites her kidney during delivery. Lois forces him out. Reese remains a touch slow calling Hal ‘phone’ well into toddler hood.

*trying to make Reese smart Hal does baby Einstein stuff for him making Lois hold him (while pregnant with Malcom). This is why he’s so smart. He’s born on the lawn because Reese and Francis were devil spawn

*the chaos of raising those three lead to Dewey’s genius. A cracked microwave, burnt out electricity, Malcolm accidentally poisoning everyone and Francis being brought home by the cops. Can’t even go to the hospital cuz the car keys are in the toxic house

*That’s where it leaves off but we know when Lois was pregnant pretty much same shit was going on, plus them making her run from mall cops and Jamie’s debut included Ida suing Lois and Hal, then just thinking they’d finally ditched her she comes back in. He’s born at home.

Jamie is seen to be a devil child and I think he’s with Reese on not being bright…but more like Francis where it’s not malicious necessarily. He’s just drippy, mentioning the coast guard didn’t give him off he just snuck off for the party. He also smokes and has no qualms lighting up when Hal and Lois could be back on screen any moment

By the time Kelly is born Francis, Reese and Malcolm have all moved out. Dewey is a tween and realizes Jamie is framing them both for his bad deeds. Kelly would be born around this dynamic incl Dewey’s music. Though one wonders how long Dewey stayed home, he strikes me as someone who got scholarships at like 16.