First-time grandparent

JimBob1952

Senior Member
We became grandparents about two weeks ago. The little boy was 7 lbs 7 oz and he is adorable! I'm not posting pictures but he really is very cute.

Any other first time grandparents out there? We are late to the game (late 60s) but much better late than never...
 

Congratulations to you, Jim!

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Watching, and being part of, youngsters as they grow up is one of life's greater rewards. We became grandparents about 35 years ago, and great grandparents over the past 15 years. There's nothing like having little kids around to help reduce all the worries.
 
Congratulations. I have two young grandsons and it is so much fun spending time with them.
Sharing experiences and just chatting.
I hope you live nearby so you can be a big part of his life.
Nothing better to see them get so excited when we pull in the driveway. When we get out of the car I can here them thumping down the stairs and hollering, "Oma and Opa are here!"
 
Congrats JimBob. Radish said it: having grandkids is great it's the icing on the cake. I have four but miss the close contact now during Covid.
 
I'm happy for you. I don't have kids, so it's kind of difficult for me to have grand kids. Well, not being a parent, and thus a grandparent, I never really got the grandparent thing. I've seen the 800 million baby pics, and to be honest, all the kids look alike. I just know there is great joy in being a grandparent. So, can you explain it to a non grandparent?
 
JimBob,

I'm right there with you. My only child (son) had his first child ( a daughter) two years ago, I'm now 70. They live 13 hours from our house by car and not much less than that by plane, that coupled with the Covid threat, we don't get to see our grandaughter as much as we would like. My son being very tech savvy created an icon on his wife's phone, so that whenever my granddaughter wants to FaceTime papal, all she has to do is push the icon on her mothers phone and she face-times papal. I get FaceTime calls all hours of the night and day. I have been on the slide and swing at the park, the zoo, coloring and finger painting and recently.....Potty training! Now i'm not sure when we get to see her if she is going to be total mystified by me, being a real person, or not. Or if she thinks she has just being talking to an interactive phone or what exactly. But it has been fun, So look forward to it. Congrats....
 


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