Reassure me...

[reyd reid reed]

Tell me how wonderful grandkids are and how you wanna just....what? Spoil 'em?

My youngest is 10. My oldest is going to be 23 on Thursday.

Apparently his SO is expecting their little bundle of burps in the spring.

I'm still in 'mommy-mode'...I'm not ready for this....


:scared:

[Left Is Write]

1. From what I've heard, grandparenthood is great.

Congratulations on the impending bundle! :hug:

It's weird you should mention this right now, though. My 19-year-old daughter's 20-year-old friend is expecting a baby in June. She's the same age I was when I was pregnant with my now 19-year-old, and she's due the same day I was. Just this afternoon I was wondering how I'd react if my daughter told me SHE had a bun in the oven.

My younger two are almost 7 and almost 5. I am so very still in mommy-mode!

Okay, rereading this is just hit me that I was pregnant 20 years ago right now. 20-freaking-years.

[reyd reid reed]

3. I was 23 when I had #1 son....

and that's how old he's going to be.

Still...Danny just turned 10 and Buzzardbutt's 12 and Girly-poo's 14. Bonehead isn't 18 yet.

I mean...

And you'll get a kick out of this. He was talking, "Diapers and stuff aren't that expensive. And you get like 18 in a package so that'll last a week..."

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. I didn't even know you then!

And even if I did, I didn't know how to rhumba or samba or mambo or tango or nothin'!

[SPKrazy]

2. Well You Get To Give Them Back When You've Had Fun

with them and not have to put up with the bad part.

At least that's the theory.

Congratulations!

You'll be a good (insert whatever you wish to be called by those children of your children right here)

What does Grandpa think of this?

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

10. Well, in *theory* it sounds good...

I suppose it was inevitable.

Still....

And...beats the hell outta me.

:shrug:

[SPKrazy]

50. Beats The Hell Outta Me?

no discussions about that?

Am I missing something here?

Must be.

:pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear reyd reid reed..........

Getting a grandchild before you are ready is probably as hard as getting one you'd thought would never arrive!

We have only one, and he's four now...

You'll be fine! See, you just found out, and it's still a shock...

By the time the little bundle gets here, you'll have had some time to absorb the news......

They are miracles, indeed.........

I remember thinking....My baby is having a baby! :crazy:

[reyd reid reed]

11. Yeah...but...see....

it was just a week or so ago that I took him to kindergarten for the first time. That's when we found Patches, sitting in the street and rescued her.

We still have Patches.

His teacher's name was Mrs. Weathers.

I've still got the spider monkey that he carried with him everywhere...

*sniff*

[TOhioLiberal]

6. Little bundle of burps?

:rofl: Congrats RRR! Don't worry you'll get used to being grandma. :hug:

[reyd reid reed]

12. But...but....

*sigh*

I guess. Doesn't seem like I have much choice. And at least now I can start to knit 'little things' without people panicking.

I haven't knitted 'little things' in ten years now.

[crim son]

7. I bet you'll like it.

I love my nieces and nephews for the same reason you'll love your grandchild. They are related so you know they're good peeps, they look a bit like you so they are really attractive, and they don't belong to you so you can hand 'em off when you get tired of playing. A perfect world.

[reyd reid reed]

13. Heh...sounds like a plan.

I like your reasoning.

:hug:

[some guy]

8. grandkids are wonderful

they're fun to spoil, and then give back to the parents when they get cranky. :D

It's the kids that'll make you want to tear your hair out. :P

Congrrratulations Grrrandma!

:hi:

edit: the 'n' is the next key to the left...

[reyd reid reed]

14. They already do.

I mean...sheesh...they're well, you know...

:crazy:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. I'm a step-grandma

but it's too much of a mouthful. So I'm just grandma. My youngest is 8. He loves being an uncle. :-)

Sometimes being ready has nothing to do with it. My mom was pissed when I got pregnant at age 28. She made herself miserable, and didn't help me one teensy bit by clinging to her perception of "how things should be".
Just enjoy it, because that's the way it is.

[reyd reid reed]

15. Yup...I figure I'll get used to it

sooner or later. Once it starts to sink in.

I might go out and get some Preference, though. After all, I'm worth it.

:P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. My grandma used to have this stuff that made her hair look blue...

I wish I could remember the name of it. :rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

69. Heeeee....

I could always go the day-glo route. Give 'bluing' a whole new connotation...

Nahhhh....it'd clash with my eyes.

:rofl:

[deadparrot]

16. You'll be fine.

You seem like a great mom; I don't think being a grandmother will be much different. Plus, you don't have to do all the nasty stuff, like the fights and the hormones. You just get to spoil the kid rotten. :)

Hope everything goes well. :hi:

[reyd reid reed]

17. Thanks...

Gotta get the girl to the OB. She hasn't been yet.

[Gold Metal Flake]

18. Let go. Wait until you see the little one.

When you hold the new one, nothing else will matter.

:hi:

Congrats!

[reyd reid reed]

19. Yup.

I love babies...and this way I get the best of both, right? I get to smell their little heads and touch their little toes...

and still sleep through the night.

More or less.

:hi:

:hug:

[leftofthedial]

20. don't know from grandkids (knock on wood)

oldest is in college . . .


but I've always heard that grandparents get to take revenge on the kids by spoiling the grandkids rotten and then giving them back to mommy and daddy to deal with the aftermath.

[reyd reid reed]

21. I guess I'm about to find out...

I like the idea of playing with them and spoiling them and playing itsy-bitsy spider...and then handing them back.

[reformedrepub]

22. Look on the bright side

You will be the hottest Grandma in the world.......:evilgrin:

[reyd reid reed]

23. Awwwwww...

:hug:

:evilgrin:

[babylonsister]

24. I guess moving is out of the question.

:D You will love it!

Our grandkids are out of our grasp because they're out of this state, sadly. ENJOY the young kids and babies; they get worse before they get better usually.

[reyd reid reed]

26. That's my recollection with my kids...

In fact, I'm still living it.

I seem to remember this same child who's on the verge of fatherhood saying, "When I grow up I'm not having ANY kids because you can't have a life when you have kids. YOU don't."

Uh huh.

He's gonna have fun.

:hi:

[babylonsister]

29. I have a niece I could tell you about, from 13 to about 18; I'm very

surprised she's still alive, and she gave her parents absolute hell. She's fine now; go figure. She's working and going to school, but I look forward to her having kids! And her mom (my twin) having heart palpitations. It's all (potentially) good. :hi: They grow up fast one way or the other nowadays. We were luckier; not so much pressure perhaps?

[auntAgonist]

25. I'm lovin' being a grandma.. (nana)

I really was not ready for it, but it happened anyway :rofl: I don't get to see Ella very much. Distance sucks.

You'll love it! :hug:

Congrats!

aA
kesha

[reyd reid reed]

27. #1 son doesn't live far...

so there is that.

Heeeee...he thinks a package of 18 diapers will last a week.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[auntAgonist]

28. they will!

IF they don't open them :rofl:


yeah, ... their eyes get opened REALLY fast :)

:hug:
I'm off to bed.

kesha.

[Bassic]

30. Well my both my parents and my in-laws seem to enjoy it a lot.

:)

[reyd reid reed]

39. The Prospective Pampers Platoon

just left...I guess I'm starting to adjust to the idea. It'll be fine. It'll be fun. Now I have to see if I still have any baby stuff laying around. I do still have a crib...and I have an excuse to knit all the cute little stuff that I like to knit...baby blankets and sweaters and booties and little pants and caps and...

Oooooh...I can make another teddy bear.

:)

[Arkansas Granny]

53. That's the spirit. Relax and enjoy it! It's gonna be fun.

[Bassic]

64. I think your grandchild will be very lucky to have a teddy-bear

made by you :D

[reyd reid reed]

65. Awww, thanks.

I've made blankets and bears for each of my kids...

This is girly-poo's bear and one of Danny's blankets:

[Bassic]

67. That bear is too cute.

I think you should definitely make another one for your grandchild, it's bound to be his or her favorite :D

[Bassic]

68. Accidental dupe

Sorry. :)

[billyskank]

31. You, a grandma? Get outta town!

There is no way I will ever believe that! :hi:

[reyd reid reed]

40. Awwwww....

that's just what I needed to hear.

:loveya::hug::loveya:

[miss_american_pie]

32. Awwwww

It'll be okay. :hug:

[reyd reid reed]

41. Yeah...

I'm better this morning. Last night I was kinda flummoxed. Don't know why...he's the same age that I was when he was born.

It's just...

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

33. You make being a Grandma so very sexy

:hug:

and you'll move from MILF to GILF

(Mommy I Like to Flirt with to Grandma I Like to Flirt with)

RL

[BarenakedLady]

36. Pssst

That is not what the F means. :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

37. Pssst

don't wanna get the thread locked...

RL

[BarenakedLady]

38. Gotcha

;-)

[reyd reid reed]

42. ....

Now that makes it sound almost like a promotion.

:hug::loveya::hug:

[lizziegrace]

34. Awww

Life seems to provide all the excitement you can handle, doesn't it?

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

43. Heh...doesn't it, though?

I'm thinking this might be kinda fun, after all. I can pull out the knitting needles and the crochet hook and the polyfill...bears and blankets and binkies, oh my!


:loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

35. Congratulations?

I think? No, definately congratulations. You will be the sexiest Grandmother alive and you will no doubt spoil the "little bundle of burps".

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

45. Awwwww

I've always tried not to spoil my kids...it might be fun to indulge.

Heeeee...now I can turn into my ex's mother.

:evilgrin:

[trof]

44. They're great. You can send 'em home

when you get tired of them.
;-)

But seriously...as I've said on this board before, Jack is a constant source of amusement and enjoyment.

[reyd reid reed]

47. I'm thinking...all the fun and none of the frustration...

it's just that I've still got four sources of amusement still underfoot.

A baby's different, though. I can smell his little head and then hand him back when the other end doesn't match.

Problem that I see is that, well, I'm going to have to zip my mouth and sit on my hands. I don't like to think of myself as pushy but sometimes...well...I can be. I don't want to step on any toes and I worry that I might.

I need to just wait and see, though. And in the meantime, watch myself.

[trof]

49. I have gritted my teeth down to nubs a few times.

I think you already know the big secret.
Keepa you mout' SHUT.

Exercising more self-control than I knew I possessed, I've been able to keep it to a few very gentle 'suggestions', always including myself in the suggestion.
"Maybe it would work better if we...?"

Like your comment about the baby's head and the other end.
funny
:-)

[caty]

46. Here is something that was posted

on another forum I post on for a member who had just become a grandmother for the second time:

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown

What a bargain grandchildren are!
I give them my loose change,
And they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.
~Gene Perret

Grandmothers are just "antique" little girls.
~Author Unknown

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first
grandchild.
~Welsh Proverb

A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead
Of the television. ~Author Unknown

Never have children, only grandchildren. ~Gore Vidal

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful.
One moment you're just
A mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.
~Pam Brown


Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because
Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.
~Gene Perret

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out
the window.
~Ogden Nash

Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just
You all day and now the day was complete.
~ Marcy DeMaree

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author unknown

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while,
but our Hearts forever. ~Author Unknown

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren,
I'd have had them first. ~Lois Wyse

It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother -
that's why the World calls her grandmother. ~Author Unknown

You do not really understand something unless you can
explain It to your grandmother. ~Proverb

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again.
Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.
~Gene Perret

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents.
You Feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them
for long Periods, which is why most grandparents flee to
Florida. ~Dave Barry

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have -
if only for Self-defense. ~Gene Perret

Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple.
Grandmas Are short on criticism and long on love.
~Author Unknown

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of
Little children. ~Alex Haley

Grandmother - a wonderful mother with lots of
Practice. ~Author Unknown

One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new
Grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. ~Joy Hargrove

It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you
Become one. ~Author Unknown

If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses,
Sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the
Time," you're the grandma. ~Teresa Bloomingdale


Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have
Around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their
Grandchildren. ~Author Unknown

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely?
I'd like to say That grandparents are God's gifts to children.
And if they can But see, hear and feel what these people
have to give, they Can mature at a fast rate. ~Bill Cosby

[reyd reid reed]

48. Awwwww...

thank you for that.

:hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

51. OMG. How exciting!!!! Congrats RRR. You'll be a wonderful grandma!

[reyd reid reed]

54. In the light of day

I'm starting to think that it is exciting.

And better them than me at this point...

:hug::hug::hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

58. Man you said a mouthful. I can't imagine doing the night shift again.

I barely get any sleep at all with the 10yo, the 14yo and the 16yo.

[reyd reid reed]

59. Heh...tell me about it...

When they're little, all you want is four hours of uninterrupted sleep...and then you think that when they get older you'll get it.

I've been waiting for 23 years.

:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

61. Yup. Doing the late night with the teens and the early morning with

the 10yo gets old real fast.

No wonder I collapse on Friday nights. It's sheer exhaustion.

[Arkansas Granny]

52. You just won't believe it until you actually have your own, but

grandchildren are wonderful. I have a grandson due to arrive in about 3 weeks and I can hardly wait. My other grandchildren are 18 and 20, so it has been a long time since we've had a baby in the family to play with. My daughter is ecstatic because she will finally be an aunt. We've already told the new parents not to worry about spoiling the baby, my daughter and I will take care of that for them. We're experts in that field.

[reyd reid reed]

55. Heh...#1 son's grandmother spoiled him rotten

and he used it to his advantage every chance he got. Whenever he'd come home from spending a weekend with them, it took me a week to get him back to normal.

My turn.

Muahahahahahahahahahaha...

:evilgrin:

[Arkansas Granny]

63. I spoiled my other two grandchildren, too, but, they had to use

manners and they had to mind Granny. Those were the rules.

[buddhamama]

56. Congrats, rrr !!!!!!

WOW ! This is fantastic.

What a lucky kid! You can love and spoil them and then send them home. :)

Hurray! :toast: :hug: :bounce:

[reyd reid reed]

60. They were over this morning

and it's kinda cute to see my son so excited. And he swore he wasn't ever going to have kids...

Famous last words.

Thank you.

:hug:

[JVS]

57. Grandkids invariably impoverish their Grandparents with demands of toys, sweets, and clothes.

They are like having your own kids, but they have mom and dad's place to sleep so they'll squeeze you for every penny you have and then wonder why your breath smells like cat-food. ;-)

[reyd reid reed]

62. Heh...can't get blood out of a turnip...

But I can bake cookies.

:)