Hi Everyone!!!

I am new here and hope this is a busy place. I love to chat about everything. I have 7 almost 8 grandkids ages 11.5 down to baby due in Jan. So I will have 4 boys and 4 girls. I babysit for my 23 mo old granddaughter 3 x a week. Does anyone else here do that?

What are you looking forward to the most this holiday season?

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What are you looking forward to the most this holiday season?

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Hi Everyone,
I am new to the site just heard about it on the televison tonight and thought I'd check it out. I am a frist time grandparent at a very young age of 38.

What is your grandparent name?

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What is your grandparent name? How did it come to be?

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Time Alone with Baby

I am a first time mom, with a beautiful little girl that my husband and I adore. We had the interesting fortune of creating two sets of first time grandparents - DH's parents, and mine.

I am trying hard to understand the almost obsessive interest our parents have suddenly developed now that they are grands. So far my biggest question mark comes from the desire for "alone time" with our daughter. (More Inside)

Does just looking at your grandchild (children) bring tears of joy to your eyes?

Demetri is my first grandchild. He is 9 months old, I sometimes just look at the wonder of him at how perfect he is and how much joy he brings me and I get all teary eyed.
He could just be sitting there doing nothing, and I just well up.
Anyone else get this over emotional?

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My granddaughter is the featured model for this site, she is gorgeous, We love her to death. If you want to show off your grandchild contact the site nd submit a pic in their clothng and they wll put it on.

what wtf whatdoes that mean?

im old but i have a family a granchild
i dont know all these sayings such as lol (;Laughf Out Loud)
all a sudden he said wtf (What the F*ck)was that for.
how i figgred it put ohh he toll me and i got mad
i told is parents about it it figred he was going to be grounded for
saying that to granny but he didnt
so told his parents to but they had to go on a vacation so here
i am stuck with him

PS w (More Inside)

Gestational Diabetis

A new hitch, concerned, but just monitoring for now. Daughter is testing 4 times a day, once in the morning (fasting) then once 2 hours after ever meal. Daytime sugar levels are terrific, but night after dinner is a bit worrying.

Last night after dinner we tried walking, thinking excercise might help motablize, yep same Turkey Sandwich and yes after two 15 minute walks before testing was drama (More Inside)

We have been alienated from seeing our grandchildren by our son & daughter-in-law

Hi,
I am new in this forum. My husband & I do not know where to turn, so we are hoping for some advice. About 5 weeks ago our son sent an e-mail telling us that they do not want us in their lives anymore. Honestly, as crazy as it sounds, we do not understand how or why this happened. He has been married now for over 15 years, and we have always walked on egg shells around our daughter-in-law. (More Inside)

custody of my grandson

my daughter and her boy friend(my grandsons dad)wants me to have temporary custody of there 3 year old my grandson because they cant take care of him,what do i need to do,
20 minutes ago - 3 days left to answer.
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they see him every other weekend i wish they would see him more
7 minutes ago

i have had him him in my home for 3 years saturday,this is the only home (More Inside)

Christmas present suggestons.

I wish there was a place to go and enter their sports, hobbies, plus age and get suggestions for gifs. I tried Gifts.com but they only have question such as sports or reading a book, passing a note in class or getting with study groups these lead to answers that were not right at all.

Single Grandmother Raising Grands

It was hard raising my grandchildren by myself, and I know others who do it with less money and more kids. I'm not perfect, and they began to find out when they turned 8 and 14, girl and boy respectively. My wonderful granddaughter is in college living in a dorm. That was hard too. Sometimes they really don't understand about deadlines, great essays, and grandma has no money for college so fin (More Inside)

monsters under the bed

My grandson is 5 and is afraid of the dark. He woke up one night in tears and finally told me that he was afraid of the monsters under the bed. I assured him that there isn't any such thing as monsters and especially not under grandma's bed. The only thing that may be under my bed is dust bunnies. Of course the next question, what are dust bunnies? So, I proceeded to explain to this precious littl (More Inside)

kids moving out of state

I am feeling a little bit down because my son and daughter-in-law now live 13 hrs away and he is having his first child in 12 weeks. I have 2 other grandkids from my daughter who I love dearly and have a very close relationship. They come and spend lots of time with us and we are very close with them. I would like to hear from some grandparents that have long distance relationships with their g (More Inside)