Well it won't be long now until my GrandSon arrives. My DIL's OB is suppose to induce between March 6-11 as she has pre-eclampsia. Our little Rudy is fine they say and the DIL is fine except she wants the pregnancy to be over (she just didn't enjoy it like I did). She's on bed-rest but has been slowly getting Rudy's room decorated.
The motif for his room is race cars - we're just going to have to repeatedly tell him that he isn't going to race cars when he's older.
I've been looking forward to this day since I gave birth to Rudy's Daddy 30 years ago.........although I loved being a Mom I will really be thrilled with being Grandma, spoiling Rudy rotten and then giving him back to his parents. Luckily I never had to deal with this happening to my own children because we always lived far away from our parents. We live 3.5 hours away but this is close in comparison to the 1,000+ mile separation we had. We can hop in the car and be there in a flash.
I am going to wonder what the boundaries will be, how often can we visit, what can we and can't we do with Rudy, etc - it's always a touchy subject matter even with your own children. It's entertaining to watch new young parents fret about everything like the baby cares.......believe me the only people caring are those neurotic new parents. Babies are resilient, feed them, change their diapers, clean them up, and love them like crazy and all is good.
I'm feeling like a Grandma today.....had a doctor's appt and he started me on Fosomax, ya know the meds for osteoporosis. I'm already on Vytorin for my cholesterol, Plavix for my clogged arteries, Spiriva for my breathing (thank you cigarettes), and now Fosomax (once a week). We laughed when I told him it felt like I was being %$#&!* without a kiss. At least the Fosomax can be done as a generic. Pharmaceutical companies are making a killing!!!! Our healthcare provider is an HMO so we pay a hefty price on prescriptions that aren't generic. Right now my monthly prescription bill is $165 ($50 for Vytorin, $50 for Plavix, $50 for Spiriva, and $15 for Fosomax). At least I'm no longer taking Chantix which was $127 a month (about the same cost as me smoking).
Okay, enough belly aching about prescription drugs........I'm going to have a GrandBaby soon!!
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gretings from italy :D
Heheh! As someone who grew up without having grandparents around, I hope that the two of you will visit or let us visit as much as our jobs permit us to get away. I really envy that Roland got to know his grandparents, and especially that Grandpa is still in our lives.
I think that your son will lighten up just a tad once he can hold the wonder boy and count all his fingers and toes and know that he's ok. He's really been a wreck this month taking care of VERY sick (mostly dying) children at TCH on the heart surgery team.
I'll be neurotic just til I know that he's eating ok, but that's mostly because of that stomach problem that runs in my family in the boys, and once he makes it to 3 months old, I promise, I will chill out!
Hi..just surfin' around and found your site. Congrats on quitting; I'm struggling to do the same. And congrats early on the grandma-thing; I have 2; 3 yrs and 6 mos. and they are the best!
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