tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57182920835503232842024-02-20T00:28:28.973-08:00My Reaction To Hearing I Will Be a GrandmotherGrandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991659596334980269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718292083550323284.post-28213026646151194722009-12-07T14:32:00.000-08:002010-01-19T16:30:38.737-08:00My reaction to hearing I will be a grandmotherAs soon as my daughter found out she was pregnant I knew it was meant to be even if she wasn’t married, that didn’t even come to mind. It was like: wow my grandchild is arriving.<br />
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She at first got scared, but didn’t take her long to totally embrace motherhood (something like 3 days) and she changed her lifestyle to soot the baby she was caring. <br />
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Unfortunately her dad took it a little hard but also only for a while. It was not that he didn’t want the baby just had other plans for his daughter. Now it’s quite the opposite he loves him so much!<br />
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Me I just didn’t know if I was ready for those words “grandmother. <br />
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I was sort of thinking I was too young to be a grey haired knitting type grandmother I never liked the word grandmother. (Now I am a proud grandmother and proud to be called grandmother.<br />
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I was really happy for my daughter; we did lots of shopping for the baby and enjoyed every minute of her pregnancy, she was happy healthy and nesting.<br />
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Over the coming weeks we got so excited, my daughters tummy gradually got bigger and bigger, I watched her, sitting back, observing, taking it in – something I only thought about might happen in past in the back of my mind on quiet days, now I was watching her in reality: PREGNUNT. The baby was so active every night in her tummy and I would sit with her and touch her tummy, talk to the baby and even sing, while he was still in his mother’s tummy. Now that he is here I sing to him all the time. I love him so much.<br />
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We later found out it was going to be a little boy. This was something I was able to relate to my first was a boy and it seemed time had stood still for me. <br />
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Her pregnancy seemed to mirror me and how I felt during my pregnancy with her except she never got sick. <br />
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So many thoughts and feelings overcame me “feelings that I had never had before. I had come to a new phase in my life “and as much as I looked forward to that bundle coming “<br />
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I guess every grandmother will have a different and fascinating story, and this was mine.<br />
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Now my little grandson is here, now 4 months old, I marvel at his beauty and perfection. <br />
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He is finally here. I am a grandmother!!! It is different feeling I would die for this new little bundle, this, new little person being from one of my own children. <br />
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I love my little grandson so very much and am very proud of the mother and woman my daughter has become.<br />
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The difference is I have to hand this baby back and although it is good sometimes, times like at night, it’s a hard thing to do I want to be with him and see every move he makes just like I did with my daughter when she was a baby.<br />
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I know part of me has to stand back and let my daughter experience this new phase of her life too<br />Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02991659596334980269noreply@blogger.com