Great grand child

I think grandparents usually do the buying of cot, pram etc. I know we did with our grandchild and the other grandparents chipped in too. Why not buy premium bonds for the baby? Something that can be added to over the years accumulating in a nice little nest egg as he/she gets older.

Congratulations on becoming a GGM!

I think tanith is spot on, plus the more people there are to tell, the less likely it is that those who know will be able to keep it secret. Short of getting the whole family (both sides) together and making an announcement, someone is always going to be last to know. It doesn't necessarily mean that the last to know is the least important - it's more likely to be about who is there, or who has spoken to whom.

Enjoy the baby when he or she arrives .

We had workmen in and one of them, who was a couple of years younger than me, had a call to say his great grandchild had just been born.
He was 60. I was older than that when I first became a grandma and doubt I will be about to do the twist or even shuffle around at their wedding. Mine are still young sadly I am not.

Brilliant post, Shel69. I love that your are able to view this humorously. I have found a harmonica can be beautifully irritating.
My mother has several GGC who she adored when she could remember who they were. She still loves to see them though and they are tolerant of this little old lady who asks them the same question over and over again.

I have a great time with my GGCs. They are boys aged 8 and 5. I have time to make all their favourite food, play games and don't mind if they make a mess with paints, playdo etc. I recently introduced them to marbles and tiddlywinks and bought them paint boxes like I had when young.
Both sets of grandparents are still working.

I long to be a great grandmother. None of my grandchildren seem inclined to have babies. I do have a step GGC but haven't seen her yet.
I hope you get to play some part in your GGC's life. A drum kit is a great idea!

I have 4 GGs and one on the way. I love seeing them but of course they see more of their grandparents than us. They started pretty young those particular parents(2 of my granddaughters) but it is working out well and both now have houses. One of them is a nurse in intensive care and I am very proud of her contributions to the world. Who’d have thought it when she was a pregnant schoolgirl 10 years ago ?

My cousin became a great, great grand-mother at the age of 81. I always think of the span of generations as we both remember our grandmother, in my case only vaguely, as she died when I was five.

My DMiL is the matriarch now. Treated with great respect and admiration.
She now has 10 ggc and has photos of them all and takes a keen interest in them.
DGS recently got a high mark in his maths exam and she immediately took the credit
Be thankful and grateful for your lovely news.
Congratulations 🎉

I also am very unlikely to see GGC but one never knows.
My friend has two, both girls, on is 18 the other 14 and she is almost 5 years younger than me.
I have told her she stands a chance of being a GGG.
She is incredibly close to both of them more so than their two GM’s.
Just enjoy the little one when he/she arrives.

My mum didn't have a lot to do with her GGC when they were babies but when they got a bit bigger they adored her. She played card games with them that no one else knew the rules for (the GGC always won1), watched children's TV with them and they soon realised that GGM was the place to leave something you wanted kept safe because she wasn't going to rush off and leave it. Enjoy your GGC I'm sure you will have a special place in their hearts.

Sorry mixed up the grands I have a GC but doubtful I see her have a child (if she has one. )

How lovely to have a great grandchild. I only became a grandma I. My 60s so most unlikely I ever see a grandchild never mind a great. Sit back, enjoy and congratulations 🎉

Sorry that should have been a ‘GG’.

Too many G’s.

It would be nice to have been told by themselves before hearing it from others, but they have visited and showed you the scan pictures.

Let the others do the pram buying, just sit back and look forward to being a GGG.

The thing with Great GC is there is greater input by a bigger extended family, it might a very first GC for the extended family so great excitement for them. My Great GC have family that I’ve never met and probably never will but they are very close to my GC and her partner. They do see more of my daughter, their Grandmother and their other Grandparents than me.
It’s hard to be further away from the action as it were but that’s the way of the world and families as they grow. So enjoy the times you do see them and be happy they have a large supportive family.