Tips for a new grandparent

Hello everyone . I am new to the forum but hoping to learn lots and contribute where I can! You all sound really lovely and give sensible advice .

I am looking forward to my first grand child, due later this year. I'm totally buzzing to be honest !

My boys are 31 and 29 and I accept lots of things have changed a lot since my day . I won't be butting in with 'advice' for sure !

My 'problem' is this ....My son and his partner live in Australia ( I live in France) We will certainly go over to meet our grandchild ( after checking when we will be needed rather than dashing over !) and my son will no doubt visit during the summer holidays but there will still be long stretches where we won't get to see each other face to face .

Have any other grandparents been faced with this ? How have you managed to stay part of your grandchild's life ?

Many thanks for sharing your experience

Pianokey, just wait until May - then see what she wants. She has no idea how she'll feel until then. I just wanted peace and quiet, few visitors (especially those who stayed all day) and I would have loved a few hot meals.

What I got was an endless parade of (well meaning but) noisy friends and relatives, all wanting to hold the baby or change his nappy! I needed sleep, naps when he napped, not making tea and coffee all day long, not company, not the effort of making conversation.

After a week of disturbance and takeaways, my husband told everyone I had a migraine and turned them away at the door.

Sorry everyone .I think I should have started a new thread or searched for the topic I wanted to discuss .

Apologies!