Tuesday 7 June 2016

Grandchild Number six is just as special.

Gosh the numbers of grandchildren is going up rapidly at the moment, the twins born in 2013, one in 2014, one already this year and another due before the Autumn. But each and every one of them is loved for being the unique people they are.  When the first two were born they lived a few hundred miles away so I did not see much of them, now of course they have moved closer and I see five of them pretty much every day. I feel privileged to be such a big part of the lives of my daughter's five and to see them grow and change.


Dinky, Fifi with Spud, Minky and Bob 


When the first grandchild came along every minute of her wee life was photographed and videoed with a lot of stuff shared on the internet. With her being ten weeks early she was naturally behind in a lot of her milestones but that was never really an issue, we were just grateful she was alive to reach the milestones at whatever stage she reached them.

Spud ( as she is called on the blog) came into the world on March 2nd this year. She landed as a fifth child in the family, and life for her will always be noisy and  hectic and she will never get a minutes peace and quiet but she will be smothered with love and will never know any different.

Fifi and Spud with Bob's arm 


The older two children got to meet her along with the other grandparents when she was only a few hours old, and then they went back up every day until mum  came home.



The twins at just turned two did not get to meet their baby sister until she came home, was going to cause too much trauma all round to take them up and then have to bring them away from their mum. Have to say they are both great with her and Dinky loves to cuddle her and talk to her, she even reads books to her.


Dinky with Spud the day she came home. 





She has a great bond with the older two children in particular. Fifi at nearly fourteen is a great help and often has the task of keeping an eye on her while mum goes for a shower. Or keeping an eye on her while mum cooks the tea. The twins at only two themselves can be rather boisterous and may well harm her unintentionally by falling on her while she is in her bouncy chair, or just being a bit over enthusiastic when give her a kiss or a cuddle.


Fifi being a smart Alex and keeping an eye on Spud

the oldest and youngest interacting 




But Bob is her favourite. Bob is NOISY and has no idea how to talk without yelling and as he is home educated he has been around the whole time my daughter was pregnant with her. She got use to hearing his dulcet tones while in the womb. So Spud responds better to him and he tends to get more smiles and more babbling than anybody else in the family.

Bob and Spud


Now I know we can all be a bit over protective with our first child, but time you get further down the line to child five then you tend to relax a bit more. My daughter runs the local toddler group and so Spud has been going along since before she was born, When she is there she is cuddles by one person or another the whole time she is there. Even the other toddlers like to have a hold of her.



The other drawback of being so far down the line is less pictures and video is taken as there is always somebody else needing seen too or something else needing done, Spud is a content baby who is happy to sit in her bouncy chair or her swing and watch the world going by. usually with Bob and Minky at a hundred and ten miles an hour. I have to admit I don't interact with her as much as I did with the twins as they tend to be more active and therefore I play/read/talk to them and poor Spud just exists in the background. Last night I babysat while DD1 went to pick up Fifi so when she got back I got some time to interact with Spud and she was smiling and babbling away quite the thing.



While I may well not be Supergran and share her all over the internet I still love her as much as the others, and as she becomes older and more mobile I am sure we will all have lots of adventures, with plenty of sharing in years to come.

This is my entry into the Tots100/WaterWipes Baby Milestones challenge.




17 comments:

  1. Awww your grandkids are all so cute, your love for all of them shines through your words. X

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    1. Thank you, the very reason for my blogs being, so in years to come they can read that love I have for them.

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    2. I was going to say exactly the same thing, Elaine your love for your family shines through every word and picture. I think it's lovely that Spud has such a special relationship with her biggest brother, it probably does him the world of good as well.

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    3. thank you TBAM, have to say I do love each and every one of them in their own unique way. Bob makes a fab big brother to all of them but does get exasperated at the twins these day

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  2. Wow six grandkids - that is amazing! You can tell how much you love them

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    1. Well I have five kids, and if each one of mine follows in the eldest's footsteps and has five then hopefully there may well be lots more.

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  3. Lots of lovely photos and videos x Lovely to meet your family x

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    1. I am glad you enjoyed meeting my family, I enjoy showing them off.

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  4. What a lovely post, I cannot wait to have grandchildren, although not right away ;0)

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    1. Another generation to over all over again, with none of the parental responsibility.

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  5. Oh how lovely, beautiful family! Enjoy your grandchildren!

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    1. I can honestly say I do enjoy my grandchildren and will carry on doing so.

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  6. Arrr this is such a lovely post to read. It is full of love and you can tell how proud you are of them x

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    1. Yes including all their strange little quirks.

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  7. So cute to see the little bonds growing between your grandchildren, you must be very proud of them :)

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    1. always love the way siblings interact and think they are always amazing together.

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  8. What a lovely post <3 xx So cute.


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