Out of town grand baby

[Ali Lee]

My newest grandchild is about 3 hours away. Like everyone else here, we meet half way, Sat or Sun, about once a month. We meet @ McD's, eat, then go across the street to the Goodwill! Usually, it ends up being a all day excursion. We email just about every day and call about every other.

[wanderinggrandma]

Grandbabies are my un-frugal thing in life. I have a 3 yr old in PA and 2 yr old twins in FL. I live in Oregon. I work part-time to just fund my trips to see the grandkids. I try to go every 3 months so they don't forget me in between visits. I take lots of pictures while I'm visiting and make little books about our adventures and give it to their mom's and say read this to them lots.

I make sure we do fun things even though they are pretty young we can still bake cookies, go get milkshakes, visit the parks, feed the ducks, take walks and lots of little things to make memories.

I love getting e-mail with pictures more than just about anything. And talking on the phone is a hoot! Is there anything sweeter than hearing "Grandma I love you!" ??

[Gems]

My daughter lives in the UK with my one and only granddaughter. I'm in Canada.

I miss them like crazy. I saw them for 5 1/2 weeks at the beginning of the year, but won't be with them again until about July.

We do text each other all the time, and whenever possible we use Skype (my daughter doesn't have a computer at home). The picture quality is not fantastic, but I love it. My granddaughter always gets really excited when she sees me. I think it's an amazing way to stay in touch.
We also send photos to each other.

[onencgirl]

My two out of town grands (7 and 3) will be here for a week in June. I can't wait to see them and spoil them for a bit.

[dortrust]

I have learned from all of you to not expect the same relationship with the one that live out of town, but we do have our own relationship. She is now 2 1/2 and we skype often (They bought me a webcam for christmas) She has spent 2 different weeks with me this summer. Last year I went there and I prefer to have her here. One good thing is that when they come to visit she stays with us and that creates a special relationship right there. The others also spend the night but it is different. My mom use to say" I am glad twice, glad to see them come and glad to see them go" I understand this now. Life is good

[max915]

I have twin granddaughters in San Francisco and I live in Southeast Missouri...we can't afford to fly out and it costs them 2,000 in fly in...they will be 3 at the end of August and we have seen them only 3 times...pictures are nice but just not the same as holding them and talking to them in person..

[happymomof4]

My only 2 granddaughters live in Texas. We live in Pennsylvania. We saw them last summer but don't know when we will see them again.

We use Skype to talk to them on the internet. That helps alot. We talk on the phone alot to them.


You know what. My parents live 20 mins from me and they don't know my children much at all. They never wanted to be involved.

So you don't have to live close to the grandchildren to get to know them.

[Syn D]

Our grandson lives 8 hrs. away.. Get skype so this one can see you often and be there in person as much as possible.. Never make the ones closer to you sound anymore important.

Never make the mistake my mom has done with mine (we moved from California to Iowa while they were still young), she has made them feel like they don't matter.. She has also told my 2 girls, "well you guys are so far away, I don't feel as close to you", even tho' mine gave her the time of day (always calling, sending her cards, etc.) a lot more than the ones that lived near her.. Distance should never matter when it comes to a grandparent. The grandkids that were always near her wouldn't make efforts, she always had to make the effort to see them and still the same to this day (the one that is obviously her favorite, has very little to do with her). It's a long story, but 3 out of our 4 don't have much to do with her anymore. I dealt with the same thing with my sisters as my kids did with their cousins when it came to my mom, so I know how they feel. No matter how bad my sisters treated her, they always got put over me..

Our grandson knows we love him and we spend as much time with him as possible. He also comes and stays with us 1 to 2 months every summer, daughter brings him down here and we take him home.. I know I wont have many more grandkids, but I also know that, no matter where they are, it wont make them any more or less special to me..

[low-1]

We live about 1300 km from my parents. When our little girl was born, I was finally able to convince them to get a computer for the sole purpose of using a webcam to watch her grow up. We also send lots of pictures (physical prints to hang on the fridge, etc) and photobooks. We do visit often enough, and now my little girl can work the phone by herself as well.