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What to do When Baby has Grumpy Grannies.

Specifically my grandma. She is of the generation that children are to be seen and not heard. While visiting she has made my daughter cry on multiple occasions by scolding her for doing perfectly normal kid things. I can still remember times when I was a kid where I went hungry because I refused to ask my grandma for a snack out of fear.

.) She also said “I’m not so sure they appreciate the effort you’ve put in, I think you’ve done your duty.” But now I have Vivi, a new great granddaughter for my grandparents to meet, even though I’m not entirely sure they want to.

I have a trip to San Diego coming up in less than a month with my mom and sister that Vivi will be joining me on, we’re all torn on making the trip up to see my grandparents (about two hours away.) Yes, we want to see them. They won’t be around forever. But at the same time our efforts and sacrifices to make it up there won’t be appreciated and in fact may very well end in tears. My mom says we could find better ways to spend our time. And Vivi certainly won’t remember it.

But I will.

I have pictures of myself with my great grandparents, and while I don’t remember anything about them, I wonder if they mean a lot to my parents. If that moment of their babies meeting their grandparents was a memorable one. Vivi has two other great grandmothers still living, and they simply adore her. Which is how it should be, shouldn’t it?

If your grandparents are still with you, what is the your relationship like between them and your kids? Do you find it harder to make the effort to visit them if they are of the especially grumpy variety?

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I totally feel your pain on this one. We used to try to take the kids visit with my grandpa at least once a month, but he is just so dang grumpy. I know, I know, as people age they have a right to be grumpy (as well as fart whenever and wherever they please) but gee whiz, he makes visiting no fun.

I put an end to it when his behavior got more childish than my own children. We were out to lunch with him and my four year old, get this, was acting like a four year old. He was swing his feet under the table and, apparently, kicking my grandpa’s leg. Instead of asking him to stop or telling me what was going on, my grandpa turned to my aunt and, in the whiniest toddler voice ever, this 88 year old man said, “He’s kicking me!

About Me: Brett Wiggins - YellowWebMonkey Web Design

I recently graduated from Lorena High School in May, 2011 where I was on the varsity football team. I study at McLennan Community College, and plan to further my education by studying environmental engineering at the University of North Texas. In my free time I enjoy "street" football, swimming, paintball, fishing, hunting, and of course video games. A few of my interests are designing my own first person shooter games, web design, and competitive shooting.

A little background info about me: I'm originally from Denton, TX. I was born on December 29 , 1992. My parents are Paula and Steve. In 1996 I moved to Woodway, TX. Then, in 2001 I moved to Lorena, where I live now. I also have three dogs, Mack, Jake, and Hollie. I was in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from 1997-2005 where I attained the rank of First Class. I enjoyed a class I took at Texas State Technical College on video game design. My junior year of high school, I created a website for my history fair project, and received a perfect score.

I'm really exited about working for YellowWebMonkey this summer, and hope to learn a lot about the business. If you enjoyed this blog, like and tweet it to help me win The Battle of the Interns for a substantial reward. (:

- Brett

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