15 posts
Grandparenting today
One small thing to do together every day from December 1 to Christmas Eve. Each idea works at the same table or on a video call, so the countdown works whether your grandkids live next door or far away.
Small Christmas traditions that grandparents can start this year and keep for decades: an ornament every year, a Christmas Eve story, a family recipe, a time capsule and more.
Spending Christmas apart from your grandchildren is hard. Here is how to stay part of their Christmas from far away: before December, through the countdown, and on the big day itself.
Fifty questions that get grandkids talking on a video call or at the kitchen table. Silly ones, thinking ones and story ones, sorted by age, with tips for keeping the conversation going.
New grandparent and not sure where to start? Practical tips on how to help, where the line is, and how to build a relationship that lasts decades.
150+ grandma nicknames organised by style — classic, cute, cool, young, and unique grandmother names.
Looking for a tattoo to honor your grandkids? From birth flower bouquets to their actual handwriting, here are grandchildren tattoo ideas grandmas are loving right now.
Breast milk is roughly 87% water. Formula, when properly prepared, provides the same. A baby under six months is getting all the hydration their body needs from every feed — even in warm weather, even if they seem thirsty. The feed is the water.
The baking is the excuse to be there. What they're actually collecting is time with you, close up, doing something fun.
How to help DIL with a new baby? Here is my own story (with tips for you) on how I completely fell in love with my MIL after I gave birth.
New parents are exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply grateful for your help. They are also, bless them, not always saying exactly what they mean. A translation guide, for anyone who loves them.
Quotes about becoming a grandmother - honest, warm and specific to that particular feeling of being completely undone.
Practical strategies for video calls, letters, shared rituals and visits that build a real relationship across the miles.
Nobody hands you an instruction manual when you become a grandparent. What the research and real experience suggest actually matters — beyond the obvious.
What those first weeks when you become a grandparent actually feel like, what to expect from the parents, and how to find your footing.
