Does your LO have any great grandparents? Do they get to see them often?
My kids were lucky enough to have 3! After last year, they are just down to the one and I sure hope we get to keep her for a lot longer. We see her at least once a week and they all adore each other.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
They have 4 now! They had a few more but a couple have recently passed since their births. These include step-great grandparents, but all the same to me 
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
We only have one left. My grandfather was alive when DS1 was born but he died when he was 1. Amazingly he still seems to remember him!
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
mine had one, she died this past year though. our parents weren't super young when they had us and we weren't super young either so I guess that's what you get, unfortunately.
persimmon / 1322 posts
Yes, she does. My grandma and her boyfriend, (who has always been like a grandparent to me), my grandpa and his wife, my husband's grandma, and my husband's grandpa and his wife. My grandma is her most involved great grandparent.
It's so cool to me that she has so many great grandparents in her life. I only ever got to meet one great grandma, and I only met her once or twice before she passed away.
pomelo / 5573 posts
We have 3, all on my husband's side. Two of them we don't see often - they live in England, they've seen B twice and never W. The other one is pretty close and we see her a few times a year - all the major holidays.
eggplant / 11861 posts
1 in CT she is too old to travel so they haven't met in person but have talked on the phone
nectarine / 2973 posts
Yep. They have 2 great grandmas. My grandma and her partner are super involved with the kids and DH's grandma is a little older and is more limited. DD had a great-great grandfather still alive when she was born, but he passed away last year.
kiwi / 578 posts
Yes! On DH's side, LO has 5 grandparents that he sees for all holidays and several times a year besides. On my side he only has 2, neither of which have met him in person yet as they're 3k miles away and travel has been prohibitive for health and financial reasons.
nectarine / 2797 posts
They had one but she just passed a month ago. I'm glad they got some time together.
persimmon / 1188 posts
He got to spend some time with my grandmother during his first two years of life. She had Alzheimer's but liked seeing him so I'm glad they had time together. He has a very close relationship with my husband's grandmother and sees her a few times a week, pretty incredible!
coconut / 8079 posts
One set. We went to visit last spring right before he turned 2. They live in England.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
My kids have 4! We see 1 nearly every day, another once a month or so, another lives far but sends them monthly care packages. They are very lucky.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
They have one remaining; my grandmother who lives on the other side of the world.
pear / 1728 posts
Both great grandmas on my side and a great grandpa on DH's side! All live within a few hours.
pomelo / 5866 posts
Yes. LO's great grandma is very close and is our occasional emergency babysitter.
nectarine / 2466 posts
They have 4! My grandparents live 3 mins away,so we see them often. Dh's grandma and my other grandma are in nursing homes across the country so we don't see them
grapefruit / 4584 posts
One set - their dad's mom's parents. We see them every couple of months...they still drive (though I'm frankly not sure they should!) so come to visit us as well.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
DD has 4 great grandmothers and 2 great grandfathers. She had 1 great great grandmother, but she recently passed away.
persimmon / 1095 posts
My daughter has one great grandparent but she lives in Egypt and is too old to travel so I doubt they'll ever meet.
persimmon / 1050 posts
My DS did have a few but my grandma passed away when I was 5 months pregnant 
and my DH's grandpa passed away when DS was about 8 months old (they did get to meet once though). Now he just has step great grandparents (my mom's DH's mom & dad). They send him lots of cards & we visit when I go back home to see my mom.
persimmon / 1445 posts
One on each side- DH's grandma who is delightful. DD1 has seen her several times and I hope to take DD2 out to see her soon.
My grandpa (mom's dad) is still alive but he is the worst so he hasn't met my kids and never will. He remarried after he left my grandma and I have never met his wife.
My dad's aunt has always been sort of a bonus grandparent for me. My dad lived with her for over a year as a kid when my grandmother was ill so they have always been very close. She lives an hour from us and we see her for most major holidays.
pomegranate / 3658 posts
She has one great-grandma. She has met her twice. It's a 2-leg plane flight to get there so we don't do it often.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
No. The only grand that was still living by the time DH and I got married was my grandfather. He passed away a couple years before LO was born. I wasn't close to him, so I doubt they would have met.
honeydew / 7463 posts
He had one until last September. She lived in another country so it took 1.5 years but he finally met her in March. She passed away 6 months later (a few days before he turned 2) so we're glad we went when we did.
No great grandparents left on either side.
coconut / 8854 posts
LO has 3! All on DH's side, and about a 10 hour drive away. We try to see them 1-2x a year
grapefruit / 4903 posts
We buried their great grandfather yesterday. They have one great grandmother left.
pomelo / 5220 posts
Just one great grandmother on the other side of the country. She has met him 1 time. She was too sick to see him last time we were out there.
nectarine / 2690 posts
Yes, DD has 5 Great Grandparents still living. 2 on my side, three on DH's side. She's only met 1 so far Hopefully that'll change soon!
coconut / 8483 posts
They have 5 currently, one passed between da and dd so she never met her.
We see them all a couple times a year ... Christmas, Easter, random times we are back visiting our parents ( it would be more but we live a few hours away) except dhs grandpa who lives in a home about 5 hours away... we see him maybe once a year.
nectarine / 2591 posts
Just one left. #1 had 3 when she was born but we lost both our Grandfathers before #2.
kiwi / 524 posts
I still have a living great-grandmother! Short generations on that side of the family.
LO has 3 - my paternal grandparents and DH's maternal grandmother. Plus my great-grandmother of course.
LO has met all of them but doesn't see them often.
nectarine / 2210 posts
2, both of my grandmothers. Dd has met my dad's mom once at 9 months and my mom's over 5 different trips. We live on the other side of the country from both.
pear / 1503 posts
He has one, DH's paternal grandmother. We only see her 4-5 times a year, as she lives in a different city, but she dotes on him. She made him the most beautiful painting that he will treasure forever.
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