Introduction
Paige - currently a 20.5 month old little girl with a ton of personality and energy.
Me and my wife - 40-something year old grandparents raising Paige full-time and wondering where we can get some of her energy.
I won't go into detail as to why we're raising Paige right now. That's a different post once I get permission from the wife. Suffice it to say at this point in our lives we weren't expecting to be raising a child all over again. In less than a week I turn 46 but in the past 20 months I have felt both 26 and 66 at various times. Raising Paige will do that. At times she is so full of wonder and excitement, snuggles and laughter that you feel young again and able to do anything. At other times she is so full of tears and tantrums, energy and anger that you feel too old to move. But hey, it's all fun right?
Right?
Of course it is...
Since she will be raised in a world of social media, computers and the Internet I thought I would start this blog to chronicle all the good and bad that comes with grandparents raising a grandchild and perhaps others in our situation will not only appreciate what we go through but also find some help with any tips I share along the way.
So keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times and hold on, it's going to be bumpy.
Me and my wife - 40-something year old grandparents raising Paige full-time and wondering where we can get some of her energy.
I won't go into detail as to why we're raising Paige right now. That's a different post once I get permission from the wife. Suffice it to say at this point in our lives we weren't expecting to be raising a child all over again. In less than a week I turn 46 but in the past 20 months I have felt both 26 and 66 at various times. Raising Paige will do that. At times she is so full of wonder and excitement, snuggles and laughter that you feel young again and able to do anything. At other times she is so full of tears and tantrums, energy and anger that you feel too old to move. But hey, it's all fun right?
Right?
Of course it is...
Since she will be raised in a world of social media, computers and the Internet I thought I would start this blog to chronicle all the good and bad that comes with grandparents raising a grandchild and perhaps others in our situation will not only appreciate what we go through but also find some help with any tips I share along the way.
So keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times and hold on, it's going to be bumpy.
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