I got the Tdap when I got my flu shot, which I get every year. Tdap takes about two weeks for the maximum antibodies to be produced.
I have been able to spend several days with my sweet grandson. I am exhausted after a full day, but it is the best exhausted ever. I am retiring in two weeks so I can spend even more time with him. 
Just found out the baby’s gender. It’s a girl. I didn’t have a preference, but after having 2 boys myself, having a granddaughter will be fun.
My grandchild is also a girl. I’ve known since early April when S & DIL told us ( D, SIL, & me) at my birthday brunch. I’ve kept quiet until about 2 weeks ago when DIL put it on FB. My exH told the original baby news before he was supposed to, so he didn’t get the gender reveal until a month or so after I knew. I told a few friends that he was in “timeout” for unauthorized sharing and I wasn’t going to get sent there, so they would have to wait on gender reveal. I would have been happy either way, but I was secretly wishing for a little girl.
The baby is due at the end of September and I feel like it is taking forever! S & DIL are coming for a visit the first week in July and this will be the first time I’ve seen DIL since she is “showing.”
Re T-DAP vaccine, when D and son-in-law mentioned the info they had gotten from their pediatrician during pregnancy, we complied with making sure we both had the vaccine before the child was born.
We also signed up for “grandparenting class” held at a local hospital. It was a fun afternoon – we learned a lot (especially about how to be supportive of a new nursing mother) and had our pictures taken holding the life-like infant dolls used in the class.
We wanted to signal that we were up for doing whatever we could to prove ourselves responsible, supportive grandparents.
That was two years ago, and now that couple is expecting #2, and we will be “on call” to care for grandchild #1 for a week following arrival of the new sibling.
Yes, we know it will be exhausting.
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2163173/Toddlers-daily-antics-equivalent-doing-83-rounds-boxing-ring.html
Thank goodness there will be two of us caring for the one child. I fully expect us grands, based on previous experiences, to be taking turns getting naps. Honestly, don’t know how I did it back in the day (suppose being three decades younger did make a difference.)
Recently found out that H and I will be grandparents in December!!! We are so very excited!
I believe DH and the baby’s parents are up on their Tdap shots, but the baby’s father, my son, has been adamant about not getting flu shots. I think that attitude will have to change this fall with a baby due in early Nov.
I have a new grandbaby. I had visions of helping clean their house, cooking, etc. Nope, it’s been 3 weeks tomorrow and I go and only hold him for 2-3 hours at a time. This seemed helpful to them when they had the newborn settling/exhaustion thing. Momma is feeling much better and I’m sure she’s now indulging me
My own maternity leaves were waaaay too short, and I’m just going to soak up the cuddling time. Today I was holding him and lamenting the fact he’s looking “older”.
I got the Tdap before the 1st grandbaby. I keep up on my tetanus shots, as I had it once–no fun!
Please remind all visitors to wash their hands before holding the baby.
Have any of you grandparents had the Tdap vaccine?>>>>>>>>
Oh yes, both dh and I got it before he arrived.
We currently have a Pertussis outbreak in our county! Yikes.
Congratulations to all! The news of a grandson or granddaughter on the way is wonderful.
When GS was in the NICU, they had us take off all rings and bracelets, wash our hands, AND use hand sanitizer. We did this after he came home and continued for the first three months of his life. I still wash OR hand sanitize often.
I am currently watching him sleep. I often hold him if I think it will be a short nap, just because it feels so good, but when I think he will take a little longer nap I do put him down. I retired recently and will enjoy many days caring for him. SO blessed!
I just spent a week with my daughter’s family at her sister’s wedding and a family getaway afterwards. My 20 month-old grandson is charming, funny, exhausting, and trying at times, and a wonderful reminder of how fascinating child development is. He’ll say “no no” and immediately do something he knows he’s not supposed to do (like put a sea shell in his mouth). Then he’ll give you a big grin when you take it away from him. He applauds himself when he does something nice for the dog, like putting a Cheerio in his food bowl or giving him a hug. I forgot how much fun those baby moments are.
His 20 m/o memory is much better than my 62 y/o one. He loves to see photos and videos of himself on someone’s phone. When he wants to do that, he’ll say “sitsitsit” to you, take your phone, and say “baby?” We were looking at videos in the kitchen when his mother opened the pantry door for something, so he went in with my phone, laid it on a shelf, and came out with a box of Cheerios. While he was snacking, I moved the phone. Once he finished his cereal, he scooted off his chair, went into the pantry, and went to exactly the shelf where he’d left the phone, and was not pleased to discover it had been moved. He came over to me and said, “baby?” in a somewhat aggrieved tone.
I swear I am not making that up. I can barely remember what task I was doing 15 minutes ago that I meant to get back to, let alone where I left my phone.
Vicarious grandparenting again…dear friends’ son just had their second daughter in 16 months.
I couldn’t resist sending matching outffits along with the welcome baby gift.
WOO HOO! It’s happening RIGHT NOW! DD has been in labor all day (started around midnight last night) and we’re expecting that sweet baby boy to make his debut soon!
Congratulations @SplashMom
WOW WOW WOW!!!
Hugs for all.
I had a C-section (breech breech breech–she never turned once) and an adoption.
I cannot imagine true labor and even then knowing my DD would be going through it…
Honestly, labor can be intense but to me not as painful as a broken fibula, if that makes any sense. I’ve experienced both.
After more than 24 hours of labor and being transferred from the birthing center to Vanderbilt Hospital, my DD and SIL are the proud parents of an 8lb 10oz perfectly healthy boy, and I’m an over-the-moon Nonny.
HA!!!
Nonny congrats from another Nonnie to a 5 years old boy.
It is a great name as kids can say it early.
Happy for you and yours! And what a big boy!
Getting our TDAP shot tomorrow
Congrats! We’ve got 2.5 months to go.