As an Grandfather. who just had a Grand child, my problem was more with my daughter,Initially she had excessive lactation;she could not adjust to the child’s sleeping rhythm,she became irritable with loss of sleep.It took all my patience to manage her and she has now adjusted to the rearing of the child.Another problem is her over reaction to child’s regular (?) habits.Child knows not that it has to do certain things at a fixed time and in a particular manner.This also has to be explained to her and she had to be dissuaded from giving medicines to the child at the drop of a hat.
I do nor remember having done any thing to my wife when my children were toddlers.
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When a new baby arrives in a family, the role of the grandparents varies according to a number of factors, one of the most important being the distance between the parents’ home and the grandparents. The other important factors include:
The difficulty or ease of the birth
The presence of other children in the home
The father’s ability to take parental leave to help out
The new baby’s health and disposition
The economic situation of the parents
The personalities of the parents
The role of the baby’s other grandparents
http://grandparents.about.com/od/growingintoyournewrole/a/NewGrandkids.htm
