New to all this and emotional wreck

Congratulations joscurry you have done so well, both as a mum and a gran. It's a big step and a complete change no wonder you feel emotional. I also think today's young mums seem to be so organised (were we ever like that?) it's sometimes difficult to know where a gran fits in. It isn't the same as it was but it is still a wonderful time of your life and you have a perfect right to laugh, cry, scream your head off or do whatever you feel like.

joscurry I remember that feeling very well my daughter unmarried and 18 in a difficult relationship with babies father ,my daughter suffered from epilepsy so pregnancy meant I was on high alert all the time as she lived at home..I was happy that all went well I cared for my daughter to enable her to care for hers so....why did I go to pieces ...end of an era,no longer a child but woman ..The moment it really hit me was when they referred to mum as they handed me the baby and I realised in stead of being a main player I had been relegated to the supporters bench......it passes..and several friends have also been wobbly after daughters children arrive for a while .....congratulations on your first grandchild

Thank you. No future visit planned, they will return home on Saturday. I just said that I will take my cue by them... And will stay at nearby b&b. They have tiny house, no room at the inn... I just want to support them and help where I can.... It's just weird, this feeling. Like I don't know my role and would like a script...lol.... They are doing so well, and a good friend complimented me because I must have contributed to my daughters mothering skills.... I suppose that I'm old enough to remember the mothers mum being part of the settling days.... My daughter doesn't need that.... Early days, I know.... Just need to sort out my own hormones, as you say.

Aah my daughter's daughter. So very special. I remember carrying the first grandchild to the window of the hospital in New York to look at her (and hide my tears) and thinking the whole world is out there and it's all yours. Very soppy.

I always howled wept when they went home. Not anymore though. (Raucous 9 and 13 year olds)

I swear the grandmother's hormones go a bit funny when she is around a first grandchild. It will all settle down soon.

When is your next baby viewing timed for?

Congrats btw.