Frustrating

I have a brand new grand daughter, my first. She's perfect!

Some of my nieces struggle financially. I constantly feel the need to temper my remarks around them and on Facebook because they will feel bad knowing that this little girl will get everything under the sun from her grandpa, and my nieces' new babies will have much less.

She will wrap you around her little finger. Mine is almost 29 now.

Here's mine.

No doubt about it, she will get her grandparents' personal attention.

I just had my first kid almost two months ago. WOW, I always just ignored the comments about how hard child birth is, try being in high gear on a roof in August. This was my adolescent mind(til I'm 30) just ignoring what I didn't want to know. Now it's like, what the hell, square peg round hole.

I had a baby girl, and like yours, she's the most beautiful girl in the world.

Nothing wrong with financial assistance if your able but shaggy pretty much covered it. Quality time is what children need and will remember far above dollars and things.

I came from a badly broken family. Moved all over the place and from person to person while trying to grow up. At age 12 I ran away and ended up at my Grandparents home. They bought me my first bike and my first motorcycle.

Those are two huge materialistic things in a young boy's life but what I remember about them the most by far is the love that they spilled over onto me. I really had not ever known love and quality time hardly at all until them.

Although I was not perfect and went astray after leaving their home and had to recover from my own bad choices, I will never forget their teachings. I refer to them all the time. In fact, if not for them along with the love of my wife and children, I don't think I would have made any recovery from self at all and probably wouldn't even be alive.

Congratulations on your first grandchild! :)

Don't your nieces babies have grandpa's?

jjshaggy Said: Roofguy, congratulations to you and your family! My parents moved away right after my 1st son was born, and I was devastated. Although they have helped financially, theyre never have been there emotionally for my kids. They hardly know who they are. Money isnt everything. My aunt has been more of a grandma to them. Time and love are the greatest thing you can give to a child. My uncle Bob taught me roofing, and am so grateful of the things he taught me. I can only repay him with love and respect. So if they are close enough to you give them that. Its worth its weight in gold!

Roofguy, congratulations to you and your family! My parents moved away right after my 1st son was born, and I was devastated. Although they have helped financially, they're never have been there emotionally for my kids. They hardly know who they are. Money isn't everything. My aunt has been more of a grandma to them. Time and love are the greatest thing you can give to a child. My uncle Bob taught me roofing, and am so grateful of the things he taught me. I can only repay him with love and respect. So if they are close enough to you give them that. It's worth it's weight in gold!