Grandma Should Have Ice Packs and Heating Pads and Band Aids Ready For Grandchildren with RICE
When a grandchild hurts or gets hurt, we grandmas jump into action. Whereas a parent says tough it out and it will be okay, it is the...
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Dec 15, 20154 min read
Grandmas Love National Cookie Day Every Day And Here Are Cookie Recipes and Two Back Stories About Cookies To Share With Grandchildren Including the Coveted Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Our youngest daughter’s first word was “cookie.” This Grandma is convinced it was due to GG (her grandmother) caring for her regularly...
Dec 13, 20153 min read
Mashed Potato Pancakes That Can Follow the Thanksgiving Baked Potato Bar For Chanukah as Well as All Family Get Togethers
This year at Thanksgiving, being weight conscious and gluten free conscious, the mother of our youngest daughter came up with the idea of...
Dec 9, 20152 min read
The 2015 Best Holiday Gifts For Grandma From Grandchildren
This Grandma does not want grandchildren to spend much money on a holiday gift. Previous posts recommend a photograph of the grandchild...
Dec 7, 20154 min read
Great Grandmother’s Remedy of Epsom Salt Baths In Vogue Today For Everything From Colds to Sleep Aid To Sore Muscles To Calming Children and Here is How to Do It
Our GG (great grandmother, my mother) used to add Epsom salts to this grandma’s bath when she was a child as a cure all. She told us it...
Dec 3, 20155 min read
Think Puzzles For Under Twenty Dollar Holiday Presents For Grandchildren of All Ages And From Grandchildren For Us Boomer Grandmas
This Grandma always knew puzzles are good for our grand children’s brains, but not exactly why, so I went on line, and found the...
Dec 1, 20153 min read
InstaMom, the New Stage Mother, and What This Means in Our New Society and For Our Grandchildren
Reading a New York Times article, November 14, 2015, about mothers hiring professional photographers and setting their children up with...
Nov 29, 20152 min read
Documenting Baby’s Growth Month By Month During the First Year With Onesies, Belly Stickers and Huge Stuffed Animals Makes For Wonderful Baby Gifts From Grandma For Holidays or As a Wonderful Baby Sho
A dear long (we never say old) grandma friend sends me a picture of her youngest granddaughter each month. The adorable baby girl is...
Nov 27, 20153 min read
Crayons From Star Wars to Body to Books To Creativity Are A Forever Hit With Grandchildren Beginning With Toddlers to Older Grandchildren Especially At the Holidays 2015
The New York Times best seller list has two picture books, number two and three, by Drew Daywalt, from his series on crayons for children...
Nov 25, 20159 min read
Award Winning Toys and Games Sure to Be Winners With Our Grandchildren and a Winner for the Grandchildren to Get for Grandma This Holiday Season 2015
We grandmas want the toys we buy to be winners, toys our grandchildren will play with again and again. The best place to look is the...
Nov 23, 20155 min read
Pew Study on the New Twenty First Century Family Shows Who Does the Heavy Lifting in the Family Has Not Changed Much and They Need Our Help More Than Ever
Two articles a week apart in the New York Times about a Pew Study on the new twenty first century family give us two views by the same...
Nov 18, 20156 min read
The Stroll from Boomer Grandma’s Era and the Electric Slide and Macarena from the Era of Their Parents Has Become the Whip for Our Grandchildren
Doing Face Time with grandchildren is the next best thing to being with them in person. It allows us to share their lives, see them when...
Nov 14, 20157 min read
Get Your Grandchild, Even Your Toddler and Preschool Grandchild, An iPad or iPad Mini For A Birthday Present or the Holidays With The Following Indispensable Accessories and Tips To Go With It
A dear, long (we never say old) friend called me to ask what she should get her granddaughter for her second birthday. The first words...
Nov 12, 20154 min read
Easiest and Best Thanksgiving Boomer Grandma Tips and Easiest and Best Thanksgiving Stuffing To Make With Grandchildren
This Grandma makes reservations. Holidays are an exception, although the best tip for grandmas at holiday time is to turn over the...
Nov 3, 20154 min read
Hess Holiday Toy Truck Tradition Remains Alive For 2015 and We Grandmas Can Turn it into A Family Tradition
Our grandsons love getting their Hess holiday toy trucks every year from their other grandparents. Remember, children remember traditions...
Oct 25, 20155 min read
Adults Making Millions Playing With Toys on YouTube Videos And Why Did We Not Think of This Silliness
Twenty somethings are doing it, according to the Today Show October 16, 2015. Even more mature adults are doing it. The goofy videos our...
Oct 23, 20152 min read
Experiment with Baking No Mixer Easy Cupcakes on National Chocolate Cupcake Day
Yes, it does seem that every day is a special day. Cupcakes are special, but it seems that chocolate cupcakes make it to have their own...
Oct 18, 20156 min read
American Academy of Pediatrics Comes Into the Twenty First Century Regarding Electronics and Children Just in Time to Stop Parental Guilt Over Parents’ Reality
This Grandma never understood the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations that children, ages two and under, have absolutely...
Oct 16, 20153 min read
Fast Food Stable and Staple in Our Grandchildren’s Diet
The New York Times reported on September 16, 2016 that “About one-third of American children and teens eat pizza or other fast food every...
Oct 14, 20152 min read
To This Day, Play Dough Does Not Appear in Grandma’s House But Learning its History and How To Make It At Home Led to The Best Website For Instructions To Homemade Anything
The youngest grandson, age four, loves Play Dough. And his mother actually allows it in her home. It may be because she was deprived as a...
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