Young grandparents

[HighlandWorrier]

So I recently bumped into an old school friend who told me she's a granny and her 3 kids are all over 20. Realise I must have started out late as my own kids are 4 and 11.

Was speaking to my friend about it and she told me of someone who became a granny at 35 I was like

So wondering if I am in the minority to not have grandkids, I'm 44 by the way.

I had my youngest at 43.
I now get asked if I am mum or grandma at appointments...

Not unexpected but still a shock as I don’t feel old enough to be a granny.

My mum was 46 when she became a grandma. She had me at 19 and I had DD at 26.

My DM was 66 and DF 71 when my sister then aged 40 made them Grandparents. If it wasn't for my sister they would never have been Grandparents.

It’s quite nice for grandparents to be in their 60s and over, that way they are likely retired already.
A grandmother in their 40s probably will be working until she has great grandchild.

My db became a granddad at 43. My sister had her youngest the year after at age 43. So her great nephew is older than her son. We have quite an age range in my family. I'm closer in age to my eldest nephew than I am to my brother. My parents also became grandparents at 43. I might be quite old as I'm in my fifties now and DC are teenagers.

My DM was 55 when DS was born. She was 29 when she had me, and I was 26 when DS was born. DF was 60 when DS was born. I think they are great ages. DF looks after DS several days per week whilst I work as he’s retired, and DM has one day off work with them too. They are young enough that they can do all sorts like swimming, beach trips, long walks, carrying DS in the sling... DF even takes him out running in the buggy! DS is really lucky to have such a lovely bond with them. (They are also secretly pleased that people often think he’s their son)

My Grandma was a great grandparent at 70- she looks about 50 though so everyone is always really surprised.

I’d feel a bit sad if my daughter became a teen Mum- so hopefully I won’t become a grandparent until my 50’s!

55 here and not a granny and not the slightest desire to be one either. Eldest dc is 29. Hopefully it wont happen for a long time yet.

My mum became a nanny at 42... 3 years after she had her last child! My youngest sister is 10 and my oldest child is 7 haha.

I was 18 (nearly 19) when I had my son.

I will be 45 when DS is 18. I hope that I will become a grandparent when in my 50s. I want to be a very active and involved grandparent able to offer a lot of help.

My parents became grandparents at 47 and 50. That seems smack bang average around here - first-time grandparents tend to range from 45 to 60. My dad's best friend had his eldest little girl a few months before I had my eldest but we had also got married a few months apart so not a surprise. He'd just not met anyone before then, and married a woman a decade younger than himself.

Of course I know some 35 year old grandmas too, but it is a lot more unusual.

My mum became a grandparent at 47.

I became a granny at 37 .

I had my eldest when I was 16 . She had her first at 21.

Absolutely nothing depressing about it , Im very proud of my family and I just love being called nanny , it's such a special love .

34 is the youngest I know but know several under 40.

Then complicated families where gran has a dc younger than her dgc!

My dm was 50 and felt that was too young. My dgm was 70 when I was born. That’s too old imo.

I'm about to be a grandparent- dd is 25 and I'm 52. I'm the first in my peer group to have grandchildren and was one of the in my circle of friends to have my dd.

There is a similar age gap between my dm and myself.

I became a grandma at 36 , I've got 5 grandchildren and one on the way . I'm 51

It completely varies but I wouldn’t say you’re in the minority. I had my first baby at 25 and so did my mum so she became a nan at 50 which compared to most of my friends’ mums is young as they had their babies in their thirties.
I don’t think it matters and there certainly should be no value judgment on whether someone becomes a nan at 40, 50, 60 or 70!

My mum was a nan at 42 I had my first child at 42

I’m 39 and definitely considered a younger mum at my dcs’ school.

I was 51 when I became a grandmother - I had my first child at 22 & dd1 had her 1st at 29.

I was thinking about this the other day, I made my Parents Grandparents at 43, I was 19.
I'm 38 now and DD is 19, my youngest two DC are still in Primary school. It's kind of hit home how my parents must have felt. I have no desire to become a Gran in the next 10 years let alone now. Thankfully at the moment DD agrees with me!

I'm 44 and have young kids. I see from Facebook that plenty of my old school friends have grandkids. It's not that surprising if they had kids young and their kids had kids young.

My brother and his GF had a son at 17. They went on to marry other people and have more children. Their son married at 25 and had a child so my bro was a grandad at 43.

My dm became a gp to my eldest at 50. I would like to be a fairly young granny (under 60) but realistically I will be working until 70 so don't know how much time I will have to be an active dgp.

I would hate to be pregnant at the same time as one of my children, that would feel really odd!

I'm a long way of grandchildren and I'm 52, lol. My children are 17 and 13, but the 17 yo says he wants to be in his 30's, if ever.

My cousin was a grandmother before I was a mother.