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• When Grandma Says No Thanks to Baby Care

  We've probably all got the image in our mind of what happens when one woman's "baby" has a baby of her own:  A glowing new grandmother rushes to her daughter's home and settles in for a week at least--cooking, cleaning, changing diapers, coaching the new mother on breastfeding, swaddling and bathing her new bundle of joy.  Later, grandma cheerfully offers to babysit, goading "you two go out and have fun!  Don't worry about a thing!  You deserve it!"I'm not sure where this little fairy tale comes from, but it's a far cry from the reality for many new parents. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2009, 10:00 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: grandparents, childcare, Multigenerational families, retirement, Shannon LC Cate

• Six Generations of Girls Spanning More Than a Century

  I came across this story in the Daily Mail and just thought it was totally awesome.  In the article, we are introduced to a young Londoner named Lili-Mae Voce, the latest addition to a family of six generations of girls spanning an incredible 103 years!  And if the concept of six generations of the same family is hard to grasp, they are all first-born children and they live within two miles of each other. The unusual family line began in 1904 with Lili-Mae's great, great, great granny Dorothy Baguley, now a staggering 103 years old, followed by her daughter Margaret Whittingham, 77, and great gran Lucy Brown, 57, and gran Natalie, 37. Having lost both sets of grandparents when I was very young, I'm completely envious of this incredible multi-generational family and think this is incredibly cool.  Posted May 26 2007, 06:12 PM by MetroDad with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Lili-Mae Voce, Multigenerational families