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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Same issue.[b] I wish our sisters would just get their sh!t together and have some grandchildren so that it's not all on us. [/b]There is so much whining and complaining on both sides about time with our daughter. They both decided we needed to do two Christmases and two Thanksgivings so they could both have her on that day, which makes our lives so much harder. Ridiculous.[/quote]

It won't matter.  The first ones have a special bond that not granted upon the fourths and fifths.  They will always be the first to do things.  As the grandparents age they tend to like the more mature ones and wont tolerate the younger ones, so the focus will still be there.  The 10 and 11ths will get absolutely no attention, from their grandparents or from their aunts and uncles with older children.  You will intend to, but just wont happen, because "you are just in a different place now".

I have seen this over and over and over.  [/quote]

Eh it just depends.  My mom has 8 grandchildren.  My kids are #6 and #8.  She adores them just like the older ones.  Of course they might not benefit from the exact same things as the older ones, since my mom is getting older.  But they will benefit from her love.  And that's what matters most to me.[/quote]

+1. I was a middle grandchild and was loved as much as the older ones. I'd say that grandchildren #10 and #11 were the absolute favorites though. They had loads of sleepovers and by the time they came, my grandparents were missing babies. [/quote]

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