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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the most helpful thing that you can do is to offer to care for and entertain the older child. Take your grandchild out, bring him/her back and forth to the hospital, make his/her meals, get them ready for bed--that kind of help is priceless. You can even offer to take them to your hotel with you to spend the night and give the new parents bonding time (although you should not be offended if they don't take you up on the offer as having their older child there to bond with the baby is also important). Just because you are staying in a hotel doesn't mean that you can't be helpful and that you can't spend time with them. But you need to give them some space as well. It's tough enough to have houseguests without kids but having them after you just got out of the hospital with a newborn is a lot to ask.[/quote]
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