How old was Grandma when she became Grandma?

[duck411]

Ok - when DH and I first got together and started talking marriage - my mom made this comment : "If you make me a grandma before I'm 40, I will kill you both." :giggle: But what do ya know.... we're both still walking this earth! :lostit: And my mother became a grandmother right after turning 38. My grandparents were young - as a matter a fact - they were 37 when I came along as the first grandchild. . . . So I'm just curious about everyone else's family & wat knot. . .

How old was Grandma when she became a Grandma?

[OneFabMama]

My mom was also 37 when DD was born. That is what she gets for having me at 18. :giggle: (I was only 19 when DD was born though).

DH's Mom was 43.

[MomToABug]

My parents were 45, and DH's were 44 I think!

[amphibology29]

My mom was 48 when DS was born and she became a grandma for the first time.

[hippydippymama]

My mom became a grandma with DS1 on her 40th birthday. :goodvibes:

[*Katherine*]

My mom had just turned 51 a few weeks before she became a grandma.

My grandma was 37 when I was born

[mylittleprincess34]

My Mother was 37 when I had my first

[marymom]

my mom was 53. but she had me when she was old .... 33 :giggle: j/k, 33 isn't old :giggle2:

[angel0123]

shoot y'all make me feel so old.. my mom is 67. Gosh I can;t imagine being 40 and a grandma... its only 7 yrs away!

[~sarah~]

My mom was 60 when she became a grandma. She had me when she was 27 and I had Sean when I was 32.

[LisaEileen]

I became a Grandma at age 38. The weirdest thing is that I have a 2 year old and I'm a Grandma.

[SugarPlumCompany]

My mom was... 36 or 37? I think? I can't remember my moms age. OMG! :blush:

[duck411]

It's so funny to think that Reese's Great Grandparents are 58! When DH's parents are 48! And mine are 38! CRAZY! :lostit:

[Knits on Earth]

my mum is 60 now. so she was 49 when her first grand cild was born

[MCR]

My Mom is 68 she was 48 when the first grandchild was born.
I'll be a lot older than that by the time I become a grandma, my kids are no where near becoming parents.

[elabela]

My mom just turned 51 and no grandkids yet. but she is also supppper young for her age.

This is her with my older brothers(her sons). People often confuse us for sisters, or just same-age friends. I don't know if that is bad for me, or good for her though!
http://elabela.k.googlepages.com/mommattjosh.jpg/mommattjosh-large.jpg

[ClothDiaperMePlease]

My granny was 67 when I was born.

My FIL was 63 when our first was born. (My DH is almost 40 though.)

[bellamama]

I think she was 37 but my sister had her first when she was 16

[All4Ella]

My mom was 50. My grandma was 70.

DH's mom was 56.

[Samo]

DH's parents and my parents will be about 44-46 (not exactly sure) when they become Grandparents :)

DH's little brother however, will be 10 when he becomes an uncle :P

[Manna00]

My mom was 32 when she had us (I'm a triplet). And I was 25 when DS was born and made her a Nana for the first time. She's a member here--so I won't spit out her age just like that... but you can do the math. Dad is 2 years older than Mom.

[napua]

My Mom was 46 when I had my daughter. MIL was 43.

[swizzle]

My mother was 70 when she became a grandmother for a first time. She still told me that she didn't want to be called grandma. :giggle: She seems much yonger and is probably in betters shape then I am. She was 36 when I was born. (I was 33 when I had our daughter)

[boomer]

Um.......56. My mom was 36 when she had me and I had my first baby at 20.

[Deanner03]

My mom was was 39 when her first grandchild was born. She's now 49 and a grandma of (almost) 6 :giggle:

[Mommi3130]

My mom was 40 when I had my first (I am her only biological child) But she was 28 or around there when my brother had his first (1/2 brother dad's son, but still my brother and my mom's son) :)

[redneckmama]

My mom had just turned 49 when she became a G-ma.

DH's mom was almost 54.

[kidpsych2be]

My mom is 49, she became a Nana 4 years ago when my younger sister had her first.

She was 3 weeks shy of 48 when Gianna was born.

[2sweetboys]

My mom was 39, my dad was 36.

Dh's mom was 45 and his dad was 47.

[Mindi]

My mom was 38 when dd was born. I'm so glad dd didn't follow in my footsteps or I'd be a grandma at 32 :eek:

[jessc82]

My mom will be 50 this coming Feb. She was 47 when DS was born. Gma for the first time. DH mom was 50 I think when DS was born. My gma that I am close to was 58 when I was born, but not a gma for the first time. My dad is the middle of 5 and my gpa went to war so there was hold on children for a while! She was 32 when my dad was born.

[hugstrees]

My Mom was 40, I beleive. :)

[starsandlollipops]

mom was 48, I was 21 when I had DD

[diane24]

My grandma was 44 when I came along. My mom was 47 when DD came along.

[Oceanwaveshimd]

My mom was 60 (she had me when she was 40) and dh mom was 50 when they became grandparents.

[taralee2001]

My mom was 59 when dd was born. My mom was 34 when she had me and I was 25 when I had dd, who is her first grandchild.

On the same note I was taught in my sociology of family classes that 40 is the average age a woman becomes a grandmother. And the youngest grandmother on record was 29 when she became a grandmother. Just thought that was interesting.

[MelDM]

My mom was 43 when my nephew was born, her first grandchild. She would've been 47 when my first DD was born, but she passed away 12 days earlier :cry:

DH's mom was 50 when DD1 was born. She was her first grandchild.

[wildeyes]

my mom was 47.

[proudmommaof4]

Wow. Um, let's see. My mom was 39 when she became a grandma, my dad was 34. Now, my mom is 65, dad is turning 60 and come December, they will have 17 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

[mom2LBJ]

Both my parents & the in laws were 50-52 when they became grandparents (DH & I are the only ones with kids).

[Namaste]

I'm sure I'll be well in my 50s, which is fine with me. My mother was very young as she was 19 when she had my oldest sister and then my sister had her first at 16. So, 35. For me, that is too young.

[MyM&W]

My mom was 44, my dad was 42 and my step dad was 33 LOL

[3rdontheway]

My mom was 53 when her first grandbaby was born. DP mom 54 and she has 12 grandbabies.

[MollyJones]

My mom was 48 when I had Asa--her first grandson.

She turned 50 the DAY I had Ellis... her first Granddaughter.

Needless to say, I didn't go shopping for her THAT day. :giggle2:

[foodie.yarnie.mommie.]

both my mom and mil were 43 when they became "grandmas" , neither one of them is called grandma though. :giggle: My grandparents were a lot older because my grandma was almost 40 when she had my mom and my even though my dad's parents started younger he is one of 6 so they were still older when they had him. I never really knew my grandparents very well and I always planned to have kids at a younger age so that my children would have real relationships and memories with them, plus my mom had us when she was 23 so I just had the image of being around the same age when I had kids.

[jausten]

My brother had the first grandchild, and my mom was 46. She was 50 when I had my first baby.

[Miles]

My mom was 36, father was 37, FIL was 41 and my MIL was 40.

[CherryPie]

My mom was 47 or 48 and I was 18

[Lisa-Rachelle]

My mom was 48 was DD #1 was born. If my dad were still alive, he would have been 60.

DH's mom was 46 and dad was 56.

[MommaBunny]

I meant to check the last box AND the second one.

My mother had me at 19, and I had my DD at 21, so she was 40.

My MIL had my DH at 38 (fertility problems), and he was 35 when DD was born, so she was 73.

My DD is the first grandchild out of both of our families, so she made one a grandma much sooner than she expected, and made another a grandma much later than she expected!

...And MY grandmother was actually a great-great grandmother at age 72!!! She may manage to live to be a great-great-GREAT grandmother!

[Okmommy06]

My mom was 37 when my brother had his oldest and 41 when i had my first which was also the same year that both my brother's had a little boy as well. My older brother's baby was born 5 days before mine, then my little brother had a little boy 1 month after DS was born.

[militarymama]

My mom was 49 - she had me (oldest of 5) when she was 32, but I had DD #1 when I was 17. She comments now (she has mod/sev RA) that she is so glad she was a "younger" grandma. Now at 61, she has 5 grandchildren & one on the way!

[Mother Lover]

I was 16 when I had DD so that made my mom in her early 40's

[shetibo]

my mom is in her 40's, but she had a baby a month before me...???
its me 21, sis 18, 1/2 bro <4, 1/2 sis <1

[jbaxter]

My mom was 42 when my first was born ( I was her first) MY grandmother was 35yrs old when I was born.

Different world because Im DUE in 13weeks at 41 LOL

[mhr1406]

My mom was a few weeks shy of 43 when my ds1 was born and she became a grandma. I was 21 and my dh was a couple weeks away from 22.

My dh's mom was a grandma at 31 because his sister had a baby when his sister was 16 and my dh was only 6. So my dh became an uncle at 6. SO my mil was 47 when ds1 was born but she had already been a grandma for 16 years.

[CamsMama]

My Mom became a grandma at age 39, but not by me. My sister had her first DD on her 21st birthday when my Mom was 39. I didn't have my first child until my Mom was 47. My MIL didn't become a grandma until our DS was born & he was born 2 days after she turned 50.

[asianmama]

dad was was 35 mom was 41.... they are now turning 67 and 60 -- they will have 16 or 17 grandchildren( depending on when i pop) and 1 great grand child..

dh's family is very secretive of their ages so i dont know.... all i know is that his mom and dad and step mom are way younger then my parents... lol

[DommysMommy]

My mom became a grandma when she was I wanna say 49? That was from my brother. She was 53 when I had DS...I think! I think!

[Rosella]

Margo is my mom's first and only grandchild - she was born when my mom was 67. I was 34 when Margo was born. Of course, my mom had me late, too - at age 32. :goodvibes:

[mollypeters]

Step-dd made dh and i grandparents at 39 and 31.

[AnnaG01]

My mom was 38 when my oldest sister had her 11 year old (almost 12) DS.

[mommyfrog]

My mom was 41 when her first grandbaby was born, by my oldest sister. But she had a baby when she was 39 and was still nursing him. She actually nursed her first grandbaby once!! I'm not sure why. I can't remember since I was only 14 and wasn't really paying that much attention.

[HadassahSukkot]

Mom had me at 22. I had my LO at 26. She is 48. MIL is a little older than her.

[jenn5388]

my mom was the ripe old age of 32.

she had my brother and sister at 14 and 15years old and my sister had her first at 16. I was the last and didn't make her a grandma until she was 49. lol

[elabela]

SNIP

...And MY grandmother was actually a great-great grandmother at age 72!!! She may manage to live to be a great-great-GREAT grandmother!

Wow your gran was lucky! My gran passed away just a week shy of being a great grandma for the first time, and 4 months shy of being a great grandma for the second time! :(

[kettle]

My mother was 50. I waited until I was 26 to get pregnant because I was finishing two degrees and had a very demanding job... I wanted to wait until my husband and I were in a position that one of us could be a stay at homer (my husband is SAHD).

[duck411]

wowzers - love the response im getting w/ this..

i made my grandparents great grandparents at 57 & 58! :giggle: I loved having young grandparents and I hope Reese will too - They're so much more able.

[mOmof3]

My mom was 45 when dd was born

[MamaToBe84]

my mom was 43 and MIL was 50..

funny story, when i was a teenager (dh and i have been together since we were 14 and 16) my mom made a comment in front of my whole family about me and said something like "i dont want to be a grandma in my 30s!" and it p*ssed me off so bad i said "dont worry, you wont BE in your 30s much longer" and walked out of the room :giggle:

[iris0110]

My mom didn't have me till she was 26, I had Kearnan when I was 19, so my mom was 45 when Kearnan was born (her first grandchild, I'm the oldest). My mom's parents were older when I was a kid, Mom is a middle child of 6 kids, and since she waited later to have us her parents were 60 when I was born. They were very healthy though, Grandma at least got to meet Kearnan a couple of times even. She was alot of fun, she was always up for anything, even though she was older. But I think it is great that my boys get to have youngish grandparents (not as young as some obviously, but younger). They can do just about anything, and they should be with us for a long time to come I hope. The only draw back is both of my parents are still working, obviously they are not old enough to retire. So they aren't available to babysit during the day, or to take long zoo trips during the week ect. Dh's parents are a bit older, Dh is the youngest of 4, and his parents were over 30 when he was born. So they were a good bit older when our boys were born. His dad is disabled, he is blind from diabetes but he is still very active. He doesn't mind doing a bit of babysitting here and there. Dh's mom is still working as a teacher, and probably will forever if they let her. :giggle:

[katesmash]

I picked 2 options, for the same "grama" (my mom)....
61-65 because my mom just turned 62 a couple weeks before DD was born
51-55 because my mom was 51 when my step-niece came into the picture when her mom got together with my brother.

ETA my mom is older than most new gramas, for biological grandchildren, because I am the only child giving her biological grandchildren. She gave birth to me in her late 30's :wub:
my 2 brothers (who mom had when she was in her mid-twenties) never had their own biological children. One married and gained a step-daughter that I mentioned above, and they cannot have any children together because my SIL had to have a hysterectomy (due to cysts?). My other brother is dating/common law with a woman who is technically old enough to be my mom :yuck: (my bro is 15 years older than me, and dating a woman about 8 years (I think) older than him..)... and she has sons from a previous marriage (I don't even think she's technically "divorced" either... even though my bro and her have been together for over 10 years)... her oldest son is 3 years younger than I am!

[tararaboomdeea]

My Mom was 42 when she became a Grandma. She had me young, so she's a young Grandma. ;)

[Butterfly Designs]

my mom was 42...she had me at 21 and i had my first at 21. Dh's mom was 48

[Ami in Deutschland]

The poll should let you vote twice. Aren't there two grandmas? MIL was 66 and my mom was 56. The older grandparents are way worse about doting and spoiling, but it's like DS breathed life into them. MIL quit smoking while I was pregnant:thumbsup: and goes to the gym now:giggle: three days a week. If baby 2 is a girl, I think she'll actually find the time to quilt (a hobby I dragged her into a few years ago). :giggle2:

[Computermama]

I'm the oldest in my family and the first (and according to my sister, the only) who has kids. Mom accused me when I got pregnant of timing it to give her a 50th birthday present. She turned 50 a few months before DD was born.

However, I'm younger than DH and his siblings - MIL's oldest grandchild will be 11 in September. I'll always remember how old my neice is because her mother was so excited to be pregnant, that she blurted it out to me the first time I met her a few weeks after DH and I started dating. :giggle: I think MIL's turning 56 in January, which would have made her 44 when she became a grandma.

[melissa5]

my mom was 37

[SubliminalDarkness]

My mom was 36 when I was born, and she was 55 when DS1 was born.

My MIL was.... about 60 when DS1 was born.

[growgrowgrow]

my mom will be 62.

[trilla_marion]

My grandma was 34 when she became a grandma because my aunt was 14. My mother was 20 when she had my brother and 41 when she became a grandmother, my brother was 21....My mom is only 45 and has 3 grandkids. ^_^ My grandparents have great grandchildren and they're only in thei 60's and 70's and my mom's step-father is in his 50's hehe

[Monkeytaylz]

My mother was 4 when my nephew was born and she became a grandma the first time. My mother was 63 when she became a great grandma.
I was 40 when I became a grandma the first time! And my youngest daughter was born a year later:goodvibes:

[asteiner18]

either 37 or 38 and great grandmas at 50 LOL

[CourtCourt]

My mom was 48 when she became a Grandma. :)

[mevans]

My mom was 38 (turned 39 later in the year) and DH's mom was 39 or 40.

[snangel]

My mom was 19 when she had me. I was 18 when I had my first., So she was 37!

[this_mel_rocks]

my mom was 39

[ceilismom]

Sheesh. Grandma is a family relationship, not a sign that somebody has become elderly.

[gbryndi]

my mom was 38 and my MIL was 42(i think)

[~Peach~]

My mom was a g-ma at the ripe old age of 42:giggle:

[Blankie]

52 when my nephew was born. And second time 54 ,when my DS was born.

[Equivocal]

My mom was 48, almost 49.
My dad had just turned 49 four days earlier.

My partner's mom was 62.
My partner's dad had just turned 59 five days earlier.

My daughter is still the one and only grandchild for both sides. :)

My grandparents were 50 and 52 when I was born and 46 and 48 when their first grandchild was born.

ETA: I was 28 when DD was born, DP was 32.

[lulusmom]

My mom was 60.

[KaleidoscopeEyes]

My mom was 37 and her mom was 39. My MIL was 36.

[Mommy2B]

46. She had me at 19 (a week or so shy of 20) and I was 26 when I gave birth to DS.

[isabel249]

my mom 38 (my sister had a baby at 17)

my mil- 52 or 53 I think... this was her first grandchild

[mommy2kaitlyn]

My mom was almost 47 when I had DD. Now ex's mom was I think 54. I forget.
My mom was almost 24 when she had me and I was almost 24 when I had DD.

[whitecalx]

barely 41. She was 20 when I was born and I was obviously 21 when dd was born. She turned 41 a couple of weeks before dd was born.

[summersonshine0407]

My first son made my Mom a Grandmother for the first time. She was 53 (almost 54.) My Dad was 59.

My Mom had me at 26, and I had DS1 at 27.

[gogokim]

I will be 42 friday:giggle: you were refering to me, right:giggle:

[tessa1002]

:jawdrop:

My DAD was 37 when he had me! I don't know how old my grandma was, but I'm assuming she was in her mid-late 50s.

My mom was in her late 40s when I has Asher, and my dad was in his mid 50s.

[mikoto127]

My mom and MIL were both 48!

[clothmamaof4]

My mom was only 19 when she had me so even though I was 21 when I had my son it still made her a "young" grandmother