NOOOOOOOOooooo!

You are not overreacting one bit. My grandbabies were both born in my town. I was even the birth coach for my first grandchild which created a special bond beyond the normal grandma-grandchild bond. I saw them every single day. Then my daughter and her husband decided to move away...a nine hour drive away!!!! My heart literally broke...I am sure it would have been visible on an x-ray. I went through a deep depression and cried until I ran out of tears. And I made the 9 hour (one way) drive every three weeks. That was the limit to how long I could live without them.

After about a year of this my daughter and her husband broke up and she moved closer to us (now only 6 hours drive away). I continued my every 3 week visits but as they grew up I needed more time with them so my husband and I moved closer to them. We now live a 3 hour drive from them (and 1-/12 hr drive from our other daughter who doesn't have kids yet). Then my husband (a property investor & builder) bought a repo investment house in the same town that the grandbabies live in. This meant that we got to park our RV in an adult park nearby while he did the remodel on the house. So I get to see the kids every day again. PLUS, every other weekend that the grandbabes don't go to their dads, they come to our home! I also babysit my grandson two days a week (his sister is in school already).

We subsequently bought a second investment house which my husband is working on right now, and we just made an offer on a third yesterday, therefore it is going to be several more months of seeing my grandbabes daily. But now that we get them every other weekend, when the remodel work is done, I can live with having them every other weekend plus any other time I feel like making the 3 hour drive to their home.

Soooo, you are not overreacting, you are a grandma and you are bonding with that grandbaby even before s/he is born...you deserve to be with them often. I would do everything in my power to get the kids to stay close enough that you get to be involved in your grandbabies life.

Hugs! Hoping they don't move away.

Holly

You can always threaten to leave them out of your will

Oh No! it is harder. My 4 year old granddaughter ( the one with an imminent little sister on the way, and I skype frequently, we talk on the phone now that she is bigger and has more to say, and she LOVES getting her "MiMi" boxes in the mail. I throw all the things that I find in there, toys, games, clothes, books, puzzles, photos. craft sets, stuffties, what ever treasures I have been finding for my little grands, the other two who are closer get them in smaller doses and more frequently, but she gets hers saved up and all at once. when schedules permit she skypes me in for the box opening. I was even skyped in for the baby shower!

So you see, Mrs Tucker, (giggle that makes you sound sooo grown'd up) there is still fun to be had, although it is sadder and harder that you can't hold and cuddle as often. How far away? Is it farther than Minnesota to Alaska?