{"id":84,"date":"2016-10-11T13:08:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T17:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/?p=84"},"modified":"2016-10-22T20:10:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T00:10:02","slug":"over-the-top-grandparenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/over-the-top-grandparenting\/","title":{"rendered":"Over-the-top grandparenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-183\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/AL-carried-web-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"al-carried-web\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/AL-carried-web-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/AL-carried-web-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/AL-carried-web-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/AL-carried-web.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>Lucy Furr squeezed Pricey, who was snuggled into the cradle of her arm. Her grandson was delicious as he nuzzled her. It was definitely baby-grabbing time&#8211; time for a little mutual nuzzling, his soft neck so ticklish and tender, time to make kissy noises while Pricey giggled at the pleasant pressure of his grandmother\u2019s breath. She admired his perfect baby skin with her index finger. She cooed. Ok\u2014so she\u2019d seen a salesgirl turn away in disgust as Lucy baby-talked into Pricey\u2019s face. And a cashier had winced as Lucy sang a little off-key song to Pricey as she paid. Nothing like grandbaby-love to drive a grandma over-the-top. She <em>knew<\/em> she should be more reserved, but she didn\u2019t want to be. She loved the baby and she would express that love without regard for the judgments of those who didn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n<p>It was ironic, though. Before Pricey, Lucy had vowed, \u201cI will never bore people with grandchild pictures. I will not subject friends to videos. I will not post YouTubes of Pricey\u2019s first steps and link them to my Facebook. I will not go crazy on Instagram. I will not have people\u2019s first question to me be \u2018How\u2019s Pricey?\u2019 I will not describe his obvious intelligence nor dwell on his bodily functions. I will not be that sort of grandmother. People won\u2019t even know I\u2019m a grandma. That humiliating, degrading word\u2014<em>doting<\/em>\u2014will not apply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But how wrong Lucy had been. She had done every single one of those things. Her friends nicknamed her Gramcracker. Photos clogged her devices. She had pictures of Pricey on all of her wallpapers, her refrigerator, her desk, her bureau, her rearview mirror.\u00a0 Her phone gallery was overloaded. She was always running out of space.\u00a0 SIM cards became her item of choice on shopping lists. She had fallen for Pricey as only a grandmother can, and he loved her back.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Sleep-in-carseat-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"sleep-in-carseat\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Sleep-in-carseat-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Sleep-in-carseat-768x1362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Sleep-in-carseat-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Sleep-in-carseat.jpg 1840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Fin-and-V-in-forest-web-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"fin-and-v-in-forest-web\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Fin-and-V-in-forest-web-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Fin-and-V-in-forest-web-768x1362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Fin-and-V-in-forest-web-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/Fin-and-V-in-forest-web.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-184 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/F-snake-tee-web-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"f-snake-tee-web\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/F-snake-tee-web-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/F-snake-tee-web-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/F-snake-tee-web-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/F-snake-tee-web.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/baby-F-with-tatts-web-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"baby-f-with-tatts-web\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/baby-F-with-tatts-web-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/baby-F-with-tatts-web-768x1362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/baby-F-with-tatts-web-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/boynton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/10\/baby-F-with-tatts-web.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucy Furr squeezed Pricey, who was snuggled into the cradle of her arm. Her grandson was delicious as he nuzzled her. It was definitely baby-grabbing time&#8211; time for a little mutual nuzzling, his soft neck so ticklish and tender, time to make kissy noises while Pricey giggled at the pleasant pressure of his grandmother\u2019s breath. 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