Barbra Streisand Completely Spoils Her Granddaughter: ‘She Treasures Westlyn’

She’s been on a British food kick lately, so Barbra Streisand marked her 77th birthday on April 24 at a party with her loved ones that featured English pastries, shepherd’s pie and Yorkshire pudding. But the sweetest treat in Barbra’s life these days is her granddaughter, Westlyn. “What’s truly important … life and love,” Barbra captioned a pic of the baby’s hands and feet via Instagram on Christmas Eve.

Even before Westlyn was born to Barbra’s stepson Josh Brolin and his wife, Kathryn Boyd, the iconic singer was ready to be a grandmother. “My wife got Barbra a bracelet that said ‘Grandma’ on it and she started crying,” Josh previously revealed to People. “She is really into it, and I love that she is into it. I mean, it’s like a very typical Jewish grandmother who is saturated by this event. It’s awesome.”

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Now that Westlyn has arrived, she’s made Barbra’s life better. “The minute a kid comes into the room, she just changes as a person, she falls apart,” husband James Brolin, 78, has said, who also has two grown grandchildren from previous marriages. “She is persnickety. ‘Who put those flowers there? You moved that — that’s supposed to be on the table right there.’ The minute a kid comes in, all of that just goes out the window, and it’s really fabulous to see somebody disarmed.”

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Barbra has always believed that family comes first. She previously told Parade, “it’s more important than business.” That’s clearly the case with Westlyn. “She spoils the baby completely,” an insider exclusively tells Closer Weekly in the magazine’s latest issue, on newsstands now. “She buys gifts online from all over the world. It’s kind of out of control, but cute. She loves babies, and she treasures Westlyn.” No doubt that feeling will remain evergreen.

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