What do/will your kids call their grandparents?

sway26

My mom and step-dad will be Oma and Opa (german for grandma and grandpa)  My mom and step dad are both german.

However, my dad is also german but my step mom is Irish.  So I have NO idea what they will call my dad and step mom.  Anyone know the Irish words for grandma and grandpa?

Dh's mom and dad will be Mamah and Popah.

Dh thinks its weird that I would have our kids call their step parents by grandma or grandpa.  But they'll be raised to always know them, so why not?  Its not that Dh doesnt like my step parents, he loves them both just as much as I do, but he doesnt think its "proper" for kids to call them grandparents since they arnt my parents.

What about the rest of you?

frootloop

we will have an oma and opa too! MH is dutch, so if the kids ever meet his dad and stepmom .... (may never happen)

they call my parents grandma and poppa

dmogmo

Grandma/Granddad for my parents

Nana/Grandpa (or pop-pop if my nephew sticks with it and it stays all around) for my ILs?

BlairWaldorf

My parents:  Gram & Granddaddy

MIL:  no clue..she wanted "Mom-Mom" which we shot down immediatley.

FIL:  Probably Grandpa.

frootloop

oh about the steps - I am nadias step mom and she calls MY parents gma and poppa

mrsmacias2008

my parents: nana and papa

DH's dad and stepmom: Grandpa and grandma J.

DH's mom; Grandma

Pretty ordinary.

robbie3982

I think they should call our parents grandma and grandpa "last name."  DH is pushing big and little grandma/grandpa.  Personally, I think his idea is dumb though since both sets of parents are about the same height and weight.

Pecas13

We've never had fancy names for our grandparents, we just called them grandma and grandpa, and when we needed to clarify which one, it was either grandma angie or grandma mary, etc. 

 Our kids will probably do the same, too. Sorry, we're boring!

sway26

frootloop:

oh about the steps - I am nadias step mom and she calls MY parents gma and poppa

I call Dh's grandma MawMaw...and she isnt MY grandma.  He said thats not the same because MawMaw makes EVERYONE call her that haha.

liddia

I left it to my daughter to decide what she calls her grandparents. They are all granny and pa. Her great gma on DH's side is German and more than once she has tried to get Adyson to call her great-oma..Ady wasn't having it. She is and always will be great-granny!

It can' get confusing since she uses the same name for everyone but if I'm not sure who she is talking about I'll ask her and she will tell me granny in Indiana or granny in Alaska...

The step parent thing..Our daughter calls my stepdad, Pa. She always has. my dad passed away when I was 15 so maybe it's a little different. She also knows that she has another Pa and that he is my daddy.

 

frootloop

i have a "momma lastname" grandma .... the greatgrand kids call her that too

Mrs.EmmaLouise

My mom is english and wants to be Nanny, my dad grandpa probably.

FIL- grandpa

MIL-grandma

step FIL- pop-pop is what the other grandkids call him, but that seems weird to me...

Lady Galadriel

Grandma and grandpa for my parents

Nothing for dh parents ( dad died recently and mom well, we didnt talk to either since we got married)

My grandparents are Nana and papa D (his name is L.D.)

sway26

Pecas13:

We've never had fancy names for our grandparents, we just called them grandma and grandpa, and when we needed to clarify which one, it was either grandma angie or grandma mary, etc. 

 Our kids will probably do the same, too. Sorry, we're boring!

Thats how I was growing up.  But I was always jealous of my friends who had "special" names for their grandparents llol

chrstnmnz

My mom and dad are Grandma and Grandpa but have gotten shortened into grammy and grampy every now and then.  DH's parents are nana and papa.  They are Filipino and Lolo and Lola are the Filipino words for Grandpa and Grandma, but since DH's grandparents are still around, it would get confusing.  DH's mom wanted to be mama because she didn't want to be considered an old grandma, but that was quickly vetoed considering I am mama.

sandy02

Mamo, mama (ma-maw), papa (pa-paw),

texmeg

I have no idea what our kids will call our parents - maybe we'll let them (parents) decide?  I think MIL knows already what she wants, but I don't know...

I have a Grandma/Grandpa (mom's side) and a Nana/Grandad (dad's side).  My Nana is English. 

*KC*luvs*RJ*

My mom wants to be called Nani or Nona and my dad will be called Poppy

melodylb

My niece calls my parents funny names... She came up with them and I am sure they will stick because she is the oldest.

Dad- Papa John

Mom- Jo ( her name is JoAnn and everyone calls her Jo)

MY grandma - Memaw

MY grandpa - Papa

I'm sure my DH's mom will want to be called somethign stupid.

sweetpea18

My parents and dh's mom will be called grandma and grandpa.  I think that's what we'll have her call my mom's husband too.  My grandma will be called Granny.  That's what I called my great-grandma!

Q Q

I had an Oma and Paka (still not sure if Paka is a real word, or why there was no Opa).  I'd like my future kids to use the same but my mom doesn't want to be an Oma so we'll see. 

 I'm half Irish.  Mamo would work for Irish Gaelic grandmother.  Not sure about grandfater but Pop sounds about right. 

ChiOmegaGirl

Our baby will have 13 grandparents and great-grandparents since everyone is (this is weird to type) alive and I have a step-father. I have no idea what Baby will call everyone...probably Great-Grandpa Paul or Grandma Rhonda, things like that. I don't know!

charlotte49ers

My parents are Nana and Granddad and DH's parents are Papa and Ganmama.

rebus82

I figure they'll call them whatever they, and the grandparents, are comfortable with. I'm figuring grandma and grandpa for my parents, and probably grandpa for FIL. SMIL will go by her name I'm sure, and DH and I have always joked that our child will call his mom "Grandma CrazyBitch".?

Mrs.Wifey318

Pecas13:

We've never had fancy names for our grandparents, we just called them grandma and grandpa, and when we needed to clarify which one, it was either grandma angie or grandma mary, etc. 

 Our kids will probably do the same, too. Sorry, we're boring!

 

I was the same way....DH hasn't ever had contact with his grandparents....so our kids will probably go with grandma and grandpa for both sets of grand parents.

ardove

I'm a lurker, but had to reply to this one. . .

I had 5 grandparents growing up (mom has a stepmother).

Mom's parents were grandma Shirley and granddaddy (she's southern).  Mother's stepmother was grandma Sandra (like OP says, she was raised as my grandmother, so I treated her like a grandmother).

Dad's parents were grandma Joan and Norman.  I have called my grandfather by his first name my entire life.  When my sister and I were born, he was in his forties and considered himself too young to be a "grandpa".  My younger cousins call him "pop-pop".