I need a name for a young grandma!

Mrs.Boeck

My stepmom is only 36... gonna be 37 next week. She thinks she's too young to be called grandma, so we gotta find a grandma alternative for the young ladies! HELP!

jenerally

My friends kids call their grandmother "gaga" ... my cousins used to call my grandmother "bamma" or "jamma" ... and my own mother is being called "baa."

*KC*luvs*RJ*

My mom wants to be called Nani (na-ah-nee) and my friend's kids call her mother Nona (noh-nah) for that very reason, lol.  They think those names are less aging.

ExpatFamily06

Well, my mil is Greek and she'll be called Yia Yia which means grandma.  You can use that

abizzzle

we are polish and my mom is gonna be bacci (sp?) bah-chee

phillyandashley

Abizzzle- it's spelled babcia. My DH's mom is babcia. I just became Ciocia Ashley. (pronounced ch-uh-chee. It means Aunt I just looked it up. Polish spelling is odd.

abizzzle

haha thanks! I only completely butchered the word..lol

Violet7

My grandma was 35 when she became a grandma and wanted to be called Aunt, but my mom taught us to call her grandma anyway because she thought it was silly.  She doesn't mind anymore.

emaria

we're calling my mom mia - she's 47 and doesn't want to be called "grandma"

aynjc

My mom is grammy and I always liked mom mom.  Once the baby is around, she probably won't mind what she is called.

smalpotato

My grandma became a grandma in her 30's and all the grandkids call her mom.  I guess we just picked it up from our parents calling her mom.

mrsjazzsinger

My mom is leaning towards wanting to be called Gigi, she also considered MiMi and Nona.

MidwestTexan

My mom wanted a unique "grandma" name, so she decided on Nana (pronounced nah-nuh) since her name is Nancy.

inbetween

Lol. I have been hearing about this since we announced our pregnancy. My mom will be 38, until about two months after the baby. She loves the fact that she is going to be a grandma, but hates the idea of being called grandma. As of right now she wants to be called 'grace'. LOL. She says it starts with a 'g' and that she doesn't care what anyone else thinks. So we shall see. Good luck!

SPKA

OMG I'm pretty much the same age as these grandmothers in their 30s and this is my first baby.  Yikes!

Jolynn

When the babies start talking, they will call them whatever they want.  My  two ss call the same person different things.  The older calls her grandma and the younger calls So it gets a little confusing.

My MIL became a grandma at a young age and was perfectly happy being called grandma.

 

Corinneallyson

My mom is going by Gigi.

erino&chrish

Mimi or mom-mom

katiegrl

Holy crap. Some of your moms are younger than my sister.. I could be your aunt. I feel old!

thenewmrsrussell

My step mom went with "Mimi"

(Although for some reason she spells it "Meme" wth?)

Stronglove17

My daughter calls my mom "Nana"

jenp02

Mee-mee for my mom, and Avo (vaaa-VOE) for DH's mom.  Portuguese for grandmother I guess. 

I didn't think DD would catch on to all the different names so quickly but they do..so be prepared and start calling them by their chosen grandparent names early on!!

mirshy5

My mom is gonna be called GiGi, she is 52 and thinks she is to young to be called gradma, i dont blame her.. of course my dad being and old school Italian wants to be called Nono... so we have new and old.

aprilmama410

MIL is being granny purely for the fact that she's in her 40s!

achickylala

My mom has choosen to be called Mimma. (ME-Mah). I called my grandma Nama for the first 16yrs or so.

mayerfan83

My mom goes by MG ( prononced EmGee) the MG stands for My Grandma.

bugsie24

Ive always liked Mimi.  I knew someone that had a Mimi and Poppi and always wanted to be a Mimi some day. 

cookiesheart

Mrs.Boeck:

My stepmom is only 36... gonna be 37 next week. She thinks she's too young to be called grandma, so we gotta find a grandma alternative for the young ladies! HELP!

 

My mom goes by GiGi ... her name is Angela "Angie" but she didn't want to be called Granny ... which worked out b/c DD calls my grandmother Granny - like we all do .. so it isn't confusing & works out

NoelleHansen

EEEEE GADS! I am older than some of the grandmas listed. My kids named my dad PomPom for som reason. It stuck until they were about 4.

From the posts above I liked GiGi and I bet MiMi would be good too. I didn't see MiMi but I just scanned them - so maybe I missed it - probablydueto the shock of being so relatively old .