What will you have LO call your parents?

cbrust

I was going to do a clicky poll but figured there would be way too many SS's

Grandma/Grandpa?

Nana/Papa?

Oma/Opa? 

Mimi/Pappy?

LO is my in-laws first grandbaby and they asked us last night if we had a preference on what they will be called. They are relatively young (early-mid 50's) and don't want to be called something "too old" sounding. Suggestions?

eghulse

We've suck with grandma/grandpa, though my mom is trying to get away with grandmama (I told her it sounds pretentious, she doesn't care). My ds isn't quite 2, so all he can put together is mama/papa, which works. (Dh and I are mommy/daddy)

dogsombrero

MIL & FIL just want to be called Grandma & Grandpa. My Mom has chosen Nonny. Not sure what my Step-Dad, Father or Mom's new husband want to be called yet. My grandparents will probably be called what I call them: Mimi, PopPop, Grammy, Poppie, Munga and Pop Pete. No idea what Dh's grandparents want to be called. Being a child of multiple divorced generations makes it a little harder.

ckandi007

My son currently calls my parents "gong-gong" and "pua-pua" which is Mandarin for maternal grandpa and grandma. My MIL is "Bubbie" which is Yiddish for grandma. Both grandparents chose to be called that and my son knows that they're also grandma and grandmpa. I assume #2 will do the same.

hbird0723

My MIL and FIL will be grandma and grandpa that's what our neice and nephew call them and my parents will be Grammy and papa. That's how I will refer to them but she might come up with something on her own

fyafighterwife86

When DS was little, my mom insisted on being called Gammy and my dad PawPaw (which is what he called his grandpa).  As DS got older, he kinda called them what HE wanted.. Gammy went out the window and calls her MawMaw- how that happened, I have NO idea. 

LunaBug924

I think both my parents and DH's parents are sticking with grandma/grandpa. But honestly, for the first few years it'll be whatever she can pronounce or whatever she comes up with on her own. I called my grandma "Amma" for 3 years before I could say "Grandma". She knew who I meant and thought it was adorable. So I'm not putting any pressure on titles. We've got time. :P

Xath

I think the amount of choice you have depends on how close and involved the grandparents are.  My ILs live in Detroit, so we only see them in person a few times a year.  MIL is Grandma, FIL is Pappy, and SMIL is Grammy.  We referred to them with those names enough that they stuck. 

My mom and dad are only an hour away, so we see them much more frequently.  They wanted to be Grannie and Grandpa, but DS1 had other ideas.  My mom sang a song "Abbadabba" to DS1 frequently, so he took to calling her Abbadabba and that's what's stuck.  My dad would practice his forms in front of DS1 when he was getting ready for his black belt test, so he became "Heeya."  

likeabel

My parents are Oma/Opa. DS will be LO #8 on my side. MIL and FIL will probably be grandma/grandpa unless they just go by their first names.

cbrust

gertiebarden said:

I think the amount of choice you have depends on how close and involved the grandparents are.  My ILs live in Detroit, so we only see them in person a few times a year.  MIL is Grandma, FIL is Pappy, and SMIL is Grammy.  We referred to them with those names enough that they stuck. 

I was thinking this too. We live with my in-laws currently and probably will for ~2 more years and MIL will be watching LO when I go back to work so she'll be around them constantly. My parents are a few states away and probably will see them maybe twice a year? I'm sure what LO calls them will evolve over time as well. I started out calling my grandma "grammy" but now she's "gram." my dad's parents were grandpa [first name] and grandma [first name] and then my step grandparents were grandpa & grandma [last name]. 

Soupy84

MIL & FIL are already known as Grandma & Grandpa by our nieces. We decided to keep to the same to avoid confusing our kids and our nieces.

My parents will be known as Grandma & Papa. Both of these names hold great meaning for each of my parents individually (Grandparents on Mom's side were Grandma & Grandpa, grandparents on Dad's side were Nana & Papa). At first my mom was worried it would be confusing to our child to have 2 grandmas, silly first-time grandma-to-be! I would rather both sets of parents be called what they want as this is how they will be addressed for the rest of their lives.

ThereBeDragons

My sister had the first grandchild years and years ago and my parents are settled on what my niece picked- Mimi and PawPaw.

It's actually kinda irritating because DH prefers Papa over daddy and I think dads should get priority choice on what they want kids to call them. I'd rather kiddo call my dad Granddad or anything that's not one diphthong away from papa. My mom just insists that pawpaw is different enough to not cause confusion. They do now live far enough away that it's not going to come up very often though.

MIL is deceased and FIL will probably be grandpapa. But again- distance means that it'll take time for anything specific to stick.

LoveIsAll25

My 3 year old calls my mother Ma'. 

My FIL Papa and my MIL abuela or Mona. 

Arinias

My parents go by Emah (dubbed by my oldest niece because she couldn't pronounce Gramma and my Mom loves it) and Papa. This is the first grandchild for my ILs and we told them whatever they wanted. I think they are planning on Grammie and Grampie. All of them live in a different state than us so I suspect it will end up being that since it is what he will hear them referred to as.

usernewname

Grandma and Grandpa for DH parents

Nana and Papa for mine

However, should LO create a nickname for someone, I wouldn't stop it if they were okay with it.

However, I will try to introduce my sister's without the "aunt" in front of their name. They can just be "FN"

ETA: DH's grandma nicknamed herself "GG" for great-grandma, so GG it is for her.

MissLadyTay

My kids' grandparents go by Gigi and Papa and Mimi and Big G.

MrsT2008

My parents are Memaw and Opa.  My ILs are Nana and Papa.
They picked them when we had DD.

PrincessJess19

My mom is Grammy (because she's a musician, the Grammy's, etc). My dad's first name is Art, so rather than being called Grampa Art, he is GrampArt. I LOVE it! So original, and what he wanted!

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whimsy515

Both sets will be Grandma and Grandpa. Though it's bittersweet on my side. I always called my grandparents Grandpa (last name), to decipher between the sets. Both of my parent's parents have recently passed on, so now they are the only Grandpa (last name) and Grandma (last name).

mrspopsicle

My MIL was already dubbed Gigi by my older nephew. FIL isn't really in the picture, but calls himself Papa. I don't think DD knows who he is though.

My mom chose Mimi for herself. That's what DD and my nieces call her. My nieces call my dad Grandpa, but so far DD just calls him by his first name.

Miles2Go

We called all grandparents grandma and grandpa. Dd decided that FIL was papa and my dad was papa John. My mom is still grandma, although sometimes she goes with gram. I'm just assuming LO will pick up the names dd uses.

I call my grandparents Müt and Papa. Dd calls them Müt and Papa Bob.

kalette

We've just kind of let DD decide. My parents are Grammy/Grandma and Papa/Grandpa ans his parents are Grandma and Boompa.

ksyknelvr73

My parents are Gigi and Grumpa.

DH's parents are MeeMee and PaPaw.

lrmrtn

My mom chose Grammie or Grandma. My dad chose Papa. My step mom still hasn't claimed anything yet but was considering Mema. We haven't really discussed it with my in-laws. My nieces and nephews call them Grandma X and Grandpa X.

SMM1986

My mom is Crazy Gram (don't even ask), my dad/FIL/StepFIL are all Pop Pops, my MIL is Lola (which is Philippino for Grandma, even though she's not Philipphino...whatever). I let everyone pick and that's what they came up with, so yea.

flockofmoosen3

My parents want to be Abuelita and Abuelito (spanish for little grandmother and grandfather). My mom is Panamanian and my dad is not, but he said he wanted to be called abuelito. It's amusing to me because he's not very little...he's a tall German/Swede, haha. But he didn't want to be called MorFar (swedish for mother's father) because that's HIS dad (who we call FarFar).

DH's parents already claimed Grandma and Grandpa. Simple. They didn't want to be Nonna or Nonno (Italian) because there already is a Nonna that lives with them, haha.

Either way, I assume baby girl will call them what we call them. If she doesn't, I don't think anyone will care. She's the first grandbaby in both of our families.

Tnpeach

We have Gammaw and Pawpaw, Meemaw and Peepaw, Mamaw and Papaw (great-grandparents).

kuvande

My parents will be Oma and Opa. My in laws are grandma and grandpa.

Lild09

My inlaws decided they want to be nana and apa (kinda like uppa) which is shorter form of Slovak apko (up koh). My parents will be Baka (baa-kah) and dida (dee da) which is Croatian for grandma and grandpa. They'll also call my BIL and SIL by the traditional Croatian/Slovak names.

Jdub489

All grandparents will be whatever she wants to call them or can pronounce at the time and sticks. But if they have their way, it will be Nana / Grand Pappy for my parents, GamGam for the MIL. Though, my MIL has been so obnoxious with everyone calling her GamGam (this is the first grandchild on both sides), that we have secretly made a pact to encourage DD to call her "Lady."

awc1986

My dad: gramps

ILs: Grammy and grandpa

My mum has passed but will be known as Nana. DHs mum has also passed and will be known as Grammy Roz (short for Rosalind).

Mrs.H_0908

My FIL is Grandpa, my boys have always called him that. Now my Step Mom chose GiGi so my kids call her that, my dad swore up and down he was just going to be Grandpa. Nothing else. In fact made a point to tell me that he didn't want a "weird name", out of the blue my oldest started calling him PopPop when he was learning to talk. It stuck of course, for the record - my dad LOVES being PopPop

Mikki62

My mom is grandma and my dad is papa. DH's mom is grandma, step mom is grandma Jo and dad is grandpa JR. We both still have all our grandparents and have them call them the same as we do.

danabsd

Beb uses the Greek Yiayia and Papou. It's what they choose which is fine with me. 

FWIW, MIL became a grandmother in her early 40s and my nephews always referred to her as Grandma. Not sure why they'd need something different because she wasn't a senior citizen. :-/

His(1&only)wife

We went with grandma and grandpa for everyone except my mom who insisted on being called grandmommy.

However, DS put his own spin on this and calls them:
MIL- Grandma with the blue car
Smom- Grandma with the black car
Dad-Grandpaandgrandma (he just started calling him Grandpa)
My mom-grandmommy

When talking to them he only says grandma but when talking about them he adds in what color car they drive.  We have no idea why but it is pretty cute

Alexinav

My mom and dad are papa/grandma my mil is mammy and my "fil" would be gramps of he was ever around.

ujocdeelovely

My parents will be called "grandma" and "grandpa". My MIL doesn't like being called "grandma". Not sure what we will call her. Lol!

ho11yday

My parents are grandma and grandpa LN. My husband's mom is Grandma FL and his father should be Grandpa FN but MIL is insisting on Papa in a really weird shrill high pitched voice with the emphasis on the last syllable. I don't get it. All the other kids call him grandpa FN but somehow he needs a new name.

ho11yday

Oh, my mother wants to be called Grandma Princess. Nope. Not happening. We don't have princesses in this house. Nope.

jessicastanley

Damma and Dampa is what our toddler could get out when she started talking, so I'm assuming that's what we'll stick with!