are both grandmothers called "grandma"?

jonnygurl76

both my mom and my MIL want to be called Grandma.  DD knows my mom and knows that she is "Grandma".....so on the rare occasion that MIL decides to remember that she has a granddaughter and come see her, poor P is confused.  yesterday she fully expected to see my mom when we told her that Grandma was here to see her.....P wasn't too happy to see MIL and she looked at me like "that isn't my Grandma!?!"

i guess with time she will get it, but just wondering if everyone else uses two different names like granny or nanny?  even though i know this won't fly with MIL.

and i have caught myself saying "your other Grandma".....but i am thinking this won't work either....

Que*Syrah

We call our moms "Grandma Lastname." But both our moms are local and see DS on a regular basis so there has to be a distinction. Both wanted to be Grandma (not Granny, Nana, etc.) so we had to either go with first or last names. We really should do first though as my maiden name is hard to pronounce.

Luckily he only has one grandpa!

luckylauren14

My mom and MIL go by different names, but I've had friends who had 2 "grandmas". When differentiating between the the 2, they would either use their first name or last name. Grandma Jane or Grandma Smith, for example.

jdouglas84

My mom is MomMom and my MIL is Grandma.

Mrs.Keith2B

My mom wanted to be called granny, so that's what we call her. MIL was called Na-Na by her first grandchild (now 3 y/o) so that's what we refer to her as.

yankeebaby2

All my kids called all of the grandmas and great grandmothers the same thing, Abuela.  When I would get confused and say which Abuela, they would say Abuela from the Dominican Republic or Abuela from Cuba.  That probably doesn't help you much. 

anukindaluv

My Mom is 'Nana' and my MIL is 'Grammy'.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

As a kid I always went by "Grandma First Name"

 

My MIL wants to be called 'Nana' and I hate that name (not knocking anyone who uses that name, just NMS).  However, I'll let my daughter choose what she wants to call her grandmothers...it's up to her.

erin_aaronsbaby

Nope. My mother is Nana, my dad's mom is Granny, my husband's mom is Grandma, and my husband's  grandmother is MeMa.

Que*Syrah

jdouglas84:

My mom is MomMom and my MIL is Grandma.

I wanted my parents to be MomMom and PopPop but my mom hates those names. My family is from NJ and all the other kids in my family call their grandparents that.

jennybeams

I had two "grandmas" growing up.  We just called them grandma "last name."

glasgow_girl

I called both my grans "Gran Lastname". 

Ella has a Gran, and if it goes according to MIL's plan, a GG (her last name starts with G).

MexiCali

I have this problem with my grandma and my mom. I can't call grandma by greatgrandma (ggma as I liked) and I call mom grandma. Poor Z is going to be confused when he gets older. We also call MIL grandma.

LissaLee

We call all of the grandparents and great grandparents "Grandma Firstname" or "Grandpa Firstname". My DD is 3 and knows the difference between all of them.

mefsta777

i am greek, so my mom is "yiayia" and my dad is "pappou...MIL is grandma, and FIL is grandpa

angiegail78

Until I started posting on the Bump I never knew that grandparent name drama was a thing.  When I was growing up it was always grandma and grandpa lastname and that's how it is with Abe.

12bailey18

In your situation, I would do Grandma first name or Grandma last name for each one just to make it more clear. My MIL is grandma  and my mom is Granna.

beacbabe

my mom is grandma... and my MIL is MIMA(i say your crazy grandmother)

when I was little we just used their first names... Grandma Jean and Grandma Annie...

IT worked lol

only1erin

my SMIL calls herself nana but she already had 2 grandkids before ds so she already had that name. my mom calls herself grandma but sometimes i also call her granny or grannypants.

elyshaswedding

For the most part, I think kids grow into calling their grandparents certain names, if that makes sense.  For example, I "named" my grandmothers Nana and Meme (like Me! Me!) respectively, even though before I could talk they were referred to as Grandma. 

For my kids, my mom is Grammy or Gammy, my stepmom is Grammy Julie, and my MIL is Memere (that side is French-Canadian). 

IronRangeBride

My Mom is "Nana" and MIL is "Grandma". When I was growing up, it was either Grandma E or Grandma V.

Bianca42

We do Grandma Lastname...which is what I called my Grandma's growing up.

My niece differentiates by things her Grandparents are into.  Kitty Grandma & Silly Grandpa and Camper Grandma & Camper Grandpa.

Que*Syrah

beacbabe:

my mom is grandma... and my MIL is MIMA(i say your crazy grandmother)

when I was little we just used their first names... Grandma Jean and Grandma Annie...

IT worked lol

Haha, we call my mom Grandma Crazy. We need to stop that before DS can talk!

mlk7klm

When growing up Dh called his grandparents Grandma lastname and Grandpa lastname for his Dad's parents and Grandma Shirley and Grandpa Shirley (Shirley is his gma's first name somehow grandpa got it too)

I always called my grandparents Grandma and Grandpa on my Mom's side and Mom-mom and Pop-pop on my Dad's side.

That being said I wanted my kids to be able to differentiate between both sets of grandparents so before my trio was born I asked my parents what they wanted to be called. DH's parents were already Grandma and Grandpa to our nieces and nephew.  So my parents are Grammy and Pop-pop.