October 2011 Moms
MIL
So, my husband and I are letting our parents choose what they want the baby to call them. So far, everyone has picked one that we really like. My MIL informed me that she wants to be called Mom Mom. Am I getting upset for no reason? Or can I get concerned that she wants a name close to Mom, Mommy, and Mama?
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Re: MIL
I think it is kind of strange because in my mind MomMom is reserved for the mom of the mom (hence mommom) or if the women was calledd mommom by her daughter's children and other grandchildren just joined in... haveing the father's mother pick it seems kind of strange to me, but if, in your case, your mother doesn't want it it's not too big of a deal.
This. I would have dh say it is too close to mom,mommy, momma and you both would like her to pick something else.
My parents are Nanny and Poppy
Inlaws are Grammy and Pop
All the women on my mom's side of the family are mom-mom, whether they were the maternal grandmother or the paternal. (As the men are pop-pop.) And because my family has always had children young and lived relatively long lives, we had to refer to them by their first names as well to distinguish.
My little boy will have two Mom-Moms, my mom and her mom. DH's mom decided she wanted to be called mom-mom and I'm not thrilled, but not because I think it's weird, only because there are enough already. It was always assumed she would be Nana, like the rest of the grandmas on her side of the family.
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Maybe it's a regional thing? I always referred to both sets of grandparents as grandma and grandpa, but I have many friends who called their grandmother Mom-Mom and their grandfather Pop-Pop. Incidentally, I called my grandfather Pop. I don't get what is so offensive or insulting about it? Do you really think your child is going to get confused just because Mom-Mom sounds like Mom?
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I have not heard this one before ever. where i come from it mostly grandma and grandpa and nana and papa? on the other hand i could totally see my crazy MIL coming up with something like this when DH and i got married she always wanted me to call her mom and i was/have never been into that kinda thing i know who my mom is and even if we have had struggles nobody else will ever be my mom! i think it still makes the MIL mad or something that i dont call her mom but she just dont get it. this hasnt yet come up in discussion yet of whta LO will DH parents so we will see as for my parents they already have a grandson and are called grandma and papa so it will prob stay that way for my LO!