gandma names!

marg12 · February 2015

I am 23 weeks along and I'm so ready for my little princess to be here! My mother-inlaw already knows what she wants the baby to call her, lita. Which is short for abuelita, which is grandma in spanish. But my mom and I were talking and she doesn't know what she wants the baby to call her. She does know she doesn't want to be called grandma or nanny. What are your kids calling your parents?

Katerina&Baby · February 2015

My mom will be Nana and my MIL wants to be called Nonni (which is what my husband called her when he was a very little boy because he couldn't say "mommy" - to be honest, I find it a little weird because it's almost like she wants my kid to call her "mommy" but it's not worth the argument and ultimately nobody would ever make the connection between "Nonni" and "Mommy" but me since I know the story).

sschwege · February 2015

When my nephew and DD were born my MIL wanted to go by Grammy, but the kids shortened it to Mimi so that's what she goes by. My mom wanted to go by Granna but DD shortened to Nana.

MrsWiggleWaggle · February 2015

My mom has been a general pain in the ass about this. She doesn't want to be grandma or granny and doesn't want any "n" names like nana. And she doesn't want to be abuela because she's white and it's my dad that's Latino. Basically she told me all those things make her sound "old". Well mom, your kid is having a kid, that's the way it is and I'm over her vanity. It's not like I'm an unwed teen mom here, I'm college educated married and almost 30. I'm tired of it, I told her that if she doesn't pick I'm just going to have the baby call her by her first name.

jmkelly18 · February 2015

My mom is called Grandmommy. MH mother and stepmom are both grandmas. A friend of mines kids call her mom Honey!

lilitaliangirl · February 2015

My aunt's grandkids all call here Nina. I don't know where this comes from it's cute

tinybugsmom · February 2015

My mom is Nana, just like her mom was

My grandma goes by Gigi for my nephews. My dad called his grandma Gran.

There are lots of options... including Mimi

ReadyforBaby2 · February 2015

My Mom is Mim (which means baby says it faster than other names) and MIL is Gammi. Now, the grandpa's is where ours gets interesting....my dad is Pipi (my older brother thought it would be funny and it stuck) and FIL is Grumpy.

amhowell14 · February 2015

Our grandma is Honey!

taboullio84 · February 2015

Grammy & Mimi .

Mine was : Mamaw & Granny

karaelaine1991 · February 2015

We joke that my mom is going to be Granny Annie. She laughs but she hates it - she says it's too old for her (she's only 48). I think she'll either be Grandma or Nan. MIL is definitely Grandma, and step-MIL is Abuelita.

On a related note, my dad is going to be Grandpa and FIL is Dzia Dzia (pronounced "juh juh"), which is Polish for Grandpa.

ahershe · February 2015

The inlaws are Jamma and Jampa which started with my niece because she couldn't pronounce grandma and grandpa. My mom wants to go by Mimaw but I hate it. I just think it sounds old. I'm trying to convince her to go by Mimi... We'll see!

amabarne · February 2015

My mom is Marmee, from Little Women, and my dad is Hoppa. I called him that in high school ☺️

ksimo6 · February 2015

My mom is Mimi and my mil is grandma.

princessbmw · February 2015

All of these grandmas who are saying they will feel too old will change their tune when your little ones start calling them by whatever nickname! That's how my mom was before ds. She's Grandma. My dad is Grandpap.
In-laws are Grams and Pap (designated already by older grandchildren).

ElRuby · February 2015

It doesn't really matter what you want them to be called... Children usually come up with something on their own and it's even more special that way

mccall35 · February 2015

My MIL is nana and my mum is Grammie. I wanted them both to be grandma r and grandma m, but neither wanted to be "grandma" because it sounds "old", so that was that.

I'll never understand the "old" argument. Um, your grandmothers, and you're old enough for that, so...

carolynmarie112212 · February 2015

My mom and dad are called Nana and papa, and my husband's parents are called meme and papa

laurendutch · February 2015

My Mom is called Grandma "abbreviation of our last name" and MIL is Grandma Kathy. My nephew called my FIL Bob for the longest time...his name is no where near Bob. My nephew also called DHs grandparent "Old Grandpa/ma".

devyns2nd · February 2015

My step mom is nana but my mom is dongie...I have no idea where it came from?!?! DD made it up when she was 1 1/2 and it stuck. My mom hates it
and my nephew who is younger calls her Mimi, not dongie. This baby will call her dongie (so will my nephew one day haha).

Aliciachelle · February 2015

My sons call both of their grandmothers "Meemaw"

missjenniebean · February 2015

FTM, but my mom doesn't like grandma or meemaw or Grammy. My SO is from Indonesia and she likes "oma" (spelling?) and wants the baby to call her that. Which I am fine with. Llol

MCRM14 · February 2015

My mom wanted to be gram bit my nephew started calling her Yaya and that has stuck my MIL wants to be called Nana. But truthfully it will be up to the child to what they call your mom unless she finds something and you really renforce it. However my mother and oldest nephew used to go back and forth with Yaya no gram no Yaya it was adorable

alleya47 · February 2015

My mom wants to be called "Lolly" and my step dad "Pop-Pop". My MIL is Grammy. No word from my dad and step mom so we'll see what the kiddo comes up with.

KaLikeAWind · February 2015

I haven't even asked my mom this. But she calls herself gram ma when referring to herself and my sisters kids so maybe that's what she prefers. I'll have to ask her. I kinda like Nana, myself. DH is military, so while we are in the US, we are really separated from all our family. My dad lives in another country and never visits so I'm honestly not sure what to call him besides grampa. For my in laws, I have no clue. Since we are so far away from them and MIL won't travel its almost the same boat as my dad. I'm not sure when they will ever see each other to call them anything except the standard grand-whatever.

andreardz03 · February 2015

My nephew calls my mom Aba, because when he was a baby he couldn't say Abuela. My stepson calls his grandmother, Grand because she doesn't want to feel old. Am sure our baby will come up with its own version of both those names.

WifeDeAngel · February 2015

It's already been established that my mom is Grammy, and MIL DD already calls Bula (Boola) because she can't say Abuela yet.

finchfeeder80 · February 2015

When my step sister got pregnant young, her mother (my stepmom) said she was too young to be a Grandma, she was an Unmaw, and it stuck. For that one kid. I honestly have no clue what my younger step nephew calls her, or my brother's kids. I believe my dad requested to my brother that he wants to be "Brink". So I'm sure the same will apply to me. It's an abbreviated version of his last night. His buddies call him that.

My mom was supposed to be Grammy, but the kids couldn't say it, so she's Mammy.

I have no earthly idea what my moms-in-law want to be called. I'm sure they'll tell us at some point, we really haven't had any discussions about it yet.

No clue on FIL and his wife. But they just moved out of state so we'll see them even less than we already did.

effthisnoise · February 2015

My grandparents were Grammie, Grampy, Gram, and Grandpa. My in-laws will be Grandma and Grandpa; my dad wants to be Grampy like his dad. My mom wants to be Granny, which I loathe. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. I'm going to see if she'll ho with something else or I'll train the kid not to call her that.

annatta79 · February 2015

karaelaine1991 said:

We joke that my mom is going to be Granny Annie.

Awww, my Great-Grandmother was Granny Annie!

My mom has demanded she be called Grandmommy, as was her mother. I've got a feeling that she'll be ok with whatever DS1 calls her (he's only 15 months) and that DS2 will probably just follow suit. My dad wants to be Granddude. My in-laws are Grandma and Grandpa first name.

LaurenAnn0405 · February 2015

I was lucky enough to have all of my grandparents alive when my DD was born so all the parents had to come up with something new. My grandparents are Granny & Pap and Nana & Grandpop my parents are Grammy & Pap and my inlaws said they didn't care and never picked a name so they got the standard Grandma and Grandpap - like PP stated the kids will come up with their own names my dad was called "Ba" for the longest time before DD switched to Pap

Kbchavez23 · February 2015

My mom is Gigi and my dad is Pops. I know gig is for great grandmother but my mom is such a diva and that's what she chose lol!

Sportzchck · February 2015

My mother and father are Meme and Pepe (French versions of Nana and Pop)

My MIL is going to be Gamma

And my grandmother is going to be Manee (Meme Renee shortened)

Foster1990 · February 2015

My kids call my step mom Nana and my mom "own" grandma. No clue where they picked that up from, but my husband's mom is just grandma. Lol. I feel bad for my mother-in-law because she will say to the kids "am I anyone's own grandma" and they say "nope, just grandma".. Kids will tell it like it is. Haha

laurendutch · February 2015

My cousins daughter called one "normal grandma" and the other "regular grandma".

kaycorey89 · February 2015

My mom basically raised my cousin.. Long story but my mom was more of a mother to her than her own mother. Even tho they were sisters, my aunt and my mom hated each other. Either way. When my cousin had her kids, my mom was aunt Dee like what she called her, and our grandmother was Nana. But for some strange odd reason they called my step dad papa one. There is no papa two or three or even just a papa. Lol just papa one lol so when I found out I was pregnant and was telling my step dad I asked him if he wanted to be called that. He said he's fine with it. Even signs the kids cards papa one lol

rizkids · February 2015

My mom will be Gigi and dad Papa or Papi. FIL will be pops. MIL has some french in her so she wanted a french name.... She wants to go by meré. Which means mother in French. I think it's a little weird. But I don't know what to say to her. I would prefer Gran-meré (which means grandmother) but she insists she likes and wants mere. DH doesn't see an issue with it- but I think it's weird she wants our kids to call her mom.

MrsRucinski85 · February 2015

My parents are Grammy and Grampy and my ILs are Grandpa and Grandma

Katerina&Baby · February 2015

rizkids said:
My mom will be Gigi and dad Papa or Papi. FIL will be pops. MIL has some french in her so she wanted a french name.... She wants to go by meré. Which means mother in French. I think it's a little weird. But I don't know what to say to her. I would prefer Gran-meré (which means grandmother) but she insists she likes and wants mere. DH doesn't see an issue with it- but I think it's weird she wants our kids to call her mom.

I totally get why this weirds you out. The next time she brings it up maybe cock your head like you're confused and ask "but why would you want my kids to call you "mom"?" And see what she says. If you put it that way, it may get it into her head that it's kind of weird and inappropriate. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter and you can get used to anything. One of my good friends calls her grandmother "Mamma" and it never even occurred to me that it was weird until literally just now.

If it makes you feel better, my MIL wants my kids to call her "Nonni" because that's how my husband pronounced "Mommy" when he was a little boy. It weirds me out too but I'm just going to roll with it because it's not worth the aggravation.

btm013 · February 2015

The baby might be the one to name your mother. My mother had no preference and was content with Grammy. My oldest niece would call her GeeGee and the name stuck. All of my nieces and nephew call her that. My father is referred to as Poppy. My sisters MIL insisted on Mimmie. Almost obsessively. I found that strange haha.

FarrahMo · February 2015

My mom wants to be called "Teta" which is arabic for grandma. As for my MIL, she so badly wants to be called "Glam-ma" because she's so into her glamour....my husband nixed it...lol...

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