What will/do you have the kids call their grandparents?

RaquelB94 · July 2015

Just curious to see what you other mommies have or plan to have their LOs call the grandparents.
My mom refuses to let me tell her (first!!) grand baby call her nana. She says it would make her feel old, she's only 35 btw, and I said it sounded cute

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My dad, on the other hand, wants to be called papaw Johnson lol. He's from Kentucky originally, so papaw is just what he grew up with.
So now I'm wanting to hear all the different terms you ladies use for grandma n grandpa, especially ones from different cultural backgrounds 8->

Baby2HG · July 2015

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Baby2HG · July 2015

Mines not exciting. Abuelo (grandpa) and Abuela (grandma) both in spanish. My 4 yr already calls them that but she says it more like Abueo and Abuea or Bueo and Buea.

KaylaLovesNoah · July 2015

My Mom wants to be called Nana (so of course I'm going to teach little one to call her Banana!), and my Dad wants to be called Pappy. Hubby's parents will be Mommy and Dawdi, the traditional Amish names for G'ma and G'pa (yep, they are actually Amish)

megastar007 · July 2015

My parents are Grammy and Papa and DH's parents are Nana (pronounced non-ah) and Tata (which is a term of endearment used for grandpa in Spanish)

carriebelle77 · July 2015

I'm plain white bread American, so my parents are Grandma & Grandpa. DH is Dominican, so his parents are Abuelo and Abuela. The great-g-parents are more exciting....there's a Grammy & Tootse, Grandma &Granddad, papabuelo & Tia Nena.

louiseambrose · July 2015

My dad wants to be Pop. Neither my mom or my in-laws have decided yet (or at least they haven't told me) which is driving me crazy.

jesselayne8 · July 2015

My parents are Mimi and Pop. DH's
Are Grandma Bertie (short for Roberta) and Papa G.

lap018 · July 2015

My parents are pop and nan and my FIL wants to be called poppy and my MIL thinks she will be called granmommy (but that's not going to happen)

emmacake08 · July 2015

My parents are Grandma and Grandpa. My inlaws are Oma and Opa. They borrowed it from another culture because I guess they thought they were too young for the normal names. It seems like I know a lot of grandparents their age that are making up their own names because they don't like the traditional names or are in denial about their age. Maybe this is a UO but I think it's annoying.

ellie22343 · July 2015

I think mimi is cute for a younger grandma.

Perfect Sonnet · July 2015

My daughter calls my parents Numa (she made it up when she first started referring to them and my mom clung to it) and Grandpa, and my husband's parents Nana and Papa.

Usually I agree it is annoying when grandparents don't want to be called grandparent -like names because it makes them feel old. But if you mom is only 35, which is only 3 years older than me...I don't know, I kind of get it. I am not ready for anyone to call me Nana yet

SassetteSmurfling · July 2015

My parents are mommom and PopPop and DH's parents are grandmom and grandpop. Nothing too exciting.

pabeybaby · July 2015

My MIL doesn't really have a set name, she says if the child picks out something for her then she'll go with that. My dad goes by Papa Joe with my nephew, but he told me pretty much the same thing MIL told me about a name. My mom *insists* on being called Grandmama (she's quite anal about it really), but I keep thinking when my child is 1-2 and learning to talk, there's no way she's gonna be able to say that. So I'm hoping DD comes up with her own nicknames for all of them lol.

GirlOnTheBeach · July 2015

My husband is Puerto Rican so his parents will be Guelo and Guela (sort of their own spin on "abuelo" and "abuela.")

My mom wants to be Nana, and my dad just wants to see what the kid calls him on his own :-)

Lalala2326 · July 2015

Both grandpas use Grandpa + their first name, one grandma uses Grandma + her nickname which is a variation of her middle name, and the other grandma uses "Grammy."

JNOVA2015 · July 2015

Ours will call all of the grandparents "grandma/grandma [first name]". It's boring, but that's what DH and I both called all of our grandparents, so anything else feels sort of contrived! My DH's mom passed away a few years ago, so I think my mom may just become "grandma" since she's the only one.

Your mom is only 35??? How old was she when she had you, and how old are you? I can totally understand not wanting to be called grandma at 35, though

mrswiebe09 · July 2015

My mom is Grandma, although DS usually says it as Mama, which is what he calls me so it's a lil confusing right now ;-)
MIL is Oma, as she's German. Her husband passed away a few years ago otherwise he would have been Opa.
My dad isn't a big part of my life. If I ever refer to him to Lo's it will be grandpa or grandpa Mike.

aveline8 · July 2015

My parents are Mimi and Papa and in laws are Grammy and Grandpa.

heath3er · July 2015

My parents are pops and dawny. Weird but that's what the boys call her. In laws are papa bob and Gigi. We have great grandparents grandfather, crazy pops, Lala, and nanny, and gram barb.

acciocoffee · July 2015

My mom wants to be Mimi (my sister picked this for my niece to call her). My dad is good with grandpa. FIL will be Opa (He is German). MIL wants to be Gigi. I am good with the Grandpa/Opa, but I probably will not use the cutesy names. I just had 2 grandmas and 2 grandpas growing up so anything else feels weird. My husband and I have agreed to just say grandma and grandpa (maybe Opa) unless LO decides to call them something else.

kkkkati · July 2015

My family are Finn / Russian and my dad and step mum will be Ukki (Finn fir grandpa) and baba (easier than babushka which is Russian grandma) then mum and step dad will be Mummi (pronounced moomi...finnish) and I don't know what step dad is called yet! Then hubby's side is all Canadian so they are grandma and grandpa. I swear none of mine are made up ones they're traditional for our family and culture even if they sound silly!

banfrog · July 2015

My boys just call the grandparents grandma and grandpa. My grandparents, they call papa and gg. I had a grandma we all called Baba, Ukrainian I believe. I still think it's weird when Americans use the nickname Bubba for a guy.

My sister's oldest called my mom "momma" and his mom "mine mom"

lifesabeach85 · July 2015

This will not be the first grandchild on either side so it's already decided

FIL/MIL - grandma and grandpa last name
My parents - Mimi and Captain (cappy)

Almost all my friends had grandparents that went by special names (Lulu, nanny, Minnie) so I wonder if that is more common in the South?

Robin910 · July 2015

My parents are going to be grandma and grandpa, my MIL will be nana and my grandparents-in-law will be Pop-Pop and Gigi.

DaddyMx · July 2015

My dad they call him Bear since his a child so we all call him like that and we are german roots so: Opa bear, my mom for the other side likes to be call by her name. Will se what the baby decides.

cas3ymari3 · July 2015

We waited until our son was old enough to decide on his own. The only person who chose what they wanted to be called was my grandmother who we call grandma but she wanted to be called grana by her great grandkids so she kindof forced it onto him. My mom never wanted to be called nana but S started calling my dad papa and nana soon followed. S calls H's mom don don (her name is donna) and calls h's dad grandpi. H's parents tried getting my son to call him papa but I was dead against that since he chose pape himself for my dad and H's parents have and will never be the grandparents that my parents have been (Hs parents live 15 min away and his mom doesn't work and they see him maybe 4x a year)

krasbury · July 2015

My parents will be Nana and Grandpa, and my in laws are Grammy and Pops (it's what my husband's brother's kids call them). The great grandparents are Grandma (we haven't chosen a name for her husband yet), Granddad (we don't know what to call his wife, either), and my husband's grandmother is Mamaw.

lynp3 · July 2015

My parents are Nanny and grandad and my in-laws are grandpa and grandma

stow2009 · July 2015

KaylaLovesNoah said:

My Mom wants to be called Nana (so of course I'm going to teach little one to call her Banana!), and my Dad wants to be called Pappy. Hubby's parents will be Mommy and Dawdi, the traditional Amish names for G'ma and G'pa (yep, they are actually Amish)

I have a question about this one- if your kids their grandma Mommy, what do they call you?

ashbash1012 · July 2015

Gigi
Mother

Bpops
Papa

hollyberri · July 2015

My folks are Abuela and Evil Abuelo (joke running from when he stayed with us for awhile and she didn't know what to make of it). My Father-in-Law and his wife are Grammy and Grampy. My MIL and her husband are Oma and Papa Chuck.

myost81 · July 2015

My stepmom is Mimi, that's what her other grandchildren call her. My dad is Pap pap. My mother is just going to be Grandma, but my son took it upon himself to call her Gigi. My Mil is Mam maw.

atreece10 · July 2015

This is the first grandbaby for my parents so they have really thought it through. My dad wants to be "Funpa" and my mom wants to be called "glam-ma" (They think they are so funny

) DH's parents already have grandkids so they have been named grandma/grandpa by our nephews.

astreetx3 · July 2015

My parents have already been made grandparents by my niece, she calls my mother mommmom and my father poppa. Not to confuse them since they will be around each other a lot I'll probably encourage the same of my son.

My boyfriend has minimal contact with his mother and none with his father so if there ever comes a time when he would need to address either of them my bf said he can refer to them by ms.___ & mr.___.

dkizz82 · July 2015

This is not the first grand baby so names are already established. My side are nana and pawpaw Wade. Dh's side is Nannie and pawpaw dale.
Your mom will come around. My mom didn't want nana either but my niece called her that one day and it just melted her heart she's been nana since.

taylorharber1108 · July 2015

My parents are Pops and CiCi and my in laws are Gammie and Papaw.

ehughes06 · July 2015

My mom is boo. story: when my daughter was cooing when she was very tiny she made a sound that did sound like "hi boo" so my mom said she said my name first I'm boo and from then on that's what she was. My dad is pops. Husbands parents are gammy and pappy.

eule1991 · July 2015

My mom is gonna be oma since we are german and my hubbys parents are gonna be grandma and grandpa although they are Puerto Ricans they are pretty Americanized.

sky0001000 · July 2015

My parents have an in-law suite for my grandmother.. And when my daughter was little, she always mixed up grandma and great grandma. One day, my mom said, "if she is great grandma, then I'm perfect grandma!"
Well, it stuck! My daughter has called my mom perfect grandma for a few years now.. LOL

ckennett62814 · July 2015

My mom wants to be called Nana, my dad is "bumpa" which really is grandpa but my nephew couldn't say it so bumpa just stuck. I can't remember what my mom's fiance wants to be called (not sure if he will really have a grandparent name or not) and my dad's gf (they aren't married but are "serious" has grandchildren and they call her mimi. My DH dad will just be grandpa (he already has 11 grandchildren, some older than me!) And his mom is just grandma ( this will be her first biological grandchild)

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