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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 28, 2022 18:43:22 GMT
Congratulations!!! Giving my parents a grandchild has given them a whole new purpose in life and they are just absolutely in love with their new roles.
My mom is Grammie, my MIL is Baba. I called mine Grannie and Grandma.
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Post by mayceesgranny on Jun 28, 2022 18:47:23 GMT
I was always Grandma to my four oldest gks. Now my 2-year-old grand daughters are calling me Grammy or Granny. I think that is due to them being avid Peppa Pig fans.
My son called my mother MEMA until he was 4 and could say grandma. My great-grandmother was called Bussia (Polish for grandmother)
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Post by oh yvonne on Jun 28, 2022 18:51:42 GMT
awe, congratulations! What good news for your family! My first grandson has a 2 grandmas biologically so since I'm the step I chose GiGi cause it's cuter sounding  DD told me to pick what I wanted to be called. |
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Post by teacherlisa on Jun 28, 2022 19:06:31 GMT
congrats on the impending grandchild, jeremysgirl !! I thought this was going to be one of those things like 'your stripper name = your childhood street name + your first pet' or something like that, lol, and I was curious how they could come up with 'your grandma name' lol. I did too lol!! |
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Post by huskergal on Jun 28, 2022 19:08:27 GMT
I am grandma. I didn't want any other name unless it was the Latvian name for grandmother.
My husband is papa.
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Post by janeinbama on Jun 28, 2022 19:09:53 GMT
Congratulations on becoming a grandmother. I go by Mama Jane with grandchildren,'I was originally going for Grammy, but did not stick. My parents insisted they would be grandmama and granddaddy. My dad was grandaddy, but my Mother's name was changed to Imama by oldest grandchild. My sister would tease her saying that's not your Mama, that's My Mama and Imama was named.
Years later when a new granddad heard Imama, he wanted to go by Ipoppy, as he is tech savvy and loves Apple products. To late as their oldest grandchild was saying Poppy.
You can start with anything, but once that baby mumbles something at you, that's it.
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Post by taylortroop on Jun 28, 2022 19:11:04 GMT
I am Nana Tracey. I started out as just Nana but since the grandboys have 3 other Nana's, they started adding our first names to distinguish between us.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 28, 2022 19:12:57 GMT
You can start with anything, but once that baby mumbles something at you, that's it.  I'm open to this possibility. |
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Post by teacherlisa on Jun 28, 2022 19:13:48 GMT
I guess we are formal in my family lol. My kids called their grandparents grandma or grandpa followed by the last name. When its my turn I will be fine w/ whatever my son and daughter in law pick out, but if I got to choose it would be grandma/grammy or something like that.
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Post by janeinbama on Jun 28, 2022 19:15:00 GMT
I drew the line and Big Mama as in %^$# NO. I am 6' tall and not skinny It's fine for a 100# 5' to be called Big Mama. |
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Post by Tearisci on Jun 28, 2022 19:16:32 GMT
Not a grandma name but when my grand-nephew couldn't say "Aunt Bev" and pronounced it "AhBah," I became Aba to all of the grands!
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Post by artbabe on Jun 28, 2022 19:20:01 GMT
Both my dad and mom's side of the family were just Grandma and Grandpa.
Both sets of my nephews' grandparents are Grandma and Grandpa
Honestly, I was an adult before I realized people called their grandparents anything other than that.
I don't get it. Why the cutesy name? I mean everyone can obviously choose a name that they are comfortable with, but I don't understand why Grandma and Grandpa isn't the obvious answer.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jun 28, 2022 19:20:51 GMT
I'm just curious how you got your grandma name. Did you choose and then teach the child? Did you wait and let the child name you? Did the parents choose? Some combination of the three? I just learned that I am expecting a grandchild in January. This was very unexpected. Anyway, I am focusing on the positive and thinking about my grandma name. CONGRATS!!!!!  My mom is Wheezer. People think it is from Steel Magnolias (I think she is Ouiser), but it is bc when my mom gets going laughing and carrying on, she wheezes and gasps for breath, which makes us ALL laugh and hoot and holler. As a joke, I told her "When I have kids we are going to call you Wheezer & Geezer." My mom LOVED it. My Dad did not. LOL. So when I was pg with my DD, my mom insisted on Wheezer. Then we told my dad he should pick something. We are German - my grandparents on my dad's side are German, and my mom's mother was from Austria. She suggested "Grossfatter" (spelling?) or "Opa" but my dad wasn't feeling it. We were at dinner with friends who are French, and he asked what they were called. And that is how my dad became Pepe,  LOL - the most unFrench German grandfather ever.  |
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Post by Really Red on Jun 28, 2022 19:22:17 GMT
Just wanted to say congratulations and I am so so happy for you. My heart hurts so much today and this kind of news (even though I am NOT ready to be a grandmom) would show me there is hope and happiness. I hope it does that for you.
Also - totally agree that you can be Gigi if you want. Seriously, no one should deny you anything!!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jun 28, 2022 19:22:32 GMT
My parents were Nana and Pappy. Dad was called Papaw by the other grands, but that is the name DH's father had used for 7+ years. We started out with Papaw R and Papaw H, but dad didn't like that and picked Pappy. So DD is the only grand who called him Pappy. My sister chose to be Oma.
I've said that if I ever become a grandmother I will go with Gypsy or GG (gypsy girl). That said, sometimes grandchildren have other ideas. A family friend wanted to be grandma, but the first grandchild refused to use that and called her Honey. So you could use a term like that instead of Grandma (first name).
Also, congratulations! As soon as I started reading the thread I thought of this video!
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Post by sueg on Jun 28, 2022 19:24:57 GMT
We are planning for my one and only (so far) grandchild (almost 1 month old now) to call me "Nonny". Is that a traditional ethnic name? My oldest dgs called both his grandmothers "Nono" for awhile. My ddil looked it up and said it was actually a common Italian (?) term for grandmother. Nonno is a traditional Italian name for a grandfather. Nonna is used for grandmother. These are what my granddaughter calls her maternal grandparents, who are Italian. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 28, 2022 19:28:42 GMT
Both my dad and mom's side of the family were just Grandma and Grandpa. Both sets of my nephews' grandparents are Grandma and Grandpa Honestly, I was an adult before I realized people called their grandparents anything other than that. I don't get it. Why the cutesy name? I mean everyone can obviously choose a name that they are comfortable with, but I don't understand why Grandma and Grandpa isn't the obvious answer. In my case, there are a whole bunch of sets of grandmas and grandpas. We are in a blended family. We already have to call grandparents Grandma J, Grandma N, Grandma S. And these are already taken. My MIL is already Grandma G last name. What does that leave me with? I also have no idea yet what her mom will choose and what the father of the baby's mother will choose. I just wanted to see a bunch of options because as the stepparent of the mother of the baby, I will most likely choose last. And hey, if the baby decides to just call me grandma, then so be it. In my case, it had nothing to do with a cutesy name. It had everything to do with differentiation from all of the other grandmothers and great grandmothers. GG (Gigi) - Grandma G-lastname. I thought that was choosing the initials while my MIL will be Grandma G-lastname said in full. |
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Post by sueg on Jun 28, 2022 19:28:47 GMT
I don't get it. Why the cutesy name? I mean everyone can obviously choose a name that they are comfortable with, but I don't understand why Grandma and Grandpa isn't the obvious answer. Some of us come from different ethnic backgrounds that use different names for grandparents. My dad’s parents were Nonno and Nanna, as they were Italian/Maltese. My grandkids call me the traditional German name for grandma - it’s not ‘cutesy’, it’s what every German kid calls their grandmother. |
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Post by snoopy on Jun 28, 2022 19:34:49 GMT
I don’t really have any advice about grandma names, but I just wanted to say congratulations! I sure hope you will be sharing the baby stuff you make on the upcoming craft threads. You are so talented, and I’m sure whatever you make for baby will be beautiful!
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Post by scrapngranny on Jun 28, 2022 19:47:13 GMT
I’m Granny. At first I wasn’t so sure about that title. After watching Downton Abbey, I changed my mind. If it is good enough for Maggie Smith, it is perfect for me.
My maternal grandmother was born in the UK, so it seemed fitting, even though she was always Grandma.
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Post by deekaye on Jun 28, 2022 19:48:02 GMT
Our two year old grandson calls us "Ama" and "Bapa" because with his slight speech delay, he can't quite muster Grandma and Grandpa yet. I told my daughter that I really didn't care what he calls us, I am just thrilled to have a grandchild.
My mom has always been Nana to her grandkids so she calls herself Nana to her great grandson too. He says that easily!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 28, 2022 19:50:24 GMT
I don’t really have any advice about grandma names, but I just wanted to say congratulations! I sure hope you will be sharing the baby stuff you make on the upcoming craft threads. You are so talented, and I’m sure whatever you make for baby will be beautiful! That was very sweet! Lotta yarn ordered....lots...too much. LOL! |
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Post by Mel on Jun 28, 2022 19:55:47 GMT
My grandmothers were all just Grandma + First Name... Grandma Sina, Grandma Stella, Grandma Lorraine...
My Mom was Nonnie to my kids up until a couple of years ago. They are older and just call her Grandma now.
I would like to be Nana. My SO's DD has a baby boy and although she makes it a point to say things like "Go see Grandpa" or "Tell Grandpa bye-bye" towards her Dad, for me it's "Say bye-bye" or whatever without attaching a "name" to me. I thought we had decided I would get to be Nana to him too, I know he already has two grandmas but he'll never know(or for that matter even meet) his mommy's mother(she was cut out of their lives for their own sanity). Sort of hurts my feelings but it is what it is... maybe he will come up with a name for me once he can talk.
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Post by milocat on Jun 28, 2022 19:56:58 GMT
I wanted to be Grandma but my daughter in law didn’t like it so google grandma in Foreign language and choose Baba from Babouchka my husband didn’t bulge he is grandpa but we both grew up in Switzerland where we don’t give cute names to grandparents. I had a Baba. We bugged both my mom and MIL that they should be called Baba and they both insisted they were not Ukrainian (just married Ukrainian descent men). All the old fuddy Baba's around here they didn't want to be. I'd totally be Baba, when it's time to become a grandparent I'm in no rush. |
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Post by anaterra on Jun 28, 2022 20:02:59 GMT
I am MoMo and dh is HipHop.... he was supposed to be PopPop and none knows how dgs started calling him hiphop... but now all the grandkids call him hiphop... so it really is a name the oldest grandchild gave him....
He likes it because it is different.. he is the only hiphop we know...
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Post by gillyp on Jun 28, 2022 20:04:33 GMT
Aw jeremysgirl! That is awesome news, there is no feeling on the planet like being a grandmother. I can feel the crocheting and knitting ramping up as time moves on! I didn’t want to be Grandma as that’s what my boys called my mom. I didn’t want to be granny or nannie because that’s what I called my own grandparents. I wanted to be Nana but my DIL’s mother was already Nana to about 10 children so I thought I couldn’t be that but she didn’t mind at all so Nana it was. As my first DGD got old enough to speak she differentiated between the two of us by calling me Nana Cats, because I have cats, and DILs mom is Nana Phee which is part of her name. I’ve been Nana Cats ever since. My DH is called Grumpy - because he is. |
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Post by gillyp on Jun 28, 2022 20:07:45 GMT
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 28, 2022 20:08:46 GMT
Aw jeremysgirl! That is awesome news, there is no feeling on the planet like being a grandmother. I can feel the crocheting and knitting ramping up as time moves on! I didn’t want to be Grandma as that’s what my boys called my mom. I didn’t want to be granny or nannie because that’s what I called my own grandparents. I wanted to be Nana but my DIL’s mother was already Nana to about 10 children so I thought I couldn’t be that but she didn’t mind at all so Nana it was. As my first DGD got old enough to speak she differentiated between the two of us by calling me Nana Cats, because I have cats, and DILs mom is Nana Phee which is part of her name. I’ve been Nana Cats ever since. My DH is called Grumpy - because he is. I love Nana Cats. Such a cool story. |
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jun 28, 2022 20:11:54 GMT
We are planning for my one and only (so far) grandchild (almost 1 month old now) to call me "Nonny". My oldest dgs called both his grandmothers "Nono" for awhile. My ddil looked it up and said it was actually a common Italian (?) term for grandmother. No, it's not the Italian form, which I believe is "Nona" (with a long "o" sound). I'm/we're not Italian, but I just really liked the sounds of Nonny, Gigi, and Mimi so I picked my favorite. "Nono" is cute! |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 28, 2022 20:12:15 GMT
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DD told me to pick what I wanted to be called. 
I'm open to this possibility.
LOL - the most unFrench German grandfather ever. 
