Comments on: Do you have nicknames for your grandparents?

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:31 +0000

@Katielyn – I think you are wise to let your son pick his own name for his grandparents. He MAY mispronounce “grandma” and “grandpa” so you can always correct it (that is what my daughter did with her kids and it didn’t take long at all for them to master the two words). In my case, my oldest grandson (see above post) made up his own name for me, intentionally. That was fine too and now it is precious since his nearly 16.

By: Katielyn

Katielyn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:50:27 +0000

Question…. My in laws would like to be called memes and poppy or pop.. I am very old fashioned and before we even had our son we decided it would be grandma and grandpa for both sides… My in laws who have never liked me and always tried to control everything say that I have no say in what they do with my son or what they call them… I say that I can teach my son grandpa and grandma and when my son is old enough to make his own decision he can decide what he calls them…

What are your thoughts??

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:30:09 +0000

My kids used grandma for both grandmothers and grandpa and granddad for the grandfathers. Easy to distinguish between the proud grandfathers, so to distinguish between the ladies we had to come up with something. My mom lives about 7 hours away whereas my wife’s mother lives in the same town, so we started referring to them as far-grandma and close-grandma. As they got older the opted for adding a first name to grandma.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:51:03 +0000

I don’t know who came up with the names for my grandparents. I was the middle child so it was well established by the time I knew what to call them. I only had one set and they were called Nanny and Papa. I don’t have kids, but my nieces and nephews call my Mom different names. Two of them call her Grandma and one calls her Gram. She’s answers to both. She never really picked her own Grandma name. I think the kids did. – CD

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:10:01 +0000

I LOVE THIS RESPONSE! Keep them coming!

And just for the record, we both know it’s up to the grandparents, and the grandkids too for that matter. I just like hearing that Bob is wrong and not everyone calls their grandparents “grandma” or “grandpa.” heh heh heh.

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:45:01 +0000

My grandson, the oldest, made up a name for me…he called me Nema (long e). He is nearly 15 and privately, he still calls me Nema. None of the other grandchildren use that name, but just call me “grandma”. I love the special nickname that the oldest uses…it is endearing to me. Now on my side of it, I called my grandparents “Mom” and “Pop” – everyone did, friends of theirs, my mother, my friends. I don’t know who started it – perhaps my mother – but that is what it was.

By: Atlas@mymoneyshrugged

Atlas@mymoneyshrugged — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:44:16 +0000

I have names for aunt, uncles grandma and grandfather. they were all based off of names I couldnt pronounce when I was little though. My Uncle I call Bob-Ba…his name is Bobby and thats just the way we pronounced it and it stuck with my sister and myself? Sometime it just happens that way!

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:38:23 +0000

I had asked my mom what she wanted my children to call her. She told me she would like them to call her grandma. My sister-in-law did not ask and, therefore, decided on her own that her son would call her nana. My mom is not thrilled with the term, but has put up with it through the years. He is the only one that calls her that, the rest of the grandchildren (there are 11) call her grandma. I know that I want to be called grandma and my kids and I have already talked about that. If their other grandma wants to be called grandma, I am okay with them using my last name to identify which one I am. My suggestion is that you talk with your parents and see what they would like to be called.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:44:48 +0000

My nephew’s name for my mother (his grandmother) is Dadoo! That’s what he came up when he was able to talk. We have always loved it and it’s so natural now to everybody.

By: Gholmes

Gholmes — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:23:47 +0000

It was up to our parents on what they wanted to be called. All but my Dad chose different names [Grammie, NaNa and PaPa].

As a little tyke I use to call my Great Grandma – “Great Great” and it stuck as I grew older.