For Grandma's: What's your "name"?

[Praise2Him]

Okay, I'm not a grandmother yet, but my oldest is getting married in August and I'm planning ahead!

I've just been thinking about what I want the grandchildren to call me and I'm stumped.

So, what do your grandchildren call you?

 

[mommasita]

Have to answer, although I am not a Grandma..

My kids calls my mom Nana, and their Nonna (italian for Grandma) is passed, but they used to call her that...

I used to call my Grandmother Gan Gan..LOL..It just stuck, and I never let it go

 

[luv2nascar]

I had a Nonni
My DDs call them grammy
I guess use what ever you like and the kids can say

 

[Beth76]

I called both of my grandmothers "grandma" and my kids call both of their grandmothers "grandma". I don't like the cutesy names.

 

[Vijoge]

Gamma. The oldest started it and it stuck.

 

[Mkrop]

I called my gm Nana and Grandma (I liked my Nana better )

My kids call my mom MomMom and DH's mom Grandma. My mom did not want to be called Nana because that was her MIL and then didnt see eye to eye but I adored her.

 

[LindaM]

We are dutch, and all the kids call my mom and dad Oma & Opa. Growing up we called our grandparents Oma & Opa also, and to this day all my aunts and uncles are Tante & Oom, but my nieces/nephews use Auntie & Uncle. My dd, tells me she wants her kids to call me Oma, but dh they can call grandpa . Congrats on the upcoming wedding.

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

My mom is Nana and DHs mom is Bonne-Maman. My grandma is grandma to all of us!

 

[Handbag Lady]

In the off-chance that I shall become someone's grandmother, I shall be queen.

(I'm 38 and no kids. Yet).

My niece calls my mother "granny" and I would not like that at all.

 

[mcco5543]

My grandpa heard kids in a movie once call their grandfather Ol'pa (Like Opa in german just a little twist) well my grandma decided if he was ol'pa then she was ol'ma

we've called them olpa and olma ever since. Even the inlaws of their children.

 

[Muhlenberg]

My kids call my mother Grammy, and they used to call my MIL Grandma.

I called both my grandmothers Grammy.

 

[TigerBear]

My mom is Grandmama'.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

We have several 'Gramma's and an 'Omi'. But for some reason my DS3 came up with his own name for my mom. He calls her 'Bugga'. I have no idea where that came from.

He also calls his pacifier 'Biggie', so mom was just grateful not to be called that.

 

[lyzziesmom]

Growing up I called both of my grandmothers "Grandma Lastname." Now my one grandma has decided she wants my kids to call her "Grandma Middlename." Weird, but ok.

My mom is "Grammy" - this happened when I was pregnant with my first. My mom said she did NOT want to be called Granny because that sounds old, so of course I started calling her Granny. This somehow morphed into Grammy and just stuck... even the neighborhood kids call her Grammy now!

My dad used to be just Grandpa, but then one day my DD started calling him Poppy so that's what he is still called. Sometimes the kids will choose, no matter what you have planned!!

 

[4nana]

First Congratulations! You are about to experience a love like no other when the grandbabies start!

I've been 'Nana' for 19 yrs, since my first DGS babbled Na Na Na Na at 6 mos old. I was so thrilled... it stuck and that's what all our grands call me . My Mom is Great Nana, dear IL's are MiMi, Nana + name, Grandma + name, Grandma + name.

 

[babytrees]

We have:

Ama (my mom)
Meemaw (DH's mom)
Grandma Mary Ellen
Old Grandma (usually actually Grandma...but she came up with Old all by herself)
Grandmother
Grandma Hoo Hoo

I know I am missing one of them. My father's wife they call Dee.

We are blessed to have so many....usually when there is just one in the room they get called Grandma (except Ama....she doesn't answer to anything else. ).

 

[RadioNate]

I called both of my grandmothers "grandma" and my kids call both of their grandmothers "grandma". I don't like the cutesy names.

I'm with you. The only exceptions I don't mind are "ethnic" names. Is that PC?

Abuela, Babcia, Nonna, Oma, YaYa - stuff like that.

 

[kc10family]

My girls call my mom Sweetheart. It started 18 yrs ago when my sister was stationed in Japan, she showed my nephew pictures of us all so he could put names to face and when he got to my mom he looked at my sister and said "that's Sweetheart". See my mom would call him sweetheart and I guess he figured he should do the same. Now we all call her that.

I hope my grandkids come up with something like that for me.

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

Get this... My DD's almost four and she calls my mom ... "Wee." Her name is Pat.

Mom wanted to be called "Grams."

Don't know why DD calls her Wee. All we can figure out is that DD frequently stays with them and DM uses "We" as a group -- "We are going to go take a bath." "We are going outside." "We're going to fix supper." Now everybody in the family calls her "Wee." My brother, his GF, DH and I call her "Wee." Even the people at her work call her "Wee." It's pretty funny.

My dad? He's "Po-Po." Why? We think it's a take on Papaw.

Yet, DD's been able to say "Grandaddy Bill" and Granny Tommie", DH's parents, clearly since she was two.

 

[rabx5]

When I finally have grand babies, I want to be a granny I may settle for a grammy. I guess it's up to what the child decides to call me