What do you call your Grandparents?

[TheBigBadWolf]

Anyway, his "mom" for me has morphed into "Grum". My husband thought that was a riot, until he heard our grandson calling him "Grump."

So, it looks like it's going to be Grum and Grump for us. Oh dear!

OMG, this cracked me up! Thanks for the laugh this morning!

I called all of my grandparents either Grandma or Grandpa. I fortunately had great grandmothers until my DD was half grown. She had so many grandparents, she added in their first or last names to the Grandma "whomever" so she could keep them all straight.

 

[Stacy_C]

Honest to goodness....my 3 kids (ages: 15, 9, 5) call my in-laws:

Ding-Dong (the grandmother)
Clyde (the grandfather...his name is Steve)

 

[MIGrandma]

I was only close with my maternal grandparents, and always called them grandma and grandpa. My paternal grandfather died before I was born, and my paternal grandmother lived far away so only saw her about 4 times in my entire life, and also called her grandma.

My grandkids, all but one, call me grandma and DH is papa. Youngest granddaughter is not quite 2 and calls me gummy. I like that.

 

[tazdev3225]

My grandparents were Mama and Daddy for my mom's parents and Gram and Grandpop for my dad's.

My kids called both Grandmother's Grandmom and my dad was Grandpop. My FIL died when my DH was little.

My grandkids definitely came up with their own names. I'm Grandmom or Memo (rhymes with Nemo), don't ask me how I got that. My DH is Poppy or Pop, he was supposed to be Grandpop but my oldest DGS came up with it and it stuck. The best is what they call my parents. My dad is Big Pop which isn't too bad. My mom is BIG Grandmom, not something she likes but nothing she ever came up with stuck. My mom is under 5 foot so the Big part is funny to most people that hear it.

 

[MushyMushy]

Honest to goodness....my 3 kids (ages: 15, 9, 5) call my in-laws:

Ding-Dong (the grandmother)
Clyde (the grandfather...his name is Steve)

Ooh! I love it! I want to be called Ding Dong.

 

[yellowlabforever]

My maternal grandmother is nana, while my maternal grandfather was papa.

My paternal grandmother is grandma, and my paternal grandfather was grandpa

I am not sure what my parents are going to be called when they are grandparents, I'm still a bit young to think about that (although my mother has requested that she not be grandma, or nana. She wants something different)

 

[mickey7879]

I called one set Gram and Grampy and the other set Gram and Pa.

My kids call all the grandmothers Ammy except for my mother who is Meme and right now the grandfathers are called Grappy since that's how my son can say it.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

Both sets of my grandparents were grandma and grandpa.

My parents are grandma and papaw to my kids. DH's parents are Ma and Pa as his grandparents were to them. His other grands were grandma and grandpa too. His greats were Omi and Pop-Pop.

My buddy calls her grandma, Nan. My friend's dad is Ye-Ye to her kids.

 

[chisnpeke]

When I was little my grandma and grandpa set their names as Mimi (mee mee) and Papaw (pap paw). As I got older I called them Grandma and Grandpa.

I miss them

My paternal grandfather I never knew, he died when I was one. My dad's mom I always called Grandma Gertie (her name). I was never close with her.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

The Greek grandparents were yia-yia and papu"

The Italian grandparents - nana and nothing for gramps, he was deceased before I was born

 

[Praying Colonel]

My maternal grandparents were Mamaw and Papaw.

My paternal grandparents were Nanny and Poppy.

As for my kids, they call my parents Grandma and Grandpa. They call DW's parents Granny and Buddy (my FIL's name--he just wanted it that way).

 

[cookies]

Growing up I called them Grandma and Grandpa. My children call my parents Grandma and Grandpa, my husbands parents are Yaya (it's what my nephew called her) and Pops.
They call their maternal great grandmother Granny.

 

[Angelhalo]

When they were alive we called my mom's parent's Grandma and Grandaddy. We called my dad's parent's Granny and Pawpaw.

 

[bettymae1121]

For me and my brothers, one set of GP's had already passed away by the time we came into the world, so our other set was just Grandma/pa, since we didn't really need to differentiate between sets.

DH's only grandmother was also just Grandma, but she got married after she divorced her first husband (my DH's and all his cousins bio grandfather) so he and his cousins called the 2nd husband Paps. Paps is the only grandfather my DH knows though, his bio grandfather died when he was young and he didn't know him well at all. Paps always treated my DH like one of his own grandkids, too.

 

[december]

Maternal: Big Mama and Papa
Paternal: Mamaw and Papaw

Big Mama (90) is the only grandparent I have left.

For my kids:
Maternal: Granny and Pa
Paternal:MawMaw and PawPaw (dh's mother and step-father)
Papaw and Nana (dh's father and step-mother)

 

[stm61]

My mother couldn't wait to be Grandma. My oldest ds was the first grandchild, he had problems with his ears and didn't speak until he was 18 months. He never had a problem saying Grandma. My dd's made up for his great pronunciation lol. One of my twins started saying Gabby when she was about 2. I actually thought she was talking about a neighbor's child when she started asking for Gabby. Took her showing me a picture of Gabby to figure out who she wanted. Since then she's been Gabby to the younger kids. Maybe it's a girl thing, because my nieces have all come up with different names for her, while the boys said Grandma. She has been GG, MiMi, and a few other names I can't begin to spell. Dh's mother has always been MeeMaw, Granny, or Grandma, depending on the age of the child. Both grandfathers passed before my kids were old enough to name them.

 

[disykat]

Mine were grandma and grandpa. If we needed to, we used last names. One of my grandpas was "gramps" sometimes though.

I prefer grandma and grandpa, but did consider gramps for my dad. It didn't really stick. That was fine with me because if we'd done nick names I probably would have been expected to call dh's parents memaw and pepaw. I just don't think I could have done it! DH grew up with it and he still couldn't do it either.

I'm fine with kids coming up with babyish versions of names when they are babies, but it seems weird to me for adults to say them.

 

[Maridw]

I only ever knew my grandmother on my dad's side and my great grandfather on his side. They were grandma and grandpa.

My mom and dad are grandma and grandpa to my DD, but gram and grandpa to my sister's kids. My grandmother was GG to my DD. Unfortunately she did not get to know her.

I am grammie and my DH is grumpy to my GDD, my parents will be grandma & grandpa.

One of my BF's parents are/was nana and papa to her kids (papa no longer with us), her inlaw's are grandma & grandpa. My BF's dad was Mister Papa to all the kids at the dance school and my DD.

My other BF's parents are also grammie and grumpy to her son.

 

[*Meagan*]

My dads side are:

Gram (most of the time) or Grandma
&
Grandpa Ooh Ooh or just plain Ooh Ooh

Moms side:
Grandma
&
Gramps or Grandpa

 

[C.Ann]

All deceased now - but - I called my grandmothers "Grandma".. One grandfather passed away when I was an infant and the other when I was only 3 or so, but I'm assuming I called him "grandpa" (or as close to it as I could get - LOL..)..