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LionessNZ
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Topic: Naming the Grandparents Posted: 17 February 2010 at 7:59pm |
At the moment we've (Mum and I) been having an ongoing discussion about what our baby will call her grandparents when she arrives. She's due in April. Hubby's mum wants to be called Nana, which is fine and Im not sure about his dad, but my parents are at a loss as to what they want to be called, especially my mum. She definitely doesn't want to be nanny and isn't keen on Grandma or Gran, but other than that doesn't have a clue.
What do your kids call their grandparents? Do you have any ideas for grandparent names that are a little different? Our baby won't see much my parents much because they live in a different island to us, so we want to have something that she can associate them with from a young age.
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SquishysMum
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 8:17pm |
DD has a Grandma and Grandad, and a Granny and Grumpy (was meant to be Grampy, but you know kids...). We have greats called Nan and Dandy (again, meant to be Grandy...) but on my side they're all Grandma and Grandad.
All the best figuring it out, and welcome to OHbaby!
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 8:31pm |
My parents are Nana and Grandad, DH's parents are Gran and Poppa, and DH's Grandma is Grandma....
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 8:48pm |
I have Nana and Grandad, and Grandma and Grandick (his name is Dick, my sister, the first grandchild, kept calling him "Dick" until a compromise was reached - and it stuck for the rest of us grandkids).
DH has Nana and Grandad, and Nanny and Poppa.
Hannah has Grandma and Grandad, Nan and Poppa, and Grampa.
 No wonder you're having trouble! There's so many options!!
Good luck!
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 8:54pm |
We have - Nana and Grandad M, Nan-nan and Grandad, Grandpa and Grandma, and Cambridge Grandma.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 8:56pm |
my mum is nan and dh's mum is grandma.
though for a while i was mummy and my mum was just mum lol. my oldest still calls her mum though.
we dont see dh's dad enough i suppose he is just grandad, my grandad on my dads sides signs things with poppy not that i ever called him that.
there is also Oma
we get a bit of confussion when my grandma is over and i pipe up and say look grandma is here and they run out expecting to see my mil.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:01pm |
My Mum was so unprepared to be a "Grandmother" and was really unsure about what to be called. As soon as that baby came out (she happened to be there) she was an extremely proud Grandma, she named herself at the right time.
Your Mum will probably be the same.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:03pm |
We have Nana and Grandad,
& Gran and Ace. Ace is shortened version of his name, and kinda cool
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:09pm |
My mum is known by her name, my Dad is Poppy. DH's parents are Nonna & Nonno, his grandmother is Bisnonna (to DD) or just Nonna to DH and I.
My mums old hairdresser was known as 'Bubbles' cause she loved her bubbly  Always thought that was cute
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:20pm |
We have Granny and Poppa, and Nana (and I guess FIL if he bothered to acknowledge his grandchildren would be grandad). My grandma is Grandma (although called ma-mar), and our Nana's are just Nana too.
Mum took ages deciding too.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:23pm |
My parents are Grandma and Grandy although Jack pronounces them MaaMaa and Da-dad. DH's parents are Nana and Poppa.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:29pm |
My mum was another one who didnt feel ready to be a Nana or Grandma. We agreed on the name Granna and it has really stuck (well apart from the fact that Maddi can't say it and calls her NAAAAAAAAAna).
All up they have a Granna, Poppa, Grandy(Gran) and Pop, Nana and Grandpa, Grandma and Grandad, Oma and Opa and a Great Nana.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:47pm |
My DH's parents are Gran and Grandad, my parents are Grandma and Grandy (although my Mum really wanted to be called Grand-mamah  )
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:50pm |
My mum and dad are nana and grandad, DH's parents are Pop and Nai Nai(said like N-eye N-eye).
My nana and grandad are are Grandma and Poppa
and we never see DH's grandparents sp they dont have names lol
Dh's mum is Nai Nai because she didnt like anything else and she likes to be different, its taken me 20 months to get used to it  and is till dont really like it...
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 9:56pm |
When we had this discussion with my mum she was adament she was not going to be called grandma or nana as she said they reminded her of old people. Since DD was born the grandma title has been thrust upon her with no argument from her since. She loves her granddaughter to bits and sees her everyday and DD knows shes grandma.
We have grandma and granddad(my parents) and oma and opa (husbands parents) and my grandma is GG(great grandma)
Funny thing was PIL's wanted to be grandma and grandad but we ended up naming them oma and opa anyway. She hardly sees them even though they live 10mins away so to me it didnt matter what they were called. It wouldn't have been fair to have them called the same as DD wouldnt have recognised them as grandparents anyway
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 10:03pm |
My parents will be grandma and granddad, not sure about DHs parents, I think his dad will be called pop.
DH's grandma is called mum mum (hes American, so I guess its mom mom) and she is his mums mum.... That might be an option for you?
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 10:03pm |
My parents are nana and grandad and DH's dad is Koro.
My niece calls her other grandmother by her first name (as does her mother) and that seems perfectly fine to me.
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 11:03pm |
Im going to be completly different and say my grandparents are Beth and Fergus! Lol they always have been, and thats what bubs will call them i suppose. In conversation they are still my grandparents but all our family call them by their first names. Good luck
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 11:36pm |
I call my grandparents mum and dad because my mum called them that so it's kinda stuck... Guess my bubs probably will too... Even though dp thinks it's 'wrong'
Dps grandma will be Grandma Nita (Nita being her first name) and his nana and poppa will probably remain nana and poppa
My mum has requested Grandma Page, because thats what she called her grandparents
My dad hasn't requested anything
Dp's parents want to be Nana Ana and Poppa Pete
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Posted: 18 February 2010 at 8:11am |
My parents are Grammy and Grampy. My grandparents are Nana and Pop.
DH's parents are Nan and Poppy. His grandmother is GG (great gran, as everyone calls her gran anyway.)
We do have issues with confusion between my grandparents and DH's parents so have tried to vary them slightly without offending.
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