Your grandchildren call you. . . . .?

We are new never been before grandparents. what do your gr.children call you? Nana, granny, gra'ma. grams, ? My dear mother was called 'grammy' by all her gr.children; 26 total! my father pipi by about 1/2 and Grandpa by the others.

Anastatia, Congratulations, I have 1 Grandson JR who is 3. He is my son’s child. My daughter is expecting is April so I will soon have 2 Grandchildren. I am called Grams and my husband is Poppy. My mother is Nana. Her name is Nancy and she was called Aunt Nana by my cousins. Then when my children came along she became their Nana my father is Buppie. Where it came from is anybodies guess. My oldest daughter Julie started it about 34 years ago when she started talking. He was her Buppie and we have no idea where she got it from. But it has stuck Holly

Oldest called me Grandma Flowers ,
as to deference me from his other GM and GGM
all the rest call me mee maw

I have one granddaughter 13 months old. She cals me nana so nana is what I'll be. My folks are Nana and Papa to their grandkids so to ours will be Nana and Papa as well.Works for us. Here she is dressed up for a halloween party. She's a unicorn

She even had wings............

Okay I'm sorry couldn't help myself.
Cherie

Two GD's, wife 'gramma', self 'far far'

I'm Nana and the other gram is Lola. She's named for us both and is the apple of my eye.
She, PJ, is my only grand, although she was #11 of what has become 14 for the other grandparents. Most likely she will remain my only so I'm tickled whatever she wants to call me.

Cherie, She is adorable if I were home there would be picture’s of JR, too. ;} Holly

Aren't those names just precious? Posting pix of "the cutest little unicorn in the whole world" is understandable.

I'm called Grandma Sue - the other grandma is Grandma Susan....

I'm not a Grandma yet and don't want to be for a long time. :) A big congrats to you!!

My mother got her first Grand (not from me!) at the age of 38. She said she was too young to be Grandma, so went by Nana.
My grandma was Grandma but her mother, my Great Grandma, EVERYONE called her Mom!

My husband's mother also goes by Mom, to three generations. Her father was called Dee Daw. My husband's dad was Dee.

My sisters kids called my mother Mawhouse and my dad Andada. My mother told my sister when she was expecting that Haley could call her anything she wanted except Grandmaw, Maw or Mawmaw. so as a joke we started saying lets go to Maw's house.

We had three grandmothers Miss Willie, Nanny and Grandmother who for the second generation became GG.

Nice thread! I find it so interesting how this is different for all families. My FIL goes by Pap-paw...the first grandchild couldn't pronounce Grandpa so ALL the grandkids now call him that.

I had mostly Grandpa's and 1 shortened to Gramps. All Grandma's but the paternal one were Grandma. Dad's Mom was called Grandmother. Which was okay, it was easy to know whom was who. My parents (not sure if more Mom's request or Dad's) want to be called "Nana" and "Poppy."

DH not keen on all the cutesy names so not sure how it will go. Luckily MIL is happy to be called Grandma and when I am old think I'd prefer the traditional "Grandma" for myself as well. =) It just sounds so warm and happy!

Congrats, I'm not a grandparent yet, but my grandniece and grandnephew call me Grammy and my husband Pops. Can't wait till it's the real thing. My one and only son is engaged at the age of 27. Yeah!!!!

We have friends, (strong Irish )who are called an Italian version of grandmother/grandfather. I will have to call them.

My husband and I now have 3 grandchildren (none for years and years and then 3 fairly suddenly!). It took some getting used to. He is PawPaw and I am Grams. I was determined not to be called Granny - anything but that!

Some super 'Congrats' to you and your hubby, anastatia!!

We're jes plain ol MawMaw & PawPaw .. & have been since way back when. And'll prob'ly continue that way for a few years more .. (hee) Seems the most natural .. for all of our grands and great-grands (lil & full-blown 'grown') to refer to us.

Heck, even their friends, pals, and buddies come to refer to us the same way. And, of course, the more the merrier!

If'n there's any other distinction needs a makin' .. then our first names are added.

We both luv it, and wouldn't want to have it any other way. Besides, hearing 'em lil tykes beller out a 'MawMaw' for the first time, is quite a humbling and loving experience. But, to hear them rattle off a 'MawMaw Margit' .. jes bowls me over and turns me into pure ol mush!
.. HeeHee ..

((huggerooners))

- Magpye

My son's best friend's kids all call me Grandma Wayne because they can never remember that I am Grandma Lani. Last week they called my DH Grandpa Lani. LOL I don't really care what they call me at this age. Oldest is just turned 4 and the youngest is going to be one in Dec. Middle one will be 3 in January. They are just darling no matter what they call us.

Anyone have a daughter who needs a good man? I am giggling as I try to fix our son up with a great gal. Gotta be one out there for him somewhere. LOL

Mine call me Grandma - no Granny for me, thank you.

Bobo was what I called my grandpa and have no idea where it came from. Joan

Like Badseeds friend...I was a grandmother at 38....and didn't want to be called Grandma...and NOT Granny!! So for the first 2 DGK I was Nana...still am....but 13 years later I became Grandma to my youngest DGS.....

Now that I have 4 GREAT grand children I am GrandNan to them Jo

Grandparent myself, but my daughter just calls my mom grandma, I called her parents Grandma and Grandpa ("Granma" and "granpa"). My dad's parents were "Gramaw" & "Poppy".

My daughter calls her dad's parents Granny & "Grandandy". The extra "n" in Grandandy came from the first grandchild and so became permanent. :)

My husband's parents (my daughter's step-grandparents) are "papaw dale" & "meemaw Cam".

My grandparents (maternal) were Mama and Papa, my paternal grandparents were Granny and Papa O (Otis) and my step dad's parents were Grandma and Grandpa (they were kind of snooty). My kids call my mom Grandma and my grandmother Mama. My dad was Pap Pa, but he passed away in 98.

I could be a grandmother anytime (my oldest is 16 sigh) and I want to be Grandma or Mama. My youngest calls me Mama so we'll see.

I had a friend who called her great grandmother "Baggie" not sure where that came from LOL
Huggers
Janis

My Godmother was called Mona by her grandchildren from Mother Goose came out "Mona" Goose

I don't have any grandchildren (or children for that matter).
But I had different names for MY grandparents.
My paternal grandparents were Gramma & Grampa.
My maternal grandparents were Mama & Papa - which is what all their 15 children called them (My Mom was #15 - the baby)
Mama & Papa even called themselves that!

Here's a picture of Mama & Papa.

Nancy

Our son called my parents Gma and Gpa. My DH's parents were Gramma Boots and Grampa Ralph

No kids here, and at my age there won't be, so no grandkids, either. But I called my grandparents Grandma and Grandpa, or Gram and Gramps. If I needed to differentiate, I'd add their last names, Grandma Jones or Grandpa Smith.

My two grandkids call me Nanny. Now what my daughter's stepchildren will eventually call me I have no idea. It's kind of tricky with stepgrandchildren (?!), isn't it? Last year I sent them Christmas presents, although I've barely met them. Wonder if I should ask about their birthdays, too? I don't know...this just never came up among my family or relatives. My maternal grandparents were Grandpa and Grandma. My father's parents were deceased, so I never had the privilege to meet them...wish I had.

The italian versions are Grandmother (Nonna) and Grandfather (Nonni), and they are pronounced with a long O.

When my sister's first grandbaby was born, she decided that Chloe should call her Nanny. My sister Julie was named for our great grandmother, and we called her Nanny. (She was young to be a great grandmother, and her only wish was NOT to be granny, so her son tried to teach his granddaughter to call her exactly that! Elaine came out with Nanny instead, and everybody was happy.) Back to Chloe, she is lucky enough to have two grandmothers and two great grandmothers living in the same town, and my sister didn't want to be lost in the herd of Grandma's! Our mother said that Julie should just wait, that kids will come up with their own name for you. Julie is Nanny, their other grandmother is Grandma Debbie, their other great grandmother is Grandma Rita, and..............are you ready for this one? The kids DID come up with a name for my mom, she is Old Grandma!

Well, I am surprised!! My granddaughter calls me MIMI am I the only one? and my husband Papa! I am new at this site and this is my very first posting!!!and it would be about my adorable 10 year old granddaugher.

Welllll, LeePerk .. A big ol 'hearty' welcome to DG, to ya !!

I recollect hearing some friends of ours (German decent), from a long time ago .. use 'Mimi' and Papa'. So, nopers .. you aren't the only one/s. (hee)

- Magpye

My niece calls one set of grandparents Mimi and Pops

My Dd's name is Melinda...her brother couldn't say Melinda so it came out Mimi....so she is still called Mimi...or Mim.

Welcome to the best garden site around...bar none! Jo

We used to call my paternal grandparents Nona and Grampa (well he died before I was born but that's what I would have called him too). My grandmother was English but did not want to be a 'granny' so she picked Nona. My maternal grandfather was Grandad and my grandmother started out as Gammy but over the years it gradually switched to Granny.

I think I was about 8 before I realized that my grandmothers actually had 'real' names.

On a side note, my mom had only one brother and he went by his middle name. When his first neice was born he decided that he could be called Uncle Chuck but only by his neices and nephews (his first name was Charles). When he died a couple of years ago I was talking to some of my friends and they were really surprised that everyone else seemed to know him by a completely different name than the one that my siblings and I always used for him.

All of my grandparents were grandma and grandpa. In response to the question about step-grandchildren - please do acknowledge them on their birthdays and holidays. I was truly very blessed with wonderful step-grandparents and one thing that always made me feel stable and loved was that all of my family, step and otherwise, acknowledged, embraced and accepted me as family. At 44 it is still the #1 thing I am grateful for from my childhood. When I married my biological and step parents walked me down the aisle together. Today as a divorced mom of 2 teenaged sons I am happy to say that their father and I remain friends and our children recognize and value the effort we have made to do so. I had a wonderful example of how to make the most of a "broken" family, and I want nothing less for my own children.

My first grandchild called me Nanny & my husband Pop and it stuck. I don't mind, I always said I didn't care what my grandchildren called me "any thing except by first name" which I felt would be a bit disrespectful.

My son was the first grandchild on my side and he called my parents Ho Ho and Pop. Momma asked him one day if he thought she was Santa Clause and he said yes Ho Ho. It stuck and by the time she passed away everyone called her that. My Daddy is Pop. We have a 13 month old DGS and there is no telling what he will call us. Just so he calls is all that matters.

My friend is known to her grandkids as Bugaboo. lol

!st DGD named me NuNu and then it went to Nonnie. My Sweet Husband who passed away 2 months ago , they DGDs, called him Babe.

It is so hard to live without Babe. Our first DGD called him that after she heard me calling him Babe.

One day we will see him again.

My husband has 4 children from his previous marriage..They are older than my own(one!) son. My oldest "daughter" has our first grandchild. She is now 8 and some how she pinned the name "Meemer" on me. I think it was her way of trying to repeat what her mother was saying..Momma Randa..My hubby is Papaw(pap-aw)to her and the youngest daughter's boy..our oldest grandson. He also calls me Meemer. Now..when MY son and DIL had our grandson, Alex..I figured we would go by the same names. However, on his own, as he began to talk..Alex started calling us Maw-maw and Paw-paw. I found it VERY interesting that he did this . I called my Dad's parents by these names. I was very, very close to them until the day they passed away..So, to me, by Alex, calling us by the same terms of endearment that I called them..It is like their way of saying..They know he is here..and that we "done good"!!