Other names for grandma?

Question

My mother and mother-in-law both want to be called "grandma" by my 10 month daughter who is just learning to speak. I feel a little tension between them about it and I feel pressure by both of them to teach her to call them grandma...but I feel she will be confused if I call them both the same thing. Should I just go ahead and call them both grandma and let her choose her own names at some point? Any suggestions? What are some other good grandma names?

Answer 1

Below is a whole site dedicated to it. Some choices are:

Mama, GG, Nana, Mamaw, Mimi, Bushka, Memaw, etc

http://www.banananana.com/nananames.asp

Answer 2

My son calls both of his grandmothers the same way. It doesn't bother him or anyone else. We thought he'd be confused but maybe he's still too young to even be confused.

Here are some ideas:

1-Grandma jane and Grandma joan (name after)
2-Grandma and Grandmama (for mom's mom)
3-Daddyma and Mommyma
4-Grandma Chicago and Grandma Miami (city after)

Hope that helps!

mari

Answer 3

For the longest time my oldest son (for some reason) put a p in front of almost everything. He called my mother Pma. Everyone thought it was cute, he called his fathers mother nana. He is now older and calls them both grandma. Kids will come up with their own names. We never told him to call his grandmothers anything but grandma, he just figured it out on his own.

Answer 4

my children call both grandparents grandma or grandpa when we are with them, but when we are talking about visiting a grandparent, I'll say, we are going to visit grandma Claire or Grandma Joan, This way they know who we are talking about, but both grandmas are happy. When they sign cards it's always from grandma (insert name).

I called my grandma-- Gram or Grammy but my mother did not want to be called that, and she hated the idea of granny because it reminded her of the clampets. (Beverly hillbillies)

I also like using the first names of the grandparents because, I used family names when naming my boys, so they know why they have the name they have.

Answer 5

It's fine to have her call them the same thing. My daughter has 5 papa's! But if you want for her to call them different things my daughter calls my mom Grammy then she has a me-maw (not sure how to spell that) a maw-maw (that ones from west Virgina) a Nea (not sure how to spell that either lol it sounds just the way its spelled) Just try not to upset either Grandma your little girl will figure it out when you talk about them just use their last name. My daughter used to ask me when I'd say something about Papa if I ment my dad or other papa.

Answer 6

Nanna. Nanny. Granny Daisy. Daisygran.

Answer 7

You didn't say what you nationality, as each has a specific name for Grandmother & Grandfather
Simply type in Names for Grandmother or Grandparent nick names, in your browser.
Bet you will come up with something.
My grandchildren call me "Nonie" and they call my mother "Oma"
Personally I think different names help a child differentiate between who you are speaking about when referring to one or the other.
I am all for it.

Answer 8

Oh girl, the Grandmother, maternal mother, mother-in-law thing is never easy. My son calls my mother "Grandmom" and his other grandmother "Grandma." I've been told that neither of them are happy with the Grandma names they have. Too bad, it's what he calls them, he decided what to call them - it wasn't me. He has two Grandmothers and they're lucky to see him. If they make my life any harder with that kind of crap I'd kill 'em.

Answer 9

Put their names with it.. like grandma Helen and grandma Joan or grandma Smith (last name) and grandma Doe.
What about grandma in another language? What is your ancestry or hubbys? For instance we use Oma for my austrian mother in law.
Good luck.. grandmas can get kinda crazy and possessive when it comes to stuff like this.

Answer 10

Just have her call them "grandma"

When she turns 11 or 12 or something around that age, she'll feel embarassed if she has to call her some childish name.