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Marlow 
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Posted: 03 February 2009 at 9:32pm |
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Hi, our baby is due any day now and will have four grandparents and four great-grandparents. This is the first grandchild on both sides and I guess will set the precendent for our siblings' children.
I'm having some trouble coming up with names for all of them. Just wondering, what do your children call their grandparents?
All I can think of is Grandma/Grandpa and Nanna/Poppa. What are some other options?
thanks!
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Daizy
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Posted: 03 February 2009 at 9:41pm |
My Girls have 13 Grandparents (Great and GreatGreat in there as well)
I think there is only 1 double up.
We have
Poppa & Granna (my mum who felt to young to be a nana or grandma)
Nana & Grandpa (the InLaws)
Gran (Grandy) and Pop
Grandma & Grandad
Oma & Opa
and Nana & Warren (ok that last one doesnt really count  )
Theres lots out there. Do the grandparents have their own preferences?
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Posted: 03 February 2009 at 9:58pm |
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Nana (surname)
Pop (surname)
That differentiates them from each side of the family.
My brother's kids called my mum Nana Pinecone for a long time which was so cute as she'd gone pinecone hunting with them when they were little and it stuck.
My mum is called Gran Gran by her great-grandchildren which I love the sound of.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 7:06am |
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My mum is Nona (Italian for nana) because she didn't feel like a nana or a grandma.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 7:38am |
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My mum is Nanny! Lol its easy for DD to say so that will probably stick
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 7:47am |
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neither mums wanted to be called grandma, so Rhiannon calls them nana Shona and nana Kathy (as requested by both parents), and her great grandmothers she just calls grandma (she doesnt see them very often so doesnt get confused there)
and we also make her call close friends and family members aunty or uncle.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 8:13am |
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My parents have said that they want to be called Grandma and Grandpa which is fine by me.
Of my 3 MIL's (yes i'm lucky and have 3!!! haha) 2 want to be called Grandma too, I'm not sure about the 3rd though. I have a feeling it may be a little confusing for a while!!!! We may have to call them Grandma Jo etc
The great grandparents are Gran & Grandad and Nana & Whiskey.
ETA: My cousins Kid's call her dad Grumps which is quite cool too.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 8:13am |
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My parents are both already grandparents.
Grandpa and Nanma
DH's dad is Afrikaans so they will be Ouma and Oupa (which works for me cos my ancestory is Dutch).
With both dads ending in Pa and both mums ending in Ma could be interesting trying to figure out who bubs is talking about!
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 8:33am |
My parents are Grandma and Poppa and my inlaws are Nana and Gramps.
All the kids on both sides use the same names.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 8:40am |
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My baby will have 6 Grandparents:
My mum and step dad will be Grandma and Grandpa (as they are already known as that to my step-dad's granddaughter)
My dad and step mum will be Grandad and Nana
and my DH's parents will be Sitti (Lebanese for grandma, probably not spelt like that!) and Grandad, which is what their other grandchildren call them too.
Hadn't thought about what baby will call my grandparents, I call one Nana and one Nanny. Seeing as my stepmum (who will be Nana) and my actual Nana have the same surname that could be tricky!
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 9:14am |
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We have:
Grampy and Grammy (mine)
Nan and Poppy (DH's)
GG (great gran on DH's side)
Nana and Pop (great granparents on my side)
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 9:57am |
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oh my goodness, thankfully DD hasn't got a lot of grandparents, hehe!
My mum is nana
My dad is Popa Mike
My FIL is Grandad
and that it!
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 10:27am |
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My parents have all decided for themselves what they want to be called. Perhaps you could ask them to decide!
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 10:27am |
I had:
Ma and Pa (Dad's parents), and Mamar and Grand-dad (couldn't say Grandma...)
My sister's DD calls our parents (her material grandparents) by their nicknames for each other - Nulla and Bodgie - these are names they have had for each other for ever (before us kids were born) and they didn't want to be called 'old' names. It really suits them too. My sister's DH's parents are Nana and Pops.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 10:55am |
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I had no say in what the outlaws were going to be called, they just decided that they were going to be Nana & Grandad which pissed me off because thats what my parents were called before the younger kids came along...
Nyah refers to DH's parents as Little Nana & Grandad and my parents as Big Nana & Grandad.
My grandparents are Gran & Poppa, when my Grandad was alive he was Grandpop (Conor just started calling him that when he was a wee man).
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 11:52am |
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We have:
Grandma and Grandy (my parents, Mum wanted to be called Jane which was quickly vetoed! Dad requested Grandy which is what we used to call my Mum's Dad)
Nana and Poppa (DH's parents who already had 5 Grandchildren before Jack was born)
Nana and Grandad, sometimes I add their surname (DH's grandparents)
Grandma Iva (my Dad's Mum)
We don't often see these Great Grandparents as they all live in a different town from us
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 12:23pm |
My Grandmother is Nana to everyone, that's how she introduces herself to people. I don't think anyone has called her by her name for decades.
My Mum was Nana dog as my mum breeds lot of dogs
My Dad is Poppa
Not sure what my Dad's new wife will be called, she's not really Nana but as my mum is dead, our kids wont know any different, anyone in this situation what did you do? My nieces call her by her name Viv, but I don't necessarily agree with kids calling adults by their names.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 1:22pm |
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Isabelle has mastered "speech" yet soo she calls my Dad Poppa (as its easy for her to say) .. and my Mum is her Nan Nan.
I tend to refer to them as Grandma and Pappa (as thats what I call my Dad)
My Aunty and Uncle are Nan Kay and Koro
SDs Mum and Dad are kind of non existent being on the other side of the world .. but I think they would be Nanny and Grandad
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 1:25pm |
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mrsg1, my step-brother and step-sister's mum is also dead, and their dad's new wife (my mum) gets called by her name by them. But my step-sister's daughter who is almost 3 calls my mum Grandma. (Incidentally she calls my step-dad "Grandma-man" haha, he refers to himself as Grandpa though!). Hope that helps.
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Posted: 04 February 2009 at 1:30pm |
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My mum is Nan nan and Dad will be Grandad but at the moment Tom calls him Dad dad (very different to Daddy). ILs are Grandma and Grandpop. Great Uncle is called Gruncle and we arent sure what to do with great great aunts and uncles.
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