<p>Well, I’m definitely old enough to be a grandma. Sigh. I am so envious of my next door neighbors who have gotten 6 grandchildren in the last 6 years. A few of them spend every Friday with the grandparents. I hear the kids calling him Pop, which I love. I’ll have to ask the grandmother what they call her. I might like it.</p>
<p>Gosh…I can’t WAIT to be called “Grandma”! :)</p>
<p>But, I’ll probably go by “nanna”…but if they want to call me Grandma, then that’s ok, too. :)</p>
<p>I was very put-off by my FIL who refused to have his grandkids call him anything but his first name. So weird. Whenever they’d get a Christmas or Bday card from them it was signed, Grandma and Joe. It sounded like my MIL had a new husband. :(</p>
<p>Ohh, atomom! Another busia! My great grandfather was dziadzia but he died before I was born, and for some reason my busia did not have us call her husband dziadzia-- he is grandpa firstname. He is my mom’s step father, but my mom’s bio dad is also grandpa firstname, I didn’t get a dziadzia! </p>
<p>My parents are very much looking forward to being Busia and Dziadzia. It will be kind of trippy for me for my dad to be a dziadzia. Dziadzia is just about the most revered name you can have in this family, each family has a child that is named after my dziadzia-- I am the one in my family who carries his name. One of our kids will have it, too. My dad isn’t polish but it is important to my mom, so he will do it.</p>
<p>My mother is actually already a grandmother, my sister has five kids. But busia introduced herself as busia, and my mom was really mad because she wanted to be the busia! So the kids call my mom grandma firstname, but they can’t pronounce her first name, and it comes out “grandma green.” The oldest still call her that even though they are now old enough to pronounce her first name. It’s cute, but she’s still mad. We have a “polish” name for great grandmother, too, but I have no idea how to spell it. Atomom, what word does your family use for that? Our word, which I can’t even find anything close to on google, is something like pupush. I’ve found ONE reference to it on the internet as an american polish word. We use Aden for aunt, too. </p>
<p>Let the oldest grandchild come up with the names…They will evolve. The oldest child in my family called his mother and his grandmother “mommy” for a while and, eventually, the grandmother became “Mimi” and mother remained “mommy”. The names are so dear when the children come up with them!</p>
<p>DS always called my mother Gran. And it suited her. I’m leaning towards Nan, or Nana. There is no chance I’d be mistaken for a grandbaby’s mother. It’s bad enough I was mistaken for my DD’s grandmother ;)</p>
<p>Years ago a friend of our family taught her grandchildren to call her B.G. It stiood for “Beautiful Grandmother”. I’ve always loved that. </p>
<p>In the end, I’ll be thrilled with Meemaw, or Gr-mumble-mumble, or whatever darling pronunciation of grandma they come up with.</p>
<p>Grand-mère! AND it must be pronounced the way Thurston Howell III would. I demand respect. 
(Not really, I could care less what I’m called…as long AS I’m called!!!)</p>
<p>What are the traditional grandma names for your countries of heritage? For me it would be mor-mor. Not sure how I feel about that one! My BIL and SIL go by Cappy and Cozy. (I think there went through many glasses of wine to come up with those names) I have a friend who wanted to be call Gammy and it morphed into Gummy…so be careful what you ask for!</p>
<p>I had Oma and Opa. German.</p>
<p>Omi instead of Oma, and Opa!</p>
<p>“My BIL and SIL go by Cappy and Cozy.”</p>
<p>ahhh…cute! Conjures up an image of a ballcapped grandpy and a cuddle-lap grammy.</p>
<p>I have severe baby cravings - what my H calls “baby-lust”!! S1 is only 23, but when/if I am lucky enough to get my hands on a grandchild, they can call me “Oldest Woman on the Planet” for all I care!! </p>
<p>Having said that, a friend of mine uses “Lola” - I think it sounds cute. Her first name sounds nothing like “Lola” so I don’t know it’s origin. </p>
<p>"when/if I am lucky enough to get my hands on a grandchild, they can call me “Oldest Woman on the Planet” for all I care!!’</p>
<p>Me, too!!! I need a “baby fix” every so often. One of the highlights of Sunday church is holding other people’s babies. lol</p>
<p>mom2collegekids - do you stalk the young moms at the grocery store just to get a glimpse of the babies?? I do - LOL! My kids think I’m nuts…</p>
<p>I’ll take whatever name I am called. Just not, “Hey, You!”</p>
<p>Another person with Granny-lust here. Just waiting for a grandbaby or two or three. I think I would like to be called “Granny”, but I will settle for anything besides my first name. I have a friend whose son calls her and husband by their first names. It seems so formal and estranged, though the relationship is anything but.</p>
<p>And Kat - Surely with 5 kids you’ll have some grandbabies soon!!! I’ll send up a good wish for you… :-)</p>
<p>For some odd reason, my grandson called me Abby until he turned 4 and now I am Grandma. I loved being Abby but I also love being Grandma. Now if I just could get some more little voices…</p>
<p>Any name will do for me. I just wish mine were self sufficient enough for me to even wish for any grandchildren.</p>
<p>I have friends who use their first name preceded by Grand. My name doesn’t work, but Grandann, grandlynn, grandmary, grandjen could, among other names. If both grandmothers have names hta work that way and are not the same, it can work well. My friend does that with her grandchildren, </p>
<p>“mom2collegekids - do you stalk the young moms at the grocery store just to get a glimpse of the babies?? I do - LOL! My kids think I’m nuts…”</p>
<p>lol…uh…yes, I do. I look and admire everyone’s babies when I’m out and about. My kids are used to it. It’s rubbed off on them a bit. They, too, like looking at babies. </p>