What do your children call their grandparents?

[Stillyummy]

Suddenly realised it would kind of be up to me as they will probably call them what I do... My parents don't know what they want to be called while partners have been very specific. At least they haven't all said the same thing!

My parents = Oma and Opa (Dutch)

DH's parents = Grandma and Grandad

I wish I was Dutch now- Oma and Opa are lovely :)

I'm watching this with interest. My parents will obviously be 'nan' and 'grandad' or variants thereof. PILs will also be variants of similar- no one has made particular demands. However, my parents are divorced, both with new partners but I wouldn't say I was particularly close with either of them. My mum's partner hadn't even mentioned it but I was on the phone to my dad last week and he told me to 'have a think' about what we'll call his partner. Now, the divorce was pretty messy and my mum pretty much hates dad's new partner, so 'nan' is out of the question (3 nans might be a bit confusing for child anyway!) But dad seems to be insinuating that she be called 'Nanny Kerry' (name changed, obv) or similar. My dad is usually pretty laid back about everything but his missus- we had to change our entire wedding seating plan to accommodate her- so I can't see him letting it drop. I just said that baby won't be talking for at least a year (!?) so they'll figure some sort of naming convention out by themselves, which seemed to placate him. But there's no easy answer! Some people can get unnecessarily sensitive over these things when it's really just semantics. I can't remember a time when I was 'told' to call my grandparents a particular thing, iyswim?

My parents - grandma and grandpa
Dhs parents - yia yia and pappou (Greek)

I hate "nanny". That's a goat :).

Mil insists on nanny, and constantly refers to herself in the third person -"nanny get you a drink".

I prefer grandma/grandpa, or variants of.

My DS has 8 grandmothers and 6 grandfathers! He worked out names for himself mostly and he knows exactly who he is talking about, although it does help that some live further away then others

Nanna and Grandpa

And another Oma and Opa

Granny and Grampy

my parents - grandma and grandad
my husband's mum - CuCu (pronounced sho-sho)

Gran and papa

My parents - Granny and Pa (was actually supposed to be Grandpa but he changed it and, predictably, it was the only name any of his grandchildren could say for ages!).

PILs - Grandma and Grandad.

Fortunately this was what DH and I had called our grandparents so it felt quite natural.

My mum - Nanny

My dad - Grandad

Dad's partner - her name

MIL - Grandma

FIL (when he was alive) - Pop

FIL's wife - Nanny Sue

All of them chose what they were to be called themselves. Originally MIL wanted to be Nanny but when she heard what my mum wanted to be called she changed it to Grandma. I had two nannys growing up but she thought it would confuse DS (I think she just wanted something all of her own)

PIL - nanny and granddad

DM - grandma

By the way - when I have grandchildren I hope to be a Nanny. LOL @ it being a goat!

'Grandma' makes me think of doddering, grey haired old ladies.

Grandma and Grandpa. (Grandma always sticks in my throat - maybe because of that song? - wish it were Granny really)

My mum is Gran.

My parents- Grannie and Grandad

PIL- Nanna and Grampa

GreatPIL- Nanny and Bampi.

We have Grandma and Grumpy (DH's) and Ouma and Oupa (mine - South African)

my mum is gran. Dh's mum is nanny (which I hate as it doesn't sound right to me). dh's dad was grandad.

I called my grandparents gran and grandpa

My parents are Grandma and Grandad, Dh parents are Nanna and Grumpy (his choice lol)

my step kids call my parents grumpy and extra granny (running joke ) they also have there nana gran and grandpa.

Pil - granny and grandpa
Dm - nanny

I hate nanny, and strongly dislike granny and grandma. When it's my turn I think I'm going to go for Nana unless I can think of something better.

My parents - Granny and Granda
PIL - Nanna and Granddad

I expected DM to be 'Granny VladSr' and MIL to be 'Granny MIL' but apparently this is unusual. (I had two Granny + first names)

We took the view that it was entirely up to the gp's what they wanted to be called. It does after all become 'their' name. Having 3 or 4 grannies is not confusing for a child, and probably fairly normal.

Thanks for the suggestions, keep them comming! Apparently my mum wants somthing that doesn't sound old

We have grandma and grandad for my folks. Fil and partner is seaside grandad and nanna. Mil and partner are nanny and grandpat (he's called pat).
We also have great grandad and super grandad and super nan.
I found it very hard to think of names for everyone and make sure they all learnt them!!!!