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[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

So, for those of you who are parents or plan to be, what did you (or do you plan to) 'name' yourselves and the grandparents? How about aunts and uncles and such?

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[hwar.livejournal.com]

We are Mom/Mommy and Dad/Daddy. Sometimes my daughter (age 4) calls me Mom-Mom which cracks me up. Before she was born, my mom decided she wanted to be Grammy and my dad Grandpa (but somehow my daughter ended up calling him Pom-pa when she was a baby and now he's Papa). My husband's mother is Grandma [Firstname]. She calls the aunts/uncles what we call them (by their first names). So our choice of names mostly stuck, but she made some modifications.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I want my kids to call my dad Poppy, but they will probably just call him Grandpa and my mom Grandma. Who knows, I won't have kids for several years.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if it necessarily matters what you plan. My Grandma wanted to be Grandma but my older sister (1st grandchild) heard people call her Betty (Her name) and she started calling her Betty. When I came along I called her Betty because my sister was and then my little sister was born etc. So my Mum's parents are/were Betty and Papa. My Grandma tried again with my younger cousins but she didn't succeed!!

I call my Aunties and Uncles their first names. No Aunty JIll - just Jill. My sister's children will call me Jordan and my kids will call them their first names. It suits my fanily.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

We are Mama and Dada right now (my daughter is 1). My parents are Oma and Opa. My grandmother is also Oma. His dad is Zayde. His grandmother is Bubbie Milka. Aunts and Uncles are Aunties and Uncles.

[amyames.livejournal.com]

We are Mommy/Mama and Daddy. My parents are Nanny and Poppy. My husbands parents are Mimi and Pops.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I never really thought about it.

I guess I'm pretty traditional, though. I'll be Mama/Mommy/Mom, my SO will be Dada/Daddy/Dad. Our siblings will be Uncle/Aunt ______.

But as far as grandparents, I think I'll let her come up with what she wants to call them. For now, my mom is Grammy, and his parents are Grandma and Grandpa.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

My parents are Mom (sometimes Mommy) and Dad (NEVER Daddy). Dad's parents were Grandma and Grandpa, and Mom's parents were Oma and Opa. Oma's mother was Granny. A cousin of mine calls his other grandparents Nana and Papa.

My brother says Auntie Karen, but I was the first grandchild, so I didn't like being expected to call her something different from everyone else, so she's always been just Karen to me.

[princessleah162.livejournal.com]

My parents-Grandma and Grandpa
His parents-Grandma and Papa
My brother and SIL-Uncle E and Auntie Andrea
His brother and SIL-Uncle Tripp and Auntie Audie

[birdsonthewire.livejournal.com]

I'm pregnant and we are gonna go traditional with our names: mommy/mom and daddy/dad. My husband joked the other night though about our kids having to call him Sir lol but we won't be doing that.

We don't get to collaborate with either sets of our parents about what to call them bc we both have siblings that have kids so our parents chose their names a while ago! My parents are Nana and Pops and my husbands are the standard Grandmom and Grandpop. I always wanted one of the dads to be pappy or paps or pop pop tho lol I like those names better!

as for aunts and uncles we are just going standard with that: aunt heather, uncle jack etc.

[wolff.livejournal.com]

we are mommy and daddy.

my parents are grandma and papa

fiances parents are grams and grandpa.

oh and i suppose my real dad (even though he's only met her twice) will be grandpa JJ.

she only has one real uncle and he is uncle Stacy but my best friend is also Auntie Paula.

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

I'm 18wks preg with my first, and my stepdad wants to be called "Fafa" (sp?) which is Swedish for Grandpa. Fine by me! :) That's how we'll introduce him if that's what he'd like.

But, it's also possible for the child to create their own name for people. My cousin's daughter "A" had a hard time saying "Grandma" when she was little, so she called my aunt "Gree" instead. It stuck, and A is now 14 and still calls her Gree. All of A's friends *also* call her Gree, haha.

When i was little, i had so many grandparents (divorce and remarriages) that they were all "Grammy Lastname" or in a few cases, "Grammy Firstname" and whatnot.

[kort-ni.livejournal.com]

We're not parents yet, but the plan is for me to be Mama, him to be Daddy, my mom to be Grand, my dad and stepmom to be Grandmama and Grandaddy, his mom to be Nana, and his dad to be Grandpa.

And my grandmother (whom I have always called Grand Mother) to be Great Grand Mother

Aunts and Uncles will just be Aunts and Uncles.

[kort-ni.livejournal.com]

In Danish (and I am not sure about swedish but I assume it's similar) Farfar (pronounced fafa) means Father's father and Morfar means Mother's father while Mormor means Mother's mother and Farmor means father's mother. I thought it was so interesting that grandparent names could tell you a side of the family

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

Oooh that's really cool! I'll have to look into that, thanks.

[renishas.livejournal.com]

We're pretty boring. Mom/Mama, Dad/Daddy. Our parents will most likely be Grandma/pa. My grandparents (The great-grands) will be Germ and Gerp and Abuelo/Abuela.

My sister will be Uncle Shany because we think it's funny.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

We don't have anything creative, I've never understood some of the names given to relatives. We're mommy and daddy to my 6 year old, mama/mommy and daddy to our 2 year old. Grandparents are Grandma and Great Grandma, they don't really know my husband's family outside one of his sisters and she's Aunt Krissy (Kristine).

It's more than my own family, I only labeled my mom and grandma, my aunts and uncle never had titles.

[elodie-louisa.livejournal.com]

We're mama and gaga. I told my parents to pick what they wanted to be called. They ended up being paw paw and grandma.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I forgot to add, my grandmother (Who I grew up calling Grandma [Lastname]) is Gigi.

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

My son calls my parents Nonna (my mom) and Granda (my dad -- when my son was little he couldn't do p for awhile). My husband's parents are called Mimi and Ablo (this came from Abuelito, my husband's side isn't Latin, but one of my husband's siblings is a translator and they frequently speak it in the family).

Aunts and uncles on my side are Zia Name and Uncle Name. On the hubby's side its just first names.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I don't really see anything creative for grandparents, unless I marry a guy who grew up with something else; my grandparents were just Grammie, Nanny, and then 2 Grampies. I'll be Mom, or Mama, that I know.

I don't use titles for my aunts and uncles, in my family they all just go by first names; I would never expect my kids to say Aunt _____ and Uncle ______.

[makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about this too. Most of ours will probably be standard and my husband is all about having the kids choose what they want to call people. However, my mom has already said she doesn't want to be called Grandma Shirley.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

mom and dad- although my daughter sometimes calls me mama
my parents- Nana and Papa
his parents- Savta and Saba
it kills my sister but my daughter will usually call her and her husband just "Chrissy and Mike" instead of uncle..., aunt...

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

My mom doesn't want to be called "grandma", so I'm hoping it will be Zayde and Ima, but recently she mentioned she likes Mimi (which I hate!) and G-ma. We'll see when we actually have kids!
As for us, when my husband and I talk about it, it is always Mama & Papa.

For some reason, my niece ended up making her own labels and called her grandparents TaTa and PePe. (No idea where she got that.) I'm really hoping the same doesn't hold true for my parents!

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

My husband's mom has decided on grandma, as far as I know. My dad will probably be Pops, but my mom is still having a fit about how she's not old enough to be a grandma (she's only 45 so she's right, but she should have thought about that when she had ME young!). She hasn't decided yet. I'm trying to push her towards GiGi.

I really wish my MIL would choose something other than Grandma, because all of MY grandparents are still alive AND my GreatGrandma. One of my grandmothers is called Grandma. I'd prefer that my son keep calling her grandma and call my GreatGrandma by GreatGrandma. I think it would be too much to have to talk about Grandma, GreatGrandma, and GreatGreatGrandma for a small child, you know?

My other set of grandparents are Gram and Papaw and my son will probably just continue to call them Gram and Papaw instead of moving into GreatGram and GreatPapaw. He will probably just call my brother by his name, because I call all of my aunts and uncles just by their name. No use in starting the GreatUncle/GreatAunt thing.

[unmowngrass.livejournal.com]

Seems I'm gonna be radical here, but if I have my way (not even married yet so we'll see what eventual hubby thinks), we're not going to be Mum and Dad, we're going to be called by our first names. The reason is, I think the names Mum and Dad (or Mummy and Daddy, or Mama, etc) are kind of like... badges of honour. It's upto the kiddos to decide if they're going to use those names (if they feel safe with me etc), and if they're gonna do it all the time or if they're only gonna do it sometimes. I firmly believe kiddos know in their gut what those words mean so I won't have to teach them.
**I will in all probability be adopting though (not sure ages etc yet). So I don't want to force myself as Mummy on some poor little guy or girl who already has a Mummy and doesn't know yet why he/she should trust me.**

And although my parents have expressed some preferences re: grandparent names, I am up for letting the kiddos choose their own names. I am testimony that sometimes kiddos don't pick the name you want anyway. Theoretically we should have had Grandad and Grandma and Nannie and Grampy(sp?). Well, Grandad and Grandma stuck, and so did Nannie, but Grampy very quickly became Papa (even though I was not the oldest grandchild); I honestly don't know if I have EVER referred to Papa as Grampy actually, I was that young when I named him.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

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Neither sides of my family strayed too far from tradition when it came to things like that. My mom and dad were Mom/Mommy and Dad/Daddy, my mom's mother is Grandma (First name), and my dad's parents were Grandma (First name) and Grandpa (First name). As far as aunts and uncles go, all my uncles are Uncle (First name), though for several years Billy's nickname was Uncle Spiderman! It's a little different with the aunts; some of them are called Aunt, and others are Auntie.

My husband and I will most likely stick with tradition when we have kids. However, if we're still living in the South at that time, our kids might pick up more local words/nicknames. We'll see.

My family is nickname-oriented.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

I want to be called The Boss! But we'll probably just be mom and dad, until someone thinks of something better (you know how kids can get creative). As for the grandparents, we'll go with what they wish to be called, unless/until kids get creative with that, too. The one aunt will be called by her nickname; my sister and I have never called each other by our first names in our entire lives, so it'd be really weird if either of our kids calls us by our real names!!

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

One of my co-worker's husbands is called Pampie because the oldest grandchild couldn't say "grampie", so Pampie it is! Another co-worker is Bam (instead of Gram, I think?) for the same reason. I think the things kids come up with are so much fun.

[buttonmoulder.livejournal.com]

Part of our family is from/lives in Norway - same deal on Mormor/Morfar, Farmor/Farfar. It makes so much sense to do it that way!

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Although there aren't any grandkids in my parents' near future, us kids have already 'named' them Nana and Papa. We've never had a Nana in the family and my mom just seems like a quintessential Nana. We even pretend to have the "granddogs" call them Nana and Papa.

My family nickname is Baba, and the dogs already "call" me Auntie Baba. I'm sure that's what my future nieces and nephews will end up calling me. It's embarrassing, but also kind of cute. I can live with it. My revenge is that my big sister will be Auntie Moose if I can manage it. Since my little brother has mostly been called Kid, short for Christopher, he may be in the odd position of being Uncle Kid.

Other grandparent names in my family: Grandmama & Granddaddy, Mawmaw and Pawpaw, Grandmother & Grandfather Lastname, Mama & Papa Lastname, Meemaw, Gran.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I think the names Mum and Dad (or Mummy and Daddy, or Mama, etc) are kind of like... badges of honour. It's upto the kiddos to decide if they're going to use those names

I thought you were totally insane until I saw that you plan to adopt, in which case I agree completely!

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

ETA: I call my mother absolutely everything: Mom, Mama, Mommy, Mumsy, Madre, Mamacita. Dad could be Daddy, Papa Bear, Pops, Papito-- it all depends on my mood!

[unmowngrass.livejournal.com]

It's more true with adoption. I am semi inclined to do the same if I were to have biological children but I don't know. As I say, not even married yet. I might get overruled.

[gipro2003.livejournal.com]

I would like my children to call me Mutti and my husband Vati. (German variants of mom and dad.) Grandparents on my side will be Oma and Opa and on his side Grandma and Grandpa. Aunts and uncles on my side will be Tante and Onkel and no idea on his side...

[bluedano.livejournal.com]

My son (20 months) only calls me mama right now, but he switched from dada to daddy all by himself when referring to my husband (I still ask "where's your dada?" so I know he didn't get it from me!).

My in-laws wanted to be Grandma and Gramps, but my son had other ideas so Grandpa it is. My mom wanted to be called Bubbe and so far that's working out okay, though my son sometimes says bubbles instead. My husband's grandmother asked to be called G.G. (Gigi) and my son picked that one up right away.

He rarely sees my sisters, but they all have pretty easy names except for Alicia, and my niece and nephew call her Aunty Sha so that's what we're going with. My SIL is Aunty Emmy.

[ounceofpeace.livejournal.com]

My side of the family is pretty traditional. My boyfriend calls his dad's parents Nana and Pop, other grandmother is Oma, and I'm unsure about his maternal grandfather.

His aunt is a grandmother and her granddaughter calls her Mimi. That's one name I haven't seen mentioned yet that I kind of like.