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My mother, too, was a young grandmother. She was 41 when my dn was born. I guess she is still not "old". Anyway, she is called Mimi. My dad is called Big Daddy by dn's but my 3 call him Bobby. We do not know why, Bobby, but that is the name my oldest gave him. BTW - his name is David.
Congratulations!
Danielle
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Since Minnie's chair is gone, I had to find a new place to have our photo taken this past Oct. Not sure this will be the permanent place.
My sister insisted that my mother be called Grammy and my father be called Grampy. My nephew threw a kink in her plans....he decided to call my mom Mimi, my father Poppy and me Ahny (I was named first....his attempt at Auntie....he used to pronounce it AhhhhhKneeee) I think the baby should name you....you'll probably get something adorable!
I became a grandparent at 42 and I knew GRANDMA was NOT gonna do it. I chose Grammie...and will be Gram someday, I suspect. Carter (he's 2) calls me Grannie, and that works for me too! DH is Poppie...and he loves that!
Joan, I became a grandmother a day after my 40th birthday and he was our only grandchild for 12 years. He calls me lots of things (well, he is almost 18!) but I always know when he wants something when he calls me Grammy (hence my screen name, not that I'm upset but Grammy + my favorite Disney character Grumpy). Almost 6 years ago we became grandparents again and before next spring we'll add three more! Be thankful you'll have your youth to "play" with grandchildren. My oldest DB is 65 and there are no grandchildren on taps for him, which makes me very sad for him. ENJOY!!!!
I made mom a young granny too...its strange what names you come out with. Grandma on the paternal side is nana...but my mother was mamar...she could not say grandma and so it became mamar...
My father I think was worse since he sent out a lovely note to his department at work announcing the child and threatened the person who called him grandpa with unemployement...lol (Thing is he is the proudest grandpa....and shows them off constantly) but he is also a grandpa to 5 now so I guess I broke him in...
My oldest daughter though called her father's mother mama....since we were pregnant together she got a kick out fo the idea of walking down the street with her grandaughter and daughter in a double stroller....(ok too strange for me...)
I think some of the best names are the ones the kids give you themselves....
And no matter what the age...you will be a grandma hottie....end of story
I have another one for you Joan. My mother was supposed to be Grandmom, afterall that's what I had called her mom! As mu DS learned to talk, it somehow became Mom Mom, and that's who she is. Again, no Hallmark cards, but it works for us!
Congrats Joan! No matter what name you decide, it may change when the baby starts talking. My DD had a hard time with grandpa, so my dad became Pop Pop and my mom was Gramma. Now that the kids are older they call her Gram.
My Mom also absolutely refused to be anything remotely resembling Grandma (she was 52 when Ryan came home) so she chose Nan. Not Nana - Nan! My Dad is Pop. Shawn's parents were originally supposed to be Grammie and Grampie because they already had other grandchildren but Ryan started calling Judy "Giggy" (pronounced Gig-E) and she was so tickled he was calling her anything, it just stuck. So we have Nan and Pop and Giggy and Grampie.
I've also heard of Meme (Me-may) and Nonny which I like.
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