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I’m Going To Be a Grandma Again! More Grandma Stories to Tell!

Grandma — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:28:27 +0000

Yep, I’m going to be a grandma again, and I’m so happy and excited since hearing the news, I can’t help but make an announcement on Grandma Stories! I still consider myself a new grandma, since my two grandchildren are still so young, but now we’re having grandchild number three! Grandpa and I are both beside ourselves with excitement at the upcoming birth of my third grandchild (his fourth), and I’m doing my best to control my desire to rush off to the baby stores and shop till I drop!

Even though I don’t have an official grandma name or nickname quite yet, it really does not matter if I chose a name for myself or not, because the grandchildren are going to ultimately decide on my/our nicknames. My grandchildren are so young, but starting to talk more at this point, so there is plenty of time for choosing grandma and grandpa nicknames. I can think of a whole variety of grandparent names to choose from for my/our grandchildren to call us that we would prefer, but when it’s all said and done, the grandkids will make the decision and I’m fine with that.

Calling me Grandma is just fine of course, but I’d prefer not to be called Nana because one of the other grandmothers is already called Nana and the baby’s are going to get confused figuring out who Nana 1 is and who Nana 2 is. One of my sons and his lady love are expecting our new grandchild sometime in May of next year, so there’s plenty of time to prepare and plan for the day of his or her birth. I’ve already seen sonogram pictures of the growing baby, but it’s still very early into the pregnancy, so more sonograms are sure to be taken.

Oh the fun we will have holding, loving, playing with, rocking in the rocking chair, singing lullabies and playing peek-a-boo, buying toys and gifts for this new little baby. Oh yeah, and spoiling him or her is on the top of my list, just like my other grandchildren, that’s for sure! Okay, spoiling within reason, but not over the top extravagant, where the parents might feel the need to tell me to pull back the reins a bit. Grandparenting is awesome!

Over the Christmas holiday this year, the pregnancy will most likely be far enough along where the happy parents will find out whether we’re having a healthy baby boy or girl. I already have a grandson and a granddaughter, so we have no particular wish for a boy vs. a girl baby, even though the parents are hoping to have a baby boy. Seeing my son holding and cradling my granddaughter when she was first born tells me it won’t matter at all if the baby is a girl or a boy, because he is going to be an excellent father either way.

It is very important to me as a Grandmother to be careful to respect boundaries and give the parents their rightful space to make their personal decisions together, and not over-step. That is not to say that as grandparents we won’t offer suggestions, recommendations and guidance when desired, but the ideas we share are just that, ideas and suggestions. The fact that I am a mother of six children myself, and Grandpa is a father of two, we both know a few things about pregnancy, childbirth, babies, two o’clock in the morning feedings, parenting etc, so any advice or suggestions we may give is always with the purest intentions.

I understand all too well the sometimes overwhelming thoughts, fears, concerns, feelings and emotions that run through the minds and hearts of new parents. First-time parents often experience a flood of self-doubt, as to whether they will be good mothers and fathers, and that is one area that Grandpa and I can be of help. As a matter of fact, I’ve already ordered my son Armin Brott’s book The Expectant Father, as it provides a lot of great information for brand new fathers to help answer all of the questions new dad’s ask and wonder about.

Of course, the baby’s mother also receives the very popular What to Expect When You’re Expecting book by Heidi Murkoff, with excellent information and pictures of each stage of pregnancy and more. Quick, someone hold me back from rushing off to Babies R Us and Toys R Us and buying up a bunch of baby stuff already! Oh my gosh! I’m going to be a Grandma again! I couldn’t be more excited and neither could Grandpa.

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Grandma Nana – Nicknames for Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:37:23 +0000

Grandma is my chosen nickname, even though I considered a variety of grandma and grandpa nicknames including “nana” when I found out I was going to become a grandparent for the very first time.

For a little while I struggled coming up with a nickname for myself because, to be honest, I truly felt I was too young to be a grandma. There’s a joke about being too young to become a grandparent, but I don’t remember how it goes anymore. Something like, “don’t call me grandma”, I think. Maybe my memory is starting to go, I don’t know.

Nana is a nice nickname I guess, but it just didn’t fit with my personality. It comes across to me as an old fashioned nickname and I’m not old fashioned one bit. Some nicknames for grandparents that I’ve seen just sound ridiculous to me. Nicknames like Busha, MomMom, PopPop, Oma and Opa, Meme and Pepe just don’t fit.

By the way, how do you pronounce “Pepe”? Is it pee-pee (I hope not) or is more like Pep-aye as in pepe le pew? Please let it be the later. I can only imagine the embarrassment of strangers hearing my grandson or granddaughter calling out “Peee Peee!!!” in the grocery store or mall. Oh heavens no!

Grandma – Nana

Gosh, some nicknames for grandma’s or grandpa’s just might get a kid in trouble if they ever called me and my husband such silly names. Like Abi-Gabbi or Butterbutt. Seriously?! Granny as a nickname just sounds too old to me. I’m not 93 (yet), and I don’t wear aprons or have rollers in my hair, so very old nicknames just don’t work very well.

Come to think of it, the nickname “Nana” doesn’t sit well with me because that is what my children used to call a “banana” when they were learning how to talk but couldn’t say it right, so they always said “nana”. Nope, Nana doesn’t work for me as a nickname but Grandma is the name that exudes honor and respect (probably because of the grey hair typically associated with grandma’s and grandpa’s), and Grandpa sounds just as respectable.

Have you ever done a search online for grandparent names or nicknames for grandparents and seen some the god-awful suggested names for a grandparent? I realize that no matter what nickname I have chosen, or that “grandpa” has chosen, our grandchildren will very likely pick their own nickname for us simply trying to call us something. No first names though, we’ll have none of that.

Grandparent Nicknames

When I was looking for a cute nickname to be called by my grandchildren, I found it especially fun to read about different nicknames from a variety of languages. Spanish nicknames for a grandma included “Abuela” which is often shortened into Lita or Litta was a name I thought was pretty cool myself.

Years ago, I knew a Spanish speaking grandmother who went by “Jefe” which was pronounced like “heffa”, and when translated it meant “chief”, or “boss” or something like that. I thought that was a pretty hip nickname but I decided that since I’m not of Spanish origin, it would probably not be a good idea for me.

The Swedish grandma nickname of “Phar-Mor” was nice too, with a comparable nickname for a grandfather in Swedish of “Phar-Phar” was at least different than the other crazy ones I’ve seen. I’m not Swedish, so that one is out too. Pop, Poppa, Gramps, PewPaw and similar nicknames are all very typical and overused. Ordinary and boring, since I’m being so honest.

Despite all the time spent looking for what I felt was the best nicknames for a grandmother and grandfather to choose from, something tells me that when our grandchildren really get to talking and try to get our attention, they’ll somehow come up with a nickname for us that will make us all laugh and giggle…and make our hearts melt.

For now, I’m Grandma and he’s Grandpa and we’ll just have to see what the cute little buggers come up with for us when they start trying to talk.

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