Nanny or Grandma

Well, there are no rules really, are there?

MissAdventure

Well, there are no rules really, are there?

No, there are not. There must be endless variations on what grandparents are called. At the end of the day, does it really matter?

As Miss I and MissA have said there are no rules. The only thing that matters is the care and love of the baby. Not disputes amongst ‘grown ups’

I am Granny and proud of it. Our GCs always had a 'nanny'- well they had a few- young and very different to Granny.

Both I and the other GM are Granny, with first name if needed. Could you not be e.g Nanny Ann and Nanny Sue?
It’s worked fine for us.

It's up to the individual.

I am nana and my mum is granma so the children don't get confused.

In our family there were Nannys in several generations, differentiated by adding their first or last name or other title, such as Nanny Pig and Nanny Cat according to their animals. Never any confusion. I think 'Grandma' sounds more straight-laced than I wanted to be.

I have never been called Nanny , Nan , Gran , Grannie nor Grandma by my grandchildren .
And two of my children don't always call me Mum nor Mummy .
Instead it's my distinctive pet name and sometimes there's a variation on it .
It's quite sweet so I don't mind , but some people are confused by it !

The children will probably call you bing bong and noo noo or something.
That'll put paid to all the silliness.

MissAdventure

The children will probably call you bing bong and noo noo or something.
That'll put paid to all the silliness.

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I had a Granny and a Grandma

I’m a granny!

But it really doesn’t matter!

My mum was grandma to my children. When my daughter had a baby, she said she wanted to be grandma again. I pointed out that I would be grandma and she could be great grandma. She huffed and decided on GG. But my mum always has to be centre of attention

You haven’t said what your mother’s grandchildren and great grandchildren call her, so it’s hard to say if she is being unreasonable or not. If she is already Nanny to them then that’s what she should be to the new grandchild too, but if she is something else then she should be that name to the new grandchild too.

There isn't any should, though.
There isn't a rule book.

There isn’t a should, you’re right, but it’s going to be confusing for the new grandchild if they have to call OP’s mother a different name to all the other grandchildren and great grandchildren?

No rule book I’m a Nannie my mum was a nana my husband is a grandad his dad is a grandpa

You could steer the children by suggestion:

Here is a picture of Grandnanny, look Grandnanny has bought you this or shall we visit Grandnanny later etc.

If your mother complains just smile and say never mind he/she is only little.

I’m Grandma, and the other one is Granny. She gave me first choice and I chose Grandma because I was close to my own grandma.

Nanny is a nursemaid (or a female goat!). I find its use for grandmother puzzling. It’s never been used by anybody in our family.

I’m Granny.

If Granny was good enough for Queen Elizabeth, it’s good enough for me.

Well, seeing as we had no nursemaids or livestock, it was quite normal for us.

I am nanny to my eldest grandaughter aged 25, I am nanny P to my youngest who is 6.

My Ex husbands partner is nanny S to both girls.

My mum was little nanny, she had shrunk by the time the eldest GD came along, never met the youngest.

When my grandson was born he had two grandmothers, two great grandmothers, one great great grandmother and a step grandmother, we all had/have different variations on what we were called, nobody minded the names we were given.

Yep, we are all nanny in our family.
Nanny T, nanny B, whatever.

It really matters not what they call you as long as they call. I’m called Nanny by most of my Grandchildren, my overseas Grandchildren call me Granny and my Gt Grandchildren call me Gaga. I’ve no preference.