Nanny or Grandma

Who cares what the person is called? I couldn't care less what my grandchildren call me as long as they call me something and we love each other and have fun together.

What do the existing grandchildren/ great grandchildren call each of you?

My eldest, also the 1st grandchildren, couldn't manage 'Nana' but called my mum 'Anna'. Further grandchildren followed suit.

Similarly, our eldest grandchildren couldn't deal with Grandma and Grandpa so we are Ma and Pa to all 9 of them. I love it.

MissAdventure

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

GanGan.

Witzend

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.

AIBU that as a new grandparents, who is refered to as Nanny by my kids and myself, my mother also wants to be called Nanny?
Well, I've read it three times and I'm still confused, sorry.

Yes, Nanny Sharr and Nanny Sue (or whatever your mother's name is). Although perhaps you should pick an alternative.

Anyway, she did have first dibs, being Nanny already!
I think.

I am Gran, and I love it.

MissAdventure🤭🤭

My name is Maya, my cousin Nonna and our grandmother was Nanna.. which I really didn't want...nor did my Mum who was called Grandma..

You employed a goat?!

I’m Grandma. Wouldn’t have like nanny as that’s a paid help. However in Wales it’s Nain, therefore Nan for short. I would have liked Nain

I’m a Grandma, MrJ is Grandad, same as my parents were, except my Dad ended up Pampa, I used to employ a nanny.

I’m Granny and my Mum was Granny 😊

Both sets of our grandparents were Grandma and Grandpa. When I was young, we knew Mum's parents as Grandma with the black hair and Grandpa with the white hair, and Dad's parents as Grandma with the white hair and Grandpa with the black hair. Eventually, Dad's parents took in a tiny calico kitten (probably only about a week old) that my cousin had found abandoned. (My cousin loves cats but couldn't have one where she was living, so she asked my grandparents to take the kitten.) They named the kitten Snoopy. My youngest brother then knew our grandparents as the Grandma (and Grandpa) with the Snoopy and the Grandma (and Grandpa) without the Snoopy

(As an aside, Snoopy was fantastic for my grandparents. She was spoiled rotten, lived to be 17 years old, and passed away peacefully in Grandma's arms. Dad, a licensed veterinarian, humanely euthanized her.)

I'm Gran. Nannies are people employed to look after children.

I'm Nanny L or if I tell them off naughty Nanny!

I seem to be Nana to everyone in the family now. My ACs call me Nana and so does my S i L. I quite like it. My mum was always Grandma.

I was grandma until my 2nd GC started to talk and started to call me by a shortened version of my first name. Now all 3 of my GC do

Lady Gaga sounds wonderful.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I’m Granny.

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

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.

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.