what do the grandchildren call you?

We are grandma and granda.The other grandparents are Grandma and Granda and Nanna.
I called my maternal grandparents grandma and granda, my paternal grandmother was grandma followed by her surname.I never knew my dad's father as he left home when I was a baby.My greatgrandmother was nanna.

We're Granny and Grandpa because that's what we chose and nobody objected. Two sets of grandchildren have a Gran and Papa as well as us and the other set have another Granny and Grandpa. but they seem to cope without confusion in spite of being only 2 and 3. It never pays to underestimate the intelligence of your grandchildren!

We are Oma and Opa as we live in Germany and the grandchildren are bi-lingual.

Oh, and the other lad's inlaws-to-be are Dutch Australian so there's always Oma and Opa to use there.

No grandchildren yet but we've decided to be Grandma and Grandpa. The other future grandparents are Chinese, so i guess there'll be a Chinese title for them.

My Grandchildren call me Grandma, apart from the 2yr old and he calls me Grandpa in my pocket

I am just granny and love to hear my grandchildren calling me that.

Hi

I am about to be a first time granny too (imminent as we think the little one may be on the way as i type).

Im not fond of granny as Im only in my 40's, grandma is a bit formal for me, my friend suggested grammy, but i think im going to settle for mamma followed by my christian name, the same my mum and grandma before me.

hope i manage to sleep tonight,

sj

My grandchildren call me by my given name, albeit sometimes prefixed by " gran". My pal is from Pakistan, and tells me that daddy's mummy there is called " Daddima", and mummy's mummy is " Nannima". I like that, hence the username.

Thanks - still finding my way around - yes, very interesting.
I would love a reason to be called something "wise sounding" like Tipuna (but maybe Maori grannies like the sound of "nanna"!)
I do like the idea of taking the title of the grandmother you would most like to emulate.
And I am using my given name here - I can only imagine what a young child will say for nanny jackie!!!

hi jackyann - I have 4 grandchildren and I am a Gran to all but one (who calls me Granny, gran, gran!). Have you thought about Gran followed by your given name. For more ideas go to the Chat forum 'Grandma - Granny - Nana - Nanny etc etc' where there is a discussion about what we are called by our little darlings. You'll love being a grandmother....

I didn't want to be known as Granny but I'm quite content to be known as Grandma