https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 11:26:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1818232 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:01:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 1818232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Papa is what she calls all 3 of her grandpas (2 grandpas + one great grandpa) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1818195 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:34:50 +0000 Grace 1818195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: @getjazzy: I have a set of Dutch grandparents and a set of German grandparents. Both of them are Oma and Opa.</p> <p>My dad is Opa and DH's dad is Grandpa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1818074 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:41:59 +0000 LovelyPlum 1818074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: gah! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1818038 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:06:48 +0000 hellobeeboston 1818038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Papa and G-dad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1817937 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:15:56 +0000 Mommy Finger 1817937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love when kids come up with their own names. We do call my dad "Papa" and my FIL "Grandpa". But my mom has gotten some of the best names based on what her grandkids could say. Some call her "Lodalo", others call her "Meema", and my DS calls her "Myna". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1817849 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:22:25 +0000 Ree723 1817849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gumpy and Poppy.</p> <p>My dad was going to be grandpa but DD1 started calling him gumpy and he turned into a big ole puddle on the floor, so the name is staying. It really is ridiculously cute.</p> <p>FIL was going to be papa but it has turned into poppy, which is also very cute, so that's staying too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1817587 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:13:07 +0000 LovelyPlum 1817587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@getjazzy: eh, it probably is. Either way, I like it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1817583 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:03:38 +0000 getjazzy 1817583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: Haha, neither did I. Maybe it's not officially? My FIL is from Holland and my DH called his grandpa Opa (and grandma Oma) so it must be? I don't know any Dutch though, we just let FIL pick what he wanted to be called when his first grandbaby was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1816553 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:06:53 +0000 Shutterbug 1816553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: haha growing up I had mismatched grandparent name pairs (Nana and Grampy, Gram and Papa) but it was all I knew, so it wasn't strange to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1816316 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:11:47 +0000 Alivoo01 1816316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grandpa in each of our respective language (Chinese and Khmer) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1816268 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:51:02 +0000 LovelyPlum 1816268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @lil owl: super interesting! Regardless, I'm glad we found it-it suits him well! :)</p> <p>@getjazzy: also didn't know it was Dutch!</p> <p>@erinpye: cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1816235 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:32:23 +0000 ShootingStar 1816235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FIL is Grampy and and my dad is Grandpa. My mom had a ton of trouble deciding what she wanted to be called. At first she wanted to be Mimi and I vetoed that because it sounds too close to mommy. She ended up with Grammy, which I still think is weird because I feel like Grammy and Grampy should go together, but Grampy is my FIL, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1816211 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:23:09 +0000 erinpye 1816211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: strangely, they call another grandma Oma (step-MIL's mom, who is actually from Germany). They call my step-dad Opa, and my mom is Mimsy :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815492 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:00:40 +0000 looch 1815492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lil owl: So I asked my husband....what he said is the following:</p> <p>it's more used in germany or to distinguish between the grand parents on the father's and on the mother's side<br /> but most people don't use oma/opa.</p> <p>Learn something new everyday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815403 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:41:03 +0000 lil owl 1815403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: yes Opa/Oma or Opi/Omi </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815391 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:38:02 +0000 looch 1815391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lil owl: Of course it is different in Switzerland...they treat High German like a second language!</p> <p>Do Germans/Austrians use Opa/Oma? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815382 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:36:24 +0000 lil owl 1815382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: hmm, I don't know, maybe it's different in switzerland. I just never heard it around here.<br /> DH just told me it could be a regional thing. Relatives in Berlin would use Großvati instead. (I never knew that) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815347 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:25:39 +0000 looch 1815347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lil owl: I dunno, my husband is Swiss, and this is what he called his grandfathers. My MIL is Grossi, instead of GrossMutter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815322 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:13:14 +0000 mfa_lady 1815322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FIL is Grandpa to my BIL's kids, and my dad wants to be Pops. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815291 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:53:13 +0000 MrsF 1815291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad is grandpa and my FIL is Pops (my nephews had already designated that one before M was born). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815288 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:51:42 +0000 lil owl 1815288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Opa like @LovelyPlum (it's German for Grandpa, DH is Papa)</p> <p>@Katrocap: @looch: we're in Germany and I have never ever heard a LO call their grandpa "Großvater". It's the right term (= grandfather) but it's like you'd say "father" and not "dad" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815278 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:46:25 +0000 getjazzy 1815278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pepere (french) and Opa (dutch) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815263 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:34:49 +0000 looch 1815263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Italian and German words...Nonno and Grossvater. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815214 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:35:01 +0000 LulaBee 1815214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poppy and Pop-pop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815208 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:27:32 +0000 bushelandapeck 1815208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Papa and Grandpa </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815181 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:41:09 +0000 Charm54 1815181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gong-Gong (we aren't even Chinese but my dad travels to China a lot for work and loves the name!) and Dhs dad is Grandpa </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather/page/2#post-1815165 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:00:45 +0000 Purpledaisy 1815165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>pop-pop. DH and I named him. We thought that he was too young to be call grandpa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather#post-1815161 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:17:46 +0000 LovelyPlum 1815161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another suggestion would be Nono, which I believe is Italian. That is what some friends of ours use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather#post-1815160 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:14:50 +0000 LovelyPlum 1815160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO doesn't talk yet, but when we talk about her grandfathers, My dad is Opa, and DH's is Pap. My FIL picked his name after his dad, and my sisters actually helped come up with my dad's name. He was really resistant to pretty much everything, but we tried Opa, and it stuck! </p> <p>@singingbee: lol, for a while, my dad wanted to be called "sir." Um, no. ;)</p> <p>@Mrs. Confetti: that is what we did! We are German, but generations ago. Whatever, it works :)</p> <p>@erinpye: :) Do they use Oma for their grandma, too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-lo-call-their-grandfather#post-1815141 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:02:16 +0000 lamariniere 1815141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Papy, which is the French word. </p>