https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:24:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604941 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:28:47 +0000 walnutems 604941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have children yet, but we have nephews. So, mom is Mimi and my MIL is Sittie (she's lebanese). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604909 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:23:25 +0000 LuLu Mom 604909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both just wanted to be grandma! My grandmother wants to be called Gee Gee which is what we call her mom (my great grandmother.) So she goes by Gee Gee Shirley. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604904 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:20:51 +0000 GrapeCrush 604904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my mom: gram<br /> my MIL: i never asked....we just call her grandma, i figured if she wanted something specific, she'd ask/say<br /> my step mom: grandma and her first name </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604898 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:17:46 +0000 Alivoo01 604898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grandma in their respective language (Khmer for hubby's mom and Chinese for my mom). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604890 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:16:09 +0000 lawbee11 604890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MIL will be nana and I think my mom will be grandma. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604841 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:01:12 +0000 hilsy85 604841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is nana and MIL is grandma. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604822 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:56:11 +0000 mamabolt 604822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MIL is Grandma, my mom is Nonnie. It took my mom forever to pick out her name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604818 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:54:57 +0000 Mrs. Blue 604818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is already "Grandma" to all my nieces, so we'll stuk with that. MIL wants to be Mimi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604790 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:44:19 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 604790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is Nini (my niece named her that, lol) and my Dad is Papa. My mil will be Grammy and my fil will be Grampy. </p> <p>Unique names must run in our family because my grandmother was Bom, lol. My older sister named her that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604766 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:36:41 +0000 MamaMoose 604766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is nana and my MIL is Grammy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604761 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:33:05 +0000 anbanan15 604761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents are mommaw and papaw. It doesn't bother me at all, but I had ~14 years to get used to it...my oldest nephew picked it out.</p> <p>DH's parents are grandma/pa because that is what his nephew calls them, but LO tends to refer to them as mommaw and papaw as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604748 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:24:46 +0000 Smurfette 604748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Mom is Nonni<br /> Step-MIL is Lili, based on her name and Grandma is in heaven (MIL) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604610 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:39:49 +0000 Dandelion 604610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just grandma for both. My dad likes to be called Papa, and both his grandchildren already call him that. Not sure what my FIL wants to be called. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604608 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:38:03 +0000 heffalump 604608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mom is grandma, mil is nanny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604607 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:36:49 +0000 sslm 604607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is already grandma to my niece, so we'll stick with that. My MIL apparently wants to be Nana, which is fine but will be so strange because I've never called anyone that before and neither has DH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604605 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:36:44 +0000 Anagram 604605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom will be Nana, my dh's parents will be Apapa and Amama. That's grandma and grandpa in their language ( mom and dad are Ama and Apa). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604604 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:35:58 +0000 CarrieLouWho 604604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mom - Nana<br /> MIL - Gran<br /> Stepmom/Bonus Mom - GiGi</p> <p>My mom had the hardest time... We tossed around Beebee, Nonna, and a few others for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604596 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:20:54 +0000 Ocean girl 604596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO is going to have some uniquely named grandparents.</p> <p>MIL/FIL want to be Vavu and Vavo - FIL is Portuguese and these are the traditional name for Grandfather and Grandmother (and what DH and his sibs call their paternal grandparents).</p> <p>My parents on the other hand, want nothing to do with traditional names. I was hoping they'd be Nanny and Grampie. But... Both are grandparents of mine who have passed away and their argument is that Nanny and Grampie are real people and they don't want to use those names??? Makes no sense to me. Right now my dad is saying he wants to be JT (his initials) and my mom has no ideas. I'm kind of bummed. I loved my grandparents dearly and their names have such happy memories associated with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604594 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:18:24 +0000 aprk 604594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grammi, Grandma and Nana .. I hope I don't forget which is which! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604582 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:56:51 +0000 illumina 604582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: my SIL's kids call both their grandmas nana, they just add their surname or first name on the end so people know which one they are referring to. Could you do something like that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604579 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:49:31 +0000 Cherrybee 604579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mum has always said she wants to be nan. That's what her mother was known as to her grandchildren and as she died when my mum was 15 its really important to my mum to carry it on. But - my MIL also wants to be nan and says she doesn't mind if they both go by the same title..... My mum, however, does mind and im scared to tell her!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604541 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:37:01 +0000 illumina 604541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL is Nana to my SIL's kids, so I guess she will probably stick to that. It makes me laugh to think what my Mum will be called... I'm sure it will take a while for them to adjust to being grandparents and feeling old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604242 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:42:52 +0000 lovehoneybee 604242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha my SIL's girls call her mother "Mom-mom". Not positive how it came about, and she's okay with it now, but when it first started SIL grit her teeth about it a lot. </p> <p>MIL expects to be called Nana (she is by our nephews) and FIL is Pops. My mom is undecided on what she'd actually want to be called, so for now when DS and I make videos for her I call her Grandma K (for Katie). She'd rather not be Granny but right now assumes that DS will give her a name. Her other grandchildren call her Grandma Katie. </p> <p>My dad and stepmom sign cards to him Grandpa Jon and Grandma Connie, so they'll probably be that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604239 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:42:47 +0000 travelgirl1 604239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mum is grandma and MIL is gran. My grandmother is granny. I'm not a fan of the ones that sound like a version of mum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604228 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:41:30 +0000 autumnlove 604228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just Grandma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604204 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:37:59 +0000 MaisyMay 604204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They haven't told me! I know that DH's grandma wants to be Grammy. I don't know what A's grandma's want to be though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-your-mom-and-mil-want-to-be-called#post-604195 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:35:37 +0000 lomom 604195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both want to be grandma, which is my preference/how I was raised. </p> <p>I was talking to this lady who was getting her first grandchild in March and she kept referring to herself as "Mommaw" which soundedwayyyy too close to Mama in my opinion!</p> <p>What's the name your mom and MIL have picked out? </p>