Ask first!~ You never know. My grandmother insisted on being "Mama", because she thought she was too young to be a grandma, and one of her nieces, instructed to call her GM (my ggm)"grandmama" couldn't get her tongue around it, so shortened it to "mama". Result - when my bros and I got to be teenagers we just addressed gm as "Nellie" (her name).
I am grandma to my dd's kids, but in the neighborhood the little kids couldn't pronounce my name properly, so I became "Grandma Olwyn". When ds had kids, his mil, who lives close by, became "grandma", so I just stuck with Grandma Olwyn.
Ah, the fun things you get to worry about now! My grandmothers were "Nanny" or "Nana Lily" for my DM's mom, and always "Nana Evelyn" for my DF's mom. My father's mom was more imposing and formal, but we were much more likely to joke/tease quite a bit with "Nanny" - and certainly we had other nicknames as time went on - she was very modern, little, and progressive thinking - who in her way taught us a lot. Though she was also kind of crazy. The other one, much more play by the rules, and Nana was about 5'10"
- got matched with my DGF, "Popop" or "Papa Max" 'cause he was over 6' - while Lily (Lillian) was only about 5'1", and "Papa Chick" (her husband) was
5'8" - hence my being only about 5'6" (mom was 5'3.5" as opposed to my 6'5" dad, 6'4" DB, 6'8" nephew, and 5'11" niece - the other niece is just a bit shorter than me).
One of my mother's old friends went in for pretentiousness, and decided that her grandchildren were to call her "mamere' " - a bit out there for a woman raised in Brooklyn, and then in DC for the last 45 years.
Hey - are you open to baby sweaters (as in I missed finishing them in time for the original target, but.....)
Glad to hear that. So, all things good for you at this point! Yeah!!
You never know; I have a nephew named James who is now 23 (wow, time does fly, doesn't it?) and he is still James to his friends and has never been a "Jim" or "Jimmy". I also know a little girl from the library who was named Catherine and is still Catherine. I think she must be in 7th or 8th grade by now. :-) It depends on what SHE wants to be called. :-) She may surprise you all and decide she wants to be called Carlee! :-)) We all called both grandmothers "Grandma" in person and only added the last name at home so we all knew which one we were talking about. Whatever you're called, enjoy it all!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)) Liz from Humbug
My sister thought Grandmama was a bit ostentatious. I guess this will be up in the air for a year or two until she actually starts talking! lol
Thanks for the offer! If they're newborn, probably not. She has *so* much stuff for that baby right now, she'll never get to wear half of it before she's outgrown them! If they're for older ages, email. me...
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