Looking for some opinions..?

Question

Hello everyone :)

I have two half sisters (we have the same dad, different moms) 1 has 3 kids, the other has two with one on the way. They all call my mom Grandma.

Thing is, my mom has always wanted to be called Memer, so we were thinking about getting my daughter (her first REAL grandchild) to call her memer but think that would get confusing.

Its to late for the other kids to call her that as they are to old now to get used of the change (ages ranging from 18 m - 13 yrs) my daughter is only 13 m :)

What do you fellow y!answerers think we should do?

Answer 1

I don't think it would be too confusing!

My nephew calls my mom something that my girls don't call her.

Answer 2

I have always been of the opinion that your child should call their grandparents by whatever the grandparents would like to be called. So if your mom wants to be called Memer, go for it!

Answer 3

your daughter can call her whatever she wants!

My nephew calls my mom "Mong"  )we have no idea how it started...it kind of just stuck) most of the time, or Gram.  My DD who is 18 months and niece who is 13 months will call her Gram.

Answer 4

If that's what you want her to be called, then use it.  I know plenty of cousins that call grandparents by different names.  My daughter calls her grandpa "papa" while my nephew calls him "grandpa."  It's never been confusing to them as they know who they're talking about!

Answer 5

I was lucky enough to grow up and still have both my grandmothers around.  My father's mother had 5 kids and they all had grandchildren.  Between the eleven of the grandchildren, this includes me, we called her about 4 different things.  Even my sister and I called her a different name.  I called her Grandmother (fill in my last name), my sister called her simply Gramma and I remember a couple of my cousins called her Kafu (for Curfew but they didn't say it right when they were young).  I wouldn't worry about it being confusing it is like having several nicknames.  

Best of luck

Answer 6

Kids have minds of their own. Good luck.  You may get some other random grandparent name they come up with from day care! lol.  That being said, I say try to get her to call your mother Memer if that's what you guys like.  In my family, my fiancee is step-parent to my daughters and parent to my son.  They all call him different things (Wade, father, da-da... lol)  No big deal! :)  Congrats on the baby!