Is it okay to veto "Mom-mom" for a grandmother name?

[Anonymous]

This is a dumb hillbilly grandparent nickname like MeeMaw and PeePaw. +1 for veto, OP. She can’t make you or your kids call her that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a dumb hillbilly grandparent nickname like MeeMaw and PeePaw. +1 for veto, OP. She can’t make you or your kids call her that.

Uuuugh, who keeps digging up these zombie threads? OP’s kids are now 6 years older...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, you shouldn’t veto it. It just shows you are insecure. Of course your kid won’t be confused. It might not stick anyway, kids often come up with their own names. But whatever, you don’t get to decide this.

Well, first of all, this was decided five years ago, but she most assuredly does get to decide it. Needy Granny cannot force OP to call her MomMom, nor can she force OP to have her children do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a ridiculous nickname and I would veto it. Gently. But veto.

Don’t veto it. Your mother-in-law has a right to have your child call her whatever she wants to be completely honest. You set yourself up for a lifetime of mother-in-law issues when you start dictating what you will allow your child to call her. In the long run, it really doesn’t matter. You know you are your child’s mother and your child knows that you are the mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is a ridiculous nickname and I would veto it. Gently. But veto.

Don’t veto it. Your mother-in-law has a right to have your child call her whatever she wants to be completely honest. You set yourself up for a lifetime of mother-in-law issues when you start dictating what you will allow your child to call her. In the long run, it really doesn’t matter. You know you are your child’s mother and your child knows that you are the mother.

Immediate PP here. I am not a mother-in-law. I am someone who’s mother-in-law has my children call her a ridiculous name. I honestly do not care. My kids use it lovingly and they will have memories of their grandmother with this ridiculous name. Not a big deal. Also, FWIW, I had a Pop-Pop. Name was a complete non-issue for everybody.

[Anonymous]

I am the mother of 3 girls. I am Mom-mom to my grands. I am their Mom’s Mom. My daughter gave me the name for that reason.

[Anonymous]

Or you can all decide to have terms for relationships and get it included in the Oxford or Webster dictionary? I mean "selfie" and "bootylicious" can be included in the dictionary but not terms for familiar relationships?

For example, in Hindi, maternal grandmother is "Nani", and paternal grandmother is "Dadi". There is no confusion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a Mom Mom and Pop Pop in our family. Must be a Mid-Atlantic thing.

+1 My cousins’ set of grandparents who weren’t also my grandparents were Mom Mom and Pop Pop.

[Anonymous]

My MIL wanted to be called Mumsy. Her mother was still alive until recently, and she was always MomMom.

Luckily we didn't have to weigh in on this as the oldest cousin's parents vetoed Mumsy. It did sound too much like Mommy to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL wanted to be called Mumsy. Her mother was still alive until recently, and she was always MomMom.

Luckily we didn't have to weigh in on this as the oldest cousin's parents vetoed Mumsy. It did sound too much like Mommy to me.

I don't think they sound the same. Mumsy sounds British to me. Who is bumping these 8yo threads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the mother of 3 girls. I am Mom-mom to my grands. I am their Mom’s Mom. My daughter gave me the name for that reason.

Whyyyy did you resurrect this old thread????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think its wrong that you don't like it. Give her other options. Meme, nene, nana, gran, grandma Sue, etc.

Fwiw, i also don't think it would be confusing to a child for mom and mom-mom. Just like Bob and Bobby.

Papa is frequently name for grandfather so what is wrong with what she wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom-mom is a common grandmother name. I called my grandmother Mom-mom and I had zero confusion and always understood the difference between my Mom and my Mom-mom. Now it is the name my mother is choosing to use as her grandmother name.

+1. My mom wanted to be called mom-mom, and like others have said, she gets to decide what she is called.

[Anonymous]

Mom-mom is terrible! I don't like the names my kids' grandmothers have chosen (not one of the three could just be "grandma") but I respect their wishes. I would not however be okay with them asking to be called "mom" x 2.

[Anonymous]

I would just look at her confused “You think a child can’t have a 2 grandmas? Even though they have 2 grandmas? And you want to pretend they have 2 moms instead?”

Seriously, this would be better not addressed at all. Call her grandma to your child and that’s what your baby will call her.