The child’s eye view of the World

A friend is known to his DGC as SOFIC which stands for Silly Old Fool In th Corner. To be fair, I think it was he who decided on this.......

For completely different medical reasons, BOTH of my grandpas had had to have a leg removed... so when I was little I thought ALL grandpas only had one leg...

Sadly due to bereavement, in our family we are the only grandparents our 2 grandchildren have known. So I’m just ‘grandma’ and try to be the best I can possibly be to make up in some small way for their loss.

The 2y old copies the 6y old grandson and she can say it well now - it’s magical hearing it.
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I am Nonna to my (5!) GC and my husband is Gramps. These were our choices. But one set call their paternal grandmother Grandmum and her second husband Don Julio because his name is Don and that is the name of a brand of tequila in Mexico where oldest GC was born!

We had Nanny Kim, she had cat called that and Nanny Nell after her greyhound.

I used to be a nursery nurse and worked as a nanny for some years.

One of the families I worked for had three children who referred to their maternal grandmother as ‘Granny T’. I assumed it was her initial, but when she came to visit I realised it was because she drank copious amounts of TEA.

If it’s just me I’m Nan, but if my mum is with us my 3yr old DGS calls her Great Big Nanny, and me Tiny Nanny. He must be referring to our ages as mums 4ft nothing and I’m 5’9”!

I'm Nan or Nanny Grapes for obvious reasons, my DM who is Great Granny is just known as Granny by both DD & DGSs. Last year at the age of 8 DGS1 decided he was too grown up to call me Nanny so Nan it is

When younger my GS referred to his paternal Nan as "Nanny Upstairs" ( she lived in a first floor flat ) and me as "Cooking Nanny" as I was usually in the kitchen getting a meal for us all when they arrived.

I'm abuelita Rose to my Mexican granddaughter,well I was when I had contact with her(don't ask) and am G'ma to my grandson,his other grandma is nanna,my son's dad is grandpa,mum's dad is papa P and my hubby is stretchypop Rog ( step G,pop)

These are so lovely my dds used to refer to nanny in heaven when my lovely
Mil died.

We are nana and grandpa and the other set are granny and grandad! Quite boring really

As a Big Granny, I'm so glad to hear that others have suffered this as well!
I was meant to be granny and dil's mum was going top be grandma. Grandsons called us both granny and as she's 5' nothing and I'm 5'6, she became Little Granny, so I'm the big one

Our daughter as a toddler once asked are we going to Purple Grandma's today.That was what our DCs called her ever after.We could only think it was because my mum did wear a lot of purple /pink/mauve coloured clothes.DHs mum became Green grandma for reasons we couldn't fathom. She did have a very big garden and was often out in her wellies !

My eldest grandchildren aged 8 and 6 call my parents Jelly Baby Nana & Grandad ... my dad loves jelly babies and always has some!
My stepsons call their great grandma Grandma Duck as her surname was Drake

I’m Granny Cakes. In the last week I’ve made the grandchildren:
A 21st birthday cake
A cake with a map of the British Isles for school
A fruit cake to send to one living away from home
Brownies for visitors on Mothering Sunday.