Here's the deal. My wife's about to give birth to our 1st child. This will be the 1st grandchild on BOTH sides - can we say "spoiled"? Anyway, I grew up calling my grandparents "mamaw" and "papaw". My wife called her mom's mom, "grandmother" - which to me sounds too formal - but that's okay.
However, my mom and her mom have come up with "cute little names" to be called. One wants to be called "KayKay" (her name is Kay) and the other one "Neener"!!! [puke]
Thank goodness, my dad doesn't care - whatever she calls him, he'll be happy with. Her dad is rarely serious - he says he wants to be called Mr. ____(insert his last name).
So what do your kids call their grandparents? I'm not asking what you call yours because this seems to be a newer trend - maybe I'm wrong. And whose decision is it really (parent's, grandparent's, or the child's)? Advice from you more experienced parents would be appreciated. And no, I'm not making a huge issue of it with the future GPs - it just annoys my traditional self.
CR
edited to add: Opinions of those of you that are younger grandparents (40's and 50's) would be helpful, too. And our mom's are in their early 50's - I'm thinking they feel "mamaw" or "grandma" sounds old.