Here are some alternatives – from letting baby come up with a name, to opting for terms like "Mimi" or "Gigi".

Pronounced "Bubbeh" or "Bubbee" and "Zaydeh" or "Zaydee," these are the Yiddish words for grandmother and grandfather. Another short and sweet moniker for grandma, this one might just be one of your ...

Many grandparents play an important role in the upbringing of their grandchildren. Even so, it's not uncommon for parents and grandparents to disagree about everything from baby sleep and food choices ...

When I was asked many years ago what I’d like to be called by my first grandkids, identical twin girls still nestled in their mother’s womb, it never occurred to me to choose any moniker other than ...

When Inna Berman learned last year that her 26-year-old daughter was having a baby. She was thrilled. But would the Gen Xer be called “granny”? As if. “A grandmother is an old gray-haired lady,” ...

A woman on Reddit writes that her husband's family has a tradition "where each generation alternates the grandparents' names for first and middle names" Westend61/Getty After a woman's in-laws ...

I am eagerly anticipating the fast-approaching arrival of my first grandchild. Naturally, I am over the moon. Friends who have traveled this road before me tell me that being a grandparent is “the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are not grandparents just yet, but they want to have “grandparent names” at the ready for when the time comes. On this morning’s installment ...

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