Comments on: Grandpas or Grandads http://bitrot.net/father/211/grandpas-or-grandads/ A father's ponderings on twins and their devious ways Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:49:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Daddy http://bitrot.net/father/211/grandpas-or-grandads/comment-page-1/#comment-630 The Daddy Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:03:35 +0000 http://bitrot.net/father/2006/12/29/grandpas-or-grandads/#comment-630 Welcome to the blog, Kaylee! You certainly have lots of fun in store. :-) Welcome to the blog, Kaylee! You certainly have lots of fun in store. :-)

]]> By: Kaylee http://bitrot.net/father/211/grandpas-or-grandads/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Kaylee Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:58:54 +0000 http://bitrot.net/father/2006/12/29/grandpas-or-grandads/#comment-629 Great blog! We just found out on Christmas that our 8-month-old girls are identical. I've been reading your blog, giggling about all the cuteness in store for us. Hannah and Lauren are adorable!! My father-in-law stubbornly refused to designate a name for himself, insisting that the girls would come up with a cute name for him. Fine, but what are we supposed to call him until that magical moment? That guy who always hangs out with grammy? We're calling him grandpa until Ali and Mika decide otherwise. Great blog! We just found out on Christmas that our 8-month-old girls are identical. I’ve been reading your blog, giggling about all the cuteness in store for us. Hannah and Lauren are adorable!!

My father-in-law stubbornly refused to designate a name for himself, insisting that the girls would come up with a cute name for him. Fine, but what are we supposed to call him until that magical moment? That guy who always hangs out with grammy? We’re calling him grandpa until Ali and Mika decide otherwise.

]]> By: Andy http://bitrot.net/father/211/grandpas-or-grandads/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Andy Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:11:26 +0000 http://bitrot.net/father/2006/12/29/grandpas-or-grandads/#comment-628 We found grandpa vs grandad a useful way of distinguishing which Older Male Relative. Names were based on family traditions, as in yours (interesting digression- are the prevalences of "grandpa" and "grandad" roughly equal?) We didn't need to distingush between grandmothers as we had only one at the age our eldest child was able to have any comprehension :-( Sadly, since September we haven't needed to refer to Grandad, except in the past tense :'-( There was someone missing this Christmas. We found grandpa vs grandad a useful way of distinguishing which Older Male Relative. Names were based on family traditions, as in yours (interesting digression- are the prevalences of “grandpa” and “grandad” roughly equal?)

We didn’t need to distingush between grandmothers as we had only one at the age our eldest child was able to have any comprehension :-(

Sadly, since September we haven’t needed to refer to Grandad, except in the past tense :’-( There was someone missing this Christmas.

]]> By: Alan http://bitrot.net/father/211/grandpas-or-grandads/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Alan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:04:32 +0000 http://bitrot.net/father/2006/12/29/grandpas-or-grandads/#comment-627 This is great. We actually had a small conundrum when the twins were born with this very topic. On Maranda's side of the family, the twins now make the fifth living generation. So with running out of names that suited her, her mother opted for Ya-Ya--a Greek name for grandmother. So Ya-Ya it is. This is great. We actually had a small conundrum when the twins were born with this very topic. On Maranda’s side of the family, the twins now make the fifth living generation. So with running out of names that suited her, her mother opted for Ya-Ya–a Greek name for grandmother.

So Ya-Ya it is.

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