The Two Nanas Conundrum
The Dr. Laura Podcast
Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM
4.6 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:26.2 | at Dr.ora.com. Okay. This is from Elizabeth. She writes, I'm writing. Now, I had to read this about |
| 0:35.8 | three times to keep it all straight so I'll go |
| 0:39.2 | slowly because I understand it might be a little difficult to follow you right |
| 0:43.8 | you ready I'm writing to ask you for your input please we have a family |
| 0:51.0 | compound where one n, my mother, lives full-time, and another grandmother, |
| 1:01.7 | my mother-in-law, who chose the name Nana for herself when her oldest was born. |
| 1:09.5 | And we informed her then |
| 1:11.5 | that when the grandkids renamed her, |
| 1:16.8 | and that stopped me right there, |
| 1:20.1 | grandkids rename you? |
| 1:22.4 | What? |
| 1:24.7 | She would need to embrace the new name. |
| 1:29.3 | So this woman gave birth and her mother and mother-in-law both wanted to be Nana. |
| 1:39.9 | But the mother-in-law visits a few weeks at a time. |
| 1:45.1 | Our seven-year-old, who is the oldest grandchild for my mother-in-law, |
| 1:51.4 | my husband is an only child, has gotten extremely frustrated having two nannas. |
| 2:00.0 | And using names, last names, it just didn't work for day-to-day interactions. |
| 2:09.1 | So Lucy, the daughter, renamed Nana number two, Nona. So for seven years, the mother has been called Nana. The seven-year-old has decided she wants |
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