What to Call 2 Moms

By checking the Google key words, I figured out that I'm getting several hits a day with questions about what two lesbian moms are called by their kiddo.  Although I asked how others handled this issue a few months ago, I'm not sure I ever returned to the topic and explained what we decided to do.

No drum roll, please.

Marcia is Mama, and I am Baba.  Why?  I'm not entirely sure why.  We really wanted two names that sounded distinctly different to a child's ear.  We have friends who are Mama and Mommy, and we wanted to have names that would be obvious to Pearl, even at a young age.  The B sound was one of the first sounds she could say. 

In some eastern European countries, kids call the grandmother Baba.  We have a storybook called The Mitten that has a boy and his Baba.  As I was writing this post, I did my due diligence and looked up the word.  Unfortunately the definitions are: (1) a very old woman, and (2) a rich cake soaked in rum and syrup.  Ah well! 

Love, Baba