PIL naming Convention

My PIL want my newborn to call them gong gong n mama even tho I previously said the convention was yeye and nai nai, and that my parents will be gong gong and popo. I know people who call their grandma mama but I just feel sad and like won't it confuse the baby? Mama is me first? Anyone facing this issue? How to deal with it and teach baby? I just feel uncomfortable. If baby calls mama, he wld be calling me, not her?

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Cantonese usually call nai nai as ‘ma ma’. it will sound as a lower tone than the typical mama. My hubs is Cantonese and he calls his grandma ma ma. It’s their traditional way of addressing 😊