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Original poster

To be mildly am/bemused by people who do this?

28 replies

HeathcliffMoorland · 10/02/2011 16:45

I may well be BU, given that I tell people that DD2 is one when they ask her age.

However, the other day I met a woman I went to school with. She had her DS in tow. When I asked how old he was, she told me he was 41 months.

I have encountered similar in the past. Part of me wants to laugh and part of me wants to make a Hmm face. What's wrong with saying he's nearly 3 and a half?

Or is this rare? Or am I being weird?

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tigana · 10/02/2011 16:48

I think it goes in days until 1 or 2 weeks old, then weeks until around 3 or 4 months, then months until 1 year ( then it slips a bit around the 18 month 'milestone') then once you hit 2 years...it's years. UNTIL the child starts adding the months to their age as in " I'm 7 years and 10 months and 2 weeks old"

Original poster
HeathcliffMoorland · 10/02/2011 16:49

Exactly, tigana!

Perhaps I'm being a bit NPTB (non-precious third born) with DD2. Grin

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CuppaTeaJanice · 10/02/2011 16:49

It's a bit odd to still use months when the child is older than two. Most people will have lost count, and will have to do some speedy maths to work out how old the child actually is.

I'm 425 months old!! Grin

MorticiaAddams · 10/02/2011 16:50

I'm impressed you didn't laugh. Like tigana, I think we got to four months when we switched and then 2 years.

zingzillachinchilla · 10/02/2011 16:52

Definitely not weird! Two seems to be the magic number round my way too

Original poster
HeathcliffMoorland · 10/02/2011 16:58

Glad that my urge to laugh is understood!

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Acanthus · 10/02/2011 17:03

You mean NSC - neglected subsequent child! And of course you're right.

Bubblerapped · 10/02/2011 17:08

lol.. I would have to say "oh, 3 and a half in english then"...

Sarsaparilllla · 10/02/2011 17:08

How odd, I think the oldest it's normal to refer to months is 18 months, then it's years, I'd have been a bit confused if someone said that to me :o

sausagerollmodel · 10/02/2011 17:22

41 months Confused - I would be doing calculations in my head!

sausagerollmodel · 10/02/2011 17:23

I have just worked out I am 551 months Shock!

zukiecat · 10/02/2011 17:29

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PaisleyLeaf · 10/02/2011 17:31

I've heard this too.
How do they even work it out?

Avantia · 10/02/2011 17:32

really odd - (543 months here)(2314 weeks !)

kaid100 · 10/02/2011 17:36

I've just worked out I'm 3 decades old.

ninah · 10/02/2011 17:38

eysf targets are done in months, eg 30-50 months, 40-60 months, maybe she got it from that?

ninah · 10/02/2011 17:38

eyfs even

OTheHugeManatee · 10/02/2011 17:57

I'm 383 months old. And mummy says when I get to 384 months I'll be old enough for the dummy fairy.

Grin
SkipToTheEnd · 10/02/2011 18:00

I say 21 months. Is this U?

I'm not looking forward to saying 2 so can't bare to say 'almost 2' He's still my baby Blush

ginmakesitallok · 10/02/2011 18:06

and of course after "a year and a half" it turns into "she'll be two in October" - I just can't work it out!

JamieLeeCurtis · 10/02/2011 18:08

I would say it's usual up to the age of 2. Never heard anyone doing it beyond there

JamieLeeCurtis · 10/02/2011 18:13

I'm 495 months old I want to be a ballerina when I grow up

ThePerfectFather · 10/02/2011 18:14

It's like people saying "happy new years" well into late January or even February. They're mental and there's no saving them.

geraldinetheluckygoat · 10/02/2011 18:17

I got my own child's age wrong, by a year on tuesday. If I tried to work out months, I would be totally buggered.

juneybean · 10/02/2011 18:19

I'm a baby compared to you lot, I'm only 307 months, I'll start walking soon.