to find it odd when people refer to their childs age in months? (after 18 months)

[HarlowEver]

I had someone tell me today that their child was 24 months.

So 2 then yeah?

Aibu?

Well, my 190 months old is just gorgeous!

(I'm tempted to use this form now, just to annoy people).

The trouble is that if people are like me aren't that at ease with numbers it can just be confusing. Over 24 months the answer would just be white noise to me as I'd have to do mental arithmetic, I might have asked but I'm not likely to be interested enough to do sums.

Even 18 months (gosh this is embarrassing) I would have to pause to work out exactly where between 1 and 2 that is. Going to pause now. Ok, 1 1/2. Why not just say that?

Please don't all tell me I'm hopeless and innumerate.

I don't think I look 408 months old

I have a 19 month old, I say 19 months because when I say 1 year old people seem to follow it up with "and when was she 1?". There's a massive developmental difference in a 12 month old and a 19 month old so I do think it's relevant.

I also have a 100 month old so she is not my PFB :o

Could you not say just over 1 1/2 Squatter?

I totally agree about it being relevant at that age and making a massive difference though. I'm sure if I had dc I'd be used to it and not have to do sums of course I wasn't counting on my fingers.

It's fine until 2 I think.

I'm 570 months old, crap!

I'm only 379 months old, I honestly thought I'd be more than that.

Nope, mis-calculated... I'm 375 months

Ive started saying 'hes two in january ' because i cant remember if its 21m or 22 he is now. Maths has never been a strong point

Why would you say "just over one and a half"?
It sounds more cumbersome than "21 months"
Almost twice as many syllables and less specific.

Personally, I think it sounds like a sensible way of describing age until 2 years.

It depends on who I'm talking to, I'll either say "almost 2" or "23 months" generally with mums of other young children I'll go by months.

My mum has always said there are 18 months between me and my brother, which would be fine if it were true. We were born 23 months and 1 day apart, I normally say 2 years because, well it is near as dammit.

But still, almost 50 years later she says 18 months.

YABU. A one year old can be a baby who cannot walk or say a word, or a child who scoots and uses simple sentences (My DD at 13 and 23 months). I often discuss child development with parents of similar age children, it would make absolutely no sense if we all said our children are one, even though it's the case.

And for the record, when I say DD that is one, I am usually prompted to elaborate, by saying when she'll be two.

sashh, that is hilarious!

Someone I know keeps saying how nice it is our children are similar ages. They have birthdays 1 month apart and are 4 years old they are the same age

You count in days until they are two weeks old, weeks until they are two months old, months until they are two years old and after that you just shrug and say 'Huh? Oh, I dunno - some?'.

Exactly this! I'm so sleep deprived that I need to conserve my brain power for more important issues than mental arithmetic. Like remembering my baby's name.
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My eldest is 264 months and youngest is 216 months (I think).

Seriously. YANBU, OP.

I meet a 17 year old years ago who said "I'm seventeen and a half" me and my mum had a giggle about it but that was just the start of his craziness. No I did not go out with in case you wondered

My 115 month old says YANBU.

I'm 374 months and I have a 86 month old DD.

Ds3&4 are 22 months apart I say just under 2 years

Theres 8 years and a week between ds1&2 and 8 yeasrs two weeks between ds2&3. I just say 8 years

Yanbu, but when posting on here about a problem I'll always add months in brackets just because a 2yr 1 day old not doing xyz is different to a 2, 3next week, yr old not doing whatever it is.

I always went with "just turned one" or "one and a half" or "nearly two". If someone went on about their 37 month old I wouldn't have the foggiest what age they were. I think up till two it's fine though.

I think:
12-16 months I said "She was one in November."
16-20 months I said "One and a half."
20-24 months, " She'll be two in November."

I'm quite at ease with the mental maths involved in working out years from months, but found the above system was better received.

I still use it. DD will be three in November.

I use the system fedup uses:

January: He's X
Feb-May: He was X in January
June-September: X and a half
Sept-December: He'll be Y in January.