Do you measure your children in metric (m/cm) or imperial (ft/in)?

[EdtheBear]

I was in M&S and noticed the new children's coat hangers only showed Age & Height in ft / ins.

I have a short child who I shop for based on height rather than age. My initial reaction was wtf We haven't taught ft/ins in schools for 40 years, so current generation of mum's and a fair percentage of grandparents will not have been taugh ft/ins. I'll assume they are thinking we don't need cm as that's an EU thing.

So do parents measure their children in cm or ft, am I unusual?
AIBU to think they should keep with the times and keep the cm obvious on children's clothing?

I only use metric (for everything). No one used imperical measurements where I spent grew up/spent the majority of my life. My brain can’t adjust.

I was taught in metric at school but height and weight and beer and milk are imperial!

Feet and inches. How tall are you in cm op? hmm

The last time my Dad measured me I was 5ft 1 and a bit. I've never measured myself.

My kids are 118 and 81cm - easier to mark in red books, easier for car seats, easier for all important theme parks.

I keep forgetting how many inches in a foot, ounces in a lb etc etc

For some reason hospital give baby weight in pounds, one of mine was 7.14 lb two of the GP both said should that not be 8lb. They were taught this stuff and couldn't remember ounces in pound so your not alone.

Metric for everything. Except pints of milk and beer! I'm 31.

They told me how much my baby weighed in lbs and oz when she was born and I couldn't visualise it at all.

Even though we use miles I find km much easier to visualise too - possibly because that's what my step counter app measures in. I love crossing the border into Ireland when driving as suddenly the speed limits etc make so much more sense.

one of mine was 7.14 lb two of the GP both said should that not be 8lb.

7.14 seems to be expressing the latter part as a decimal fraction of a pound.

If it's 7 pounds and fourteen ounces that's also fine as there 16 ounces to a pound.

Feet and inches but I am quite old. I think the demarcations 4ft something, 5ft something, 6ft something make it easier to visualise how tall someone is. We measured our son this morning. He is 179cm but I just find it easier to understand "nearly 6ft". I cannot remember what I measure in cm, although obviously I have been told many times.