Why do people say their DC's age as '23 months' instead of 'almost 2 yrs'?

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WTF????
Children are only aged in months until they turn 1 year old, then surely they should be aged in years, not bloody months !

I work in a medical profession, and just today I asked ' how old is your child' and was told ' 36 months'. No they're bloody not !!!! They're 3 YEARS OLD !!!!!!!

I really don't understand why parents do this and I get so sick of it ! Is it done to try to keep them as a baby perhaps ?

How old is your child?

I think months is still valid up until 2-3 years. You would expect more developmentally of a 23 month old than a 13month old even though both are ‘one’ and as a ‘medical professional’ I’d think it’d be important that you know that.

Totally agree, it's silly and just makes it harder to work out the age of the child. If they are 1 or over just say the amount in years!

A lot of children's clothes have months on the labels at this stage.

This is one of my pet hates!

How old is your child? 27 weeks? Oh good, now I need to do some maths to calculate how old that is in normal speak.

It’s weeks to about 12 weeks, then months til 12 months, then they’re 1. They can also be 18 months. After that they’re 2, 3 and so on.

See also: ‘she’ll be 3 months next Thursday’. NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE EXACT DATE.

You seriously need to get a life.

Oh, and spam

You need to calm down. There are worse things for patients to say to you than this.

Because it makes a HUGE difference, developmentally, if you are 13m or 23m....... or if you are 34m or 35m.
Bit surprised, as you state you work in medical profession, that you don't know that. I work on quite the opposite - if someone says '2', I then ask their dob, as it is pretty crucial in terms of development.

PFB syndrome innit.

I understand between 1 and 2 to be fair

It makes a huge difference if a child is 12 months old or 23 months, especially when speaking medically and developmentally. After two, there’s less need to talk months, though I don’t think talking halves is unacceptable (again in reflection of development).

Agree that there’s a difference between 13m and 23m, I’d say 23m is ‘almost 2’. Is there really a huge difference between 34m and 35m though?

Also agree medical situations are one of the few times this level of specific-ness is possibly required. When a friendly mum at the park or colleague asks though, they’re not that interested in your child’s development and years is fine. They’re not interested that your child is doing X and is only 15m when the average child doesn’t do that until 17m.

I'm also surprised you are so outraged about this and work in a medical profession? Big changes and differences in development at that age as PP said.

*24m or 35m

Yes but then you say 'oh they are just 2' or they are 'nearly 3'. I agree OP it's to keep them as babies, as saying your child is 34 months is very odd.

I'm a big fan of the the expression "23 months of age."
As opposed to "months of..." what?

"23 months of soup"? "horse"?

Lol yes 1o and 23 mo are different but you can say 1yo or almost 2 🙄
Counting in weeks after 12w or in months after 18mo is a bit ridiculous I think.

1mo

Argh 13mo
Now I am the ridiculous one

Up to 2 , not so bad . Usually used to explain some form of amazing or not so amazing behaviour . Heaven forbid they are August born too

I've seen on here someone describe their child as '42 months' 😆 I wonder if it's parents not wanting their 'baby' to grow up?

There is a HUGE difference, as someone has said, if this is a friendly chat in the park or at a toddler group, or, as the OP is, in a medical situation (or developmental, which can include education), at which point is does become important.

Perhaps they just like to be specific rather than vague. You seem a little over invested in getting upset about something that does no harm.

I think it's weird in a social setting (just say "nearly three", or "two and a half" or whatever if it really matters) but I can see why in a medical context parents might want to be as precise as possible. As a medical professional you come across as very judgmental.

DS is 20 months when I'm at a playgroup and another mum asks. He's 1 and a half or more recently 'nearly 2' when random people ask.

I just found if I said the latter at playgroup then lots of mums would ask 'how many months is he?' anyway so this way saves time.

When he's 2 I think he'll just be 2, 2 and a half or nearly 3 as he progresses through the year. (Also I'm due DC2 when DS turns 2 so I probably won't have a bloody clue how old anyone is at that point)