My 23 month old and my 37 month old

[BaylisAndHardon]

Ahh so your children are nearly 2 and 3. Anybody else find it really bizarre to refer to older children in months (or AIBU?!)

Any idea what to get my 216 months old for Christmas?

I rolled my eyes at the thread title.

DD was months till she was a year. Then its just been years. Now I say she's nearly 4.

Yes. So weird.

Also annoying when parents inexplicably insist a 23 month old is 2. I can see the virtue in it as shorthand with strangers but my SIL tells me utterly fictional ages for her children then expects a big song and dance when they actually turn those ages.

I was actually about to come in here to ask how old a 37-month-old actually is

It's not weird in all contexts, is it? I give years and months but it's not weird to differentiate between a 2 year old who is nearly 3 and a 2 year old who has just stopped being 1 if you're talking about developmental stuff.

Yes, very annoying, I just laugh when i hear it

@CarterBeatsTheDevil but then don’t you say ‘she’s just turned 2’ if you need to give context or ‘he was 3 in June’.

I think it’s definitely weird after two but I can see wanting to make a distinction between ‘not yet two’ and ‘two and a bit’ if you see what I mean.

Mine is 25 months but I usually just say ‘two last month’. I definitely can’t imagine doing it in months when he’s three! There are women on a certain Facebook group I’m in who refer to their children as ‘48 months old’ or similar... and I do think it speaks volumes about them.

Yeah so weird, I cringe inside every time I see similar. I think 12-18 months is the cut off really. After that you just say nearly 2.

I've been saying DS is two for a couple of months and actually he's not two until early December, just easier....

I think up to 2 yrs it is ok as there can be a big difference between a 13 mo and a 22 mo for example. No older though, that just seems odd.

I use months until they turn 1 and then just say their age in years. Although, I would say 18 months old instead of a year and a half for some reason.

YANBU! I used months up until 18 months then after that I just said "nearly 2". If you want to be specific for developmental reasons you can say just turned 2, 2 and a half (ish), nearly 3 etc. Because obviously there is a big difference in development over a year when they are little. Using months is just confusing though.

I used months until 18m, then it's 'nearly 2' '3 and a half' etc.

Exceptions if a HV/Dr needs to know or if talking about the EYFS curriculum.

DD is 3 in December so at this age she’s almost 3. In the summer she was 2 and a half, 2 in December in the spring. She’s tall for her age so I feel the need to justify that she hasn’t just gone 2. I couldn’t even work out her age in months is now. It does get used in a development context though.

I even remember the baby days being days being measured in weeks and getting confused at 5 months when I couldn’t work out her weeks.

I’m sure when I was growing up I was 10 & 3/4 etc! Like Adrian Mole..,

It depends on the context. If chatting on a breast feeding group then I would say 15 months as an exact age is helpful when comparing experiences. But in real life and in general I would say just over one or nearly one and half or whatever is closest until they get to 3 yrs and then it’s just aged 3 or 4 years.

Can I also add people talking about babies who are 2 and 3 years old and toddlers who are 4 or even 6 years old on MN? It’s odd. To me a baby is under 1, a toddler is 1 or 2 yrs old, a preschooler is a 3 year old and then they are just young children.

I just say 'he turned 2 in July', at some point I'll say he's 2 and a half and then I guess it'll be 'he'll be three in July'. He's really tall for his age so I do sometimes feel the need to specify his age as otherwise people assume he must be nearly 3 and make snotty comments about what he can't do. I haven't felt the need to use months since maybe 20 months though

@GrandTheftWalrus

I rolled my eyes at the thread title.

DD was months till she was a year. Then its just been years. Now I say she's nearly 4.

There's a complete difference between a 12 month old and a 23 month old though.

It feels like trying to prolong the baby stage.

The reasoning I think is to do with reducing expectation of parent or child - you cant expect much of me because I have two babies to look after. You cant expect too much (often behaviourwise) of my DC as they are sill babies - as they fondly sit back and watch their 2yo and 3yo destroy someone else's sitting room.

Can I also add people talking about babies who are 2 and 3 years old and toddlers who are 4 or even 6 years old on MN? It’s odd. To me a baby is under 1, a toddler is 1 or 2 yrs old, a preschooler is a 3 year old and then they are just young children.

Do you have summer babies by any chance? I agree with that but I've noticed that people seem to consider pre-schooler to be the year before school so that's three if they're going to go just turned four but four if they'll be nearly five.

Depends on the context. If you're posting about behaviour or sleep problems with your one year old or example, there's a world of difference between a 12 month old and a 23 month old as a pp said.
If you're just generally talking about your kids its really unnecessary and cringe.

It sounds so precious and cringey! Of course if you speak to the GP you need to be accurate.

"Nearly', 'just', or 'half' are more than enough for every day discussions.

Months is totally normal to 18 months.

18 months - 2 years I would say specifying months is appropriate in some contexts (healthcare, education etc) and ok but not really important in social contexts.

From 2 onwards I think adding months is unnecessary and unusual in almost every situation.

I use 2yrs as the cut-off for months. I’d cope with “26 months” but “30 months” isn’t on because I’d just say “2 and 1/2yrs”.

Not something I would say when my children were little but it isn't something I lose sleep over if others do.