Arguing with sister in law over DS age

[Janedoe95]

Please do correct me if I’m wrong -

my DS is 6 months born on the 10th

I work out his age by weeks at the moment so 24 weeks = 6 months

but she says he’s not 6 months as it’s not the 10th yet?

am I the only one who calculates age like this? It aligns with his vaccinations and nurses haven’t said I’m wrong.

obviously I understand when he’s older every year on the 10th will be his birthday but from what I understand it’s calculated weekly as babies can change so much and grow so fast

Ignore me can’t read your replies

Not all months have the same number of days in them, and a year is not exactly 52 weeks.

Hun, whatever floats your boat. 52 Weeks a year, 12 months, in other words 13 weeks in 3 months or 26 weeks in 6 months. But why get upset over something like this. Age is just a number 😘

Oh my days. There are bigger problems than this.

24 weeks is not 6 months. Just isn’t.

24 weeks is not 6 months. 6 months is 26 weeks. Or will you say your child is 1 almost a month before their birthday? By your calculation there are 13 months in a year

4 weeks is a calender month and at the end of the day does it really matter in the grand scheme of things

My goodness this thread!! Pages and pages of people saying exactly the same thing! I think OP gets it now. 🤦‍♀️

A year is 52 weeks, this half a year (6 months) is 26 weeks not 24.

If I calculated my daughters 6 month birthday by weeks I’d be counting 26 weeks this her 6 month mark would be 2 days before her birth date (I.e 8th instead of 10th) and if anyone asked me on the 7th I’d be saying 6 months because that is just the next closest milestone!

But what about your weeks and your months? Eh? Eh?

OMG what does it matter??! When he's 4, he will be 4. When he is 18 he will be doing A levels and going out on the piss!! As the mother of three adult children, I am seriously struggling to see how this matters??!

a year is not exactly 52 weeks.

A year is exactly 52 weeks. Just like a year is exactly 12 months.

I am not piling on you OP but it's amazing you didn't realise that a month doesn't have 4 weeks! And that 24 weeks is not 6 months. I don't think SIL was being snide in her remarks.

He will be 6 months on the 10th

I work in housing and we have so many people in rent arrears for working out months like this.

If you work out months by doing 6 x 4, by the end of the year you’ll have four weeks that are redundant. 4 x 12 = 48, but there are 52 weeks in the year.

Your baby is 24 weeks, not 6 months. They’ll be 6 months on the 10th.

Weeks can make a huge difference in terms of milestones as well, so I would continue counting by weeks if that’s what you prefer but the month only changes on the 10th

I think you need to get out more

She is correct - but petty to raise it. 6 months is 26 weeks as pp have said.
Some employers do pay every four weeks and some benefits are paid like that eg. Child benefit but most months are 30 or 31 months so you have to add on 2 or 3 days to every month so it builds up over the months.
I can’t imagine pointing out to a friend or family member that they calculated their child’s age incorrectly. She must have plenty of time on her hands.

I can’t believe this post. Just shows how bored I am that I’m even messaging. When I have my birthdays they are celebrated on the day and month I was born. So under a year the monthly anniversary falls on the date not number of weeks.

No, it really isn’t, unless that month goes over the end of February in a non-leap-year.

So by your reckoning, a 40 week pregnancy would be 10 months??

He's 24 weeks, 6 months on 10th.

If you said he was 6 months and he was actually 4 months then SIL has a point but for the sake of a couple of days SIL is being petty 😩

@CocoPlum
Many people do consider pregnancy to be 10 months 🤦‍♀️

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Famously a 9 month event 😆

How? 40 weeks is really 38 from ovulation, 36 from when you usually find out

@Janedoe95, LMAO! Reading these comment is hilarious! How do so many people not understand the weeks and months thing!

These are fixed values -
52 weeks = 12 months = 1 year
52 weeks / 2 = 26 weeks
26 weeks = half a year = 12 months / 2

However, a MONTH is NOT a fixed value -
1 month = 28 days, 29 days, 30 days or 31 days

This means that if your child was born on March 10th, 2022, your child is technically

26 weeks and 2 days OR
a little over 6 months old on September 10th!
This also means that on September 9th, he was 26 weeks and 1 day old, but STILL 6 MONTHS!

Tell your sister to count the WEEKS starting from March 10th to September 10th and she will see that on September 10th, your son was 6 months old and 2 days!

You're welcome! 🥰

Who does this? Saying 6 months is easier than typing 5 1/2 but who cares. Your sil is a petty witch to post what she did. Sounds like she has an issue with you. Jealous maybe? Ignore her.