"My baby"

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Genuinely not sure if I ABU or not. It makes me cringe when people call their children over the age of about 6 months "my baby". In my eyes they just don't necessarily seem like babies any more. I can sort of understand up until 12 months but definitely not after. I've come across people calling their child of nearly two year old "my baby".
Aibu?

This. Mine's 6 and she will always be my baby.

Are you seriously for real? Get a life.

I have 6 children and my oldest is 16 and youngest 3, i say to them all no matter how old you are you will always be mummies babies, because I love them so much no matter how old they are, if speaking about my youngest I refer to her as “the baby” because she is the youngest. I don’t see an issue tbh I just want my children to grow up knowing il always be here for them and they mean the world to me, Iv seen a few children who don’t get shown love and they look sad and I think I don’t want mine to ever feel that way

Ha, I walked into my house yesterday with the shopping and said ‘hello my babies’ to my 4 (24, 17, 17 and 16) so you won’t get much support here I’m afraid!

Your kids are always your babies, whatever their age. Mine are in their 30's and they're still my babies. Very annoying babies, but babies never the less

You would hate me me then haha my 4 aged between 24 and 13 are ALL my babies as is my dog no cares given.

My mother referred to me as her baby when I was well into my 40s!

I can’t believe you’re calling a 4 week old a “newborn”. You do realise they stop being “newborn” after 17 minutes, right? 😂

First off it is VERY obvious you don't have children because an 11 month old is still very much a baby in every single way, from the crying to the wearing onesies, nappies and requiring regular milk, and including officially according to the NHS.

In the toddler years, they start seeming more grown up in many ways, walking, talking, etc., but they are still very much babies in many other ways too, behaviourally, physically, developmentally...

Then there's the fact that as a parent you often genuinely don't notice how much they have grown, because you see them every single day.

But then, just generally, I think a lot of people just say it because no matter how old they get, their parents will still always remember their children as babies and love them just the same.

I met a man once whose family still called him "Baby David" well into his 40s... I thought it was quite sweet

I tell my DD’s that they will always be my babies.

My eldest baby is 17 now. My sister also hates hearing people say baby about anyone older than actual baby age but I love it.

You don’t have children do you?

The thing is no matter how old or how tall your child gets they will always be your baby 🥰 and since we literally grew them I our right 😍

Better parents calling their child “my baby” than the MIL which is really ridiculous

I still called my 20 year old son my 1st baby !!!!

I can see what you mean, my DS5 is my baby and he always will be my baby. Likewise I am my DM’s baby and I’m nearly 40!
But I wouldn’t say “I’m going to pick my baby up from school” I’d say “my son” or “name”.
it’s the same as when people baby talk to their 6+yo kids! Cringe!

Children of any age I’m not so fussed about, but when it’s pets it makes me feel quite ill 🤢.

That dog/cat is not your baby, you are not it’s mother, it’s a different species

I call both my children my baby when speaking to them directly ( they are 11 and 7) when speaking about them to other people i just use their names or call them the kids

Me too 😊, both of them…. And my kids.

all my babies ❤️

I called my 8 year old 'my baby' to their face today, she smiled because it's a term of endearment.

At age 4 my other DC said I wasn't allowed to call him my baby once he started school, but was happy for me to do it until age 5 because they recognise it's a loving word - he just didn't want to be embarrassed round new school friends once he was a big boy! I still affectionately say it to my teens on occasion to see their eye-roll.

My babies are 18 years old and 15 years old - and yes still my babies

Could be worse. Grown up couples calling each other baby or babe 🤢

I'm 60 and my mother still calls me her baby!

I still refer to “the babies” sometimes when I talk to DH about the offspring. They are 14 and 12 (years not months)

My babies are 30, 26 and 21 !
I don’t think I ever called the older two “my babies” after the age of 2, but the youngest one will ever be my baby…😊