"My baby"

[tocas]

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?

in my 30s here. my mum still calls me her baby and says I always will be lol. not out in public of course. it's completely normal for family to still see someone as baby especially if they are the youngest etc.

My son thought his name was ‘baby X’ until he was about 3!

Our nursery’s baby room (that’s what the nursery and all parents called it) covered from the youngest up to about 18-20odd months. What else would you call a 7 month old? My first didn’t toddle until 20 months so not toddler!

Totally agree with you OP! I’ve got a friend whose baby is over a year old and she hardly uses its name. Just called the baby…

@GUARDIAN1 yes, first you grow The Fetus in your tummy and once it's out you call it The Infant. @StrychnineInTheSandwiches indeed, especially the farting and the sour puke are a contraindication. Maybe we should just call them still-evolving-creatures.

My baby is 206 months old. Still call him mummy’s baby. Talk to him as though he is a chubby tot instead of a 6’5” beanpole. He responds by acting daft and laying his head on my lap

I am sorry to inform you that YABVU.

@tocas YABU why do you care what other people call their own children? 😂

I don't have any children either, but I don't think a baby ceases to be a baby after six months!!

So they're not a baby at 7 months old. Thank God you're not the Employment Minister you'd have them starting work at 12 months old. 😂

First thing I thought when I read it.

Mine are adult and they’re still my babies😊

My 5 year old will always be my baby, even when she's 40! I

My mum went to see her sister in hospital when she was in her late 80s, she was greeted by “Oh, it’s my baby sister”.

Uh, nothing wrong with it and of course parents call their 1 or 2 year old their baby. And a 3 or 4 year old and older. Many parents call their grown up children their babies because they will always be. I have a teen and sometimes I call him my baby, so what? Some people say it endearingly of their grown up adult children yes in public. You don’t understand because as you say, you don’t have children. If it annoys you, look to yourself for the reason why.

What??? My 8 month old is definitely a baby!

?? My 16 month old is a bloody baby! Wtf else is he? He can’t walk or really talk, he wears a bib, he sits in a buggy, he looks like a chubby little baby boy. Because he is!

My children will also be my babies doesn’t matter if they are children or adults.

My 21 year old Police Officer is still mummy’s baby 🤣

My babies are 17 and 14. And they’ll still be my babies until the day I die. YABU.

We still call our 7 year old baba 🙄 and my 19month old is definitely still my baby 😂

this is a silly question imo

Yep! My youngest is almost 2 and this is exactly what I say. 😄

Why does that bother you so much?
I think until they are fully potty trained, walking and talking they are still babies 🙃

My mum still calls the youngest of her 4 children her baby and he’s just turned 40!
my daughter will always be my baby…
People refer to their kids as ‘their baby’ not an actual baby. So I know my almost teenager isn’t a baby … but she’s ‘my baby’ if that makes sense

Me too!! Stands out a mile 😂