"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?

DS, DD, the dog and the cats are all my "babies" - I can't see it wearing off anytime soon.

My 2.5 year is my baby and always will be.

I think it depends on the relationship. With my parents they literally still wish I was a baby, they can't accept I might have my own thoughts and make my own decisions. Calling me 'their baby' is just another way of them trying to assert their control, infantalising me.

I’ll call my children my babies until my last breath, it’s a term of endearment that only I can call them.

Mine are my babies at 18 and 15 but I don’t tell everyone. My dog is also. I do get your point though. x

LOL, mine are 41 and 41 years old, and I STILL occasionally call them my babies. And they are fine with it. They've been told that they will be my babies until the day I die. So long as I treat them as adults, and I do.

Not as bad as people calling cats fur babies!!!! I think it’s ok ish it’s a term of endearment.

I hope this isn't rude to ask but how do you feel about your own parents/childhood? I used to cringe (resentment in disguise) at parents being affectionate towards their toddlers

All of my children are and always will be my babies and I call them that- and the cat.
It is a term of endearment and they know they are loved.

My cat is my baby. It's a running joke in our family that I actually gave birth to him.

Mum still calls me her little girl. I'm the youngest of 3 and 52!

And I bet your heart still melts. 💖

YABU! I’m 36 this year and I’m still my mums baby! I have a 3 year old who is my baba!

I am an adult, and know how to use words, and the one needed here is ‘owner’.

If someone with supposedly a phd thought I’d had mated with another species, I would be finding a new vet! 😆

0 to 12 months is a baby.
After that they are technically a toddler but it's still fine and normal to refer to them as a baby. Although I'd probably say, 'I'm taking my little girl to the park'.

The youngest will always be the baby. What I find irksome op are cards that say welcome to your new baby boy/girl. When did anyone see an old baby? And is it's a first born, it can't be the family's new baby.

Pedants’ corner is that way ➡️

An 11 month old is an old baby. A baby is a child until they’re one. So a new baby is newborn age (clue’s in the name), and an old baby is a baby before they reach toddlerhood.

An old baby? What on earth? If I heard anyone talking about their old baby I'd be quite alarmed.

So odd.

if they were welcoming a “young baby”, I’d get your point.

but “new” makes total sense

I don’t think this poster would be welcome at pedants corner, as makes bugger all sense!

This makes no sense.

What I find irksome op are cards that say welcome to your new baby boy/girl. When did anyone see an old baby?

Eh? The card isn't about the age of the baby, or the order in which they were born, it's about their existence.

And is it's a first born, it can't be the family's new baby.

Of course it can. What do you say when you buy a new coat? Or a new car? Or a new house? Do you think when people use the term 'new' it means they have never had one before?

So daft was the post, if I was this poster I would name change, as I wouldn’t want such a ridiculous comment in my history!

I realised after posting that I had misread the second quote, but I still can't make it make sense.

I assume she means you can't have a 'new' baby if it's your first, but according to the dictionary definition, you can.

new
/njuː/
adjective
1. produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before
2. already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time

Let's just hope she doesn't own a card shop 😊