"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?

People who refer to their kids even as adults as my baby it's clearly a term of endearment. Like I may say it to my 6 year old (like I say my love or darling)
I think a baby in age is from 6-12ish months until they are first walking then a toddler from when they are walking until around 3, a preschooler until school age.

OP said herself is not a parent so probably she thinks that at 6 months they can enter the workforce, enlist on the army and start doing chores around the house. DNFTT!

I have told my babies when they are 40 they will still be my baby

My brother is 47. He's still the baby.

I greet my children (8&6) with an enthusiastic cry of "ma baaaayeees!" OP would hate it. Makes me laugh. They'll always be my babies.

Have you ever seen a 7 month old?

I did a google image search for a 7 month old and got this picture. Are you really saying you would cringe if you heard someone describe this as a baby OP?

At 6 months they should be out there making a mark in the world, not lying about farting and gurgling and permitting their besotted parents to refer to them as 'my baby'.

Tut.

Never met a 7 month old man

My Darling baby son died over 2 years ago at the age of 22, he is still my baby boy, my love and my darling, although he wasn't a baby when he died, he is always will be my baby boy x

I do this about my son. He has just turned 4 🙈. He is the baby of the family. Must stop at some point!

@Tandora I know, but she also said, over the age of 6 months which is why I said, up to 2 I think is ok but over that, I also cringe a bit! (Mostly when it's older or adult children though tbh)

I can't ever see it bothering me enough to start a thread on mumsnet though 😂

Well they are my babies and always will be. I really don’t care how old they are. I don’t refer to them as “a baby” though, only as MY babies. Only to them, not to others.

My mil calls my husband and his siblings "my baby" all 30+ 🤣

You just don't get it because you don't have kids!

i refer to my daughter as ‘my baby’ and she’s 20 months old. I realise she’s a toddler, but she’s my first and it went very quick and it’s mad that she’s not a baby anymore.

I think you are confusing the meaning of 'baby' as immature, and 'baby' as unconditionally loved child

and there you have it!

YOU DON'T SAY!

Haha. I tell my kids that when they are old and grey they will still be my babies. 😍

My (1st) baby is nearly 13. She will always be my baby even 20 years from now. I don’t use “baby” in every day conversations but yabu & one day if you have a baby you might feel differently

What a silly thread!

😂😂😂 wtf. My 9 month old is certainly a baby. Poor boy can’t even sit up on his own yet!

I agree with @QwertyBert comment. I have a 20 month old and of course I know she’s technically a toddler. I just don’t understand where the time’s gone! They’ll both always be my babies tbh

My children are and always will be my babies. They are adults!!

If I posted a picture of my 9 month old right now, there’s no way you could tell me I shouldn’t refer to him as a baby😂