it really irritates me when people say their baby is flirting

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at adult members of the opposite sex.

As in "oh DS was flirting with all the health visitors at the doctors today"

When all the baby did was smile/gurgle at someone who was showing them a lot of attention, in the way that babies do.

And always said about their DS, no-one who say the same thing about their baby girl.

It just really irks me. AIBU?

Maybe I get out too much

ohhh - maybe you do

Yes, maybe I do...

DD doesn;t though...

That is a total fabrication BTW, I haven't been out for months...

I did used to though, honest

but, but, BUT...

"I also still don;t get the difference between saying a baby is flirting and a toddler. there isn;t one. The behaviour is the same, but the word is suddenly not appropriate any more. I do think it is interesting why that would be. And why the word becomes less appropriate as the child gets older, as that seems to be what people are saying."

the behaviour isn't the same, so the word isn't used. i don't see my arch-flirt of a daughter dipping her head, batting her eyelids etc any more, she just takes people she likes by the hand and demands that they read her a story. and that's not flirting.

and who is saying that the word is less 'appropriate' as they get older? i think you're getting appropriateness mixed up with applicability.

Hmm.I agree with Sixtyfootdoll...chill!

i agree entirely with tinofspam

and theegohaslanded