How old is too old to use months to age your kid?

[gorcorps]

I just heard someone say "he's 22 months old" when asked about their kid. This seems odd to me... why would you continue to use months when they're older than a year? "He's almost two" sounds like a good answer to me. Is there an unspoken time period where it's accepted to use months to age your kid?

I'm 351 months old personally.

Or 351 months 24 days to be even more precise.

or 1529 weeks 4 days
or 10,707 days
or 256,968 hours
or 15,418,080 minutes
or 925,084,800 seconds

http://www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html

 

[Fingolfin269]

I'm assuming this person also had a party to announce the gender of their child? You know because we need a party for everything now.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

1 year.

 

[Coulrophobia]

I told someone my kid was 18 months, and she said 'he is so little for being 2' I was like wtf...

 

[edro]

Having a 2 year old myself, I understand their desire to announce it in months.
They grow so fast and 2 months makes a big difference in their development.

But personally, I would say "almost 2".
I quit the months thing at 12mo, but probably used the 18mo milestone as well.

It's a sensitive thing because children are measured by their milestones.
For instance, if you 10mo isn't walking yet and someone sees them crawling around, you would make sure they knew they are "only 10mo", not "1yr old".

Parents don't want to sell their kids short on the age/development path.

 

[Anubis]

12

 

[glenn1]

I'd say two, because prior to that baby clothes are sized in months (newborn, 3 months, 6 months, etc) and otherwise people will typically ask when he/she will turn 2 or when their birthday is. Also, as the previous poster stated when people ask the question they're typically judging the size and development of the child even if it's unspoken - "wow, that kid looks like he's almost 2 and isn't even walking yet."

 

[Captante]

Around 2

 

[sdifox]

I told someone my kid was 18 months, and she said 'he is so little for being 2' I was like wtf...

well we know for a fact she got let behind :biggrin:

 

[dank69]

I just heard someone say "he's 22 months old" when asked about their kid. This seems odd to me... why would you continue to use months when they're older than a year? "He's almost two" sounds like a good answer to me. Is there an unspoken time period where it's accepted to use months to age your kid?

I'm 351 months old personally.

Or 351 months 24 days to be even more precise.

or 1529 weeks 4 days
or 10,707 days
or 256,968 hours
or 15,418,080 minutes
or 925,084,800 seconds

http://www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html

There is a world of difference between a 36 month old and a 44 month old.

 

[DigDog]

two years.

 

[ControlD]

If I remember correctly, there are a lot of developmental milestones in the first two years that get measured by a child's age in months. So, for example, a child should start walking between 9-12 months and be walking well between 12-15 months.

After they hit two a lot of those milestones start getting more spread out so it seems like that is where we start using years.

 

[vi edit]

If I remember correctly, there are a lot of developmental milestones in the first two years that get measured by a child's age in months. So, for example, a child should start walking between 9-12 months and be walking well between 12-15 months.

After they hit two a lot of those milestones start getting more spread out so it seems like that is where we start using years.

:thumbsup:

 

[mvbighead]

I'd say 18 months is the last 'month' marker. Then it becomes 'almost two.'

 

[shortylickens]

http://movie-sounds.org/quotes/cslick/Hows-Mitch-Oh-good-Hes-468-months-today.mp3

 

[Rakehellion]

How old is too old to measure a person't age in years? If it's a really old dude, I just round to the nearest decade. "Oh, gramps? He's about 8 decades." "Old Carl's pushing a century now."

If one of my homeboys is an elf or another supernatural being, I just round to the nearest millennium of course. They don't use human years anyway.

 

[vi edit]

Having a 2 year old myself, I understand their desire to announce it in months.
They grow so fast and 2 months makes a big difference in their development.

But personally, I would say "almost 2".
I quit the months thing at 12mo, but probably used the 18mo milestone as well.

It's a sensitive thing because children are measured by their milestones.
For instance, if you 10mo isn't walking yet and someone sees them crawling around, you would make sure they knew they are "only 10mo", not "1yr old".

Parents don't want to sell their kids short on the age/development path.

Yeah, there's huge differences between a kid being 25 months and 35 months. I remember being at a halloween thing this year and my son absolutely towered over another kid and could talk in almost complete sentences while the other barely did a few words. The other parents asked how old my kid was and we said "Three" and they sort of retracted and said "oh, well he's 3 too". To which we had to relay that he'd be 4 in another 2 months. There are huge development and growth gaps in those ages that people are very sensitive too.

 

[edro]

Yeah, there's huge differences between a kid being 25 months and 35 months. I remember being at a halloween thing this year and my son absolutely towered over another kid and could talk in almost complete sentences while the other barely did a few words. The other parents asked how old my kid was and we said "Three" and they sort of retracted and said "oh, well he's 3 too". To which we had to relay that he'd be 4 in another 2 months. There are huge development and growth gaps in those ages that people are very sensitive too.

Perfect of example of when and where to use months versus year.

Co-worker asks how old your kid is, "2".
Other mom on the playground with her kids also playing, "22 months".

Same goes for any other estimation of units. Scenario matters greatly.

 

[Rage187]

2 and here is why people use months that long:

All the books and ability charts at the doctor's office go out to 24 months. At 12 months they should be doing X, at 15 they should be trying other foods. 22 months you should try Z.

It's not that they are trying to be dorks, they are just repeating the measurements they are told to track by.

 

[purbeast0]

2 years.

my son is 10 months and 28 days old.

NOW WHAT!?

 

[wetech]

I would say 216 months, because 18 year-olds know about as much as an infant.

 

[Humpy]

2 years.

my son is 10 months and 28 days old.

NOW WHAT!?

That's the age I started smoking.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I'd say up to 24 months mostly because infant clothing is sized that way. Once you get to 18 or 24 month old kids clothing it switches to toddlers so there's little use in going by months anymore. From zero to 24 months the kid grows and changes so rapidly that it does make sense to me though.

 

[master_shake_]

when the clothes you buy no longer state the age in months.

so 18 months.

 

[BurnItDwn]

8th or 9th trimester probably.