Months or years?
I’ve always thought it was awkward the way new parents count their baby’s age in months instead of years. It’s taken me until my wife’s pregnancy to realize how much more sense it really makes to do it this way. And if the child isn’t even two years old, there’s a lot more to learn from “she’s fourteen months old” than “she’s a year old.”
But I still think it’s kind of funny. And it’s harder to remember for most of the rest of us, especially since every time I ask how old a coworker’s daughter is, the answer is likely to be different. I have a hard enough time remembering these things when they only change once a year!
I can never remember how old my niece is, for example. And I’ve always thought this was more of a mom thing, going by months instead of years. But my niece is a funny exception. I think I heard the other day that she’s 18 months old, but her mother – not her father – refers to her as two years old instead.
So I’m with Cathy and I’m not. And I guess I’m curious to see where I’ll stand in another year or two. I definitely can’t see wanting to rush anything.
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an advantage of using months is that it helps when getting the kid dressed. Baby clothes are sold in 6 month intervals.
Good point.
I agree with you 100% on the months vs. years thing. It drives me crazy! I find it overly precious, ya know?
And yet, I find myself doing it all the time.
Now that I’m on kid #2, I realized that for some reason, in my mind, there’s a natural break point for that at 18 months. So now, the past few weeks, when I’ve been asked, I say he’s “a year and a half” and that feels fine. I was saying that when he was 17 mos, and 18 mos, and now he’s 19 mos and I’m still saying it. Maybe I can just stick with “a year and a half” until he’s “almost 2″ and then he can just be “two.”
Maybe?
Heh. Good luck.