How old are they?

Random question here....

When someone asks you how old your kid is, do you say (i my case) "4 1/2 months" or "20 weeks"?

A lot of the girls at my antenatal group are saying that their bubbas are 5 months because they're 20 weeks

yeah i used to do the same Liz, after about 3 months old i stopped using the weeks cos people just get confused. People ask how old our girls are and we usually get oh? really.. they usuallythink Paris is older by the way she speaks and acts and her height.. and they think Ayja's younger than she is, cos she's tiny and little. lol

I use lots of "almost's" and "abouts"... but usually just go by monthly anniversaries now. It's a hard one though !

I normally say months as most people have no idea what a 20 weeker can do but have some idea of what a 4 month old can do.
I had a to do with a friend when I was pregnant about this subject, she would say that we were 3 months pregnant at 12 weeks when really you were only 2.5. I called it "week months" in comparison to regular, 30-31 day months.
I'm anal and pedantic about that sort of stuff!!
After all, you're a year older in 12 months not 13!

Edited by Peace

We've started saying Maddie is 2 months old...seems easier and less confusing for people...especially non baby people.

And actually... I think I went by whatever my ticker on here said!

Yeah I get confussed with this so I am like most lose count at about 12 week's and go to month when pregnant I go by week's. Like you Nikki I rely on my ticker's to keep me up to date.

Edited by Mummy22

I said weeks untill he got to about 3 months old, then went by the monthly anniversaries. A (non baby) friend of mine asked me the other day why on earth I would say 17 months old instead of 1. I said to her that the difference in abilities between a 12 month and a 17 month old can be huge! She just looked at me like I was weird, so I say nearly one and a half to people who have never had babies, and 17 months to baby people. He will be 18 months tomorrow, actually. I used to think this was dumb as well, until I was a baby person! As for the pregnancy, I go with the 10 months preg thing as well (as in 10 4 week months) but some people find that difficult to get their heads around. I just say 10 weeks to go and counting or whatever...

Ha, isn't that funny, if you go by weeks your baby is generally older than what she/he would be if you go by months so which is correct.

Lycan will be 20wks old tomorrow but wont be 5mths old till the 19th....I've had this discussion before and have decided that it is just easier to say he's 4.5mths old rather the 20wks.

I was out shopping the other day and a lady asked me how old he was i said 20wks and she replied 5mths and i sais no 4.5mths old she looked at me side ways as if to say 20wks is 5mths dummie...so that just proves it's easier to use mths...i think so anyway, but each to their own.