I read a story about a young woman's son who had down syndrome.
He was 25 months she said.
Why 25 months and not 2 years old?
I have always found your age in months to be the silliest thing.
Is it due to the fact that I never had children? Is this a mommy thing?
In this article, she referenced his age at 25 months several times.
Each time I read it I was screaming inside - No, he's 2 years old.
At what point is this kid in years and not months?
Is there a cut off that mommies don't share with we non-mommies?
I feel like this is such a secret society, shrouded in mystery.
'My kid is going through a difficult period, he's 168 months. You know how those kids are at that age.'
So I have decided that when people ask me how old I am I will respond with, I am 742 months.
I'll let you know how it works. Seriously I can't wait to be asked just to see how they react. It is no sillier than doing it for a child.
It is just more accepted because for some reason mommies do it.
That doesn't mean it isn't silly or foolish.
How many months are you?
17 comments:
I can't count that high.
I believe that before the 2 year mark giving the months makes a difference because of the important milestones they should be reaching at specific times. After 2 it's kind of pointless in my mind.
Olga, :-)
Linda, why can't milestones be at 1 year old or during the 1st year? I still don't get it and find it hysterically funny but who cares right?
It is the milestones thing. All my great-nieces and nephews posts photos of their kids with a 'month' poster apparently you can buy some place and they list their accomplishments. Kids under two have lots of milestones. I'm guessing they start using the year between 2 and 2 1/2 when the milestones are coming farther and farther apart.
Okay, I see you still don't get the milestones. They are things like: first smile, first turn over, first crawl, first step, first word, first daddy, first mamma, first full night of sleep, first soft food. Lots of firsts in the first two years.
Jean, oh i get it. I just find it silly. In the article he had 12 words at 25 months. They thought he'd walk at 36 months and I imagine at 84 months they hope to main stream him in a public school. .
Linda & I will be 800 months old next month...Wow I feel old.
Lana, I am gaining on you. :-) The 800 month milestone is invisibility to young people.
Interesting concept. I may have to use it next time asked. I had to pull out the calculator on this one, but comes to 888 months. Do I win? Am I the oldest here?
My spousal unit was always rounding our kids ages up. When asked, she'd answer "oh, he's going to be 4" instead of 3 & 1/2. I always ribbed her about it, to no avail. But it seemed to me that we stopped the 'by the month' counting at about 18 months. After that we kind of rounded to the nearest half.
BTW - I may steal the youngster award here. As of today I am 709 and a day!!
Around here it's usually months up to two years old. The from 2 - 5 it's 1/2 years. 2, 2 1/2, etc. until about 4.
853.
Well, well, well Brian, so you are tender vittles eh? A whopping 3 yrs younger than me.
I'm 499.3 - I am not 50 yet!!! lol
I did the month thing because the shot thing. They would get shots 2, 4, 6, 8 & 12 months. I stopped after 12 months.
Haha, I have two kids but I never understood this thing either, I mean up to a year it's obvious, but after that?
As someone n the child care field, this is usually only done during the first three years because children literally change so much month by month during that time, A child can change drastically from eighteen or even twenty months to twnety five months, both in terms of growth and mental ability as opposed to later in child hood and adult hood. This is especially true with language development. Usully, after the third year this no longer happens. Imagne f you will, my late developed son, who neither talked nor spoke at nineteen months, but did at twenty three months. Yes, I refer to that development by month and not by year.
But yes, I can see how it can be confusing to others especially from the outside.
A month of development in a small child can be a major thing. If children aren't reaching certain stages of growth in those early months, there may be an issue that requires intervention, medical or cognitive.
In many cases, catching those issues early can mean the difference between solving the problem or missing out on the opportunity to do so, causing more issues down the line.
That said, age by the month is really only relevant to parents and care professionals. But it's just a common way of explaining a child's age during the early first couple years.
I'm not saying how many months old I am, but I reached decrepitude about 37 months ago. :-D
When my sister in law had her twins they were early so they were always 4 months but really like 2. That lasted for a bit.
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