• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, for most parents, measuring age in months ends right around the one year mark.

    I know plenty of parents who refer to their kid in months through year two, as you’re hitting milestones every month or two (vaccines, physical/psychological development, age limit for certain pharmaceuticals, etc) and “2 years” is such a big milestone for them all.

    Also, kids who are premature make things extra complicated. I still refer to my son as “13-months adjusted” because if I said “16-months” people would wonder why he was so small.

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      19 hours ago

      While I agree with you, I also have to say that a significant percentage of people have no idea of the size difference between 13 and 16 months, and that saying 13 months adjusted is a little silly, but fun! So you do you.

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        19 hours ago

        people have no idea of the size difference between 13 and 16 months

        People with their own children notice the difference more readily

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          18 hours ago

          People with kids at those ages definitely. Anecdotally, mine’s more grown up now, and I don’t remember how big she was at those ages.

          I do remember searching a whole lot of XX-month-milestone on the Internet when she was small.