Your LO's age

Emma345 · Aug 12th, 2011, 08:48 AM

Hi Ladies just wondering how you work out your babies age? Do you go by calender months or weeks? As some of you may of seen on my facebook this morning I put about Jacob being 6 months today (we go by calender months). One of my friends has got a little boy who is a day younger than Jacob and she commented that her little boy is 6 n half months so Jacob can't be 6 months? I explained to her that if I went by weeks he would be 12 months In January rather than February but she was having none of it. She is now being quite funny with me about it!

So just wondering what all you ladies do?

BabySeal · Aug 12th, 2011, 08:55 AM

I do weeks in the beginning but now it is just easier to do months based on when his birthday is. So I go by the 1st of the month.

EllaAndLyla · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:00 AM

Started off as week, she was 10 weeks yestoday but when non-mothers ask I just say two and a half months. x

Inge · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:02 AM

I say weeks but when its 26th or near to the 26th of the month (he was born 26th april) il say the month. Like hes 4 months this month but hes 15wks now

kandbumpx · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:12 AM

Same as Inge... I say it in weeks.. But close to the 13th of a month I say it in months.. Like shes 2 months old tomorrow

meg79 · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:15 AM

I think once LO got to 3 (calandar) months I stopped counting in weeks. You need to stop sometime otherwise like you say, you'll be celebrating their first birthday about a month before their real birthday. How silly to get funny over it though lol

msmissa · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:16 AM

I do the same as babyseal. I started with weeks, but it's just easier now to do months based on his birthday

stardust599 · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:22 AM

We count from the day of the month she was born. She is 41weeks so you could say she is 10months really but she's not. She's actually 9months, 1 week and 1 day old xx

Emma345 · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:24 AM

Yes this is what I did too, but like you say you have to stop going by weeks at some point other wise it really doesn't add up

I too think she was being silly over it....she is so adamant I am wrong and that Jacob is older! x

vaniilla · Aug 12th, 2011, 09:28 AM

age is calculated in months and how old they are in weeks if that makes any sense, otherwise we wouldn't celebrate our birthday on the same day every year, how odd of her to be funny over it though! thats the whole point of birth day, its the date that they are born in each calendar month

Aug 12th, 2011, 08:48 AM	#1
Emma345 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 323	Your LO's age Hi Ladies just wondering how you work out your babies age? Do you go by calender months or weeks? As some of you may of seen on my facebook this morning I put about Jacob being 6 months today (we go by calender months). One of my friends has got a little boy who is a day younger than Jacob and she commented that her little boy is 6 n half months so Jacob can't be 6 months? I explained to her that if I went by weeks he would be 12 months In January rather than February but she was having none of it. She is now being quite funny with me about it! So just wondering what all you ladies do?

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Aug 12th, 2011, 08:55 AM	#2
BabySeal Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: US Posts: 1,393	I do weeks in the beginning but now it is just easier to do months based on when his birthday is. So I go by the 1st of the month.

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EllaAndLyla Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: London Posts: 4,250	Started off as week, she was 10 weeks yestoday but when non-mothers ask I just say two and a half months. x

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Inge Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Melksham, Wiltshire Posts: 3,743	I say weeks but when its 26th or near to the 26th of the month (he was born 26th april) il say the month. Like hes 4 months this month but hes 15wks now

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Aug 12th, 2011, 09:12 AM	#5
kandbumpx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 3,444	Same as Inge... I say it in weeks.. But close to the 13th of a month I say it in months.. Like shes 2 months old tomorrow

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Aug 12th, 2011, 09:15 AM	#6
meg79 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,363	I think once LO got to 3 (calandar) months I stopped counting in weeks. You need to stop sometime otherwise like you say, you'll be celebrating their first birthday about a month before their real birthday. How silly to get funny over it though lol

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Aug 12th, 2011, 09:16 AM	#7
msmissa Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York (Wherever the Army sends us) Posts: 1,235	I do the same as babyseal. I started with weeks, but it's just easier now to do months based on his birthday

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Aug 12th, 2011, 09:22 AM	#8
stardust599 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Posts: 6,200	We count from the day of the month she was born. She is 41weeks so you could say she is 10months really but she's not. She's actually 9months, 1 week and 1 day old xx

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Aug 12th, 2011, 09:24 AM	#9
Emma345 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 323	Yes this is what I did too, but like you say you have to stop going by weeks at some point other wise it really doesn't add up I too think she was being silly over it....she is so adamant I am wrong and that Jacob is older! x

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Aug 12th, 2011, 09:28 AM	#10
vaniilla Other BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bath Posts: 13,265	age is calculated in months and how old they are in weeks if that makes any sense, otherwise we wouldn't celebrate our birthday on the same day every year, how odd of her to be funny over it though! thats the whole point of birth day, its the date that they are born in each calendar month

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