How old do you say your LO is?

OakTreeMommy · May 2013

I hope this post makes sense.

My LO was born on January 9th so he'll be 20 weeks next Wednesday. So at that point when people ask how old he is I'll say he's 5 months, I won't wait until June 9th to say he's 5 months...right?

Is this how everyone is aging their LO by weeks or do some go by the day your baby was born?

Is your LO 5 months when he's 20 weeks or the day he was born 5 months later?

Then there is my ticker says my baby is 4 months and 2 weeks? So confused.

portentosa · May 2013

Our tickers go by day of month and I do too most times because people think better in terms of months than in terms of weeks at this point. DS will be 5 months on June 1st. But I sometimes will talk weeks... he turned 20 weeks on Tuesday, or if he's close, like now, and someone asks I'll say 'almost 5 months'.

ETA: DS being a January baby has proven to be confusing to some of my family. My grandmother was saying he was 5 months because it's May now... the 5th month right? My step-mom had to politely explain to her that we started counting at 0, not 1. SMH

kimmlet · May 2013

I say almost 5 months because he will be on the 25th. For moms with babies I say the weeks.

karen_loy · May 2013

I go by the closest half month

IE: if she was 13 weeks I'd say 3 months; if she was 15 weeks and a couple of days I'd say 4 months

She was born Jan 15 so she turned 4 months of May 15; I don't care about weeks and days for that

littleheaven · May 2013

dd was born 12/20....and i've lost track of the weeks, so i go by months...she just turned 5 months on monday, so we say 5 months...next week i'll probably say "she turned 5 months last week" and at 5m2w i'll probaby say 5.5 months, then she'll be 6months next week or so... etc

holly52 · May 2013

I lost track of the weeks a while ago. DD was born on January 1st so right now I tell people she will be 5 months on the 1st because it is getting close. Otherwise I would say she's 5 months, 5 and half months depending on the date of the month. People don't follow the week thing very good.

BLPL101 · May 2013

She was born on Dec 17 so I said she's 5 months on May 17. I don't go by weeks. Everyone I know IRL does the same.

ETA: Yes, I'd wait to say he's 5 months until Jun 9.

Eags · May 2013

I go by the months ie 3.5 months, 4 months, etc..

this decaf life · May 2013

I usually round to the closest half month. Right now I say "almost 5 months"

I stopped going by weeks at 12 weeks.

sbevmc09 · May 2013

I lost track of weeks somewhere around weeks 10 or 12. I go by months now. DD just turned 4 months today. A couple weeks ago I was saying 3 1/2 months, then it was nearly 4 months, etc.

OakTreeMommy · May 2013

Thanks everyone for your input. I think I was holding onto the baby stage a little too tightly by counting weeks. I'm making the switch to months from now on, I can't believe my DS is 4 1/2 months already!

hansonam446 · May 2013

LO was born Jan 7th so the 7th of every month I say he's another month old. Like on June 7th I'll say he's 5 months.

==N== · May 2013

I went by weeks until 12 weeks. Now I count by the actual month. Dd was born 12/17 so she just turned 5 months on 5/17.

SWOG31 · May 2013

My DD was also born on Jan. 9th and until you posted I had no idea how many weeks she was. I've been saying 4 1/2 months, and once we enter June I will say almost 5 months. I don't switch to the next month until the 9th.

IncogNeato · May 2013

Since only FTMs (usually) go by weeks, I just do months, and it is based on the date. DD was born on Feb 3rd, so she'll be 4 months old on June 3rd. I generally say 2 month, 2 and a half, 3 months, etc.

PS- a month is not 4 weeks, it's like 4 weeks and 2 days or something, so that's why 20 weeks is not 5 months.

It's also why pregnancy is NINE months, not 10 like the bump pretends it is.

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