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Are people weird about your LO's age?

radiokateradiokate
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A waiter asked me "how old is she, about 7 months?" Um no, double that. Then later that day we were at Target, and an associate said "What are you getting her for Christmas? What is she, about 3?" All in the same day.

Um, really? How can people be that far off? It amazes me how all over the place people are. If you're that out of touch with kids ages, why would you even take a guess? Do people constantly do this with your LO? It annoys me, I don't know why.

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    I'm horrible with guessing ages and never do. It amazes me how much other people guess though. We always get, what's he like 3, 4? No fool he's 1 and a half.

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  • CleoKittyCleoKitty member

    All the time.

    I constantly get things like, "Oh my goodness! It seems like someone so little shouldn't be able to walk so well yet!" I even get this from other people with young children and they're generally pretty amazed when I say, "Yeah, she does walk well, but she's much older than you probably think. She's almost 2 y/o." 

    My sister and I were talking about this just today. Even to us dd seems MUCH younger than she really is. She is absolutely tiny (smaller than her 5 month old cousin!) and has a speech delay, so I think most people tend to think that she must be right around a year old. 

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  • Tess12Tess12 member
    People who aren't around kids much just have no idea how to tell the age of a baby/toddler.
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  • NewlywednOhioNewlywednOhio
    All the time. They think DS is 2 1/2 or 3 because of his height.?
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  • MrsVictoriaBMrsVictoriaB
    yes! I get anywhere from 6 months to 18 months.. it's so weird

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  • emiliemadisonemiliemadison member

    People have nothing to compare to, or they're just dumb Stick out tongue It's similar to when people would comment on belly size during pregnancy. "OMG, you're HUGE you must be ready to pop any day now" and "Wow, you're so tiny!" all said in the same day because they're comparing you to who knows what or have no idea anyway. 

     

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  • jenifairiesjenifairies
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    I'm horrible with guessing ages and never do. It amazes me how much other people guess though. We always get, what's he like 3, 4? No fool he's 1 and a half.

    LOL

    we always get people thinking she's older, at least 2. She has really long hair and is ahead in the physical stuff, so I guess I can see that.

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  • radiokateradiokate
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    People have nothing to compare to, or they're just dumb Stick out tongue It's similar to when people would comment on belly size during pregnancy. "OMG, you're HUGE you must be ready to pop any day now" and "Wow, you're so tiny!" all said in the same day because they're comparing you to who knows what or have no idea anyway. 


     

    That's a very good analogy, people were telling me "you must be due any day now" in April, when I wasn't due until August. Then they would even proceed to tell me "oh no, you won't even make it a couple more weeks, I'm sure!" as if my baby would be born 4 months early just because they thought I was big. Yeah, that's how it happens. [eyeroll]

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  • Daniella4Daniella4
    It's almost the same w/ my LO. She can't get passed 19lbs. She's so petite around others her age or younger even. I am not complaining though b/c if she weighted much more there's no way i could carry her and her 10 week old sister around.
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  • Temp174496125006552Temp174496125006552 member
    When we are out, people often think that Ben is 2.  I think it's because he's tall (consistently in the 95th-97th percentile).
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  • GRKatersGRKaters member

    The plumber thought DS was 2; at the time he couldn't walk and was 15 months old. Not THAT far off, but I'd imagine a 2-y.o. could walk, wouldn't you?

    Everyone always thinks he's older than he is because he's very tall and has squishy round cheeks. :)

     

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