Do you calculate babies age by weeks or day of month they were born?

anangelbug · April 2011

I'm sure this has been discussed before but..... It's driving me crazy trying to figure it out. I know most people calculate by weeks in the beginning so DD is 4 weeks tomorrow does that mean she is a month old or just 4 weeks old? Or is she a month old on the 30th (day she was born)? Sometimes there are 4 weeks in a month but sometimes there are 5 weeks. There is an average of 30.4 days a month. How do you calculate your DC's age? Are they a month old at 4 weeks or on the day of their birth?

MNgirl326 · April 2011

I think you are over thinking it.

I did weeks until he turned 12 weeks and then I went to months.

LO was born on Monday June 7th, so on every monday he was one week older. When he turned 12 weeks, i just went to saying he was 3 months. I think it worked out that he was 13 weeks when he actually turned 3 months...but whatever.

When we got to July 7th, I considered him a month, August 7th was 2 months and so forth.

If you think about it, he will be 12 months or one year on June 7th....so just work backwards from there.

RumbleLina · April 2011

Month because when they turn 1 it goes by month and not by their weeks so why would you go by weeks and then all of a sudden change to month.

*BlackSheep* · April 2011

Depends on who I'm talking with.

Like lo will be 4 weeks tomorrow but will not be a month old til Friday, ~ 4weeks does not = a month!

RunningGal900 · April 2011

Don't over think it. Right now when he's so little I'll go by weeks. In a few months I'll go by months. He is not a month at 4 weeks. All months except february have 4+ weeks, but never 5.

cougarlicious · April 2011

I just go by whatever my ticker tells me.

RayRay007 · April 2011

I said she was 4 wks when she was 4 wks (Weds, Apr. 13) , and 1 month when she was 1 month (Sat. Apr. 16). But that next Weds. I told people she was 5 wks. I continue to use weeks (instead of saying 1 month now, I say six weeks), because weeks make such a difference at this age. But maybe in a few more weeks I will start saying 3 months, just over 3 months, 3 and a half months, etc.

ashley542 · April 2011

They would be a month old in the next month on the date they were born

Phil&Corinna · April 2011

*BlackSheep*:

Depends on who I'm talking with.

Like lo will be 4 weeks tomorrow but will not be a month old til Friday, ~ 4weeks does not = a month!

This exactly... Smile

Lucky_Dragonfly · April 2011

you're over thinking it. I count by weeks until we get to about 4/5mos old then it gets too hard for people to understand the age.

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