There is something I find absolutely obnoxious about the way mothers refer to their child’s age in weeks and months when it is not logically appropriate. You know the conversation…. It goes something like this:
Me: “What a precious little girl! How old is she?”
Obnoxious Mom exclaims: “She’ll be 15 weeks on Monday.”
I think: What? I’m not going to do that math. Just tell me how old your kid is. I don’t really care how many weeks your child has been out of your womb. I was trying to make small talk…why do you have to make this difficult?
Why can’t Obnoxious Mom say, “She’s 3 months old.”?
Or even better….
Me: “Wow, your little boy has a lot of energy! How old is he?” Translates to: Your kid is nuts, just like mine. Maybe we can be friends.
Obnoxious Mom states: “He just turned 21 months old last Thursday.”
I think: Huh? Why can’t you say, “He’s almost two.”? On second thought, I don’t think we would get along.
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Yes, I get it. Doctors refer to ages in weeks and then months for an incredibly long period of time—I guess it starts with the whole, “I’m 26 weeks pregnant thing.”, but come on. Give it up! Your kid is months old now—stop referring to her age in weeks. And after his first birthday, you can give up the months and stick with years!
I know I have some bizarre pet peeves, but does this irritate anyone else or am I just exceptionally touchy?
Umm Yes. It has irritated me for 1,560 weeks (all of my 30 yrs)!!!
it’s just dumb. i dont like it; but i realize i’m kind of easily annoyed.
I’ve also found it to be more than a little annoying.
I just don’t get why some people think any length of time under two years needs to be referred to in months.
I always say “I’ve had three Guatemalan runaways in my basement for just over a year,” not “I’ve had three Guatemalan runaways in my basement for 14 months.”
LOL. That pretty much sums it up.
DRIVES ME NUTS!!!! So much so that I even refuse to talk about my pregnancy in months.
Thank you for finally saying something I didn’t feel qualified to say (since I’m not a mom yet) !
oh snap! i hope i didn’t do that before jamie turned 2. i think i gave up the months when he was a year old. i hope… i think weeks is probably appropriate until 6 weeks. isn’t that supposed to be the magic age where they get easier to take care of? jamie didn’t but everyone else’s child seemed to.
i met some random person at the PX and was asked how old jamie was (at the time 8 months) so i said, 8 months. they replied that their daughter was 34 months old! just say almost 3. WTF?
WTF. 34 months. Really?
agreed, Totes Obnox Moms need to cut the habit….
cut the hab.
Ha! Honestly, this doesn’t irritate me at all, it just kind of confuses me.
For example, a friend of mine recently referred to her son as her “32 month old.” I had to calculate his age in my head (almost 3) and just felt kind of icky about the whole thing. Is she just hanging on to his babyhood?
I dunno.
Funny stuff.
totally confusing!
i think it’s the hanging on to babyhood that irritates me. ~Sarah
Ok, because of this, I have started referring to Clare as 2 1/2 months old. You’re welcome
Thank you, Sarah. LOL.
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