Calculating Age

[Carmel Jane]

Hiya,

This is a funny question and it might seem obvious, but I'm puzzled...

I calculate AJ's age on weeks e.g. shes 20 weeks, so in my mind that is 5 months. However, my girlfriend calculates her bubs birthday by the date every month (iykwim).

How does everyone else do it? I'm confused... I'd like to be getting it right.

:confused:

[Miaow]

I calculate months on the actual date per month - ie 15th of each month

[Billy]

I did it weeks until 12 weeks, now I do months by date... :thumbsup:

Too hard to remember weeks!!! :eek: :laughing:

[Carmel Jane]

Is that how everyone does it? Damn that means I'm thinking she is two weeks older than she is...

[*~alegna~*]

I did it by wk's until Ds was 12 wks then went in Months eg..3rd of the month, one month older

My DS is 5mths on Friday - 03/11

[Billy]

Yeah well otherwise you'd end up celebrating her 1st bithday a month before the actual date... :yes:

[Carmel Jane]

I suppose I just kept going on with weeks from the pregnancy... but your right, it doesn't add up!! Damn... so I have longer to wait til she can face forward in her car seat then :D

Thanks :)

[Billy]

LOL Sorry hun!! :D I think the carseat goes by weight really anyhow... ;)

[Miaow]

I think the carseat goes by weight really anyhow... ;)

Yep carseat is weight and how well they can sit up :)

[FourAngelKisses]

I do it by calender month too.

My sister calculates her pregnancy by weeks.....so her pregnancies go for 10mths whereas everyone elses go for 9. :laughing:

[Areca]

My friend's sister swears that 4 weeks is a month and will not listen to anyone that tells her otherwise so I'm kinda waiting to see what she does when her DD gets to being 1 but in her eyes will be 13 months already. It doesn't add up. Some months have 5 weeks.

As far as car seat...yep it's a weight thing, not an age thing. The age is just an approx. cause most babies are 8kg around the 6 month mark. DD's car seat is rear facing until 12kg and at 11 months she hasn't even hit 8 yet so she'll be rear facing for a while!

[SweetSerenity]

I do it by the actually date of the month, not weeks :) eg: peter will be 23 months on the 15th November ;)

[SassyMummy]

I go by months. I mean, for the first few weeks of her life, I said she was "4 weeks" or whatever, but I never thought that 4 weeks was the same as 1 month....because, in actual fact, 4 weeks is only 28 days... the same amount of days in our SMALLEST month of Feb! It's a bit ridiculous to think that way IMO.

DD is a month older every 25th day of the month.

[MummyCharmzy]

I did it by wk's until Ds was 12 wks then went in Months eg..3rd of the month, one month older



I do all mine like that too, weeks until 12 weeks and then months by there birthdays! :)

[BubbaNoogie]

Amaris is 30 weeks today, I always refer to weeks rather than months ,but come the 5th of the month I will say she is "officially " 7 months by the calender IYKWIM (not sure I do actually!!:D ) Will probably start to do it by months when she hits her "official" 9 month mark.

[SweetSerenity]

Amaris is 30 weeks today, I always refer to weeks rather than months ,but come the 5th of the month I will say she is "officially " 7 months by the calender..

:yelclap: Well done to you!
I would have lost count after 12 weeks i think lol Months is easier for me ha ha :rolleyes:

[shed]

Bubby was 12 weeks old on Monday and was three months old yesterday (Tuesday), so I say three months now because it has finally got quite close to the weeks and the months correlating.

[draught]

Someone once told me that you tend to count their age
in days until they are about 2 weeks old
in weeks until they are about 4 months old
in months until they are about 2 years old
and years from then on in.

So far that seems roughly to be what we have done.
Once they hit about 16 weeks the whole month/weeks thing was getting too confusing so I used the date each month as the counter.

[~mia&ryan~]

Someone once told me that you tend to count their age
in days until they are about 2 weeks old
in weeks until they are about 4 months old
in months until they are about 2 years old
and years from then on in.

So far that seems roughly to be what we have done.
Once they hit about 16 weeks the whole month/weeks thing was getting too confusing so I used the date each month as the counter.

Thats what I have followed so far too:thumbsup:

[buzzing bee]

Hi
I fell into the mistake of counting in weeks then converting it to months and my bub was actually one month younger than I thought. With pregnancy I thought it was 40 weeks gestation with isn't 9months. The midwives always count in weeks so thats what I did.

[jessgray]

Someone once told me that you tend to count their age
in days until they are about 2 weeks old
in weeks until they are about 4 months old
in months until they are about 2 years old
and years from then on in.

So far that seems roughly to be what we have done.
Once they hit about 16 weeks the whole month/weeks thing was getting too confusing so I used the date each month as the counter.
thats exactly how we count age here :) although i also have a ticker on ds1's babysite coz i forget sometimes:laughing: i am getting a bit trapped into telling dp's relatives ds1 is 18 months not 1.5 yrs coz they will ask whats that in months :laughing: :rolleyes:

[Niki]

i count by calender months also