Why do people always refer to kids under 2-3 in terms of months?

Question

Why are kids referred to as 12 months old and not 1 year old, or 18 months old and not a year and a half old, etc? I've heard someone say their kid was 28 months old. Are new parents just so exhausted that they don't remember how to convert months to years? =)

Answer 1

lol rite...thayts the same thing i was thinkin...i mean how hard is it to just say 2 or 3

Answer 2

I called one womans child 2 and she told me "he's not two he's only 24 months"

She was dead serious :\

Answer 3

Because at that age a few months can make a huge difference in their development.  My kids are almost 2 (21 months) and they have a cousin who is 6 months older and he seems SO much more advanced.  In a year or two there won't really be a difference but at such a young age, months really do matter.

Answer 4

Same reason pregnancies are counted by weeks. So much development is going on, it's measured by months instead of years. A 8 month old is developmentally different in MANY ways, compared to a 9 month old. Same with a 12 month old and a 13 month old. You cant just say they are both 1 year old, because they are both VERY different.

Answer 5

No it's just that, that's how most doctors refer to the age of these young children. Plus if you've ever been around kids there is a huge difference from one month to the next when they are that young.

It may just be their way of identifying where the child is developmentally.

Answer 6

i honestly don't know, it annoys me.