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Why do a lot of parents always refer to their childs age in months rather than years if they are a year or more old? Guess it can bother me sometimes since then I have to go figure out how long that is in years because I am terrible at math and remembering how many of what goes into things. In my mind it would be easier to see 'my two year old child' or 'my one and a half year old child' or my 'three year old.' but when I see something like 32.6 months my brain goes


But maybe I should try and figure how old i am in months and when people ask just tell them I am (insert #) of months old, but gotta figure out how many months are in 25 years.

I guess also though for people who do this at what age is it than appropriate to start using years rather than months? Or do young children age quicker so they age in months rather than years and that's why people refer to months rather than years even if the child is over a year old?

Sorry if I offend anyone but had to say something since every time I see that...my brain gets stuck on it and I get annoyed

I thought it might be because a lot of developmental milestones occur when children are around toddler age, and it's seen as easier to compare what stage kids are at milestone wise using dates? e.g., 1 & 1/2 is simple enough, but anything less than about 1 & 1/4 might get confusing.

I may be wrong, though.

Yeah, it's because there's a HUGE difference between what a 12 month should do and what a 23 month should do- but both are "one years old". Usually you stop around 2-3 years because that's when it starts to be less of a huge difference (I would still say "-and-a-half" up until around 5-6 years I think).

Edited a typo

Here's what I've noticed:

Age is measured in days until the baby is one week
In weeks until the 3 month mark
In months until 24 months
In half years until 10
In decades thereafter (teens, twenties, thirties, etc)

25 yrs. is 300 mos.

I think it's only confusing because it is a base 12 system and not a base 10 system. Otherwise you could say 1.2 years for a child of 12 months (10 months being a year).
It gets funny when applied to really old people: if I said someone is in his second century they would probably realise he is 100 and a bit, and not 190 years old.

Baby clothes used to drive me nuts.
For example the size "18 months". Should the baby start wearing this size at 18 months, or stop? Surely it's not only for children exactly 18 months old.
Also, I've seen clothing that comes in size 24 months and also size 2T. Seems redundant.

I read that 24 mo are cut bigger in the seat for babies still in diapers, and bigger in the belly for the baby fat. 2T is cut longer and leaner for kids who have already transitioned away from the "Michelin baby" look and toward "little kid" look. My boys are 3, so I was recently looking into this.

Zette is right on about how people keep track of young children's ages.
And, yes, 24 months size is for those still in diapers, and the 2T is slimmer, for those out of diapers.

If your children are on the top part of the growth charts, they wear the sizes at about half the age (for example, wearing 18 month size clothing at 9 months).

The kids who are in the middle of the growth chart will be the closest to wearing the size that matches their age.

The kids at the bottom of the growth charts can be wearing sizes younger than their actual age.