me when i don’t know anything about child development:

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i feel like its silly if you’re just talking to a regular person, but it’s necessary when talking to their pediatrician or something. a 12 month old is way different than a 16 month old

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From a biological/developmental psychology standpoint, periods of development are broken into months because children can make dramatic developments in a few months which would not be quantifiably discernible if you aged them by years. It’s annoying but it provides useful insight to determine whether your child is developing appropriately

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anything less than 2 years old because the freshly one and one going on two are two completely different babies

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Now to be that guy, but this was my nephew at 13 months old

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Fugg it let’s just say 156 weeks

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the difference between a 9 month old and a 16 month old is insane, op is stupid af

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Just admit you’re bad at maths.

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It’s honestly necessary to mention. I work in the medical field, and when tracking any children development we train everyone to talk about their children like this until they’re 3. Regardless I hear what you’re saying, I can see how it would annoy some

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the reason people refer to their age using months is because babies develop and grow extremely fast the first couple of years of their lives. a baby that is 12 months is completely different than a baby that is 23 months, even though they are both 1 year olds.

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Before a child turns two, every single month brings a different stage of development. It’s not the parents fault that you’re too lazy to do math or understand child development

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I’m 264 months old :)

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I literally stopped keeping track of months after he turned 1

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You tell em, now say it louder for the people in the back 😂😂

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Under 24 months I think it’s fine because it can be a big milestone but after that knock it off fr

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