 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
Forum
-> Parenting our children
-> Toddlers
Until what age do you consider your child a baby?
|
| Until age 1 |
|
11% |
[ 28 ] |
| Until age 2 |
|
36% |
[ 92 ] |
| Until age 3 |
|
34% |
[ 88 ] |
| Over age 3 |
|
17% |
[ 44 ] |
|
| Total Votes : 252 |
|
|
amother
OP
|
 Mon, Feb 19 2024, 2:31 pm
Please answer the poll.
Curious.
| |
|
| Back to top |
 0
 0
|
|
amother
Lawngreen
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 2:33 pm
|
I think of them as toddlers once they reach 2, but until 3 I refer to them as my baby
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
9
|
|
amother
Azalea
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 2:35 pm
I consider them a baby until they really walk and then a toddler. At about 2- 2.5 (when they are toilet trained and speak sentences) a real tiny person.
I did call my 23 yo yesterday and when she answered the phone I did say hello pretty baby. Her Chossan heard and giggled. My answer was she is always going to be my baby (no she is not my youngest, she is actually my oldest) and if he doesn’t think she is pretty, we have a problem. He wholeheartedly agreed.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
12
|
|
amother
Silver
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 2:35 pm
Depends how old they were when the one after them was born 
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
19
|
lamplighter
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 2:35 pm
|
Until the next one
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
22
|
|
amother
Bottlebrush
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:07 pm
Till the next baby
My husband is still the baby of his family
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
12
|
|
amother
Melon
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:09 pm
I think kids are babies till age 5. I find that they get less demanding & more mature at that age.
I had 3 babies at one point....
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
5
|
|
amother
Melon
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:09 pm
My kids are about a year apart. My 1 year old was very much still a baby when my next was born.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
10
|
|
amother
Silver
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:11 pm
| amother Melon wrote: | | My kids are about a year apart. My 1 year old was very much still a baby when my next was born. |
Sure, but I don't refer to the one before my youngest as my baby.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
2
|
|
amother
Burntblack
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:12 pm
My oldest was very verbal and was a big sister before she turned one and a half. I thought she was so big.
My current baby is likely to be my forever baby, so I imagine I’ll feel like she’s a baby for a long time.
| |
|
| Back to top |
1
0
|
|
amother
Junglegreen
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:12 pm
|
I call all my kids my babies any age they are
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
3
|
|
amother
Melon
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:14 pm
| amother Silver wrote: | | Sure, but I don't refer to the one before my youngest as my baby. |
OP's question is till what age we consider our kids a baby.
A 1 year old is still a baby even if there's another baby under them.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
5
|
saralem
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:20 pm
|
Like others said, until the next one. We even refer to that little one as “baby” until the next on. Then they finally get called by their name.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
0
|
|
amother
Snowdrop
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:36 pm
My 3 1/2 year old is still a baby in my eyes.
She'll probably stay my baby till I have another one... Idk when that'll be... 
I would like to see a poll about till what age you use a carriage
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
1
|
|
amother
Tiffanyblue
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:42 pm
|
I am my family's baby. I'm not so tiny anymore...
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
4
|
|
amother
Blush
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:43 pm
| amother Snowdrop wrote: | My 3 1/2 year old is still a baby in my eyes.
She'll probably stay my baby till I have another one... Idk when that'll be...
I would like to see a poll about till what age you use a carriage |
My neighbors youngest is 6 and she puts her in a carriage when she goes far at night. She considers her a baby. My baby is 2 so she's in a carriage but would never dawn on me to put my 4, almost 5, yo in a carriage ever. Like never. She walks home after seder and any time needed.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
1
|
|
amother
Diamond
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:48 pm
Forever
But if you mean developmental stages, I think of babies as pre-walking when they are essentially just adorable lumps. So probably 18 months or so when they become toddlers
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
2
|
giftedmom
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:48 pm
|
Around 3 I find that they turn into an actual child. For boys it’s marked by their upsherin. They suddenly start acting so big. For girls it’s more gradual I guess and maybe a bit earlier as they mature faster. It’s bittersweet, a kind of letting go and mourning stage, and usually for me it means I start feeling ready for another one.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
1
|
lamplighter
|
Mon, Feb 19 2024, 3:50 pm
|
My babies are a bunch of years apart (thank you IF) and whenever I say my baby..... I have to remember that to others an almost 4 yr old is not a baby. But it's my baby.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
4
|
|
Imamother may earn commission when you use our links to make a purchase.
© 2024 Imamother.com - All rights reserved
|  |
 |
|
 |
|
|
