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rttsmom 06/26/2012

I hate to ask this question. Maybe I'm just stressed and tired and that's why I'm confused, but if my son is 33 weeks old, isn't he 8 months old? I put his age in several age calculators and they keep saying he's 7 months old. Am I missing something???

deleted_user 06/26/2012

Weeks don't always equate to months, though they are pretty close. After my daughter turned 6 weeks I stopped counting her age in weeks and did months instead.
I realized this - when you are pregnant its a little different. You count how many weeks you are and then when you ENTER a month you are considered in that month (otherwise no one would say they were 9 months pregnant until they were "10 months")
For babies, when the month is COMPLETE they are in that month. If your baby is born on June 26, he is 2 months on august 26.
This is the way I think about it, hope it helps:)

bjejvj 06/26/2012

Yeah I agree with ks01. It's because 4 weeks is exactly 28 days but every month is either 30 or 31 so eventually counting in weeks won't give you the right months. I stopped counting in weeks when my daughter hit 12 weeks when it was safe to just call it 3 months. Really by that age she was 13 weeks because of 30 days in Sept, 31 in Oct, and 30 in Nov...a whole extra week!

rttsmom 06/27/2012

ha. as i'm reading these answers, i'm realizing how tired i must be to have been so confused. lol thanks :)

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