Sprite is 14 months old. I usually give her age in months when asked. John used to roll his eyes at this answer and say "Why don't you just say she's one?" Well, I did say that until she hit 13 months, then back to the old system. Also, I caught him doing the same thing last time someone asked. It's just easier to say her age in months than years since she hasn't hit an even prime yet. You can put a 17 month old and a 13 month old next to each other and depending on growth spurts or the tot's luck in the gene pool, get conflicting estimates from strangers on the street.
I have to admit, I also had John's eye roll reaction when I was told a baby's age in weeks. "Oh, Jaxn (yes, this is how his name was spelled..don't get me started!) is 45 weeks tomorrow!" Um, yeah. When Sprite was first born, I was counting her existence on earth in days. Then the loss of sleep and coherence reduced me to barely be able to recount my own age IN YEARS. I finally succumbed to months by her 3rd month after I mistakenly labeled her at 10 weeks for 3 weeks in a row. Am I a bad mother for not being able to tell you exactly how many minutes my daughter has been breathing? No, just a busy mother who is much more interested in making sure my daughter KEEPS breathing.
Now, if you're interested, my age in months is 376. No, you're not? Never mind.
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