Calculating age

Hi Mamas! My daughter was born on the 13th of May, today she turned 20 weeks old and up until now I have been calculating her age once every 4 weeks goes by she has turned one month older. Until yesterday when my boyfriend questioned it 😄

Is she now 5 months old or not until the 13th October? I feel so silly and confused! Has anyone else made this mistake?

Thank you!

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Every time your child gets to the 13th of each month, your child is an extra month old. There aren’t only 4 weeks in every month. Don’t worry about the weeks now, they’re clearly confusing . Just go by the months now

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We are the 12th May and he shall be 5 months on the 12th October. All gets very confusing, we now go by months as the weeks make him sound older than he is x

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You go by the date not by weeks when saying they are xx months old .

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My girl was born 13th may too so every Saturday she is a week older so today she is 20 weeks but not 5 months until 13th october

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Thanks so much everyone!

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It's weird because they use 4 weeks = a month in pregnancy, but it'd be every 13th, otherwise she'd be 13 months on her first birthday 😅

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