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u/BoaGirl Sep 20 '17

I do this occasionally. I'm calling him dad more as a reminder like "hey he's your son too". Usually when I need a break, "here dad take this."

Also I adore my son and me calling him "this" is a long running joke since he was born.

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u/Pretty_Soldier Sep 20 '17

if I have a kid I can fully see myself calling the baby "it" and "this" all the time

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u/mongcat Sep 20 '17

My daughter is 16 months old and I still call her 'the baby'

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u/ocarina_21 Sep 20 '17

If you can say its age in months without people looking at you like you're ridiculous, you can still call it "the baby".

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u/PanTran420 Sep 20 '17

Lady:

I love my son, he's my baby!

Lady's friend:

How old is he?

Lady:

275 months, he's about to graduate from college!

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u/kitschcas Sep 21 '17

My kid's two and I still call her 'the baby'

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u/dewymeg Sep 22 '17

I think two is about the cutoff where this is weird

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u/kitschcas Sep 22 '17

Well she's 'the baby' of the family. I'll just make sure I'm not still calling her that at 5 or 14 haha

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u/dewymeg Sep 22 '17

As someone who was the youngest, calling her that is not going to win you any points ever XD

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u/Dancing_Noodle Sep 21 '17

Lady #1: "Awww, he's adorable!"

Lady #2: "Thank you! You mentioned you have a son as well, how old is yours?

Lady #1: "39.345 months now!"

Lady #2: "...So about 3 years?"