Do your kids tell the truth about their age?

[skiwee1]

My DD used to tell everyone she was 6 when she was 3. Now that she is 5 she tells the truth.

 

[catherines_mama]

Mine will say she's 5. She has been since she was 2. She cannot wait to ride the school bus (which she cannot do until she is 5). So she is always saying she's 5 (this many.. 5 fingers).

 

[catherines_mama]

Originally posted by DutchsMommy
I think I will probably carry around DSs birth. cert. or something just in case -

Really, it's not needed. DD was almost 3 when we went and nobody asked. I have a friend (I know.. I told her) who just wheeled her 5yr old DD in last year and wasn't asked. If they did not ask her.. I'm sure they wont ask you.

 

[FOV]

Originally posted by tarheelmjfan
Abra Cat,
I know exactly what you're saying. I have a neice, the youngest of all the neices and nephews, who would never accept that she was younger than my son and nephew, who are both 3 years older than she. When she was 2 up until she was 7 or 8, she would always tell anyone who asked that she was 3 years older than she really was, and get veeerrry upset if anyone disaggreed with her.

Yup - that's my youngest son! He is 3 - soon to be 4 - and he keeps telling everyone he will be 7 on his birthday so he will be older than his brother, who is 6.

He'll outgrow it eventually!

A side note - when he was 18 months Southwest actually called my pediatricians office to verify that he was under 2 and qualified for a special rate! Now I carry proof of age for my kids. SWA almost didn't let us on the plane!!!

 

[firsttimedisneymom]

My daughter had a problem with this. Up until 2 months before she turned 5 she refused to be 4 ... from the day she turned 4 she always said she was 3 and got very mad at anyone who would say she was 4. I talked it over with my ped numerous times cause I was worried and she said if I just left it alone she would be fine and guess what .. she woke up one day and said she was 4 and 2 months later at her 5th birthday said she was 5!! Kids are funny like that .. sometimes they just like to be a different age, she like her life at 3 and didn't want to change it and I am sure other kids want to be older like older siblings.

 

[fitzkerry]

I think the point may be less do they tell the truth than do they understand how old they are. At my work I ask children, most of whom are under 5, their age as a way of making conversation with them and you would not believe the variety of answers I get. I do not think any of these children are LYING I just think they do not have a good grasp on the concept of age. I can never understand the people on these boards who have to read more into a question than was written.

 

[HillPete]

I just asked my son (who will be 2 tomorrow) how old he is and got the 'so big' arms! I guess he doesn't know yet.
My older son turned 3 last year on a weekday, but his party wasn't until the weekend. According to him, he was still 2 for a few more days! He understands the whole concept much better now (at 4 1/2) than he did last year.
We will travel to the World next year for one last 'cheap' trip before my younger DS turns 3. He's very tall, so I plan on taking his BC, just in case. I don't anticipate any problems, but you never know. Better to be safe than sorry, right?

 

[jense30]

My sister actually went to DW 11/03. At the time she had a 3 yr old, who is very petite. When my sister tried to use her hopper pass, she was questioned "why", because there was no reason to. Upon saying her daughter was "3", she was told to not worry about it, no one would believe it. She therefore did not use the pass the entire week, but only because of the persistance that she shouldn't use it by DW crew themselves.

 

[paigevz]

he is not yet 2 1/2 and says he's three. This is because he's so big and verbal that everyone says to me, "How old is he....3?" So now he automatically says 3! We are taking a photocopy of his birth certificate........just in case.

 

[suz72]

We are going to DL in a week for my DDs 5th birthday. My younger DD2 always hears older DD talking about it, so now DD2 constantly repeats:

"Guess what? For my three birthday, I go Disneyland"

I'm afraid that when we show up to DL on Fri., she will think she is 3 now. LOL

So now I'm worried she'll think she's 3. (But she looks like 2).

Another story:

When older DD was going to turn 3 we planned to go to DL the day before her bday. Of course it poured rain and youger DD was 5 weeks old, so we waited until Nov. 1st... 2 days after older DDs bday. My mom insisted we shouldn't pay for her ticket, but I couldn't lie...so we paid. Older DD looked 4 when she turned 3.

Anyway...back to the point of the thread. Older DD always was accurate about her age. Younger DD isn't always.

Susan

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Originally posted by MateasMom
I have a 3YO and 5YO. My 3YO will proudly tell people that she is 5YO....

We're in SoCal and frequent Disneyland. Older DD had BEGGED to go on Goofys bounce house from the time she was barely 2YO, but the age limit is 3YO. For her 3rd Bday I took her to DL and let her go on the bounce house. The CM saw how tiny she was and asked how old she was and she said 2YO....he looked at me and said that for insurance reasons they have to be 3YO. I said....Oh no no, she just had her Bday, she must not realize....then I say to DD, remember your bday party, that means you are 3YO now. CM looked at me like I was the biggest liar in the world. I felt like every other parent there was staring at me like I was a horrible parent. DD did agree that she was 3YO and went in the bounce house, but I felt like an idiot the whole time.

That is too funny! Bet you weren't laughing at the time, though...

Reminds me of when my DDwas almost 3yo and was in an auto accident with my DH. I was called to the scene (ugh, I was 9 months pregnant) and when we talked with the police officer he asked if she'd been sitting in her booster seat. I told him that she was and asked said to my DD, "Alyssa, you always sit in your booster seat, right?" and Aly said, "no, I don't". She had never been in the car without being in her safety seat, but she picked a fine time to tell the officer otherwise. lol Of course I then started explaining that she always sat in her seat and I was quite embarrassed. I learned to never be surprised at any answer a child gave!

T&B

 

[FOV]

My sons preschool has a motto:

"We promise not to believe everything your child tells us about your home if you promise not to believe everything your child tells you about school."

Agreed!

 

[Mouse House Mama]

A CM would have nothing on us! Of course we do not lie about our kid's ages (2 and 9 months) but if you ask my 2 year old son how old he is he will insist that he is 49. Yep, 49! We have no idea why he likes that number so much. If you try to tell him that he is 2 he gets mad and insists that he is 49. Go figure!

 

[CindyAnn]

FOV - DS and DD's Kindergarten teacher had the same motto - it's a good one!

Mouse House Mama - Our DS was often fowty-fwee (43) when he was 2. He understood quite clearly that he was 2, but he just like the way 43 sounded. (He also liked the laughs).

With sixteen bezillion things to argue about with a two year old, persuading him to say "two" every time was WAY down on the priority list.

 

[mjmcca]

This summer at the MK i told my husbands cousin who was with us to go and wai for me when i went through security. She took my older child who was closer to 4 than 3 and looked at least 5. She doesnt speak much English so she misunderstood me and went through the gates with him. She had her ticket but not his. They couldnt have given her a problem or they wopuldnt have been inside the MK. It wasnt an issue with me because he had an AP so it wasnt like i was cheating them out of a day or anything. The only problem was i couldnt use his pass for a FP that day because he hadnt been used for an entry.


On a side note before his 4th birthday a few weeks ago my husband told him that he was 5. He insisted that this was true. I didnt know until after asking him afew different times he finally said"I 5 daddy told to me".

 

[zurgswife]

Originally posted by fitzkerry
I think the point may be less do they tell the truth than do they understand how old they are. At my work I ask children, most of whom are under 5, their age as a way of making conversation with them and you would not believe the variety of answers I get. I do not think any of these children are LYING I just think they do not have a good grasp on the concept of age. I can never understand the people on these boards who have to read more into a question than was written.

These were my exact thoughts while reading all the posts....especially the ones that stated "my kids never lied about their age"