# Have you heard the term "cruising" (referring to young kids)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429 "2015-01-20T23:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/41 "2015-01-31T14:24:07Z")
Hmmm. I have a kid, but she’s just of crawling age. Never heard the term, but now at least I can act like I’ve known it forever when it inevitably comes up in conversation! ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/42 "2015-01-31T14:49:54Z")
When preemies are born in my hospital system, they are referred to a Growth and Development Clinic to follow along and check on any problems as they reach “age-corrected” milestones. One of those milestones is “cruising.” Very, very prominent (at least in medical reports) in southern Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/43 "2015-01-31T15:11:28Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Hmmm. I have a kid, but she’s just of crawling age. Never heard the term, but now at least I can act like I’ve known it forever when it inevitably comes up in conversation! The [Baader-Meinhof phenomenon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18095661) will strike. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/44 "2015-01-31T15:26:39Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The [Baader-Meinhof phenomenon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18095661) will strike. I’ll be keeping an ear out for it this weekend. I would not be surprised if I do hear it pop up, as I’ll be out with other parents and their kids. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/45 "2015-02-01T05:54:37Z")
I’m from New Jersey, and I’ve heard it plenty of times. Not being a parent, I don’t cruise (see what I did there?) the mommy blogs, but I do know plenty of people with babies. I guess that’s where I know it from. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/46 "2015-02-01T06:44:48Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Oh, so maybe it’s a parenting term. I’m not a parent, and I don’t do a lot of babysitting, so I hadn’t heard it before. Me neither. I have seen Pampers Cruisers advertised and just thought it referred to toddlers running and climbing about as on the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/47 "2015-02-01T23:17:45Z")
I heard it when my son was that age – about 35 years ago in Chicago. I heard it earlier when nephew was that age – about 40 years ago Cleveland OH. I also heard the term “cruising” referring to driving around looking for/at girls as a teen about 50 years ago. There was a series of record albums named “Cuisin’ '58” etc. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/48 "2015-02-03T17:07:34Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ll be keeping an ear out for it this weekend. I would not be surprised if I do hear it pop up, as I’ll be out with other parents and their kids. Yeah, didn’t come up in conversation. Out of curiosity, I asked my wife since, well, she is up on the parenting reading list and websites a lot more than I am, and she didn’t know what it was, either. Curious. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/49 "2015-02-03T17:15:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, didn’t come up in conversation. Out of curiosity, I asked my wife since, well, she is up on the parenting reading list and websites a lot more than I am, and she didn’t know what it was, either. Curious. What to Expect When You’re Expecting and What to Expect: The FIrst Year were the go to books 20 years ago when my son was born. Everyone I knew was reading them. They listed milestones to look for with your new baby. Cruising was definitely listed among those and can be found on their website. > **[When Do Babies Start Walking? Your Child's First Steps](https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/first-steps/)** > > At what age do babies walk? Learn about your baby or toddler's first steps, cruising and walking, including how to encourage your baby to walk. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/50 "2015-02-03T17:18:59Z")
Yes, I’ve heard it in that context. Not recently, but quite a lot 15 or so years ago when my son was doing it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429/51 "2015-02-03T23:21:55Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > What to Expect When You’re Expecting and What to Expect: The FIrst Year were the go to books 20 years ago when my son was born. Everyone I knew was reading them. They listed milestones to look for with your new baby. Cruising was definitely listed among those and can be found on their website. > > [When Do Babies Start Walking? Your Child's First Steps](http://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/first-steps/) I guess we haven’t gotten that far in the book yet. 🙂 We do have it around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-the-term-cruising-referring-to-young-kids/710429.md?page=2)