Regarding the 1,000 stasis I do have a theory about that. When the lower world is brought out of that stasis the people don't really recall waiting for a 1,000 years to unfreeze. Therefore to the lower world & Cid's airship it would seem like time had kept flowing.
For example: Time could have stopped for 1,000 years while I was typing this but I would not realize because with time stopped no particles would move therefore my brain would not register time passing. Resuming time I would think that time was flowing continuously, uninterrupted.
As to how they got out of the lower world. The theory for that was the two crystals [Wind & Fire] knew that those 4 children (Luneth, Refia, Arc, & Ingus) were the destined Warriors of Light and for 1,000 years they worked out releasing Cid's airship from the black fog/mist which was pretty close to the floating continent.
As for the other thing... I don't know. Maybe old man Topapa considers a 4 years old a baby being he is old.
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