Am I being totally PFB or is this impressive for a 4 yr old?

[BlackberryLassi]

Dd finds my little electric, hand held fan earlier and is sad it's not working. I'm busy and say I'll sort it later. About 15mins later she strolls in with it working having found the batteries, dismantled the fan an put new ones in the right way. I was impressed but she's my only child and everything she does is amazing to me!! (She's only just 4 BTW)

What a little genius! Do report back on every single thing she does.

It is quite clever, but I'd be more concerned that she had access to batteries.

They're under the sink. I'd no idea she knew that's where they were

That is clever! She must be good with her hands.

Very rude nk, I'd be pretty impressed if a 4 year old did that

Mine won't do this now at 11 but cos they are bloody lazy not cos they can't.

Your dd sounds like a very bright young lady.

You need to make her aware of the dangers associated with batteries. She sounds bright enough to understand.

I'm more concerned that you'd resort to calling someone a cunt because they were sarcastic. Bit of an overreaction.

Yep, it's a clever thing to do for a 4 year old though.

That escalated quickly!

Yes, my ds was 3 when he started doing that. He'd take batteries out of other things and put them in. My other 2 were around 3/4 too. It is quite clever, but more like they copy us and learn.

After being at uni with a girl who wanted to throw the hoover out for being broken when the bag was full, I think this is pretty good!!

Ask her how she know how to put the batteries in the right way round. It was either an accident, trial and error, or she looked at how they came out.
At that age, my PFB managed to work out how to use the video and taped Terminator. He used to get up every morning to watch it. I only found out when I went to use the tape...

I would be worried about any child that age having such easy access to batteries tbh

I agree with Whooo. Apparently you want everyone to tell you how brilliant your daughter is and will not tolerate anything else.....

Wow OP, How rude.

Please keep your batteries in a safer place in future

I think that's pretty neat, but it's not exceptional. Good for her and all but a) I'm not sure batteries and kids mix and b) calling NK a cunt is a bit much.

I didn't think to ask how she knew but I had told her about the + and _ simbils ages ago. I didn't think she'd taken it in!

maybe this is something your should share with family rather than the internet? I'm sending that it's not getting the warmest reception.

didn't think to ask how she knew but I had told her about the + and _ simbils ages ago.

so you told her how to do it!

I think it's pretty possible that the part about getting the batteries the right way round was more luck than judgement, but who knows? And either way, good on her for having the initiative/self-sufficiency to sort it all out for herself.

Although it does probably mean you now need to watch her like a hawk in case she also decides to start having a go at 'mending' things like laptops and tellies...

Well that escalated quickly

Though if we're going down the route of showing off about stuff our DCs can do, DS2 (6) today directed me from our house to Touchwood in Solihull (a good 30 minute drive). He reads maps for a laugh because he's slightly eccentric and was determined he knew the way so for a game I followed all of his directions. He got it spot on.

Future career as a Sat-Nav-Maker I reckon.

Get a lock on the under sink cupboard too, assuming thats where you keep stuff like dishwasher tablets and cleaning fluids etc.