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

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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)

Reading at 9 months?! 😂😂😂

My friend has an 8 month old who apparently says a few words....yeah right. But she's her pfb and I like my friend so I smile and look impressed!

Anyway, op- well done to your dd. She had a problem and she resourcefully solved it. I admire independence in a kid rather than one who expects/waits for things to be done for them! I know my 5 year old would do this if he could reach the batteries but not sure about my 3.5 year old.

one MNetter proclaimed her child was reading books at 9 months old recently

mine ate a book at that age, I'm waiting on a MENSA callback as we speak.

She sounds like she's smart and good at problem solving without relying on adults to do everything for her, OP. I'd be impressed too!

I hope you aren't talking about me!! Dd2 taught herself to read before she could talk. She has cerebral palsy and wasn't expected to be verbal. MIL babysat one night and when we got back she told us dd2 could read. We laughed and said yeah bollocks. MIL said, no, really. Try her tomorrow.
Anyhoo. She could. I was involved with gender research at the time and we had to start hiding my research material (trans websites always have giant adverts for sex aids). In yr R she was assessed by clinical and Ed psych (for something to do with her disability) and she was assessed as reading and comprehension scores between 12-15yo.
So if it is my truly odd wee gal that has contributed to this urban myth, it wasn't 9 mos. It was 2-ish and she read The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe to MIL. I tested her using Virginia Woolf as I thought it was just a parroting/ silly memory trick.
She was statemented for communication due to her dysarthria, rather than her physical issues, despite not walking independently until yr 1.
She's nuts but we love her.

Such a bizarre thread. The mole post made me howl

WhooooAmI24601 can I borrow him please as I've no sense of direction!

ancient that's really impressive. You should feel so proud.

I don't think I'd encourage her to mess about with electrical appliances at the age of four. Next time she might decide to change a light bulb. No.

theancientmarinader, no it couldn't have been you, this poster actually said 9 months, I wasn't exaggerating!

53rdWay good luck on your mensa call back, should be a shoo in there😁.

Funny thread.

I think littlies have an affinity with batteries. I remember my nearly 2yo sitting on the potty for the first time then declaring, "it's not working Mummy, it's empty. It needs a battery."

....I think all this thread has done is illustrate that some people use AIBU just to be shitty because they can.

And others use it to boast about things that should really be restricted to grandparents and close friends,

My 4 year old is 5 next week and wouldn't know how to change batteries. She can work out where they're meant to go but I wouldn't expect her to be able to change it. So yes, that's pretty clever.

I also wouldn't worry about mine having access to batteries. She can be an idiot sometimes but she wouldn't eat a battery.

My 1 year old on the other hand!! She's about 16 months and today she came in with a Tesco bag for life on her arm, came over to me, kissed me, and then walked off waving and saying "buuuh" for bye. I thought that was pretty genius, especially since I'm a SAHM so it's not like she sees me getting my bag and kissing her goodbye before going to work every day.

Ok PEACE nk!!!