To think DD may be gifted?

[Foxtrot92]

DD has always been developmentally fast but tonight she has shocked me.

DD is 12 months old and has sat on the floor and emptied a tin of 25 sharpies. She then proceeds to put all the sharpies back in the tin but deliberately putting them colour lid up. She's turning the pens in her hand the right way up and when she puts one upside down, she pulls it out and puts it the right way up.

I'm

YABU of course!

Some kids walk early but guess what - they all learn how to walk eventually. Same with talking, reading, etc. You'd have to observe a child being consistently advanced well into childhood before you could come to such a conclusion. Being a few months ahead at a year old doesn't mean anything. Sorry

This is funny. I sometimes babysit for a friend. They have a toddler aged 3. Now think he is incredibly bright and i sometimes say to him,,are you gifted and he says,,no im not gifted !

Op, you're getting a hard time. Sorry!! It does sound impressive to me and there's nothing wrong with being amazed by your baby's behaviour.

I posted not long ago about dd doing I thought was impressive and got torn a new one on AIBU as well. You've handled it a lot better than me who called a poster a cunt and had two of my posts deleted

I've got another baby on the way now and I hope I'll see everything this one does as amazing but i won't post asking g about it on mn again!!

Poster, well u have had a hard time. My eldest at 12 months old was counting and speaking full sentences. She has grown up to be astonishingly clever. Her teachers have been blown away by her. My youngest child learned to clap her hands at 12 months. I still think she is genius! Its not about what a child is doing at what age. Its about how proud it makes u feel. My 2nd child is 3, she really struggles to form her words. Nobody understands her except for me and her dad and v close family members. The other day she said the word RED instead of it sounding like bed. I was so proud. A child being gifted is not of importance, being proud of your child no matter what is more important.

So well done baby foxtrot! You did good!

If she were gifted would she be putting in any Sharpies the wrong way round in the first place

Why not? making a mistakes, analyzing the situation, and correcting herself sounds advanced to me.
I think it's nothing to do with reaching mile stones early, it's more to do with problem solving that stands kids out from others at this age.

Ach, I don't think any one is being nasty or giving the op a hard time, I think most folks are just amused, they guessed at first born, and think it's quite sweet she's so in awe of her own child. More a bit of a gentle piss take really

I don't think actively taking the piss out of a first time mum is s gentle.

DD3 didn't talk for two years. Except to shout NO at anything that even remotely glanced at her five years later she not only talks very clearly but is on a par academically with her bright two year older sister. I don't think she's gifted but I do think she's bright, awkward and too competitive!

It's quite a light-hearted piss taking, and it will probably benefit the OP, preventing her from gushing about her "gifted" child in real life and becoming one of those parents that everybody actively avoid or cringe about.

I posted earlier that I agree that our babies growing up are amazing, and it's astonishing when they reach a level you believed far higher or much more advanced than the stage they are at. They are just being kids though, nothing to call the DM about.

I think that sounds very clever.

It always sounds stupid but I just KNEW dd3 would be very physically able when she climbed up onto a chair holding a full cup of water and didn't spill a drop! She was very young (under one). Sure enough she's very very able at all sports and anything involving coordination

I don't think actively taking the piss out of a first time mum is s gentle

It's tongue in cheek and no one is being abusive, we all get it because we have all been there. Being a mum, first time or otherwise, doesn't mean you lose the ability to see the humour in your own behaviour or accept a gentle ribbing because you've decided your first born is a freaking genius at 12 months old for putting sharpies in a box colour side up.

If she was truly gifted she'd be signing executive orders with those sharpies.

Its cute but not what i'd call 'gifted'. My child hit all the development goals very early (and i admittedly proud, but certainly wouldn't have posted on MN!) and is generally very quick to pick up most things, but at 5 years old, I wouldn't say they are 'gifted' - just bright and average across the board.

My 5 year old has just held one of those battery powered tealights against a certain part of himself and shouted "Look at my willy light!!

He certainly has a gift but I am not sure what for!*

Fantastic

Bleh, bolding fail. Evidently I'm not gifted!!

Your DD is bright and has probably watched you doing the same.
Give it a couple of years and she probably won't be arsed putting them away, let alone making sure the pens are right way up
My grandson was also doing this at age one. He is 10 now and very clever and capable but gifted?..no....however he is the best child in the whole world...obviously

She sounds lovely op, not sure if gifted but holding a pen the correct way is certainly unusual I'd say.

I hate the sneering that goes on on this site towards first time mothers or anyone who is proud of anything their children do.

I don't think most people are sneering (but apologies if I came across like that). She does sound advanced but hard to say at this stage if gifted - and it really doesn't matter, just go along with what she likes doing, interact with her and enjoy her

Of course people are sneering. The death of MN will happen because it is now completely impossible to post a question about your children without a lot of unwitty sneering and telling you they're 'quite average' if you're lucky or thick, fat, badly behaved madams if you're not. It's becoming useless as a parenting site because so many people are here for the fight club.