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Thinking I’ve birthed a mini Genius!

168 replies

Breastfeedingworries · 21/10/2019 23:24

(Okay you’ll all find this dull, I posted in parenting but got no replies Blush) so here I am shamelessly for traffic, light hearted thread! Also needed a goady title to catch your eye! Wink

So put your guns, poison, knives and pitch forks away! Grin

My dd 11 months and has been practising with an open cup through play from around 4 months. (She held her bottle at 3 months, I used to have to express for her dad to have her)

Anyway she’s been drinking from open baby cup successfully since 8 months, in the last two weeks she’s managed to drink and hold any shape cup or glass, drink it without spilling it. (Obviously supervised with glasses and that was more for fun)

It’s a small milestone but I’m just chuffed, it’s like a party trick. Wondering when yours drank from an open cup? If if they met any other milestones early and what they were?

I bet dd isn’t the only one. I remember googling like mad when she first started holding her bottle ☺️

What did your mini geniuses do and when?
Wink

OP posts:
sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea · 22/10/2019 00:52

DC are now 14 & 11, and I still don't bloody trust them with an open cup, the bastards.

MonChatEstMagnifique · 22/10/2019 00:52

the reason BF babies do it is because they weren’t introduced to a bottle early and often refuse them, preferring cups. Not because breast milk has made them geniuses

Some breast fed babies do it. Some ff babies do it. Same as some kids have glossier hair than others regardless of how they're fed.

IAmPrettyWisdomous · 22/10/2019 00:53

That's not a milestone

Agreed.

I won't lie OP, your entire thread is cringe as it's nothing significant at all and you're right, completely goady.

As others have stated, this reeks of PFB.

IAmPrettyWisdomous · 22/10/2019 00:54

@Downton57 Haha, I think you wrote my thoughts out better than I could.

cactusthief · 22/10/2019 00:55

Wow OP that's just so amazing. I thought my DS was clever when he did a poo when he was just a day old, but I reckon your wee one tops him on the genius stakes.

Get her into Parliament, we need a few clever ones just now Grin

Aus84 · 22/10/2019 00:56

My DS ( who started walking at just under 9 months) toddled over to his sisters dinner and ate spaghetti with a fork. He was already drinking with a cup before then. I only remember this because we were filming him walking around and still don't think it's a big deal.

cactusthief · 22/10/2019 00:58

@Downton57

For goodness sake don't talk about this at parties.

I have a bit of a feeling that OP won't be receiving many invites anyway Grin

Theresnobslikeshowbs · 22/10/2019 01:02

Are you one of these mums that write down the date and time of everything your baby does new???

CherryBathBomb · 22/10/2019 01:04

I can drink from an 'open cup' but I always spill it Sad

Oliversmumsarmy · 22/10/2019 01:06

Ds could feed himself his bottle at 7 weeks old.

I used to give him the bottle and he would take it and feed himself.

He walked at 9 months and was running and climbing up the curtains to jump off the windowsills at 10 months

Ds couldn’t talk till he was nearly 4, he couldn’t read till he was 12 years old, he has dysgraphia and Dyslexia and ADHD.

I think everything went into the physical side and the mental side took too long to catch up

GrumpyHoonMain · 22/10/2019 01:09

Am of Indian origin - pretty much all of my nieces / nephews in India start drinking from open steel cups from 6 months. They learn to hold them themselves between 9-12 months depending on how soon their wrist strength comes in. Most of them are walking and toilet trained by then too.

Shockers · 22/10/2019 01:11

You lot are mean.

MyDcAreMarvel · 22/10/2019 01:17

As well as having glossier hair and more supple skin than ff babies. 😂
The reference to breastfeeding has nothing to do with intelligence! It’s just that they haven’t been used to a bottle! So expressing with a cup is easier.

Jollitwiglet · 22/10/2019 01:22

My daughter was another one that would drink from a doidy cup from 6 months. Again, didn't think it was a milestone, I only remember because we started her with it when she started weaning.

If you want to treat it as a milestone, you go ahead. But I would caution not to get too hung up on when they meet milestones. I know people that have got upset when comparing milestones with other people's children, thinking their child is behind. When the vast majority of the time it all balances out in the end

MonChatEstMagnifique · 22/10/2019 01:47

The reference to breastfeeding has nothing to do with intelligence! It’s just that they haven’t been used to a bottle! So expressing with a cup is easier.

I didn't think it did. There will be many ff babies out there that can also drink from a cup at a young age.

BuntyBonus · 22/10/2019 02:22

What a really over the top response @IAmPrettyWisdomous

lborgia · 22/10/2019 02:23

I am usually fairly unbothered by things like this, but given my delight this morning at 10 year old being able to carry a glass of water unaided, I’ll pass on comparisons for this one... (and yes, i know, bah humbug).

Marshmallow91 · 22/10/2019 03:12

Eight months!

Thinking I’ve birthed a mini Genius!
SofiaAmes · 22/10/2019 03:17

My dd is actually tested as highly gifted, but at 17 hasn't yet mastered putting anything liquid or solid into her mouth without spilling half of it all over the table and herself.

But it is handy to have a dc who can drink from an open cup. Enjoy!!! Until they become teenagers and use that skill to guzzle all sorts of inappropriate things.

SofiaAmes · 22/10/2019 03:20

PS. Do not wish for advanced skills. Dd was speaking in full sentences by 12 months. All of them involved orders and demands and commands. By age 3 she was asking for the car keys. At 17 she's figured out an excuse for everything and manages to bat her eyes and get males of all ages to do all her chores for her.

Cantrememberpassword · 22/10/2019 03:34

Every parent thinks their kinds are the chosen ones, no need to share every day occurrences.

SleepingStandingUp · 22/10/2019 03:42

Sorry OP I think it's a sign she's just gonna be in the student bar for the entirety of her Cambridge / Oxford years. Enjoy Abby

fartingrainbows · 22/10/2019 04:22

I won't lie OP, your entire thread is cringe as it's nothing significant at all and you're right, completely goady.

Oh op people on mumsnet really hate a proud parent Grin
My niece is just over a year old and I was amazed by how well she could do it, my ds was much later and at 46 I'm still not that reliable! So I think your dd is doing really well.

GunpowderGelatine · 22/10/2019 04:32

Oh bless you OP. I remember thinking my DC could say "hello" from about 5 months. They couldn't. It was a noise and my brain had basically been swished around a bit with PFB-fever and I feel like a massive plonker now because I actually told people "SC said hello" Blush it's ok, we all do it, and we all look back and cringe at how these non-events felt like such a big deal Grin

GunpowderGelatine · 22/10/2019 04:35

But like others, I can't actually remember the age they first walked, talked, or their first words.

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