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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:
Lowlandlucky · 22/10/2019 07:38

Brilliant, at least she wont still have a bottle when she starts school like some poor children or a "sippy" (aagghhh) cup when she turns ten

NerrSnerr · 22/10/2019 07:39

Bloody hell. Why are people being so awful? It is absolutely fine to be proud of sometime (and for the record my 2.5 year old breastfed toddler still drinks from a sippy cup with lid).

Would you lot be this mean to someone face to face.

It's fine to be proud of your child's achievements whatever they are.

GummyGoddess · 22/10/2019 07:44

You may like to look into the Montessori method, my dc are 1 and 3 and have their own glasses, the 3 year old has been helping with meal prep for months with his own knife and the 1 year old helps me with the washing by taking it out of the machine and bringing it to me to hang out to dry. It's all about giving them independence by teaching them practical skills.

CuteOrangeElephant · 22/10/2019 07:45

My just turned two year old always gets complimented on her pen grip.

I must say my heart swelled in pride when it was a reception teacher who said it Grin

ittakes2 · 22/10/2019 07:46

Yes it is fine to be proud of our children's achievements - but aren't we all? And is that not what the parenting forum is for? Posting in AIBU with a strong title saying she has birthed a mini genuis to get attention - the OP needs to expect some people might tell her she is being unreasonable!
My suggestion would be to get this moved back to parenting.

ChickenyChick · 22/10/2019 07:48

This must be your pfb OP? Grin

Sadly I cannot remember when my pfb drank from an open cup, but I remember that with the first one I pushed/helped achieve milestones and with My second child I thought: he'll get there, who cares Wink

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 22/10/2019 07:48

I see piss cornflakes is on the menu for many posters this WONDERFUL Tuesday morning.

I think putting lighthearted anywhere on a thread attracts the crabby shabbaroons.

NerrSnerr · 22/10/2019 07:49

And is that not what the parenting forum is for? Posting

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise that we were going by your rules. People can post what they want and there's a huge different between saying YABU and being a complete arse.

jaseyraex · 22/10/2019 07:52

Ah bless you OP. If you're proud, then you're proud! I think most of us were probably like this, especially with first babies.

For what it's worth, I've got a "gifted" almost 5 year old. Smarter than I'll ever be but still cannot eat or drink anything without spilling it all down himself. Swings and roundabouts and all that Grin
He was 9 months when he was fully walking though which I was always very amazed by. -side eyes lazy 14 month old who can barely stand-

cookiemonster5 · 22/10/2019 07:53

Glass is very dangerous. They can bite down on it too and shatter it so really not a clever move or anything remotely close to "fun" to allow a baby to do that.

No idea when mine drank from open cups. Were all off bottles by 6-8 months and drinking milk from cups and regularly used to let them have some without a lid so seems average to me as long as you teach them. A lot of parents seem to think these skills develop automatically without their input.

Talkmedownnow · 22/10/2019 07:54

OP if you think nobody saw your post in parenting, they did. I saw it but wasn't interested enough to reply. Nobody really cares about a strangers child's 'milestones'.

Minai · 22/10/2019 07:54

Well I’m impressed Grin my 2 year old cant manage it without spilling half a drink down himself

ZandathePanda · 22/10/2019 07:56

My little brother bit a mouth shaped chunk out of a wine-type glass in a restaurant. Mum and Dad held him upside down and whacked him on the back. I vaguely remember him spitting out blood.

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 22/10/2019 07:56

Yet here you are Talkmedown, seemingly interested.

Hello!

Somebodystired · 22/10/2019 08:02

Christ there are some real arseholes about this morning.

christmastreewithhairyfairy · 22/10/2019 08:02

I think OP has been told!

I want to share that my DD (ok yes, PFB) today reached the only milestone that matters. She made me a cup of tea
under extreme duress and it was not good tea

itsaboojum · 22/10/2019 08:03

Really there’s no reason for anyone to be mean nor, on the other hand to get over excited.

As John Taylor Gatto (educational author) constantly says, "genius is far more common than most of us think."

We all too easily get in a lather about whether our children are above or below average. All that proves is that most adults have a poor understanding of what an average is.

Enjoy your child’s achievements, but realise how easy it is to invite bitterness if from others.

Like as not, a child will be 'above' I need some respects and 'below' in others: that’s precisely how averages work. It may mean very little in life’s long course. Einstein didn’t speak until he was three.

Talkmedownnow · 22/10/2019 08:03

Glenda, as OP said she changed the title and re posted in AIBU for traffic. So I'm just saying that the post probably was seen in the parenting forum but just ignored by those who read it. And no, I'm still not interested in her child's 'milestone' and haven't commented on it.

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 22/10/2019 08:04

Ooh, I'm looking forward to that milestone HairyFairy.

Was it nice tea?

bossybloss · 22/10/2019 08:06

Celebelly ....I too was a book nerd and my dd was the same as yours From an early age she was turning pages and pointing at pictures.She read at a very young age and now has a degree in English from Cambridge.She achieved other milestones at the same time as babies her age though....as far as I can remember !!

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 22/10/2019 08:07

Glenda, as OP said she changed the title and re posted in AIBU for traffic.

And? She was sick, bored and clearly wanted a bit of a chat.

It's allowed, or well it used to be on MN.

LaBelleSauvage · 22/10/2019 08:07

Hi OP- My DH is 48 and still breaks glasses regularly. We are hoping it'll click for him any day now

AloeVeraLynn · 22/10/2019 08:12

Ah. The PFB.
I like to think my DC3 is a genius but it's just the benign neglect that has forced him to be resourceful.

christmastreewithhairyfairy · 22/10/2019 08:12

Glenda - despite being coached at every step, the tea was terrible.
Still, I feel like it's a new era!

MintyMabel · 22/10/2019 08:22

can barely remember how old mine were when they started walking talking let alone drinking from an open cup

Mine was about 15 months.

OP. Enjoy the milestones, they are fun to watch.