Is my baby super advanced or am i biased?

[3perfectweemen]

He is 22 months and speaks in clear sentences. Knows his body parts colours and counts to 20 ( sometimes gets confused counting) he tells me he going to pee then asks for a clean nappy but when I try get him on potty he refuses. He can articulate how he feels if he has sore ear belly. Always says please thank you. At 5 months he said mama Dada and up Armagh our county football team ( have videos to prove it lol) he said I love you at 8 months and asked for things like juice, milk. He just told his brother the tiger is going to eat you, you better run lol...am I being boastful for no reason and this is all normal development ?

No way!! Another one! Hmm clearly my DS is letting the county down. I'll have to get cracking!

He does sound advanced to me, my 2 and a bit year old can't count to 10 yet...we do try, he loses interest! And if I say 'I love you' he says...'I love daddy!' Bless him!

It's great but yes he's normal. My neice was doing the same at her age in two languages and we all thought she was so clever until we met a kid who could do the same in four languages and play an instrument lol. Kids at that age are like sponges!!

I'd say his speech is pretty advanced, yes. He sounds lovely.

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My 3 month old can do long division.

Only in his head though, he can't hold a pen.

He does sound advance (or ahead of the curve) for a not-quite-2yo - but only time will tell what this means. He could turn out to be super smart or completely average once he gets to school.

As others have said enjoy him, don't fret/put pressure/compare him to others.

Distinguishing colours befor the age of 24 months is very advanced IMHO.
My dd was able to.
Teach him to read using flashcards.

Really antimatter? DD has been able to do colours (pink, purple, red, green, blue, yellow, orange, black, brown and white) since 20 months. I didn't realise it was unusual. I'm impressed now

I think he sounds quite advanced (and lovely). Amazed at all the people saying perfectly normal. the 2 year old I remember with excellent language and reasoning at that age was undoubtedly the brightest child I have ever met (she is 18 now and living off the grid on a sustainable commune in Missouri :))

a kid who could do the same in four languages and play an instrument lol

Would people really think "ah bless, perfectly average" if they heard a not yet 2 year old playing an instrument and speaking in four languages? I think that is fairly astonishing (particularly the playing the instrument).

Now if it was a party trick of reciting numbers in a couple of languages without understanding and banging a toy drum that would be different.

I went away for the weekend when dd1 was 18 mos and when I got back dh showed me her new party trick. He had taught her the alphabet (including recognition of letters, not just sounds) and they had been playing 'where's r/ x/ s/ p?' with the wooden letters all weekend. I was boggled. Had no idea whether to be impressed or horrified. Toddlers are such sponges, I love it. You can pretty much teach them anything. (Not advocating hot housing lol).

Some of them them pick stuff up without being taught as well, just through general exposure or some other madness. Ds1 had freakish number skills at 3, and dd2 apparently taught herself to read before we had any idea she could.

If it helps at all, dd1 (she of the alphabet) has turned out to be a very hard worker, but isn't the brightest of the three on paper. The brightest is the one with brain damage that wasn't supposed to be able to talk at all.

He sounds ace.

Canyouforgiveher, at 2 I personally had the reading age of a 5 year old as did all of my siblings. Nothing to do with natural intelligence and everything to do with being raised by immigrant parents who were adamant that I'd do better than the other kids from the same immigrant community. Things levelled off as we grew older.

Dd was very advanced for her age at that age too, she wrote her own name at 2.5 and could do big jigsaws, alphabet, numbers, shapes, body parts and speak in long fluent sentences very young. She is 6 now and although she's bright and loves school she is no more advanced than her peers.

Ds however communicates what he wants and can talk well but is by no means advanced for his age. I have no doubts though he will average out.

I think at this age you can get an idea of what they will excel in though. Dd is still very articulate and well written.