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Gifted and talented

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Gifted? How do I develop my baby further?

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Upseydaisey · 15/02/2011 18:20

Hello everyone,

My baby was always a very alert baby, and by 3 weeks she'd cry for her milk and if my husband or mom start climbing the stairs with her she'll stop crying and be very alert knowing she is going up to have milk.( I always fed her upstais in the bed room)
She started walking at 11 months and recognised people like neighbours and carers at around 7 months.

she was very inquisitive always as a baby and the only TV programme she wathched was Count down! (she watches all the kids programmes now at 22 months :D)

She was able to say the full alphabet and count up to about 20 and recognise letters and numbers from around 20 months, She loves reading and makes us read to her all the time and remembers everything that is in the books. She speaks well and says 3 word sentances at the moment.

She knows how to work the iphone, htc and the digital cameras we have at home. For example she'll go the skype app on iphone and say she wants to talk to her grand ma, or she'll put youtube on and go to favourites and play songs!

Everywhere I go I get other moms say to me she is very advanced but I dont know if this is common for her age or if she is advanced, mainly what I want to know is how to help her further and make sure she doesnt get bored at somepoit and not push her to the edge by doing it! Thank you :)

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lockets · 15/02/2011 18:50

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Guacamole · 15/02/2011 18:50

I get similar 'advanced' comments about my DS... I think 'is he really, oh how nice' and then continue playing games and singing silly songs, I agree with the other posters... enjoy your DC!

NancyDrewHadaClue · 15/02/2011 18:51

Oh dear OP you've ratehr walked into this one.

Your DD sounds lovely but nothing you have described is particularly unusual.

Enjoy your DD and try not to mention this again. People will think you are barking

Changeisagoodthing · 15/02/2011 18:54

My dd held her up from birth, sat at 3 months, crawled at 5months, walked at 9 months, talked in 2/3 word sentences at 12 months.

My ds didn't really crawl, walked at 15 months. Didn't talk much before 18 months.

Dd has mild dyslexia and struggles at school. Ds has sailed through live always above in everything educational.

Baby milestones don't mean much.

Ds could switch on pc and get to bob the builder website (dial up back then as well) at under 3 but that wasn't something encouraged.

bulby · 15/02/2011 18:54

Isn't 3 word sentences at 20 months just normal? Please just try to let her be a baby, she'llpick it up how children have been doing for 100s of years

BunnyWunny · 15/02/2011 18:55

This has to be posted in an ironic sense, surely??

ImFab · 15/02/2011 18:57

Don't all 3 week olds cry for their milk??

Northernlurker · 15/02/2011 19:01

dd1 barely did three word sentences at 36 months never mind 22. She is actually G&T though.

thisisyesterday · 15/02/2011 19:03

IME everything you've described is well within normal!

every baby cries for milk, stops cryig when they know they'll get milk, recognises carers etc etc

i am not sure why you're so happy that your 22 month old watches all the kids tv shows though?? that's a bit odd, and not a sign of a child being gifted

my babies have all walked early (8.5 months, 9.5 months and 10 months respectively).
ds1 was saying 2-3 word sentences at 2 years, read lots of books, could use the dvd player.... he has ASD

The only thing I would say is slightly unusual is the alphabet and counting, but then if you recite this to her often that will be why.... babies are very good at imitating but it doesn't necessarily mean that she knows what she is saying iyswim?

my english language teacher at college had taught her son who was just under 3 at the time the whole of the "to be or not to be" speech from Hamlet.
as she pointed out, a child can learn anything by rote... it is no indication of their understandig tho!

So... on the whole I would say (and this is only from my experience) that your child is well within the realms of normal development for a child her age. she may end up beig very bright, she may not.
I think if you just go with the flow you can't go too far wrong. That is to say, if she enjoys doing something then do it with her, if she is bored then stop! Don't push her, and don't overdo things otherwise she will soon bore of them.

thisisyesterday · 15/02/2011 19:05

i think people are being mean too.

if this is OP's first child and she is often being told that her baby is remarkable then of course she believes it, and wants to believe it! who wouldn't?

and she does say "I dont know if this is common for her age or if she is advanced"

she has come here for more opinions and advice, not to be made fun of

spidookly · 15/02/2011 19:16

"My english language teacher at college had taught her son who was just under 3 at the time the whole of the "to be or not to be" speech from Hamlet."

Niiiiice :)

skydance · 15/02/2011 19:21

This has to be a wind-up, thanks for the laugh anyway, very funny, loved the countdown bit.

If you really are serious, I'm not sure who you've been talking to, but she's normal

magicmummy1 · 15/02/2011 19:27

I don't think the OP is serious. Surely nobody thinks it's unusual for a baby to cry for milk.

PixieOnaLeaf · 15/02/2011 19:32

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Hullygully · 15/02/2011 19:34

Stop it everyone.

You will find, OP, that everyone is anxious to deny your child is gifted because they are jealous.

Take no notice. You clearly have an unnaturally early flowering to nurture. Water and tend it well. Get it those CDs and the right pictures.

D0G · 15/02/2011 19:37

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pagwatch · 15/02/2011 19:40

My mum says I was always playing with her iPhone when I was a baby.

QuintessentialShadows · 15/02/2011 19:42

Excellent!

You clearly love your baby very much. Whether she is normal or advanced, it does not matter. (She sounds pretty normal to me)

Most parents find their own babies the most perfect, advanced, fantastic babies in the world. Most people enjoy telling new parents what a fantastic and advanced baby it is. They are polite and excited. They are not exactly suggesting your start teaching your child to write your emails or do powerpoint presentations for you.

Enjoy your baby, and have fun.

spidookly · 15/02/2011 19:42

I love how people think that being able to work out how to use consumer electronics designed within an inch of their life to be easy to use is a sign of intelligence.

spidookly · 15/02/2011 19:44

"Most parents find their own babies the most perfect, advanced, fantastic babies in the world"

Yes, because when you're known someone from when they couldn't even roll over by themselves, it blows your mind when they are able to sit and have a conversation with you :)

hairymelons · 15/02/2011 19:53

Ahhh.

That is all.

libelulle · 15/02/2011 19:53

More seriously op, of course people say 'isn't she advanced' about your baby; it is just a nice thing people say about babies. I had old ladies coming up to both my dcs saying oooh aren't they alert, so clever, so advanced. Their chief party trick at the time being having their eyes open, as they were only a few months old. If you start believing all compliments you receive about your children you will end up with a seriously screwed up idea of reality. Enjoy your dd; she sounds pretty average, ie seriously amazing, miraculous and delightful. Toddlers are- they are learning about the world at a rate of knots; you'd be weird if you werent awed by it. Just don't make the mistake of thinking other parents don't think the same about their own little miracles.

spidookly · 15/02/2011 19:55

"Enjoy your dd; she sounds pretty average, ie seriously amazing, miraculous and delightful. Toddlers are- they are learning about the world at a rate of knots; you'd be weird if you werent awed by it."

dearprudence · 15/02/2011 20:06

I think some people genuinely thought this was a joke, as it's a pretty textbook example of the sort of thing mothers of PFBs say.

To be honest, I'm still not convinced it isn't a joke, but let's assume it isn't.

Babies/toddlers are amazing at this age, as they are learning new things so quickly and its incredibly rewarding. It's lovely that you are enjoying your daughter so much, but people really will mock you if you act in real life like your child is generally more advanced than others.

So it's a good job you only said it on here.

notanewmember · 15/02/2011 20:48

(I've got to return my postgrad degrees because I have no idea how to work an i-pod)

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