Is DD gifted?

[Staffielove23]

She has just turned two and she can verbalise emotions. For example, she can say ‘no, I’m scared’ when not wanting to go down a slide in soft play. There’s been other things too like counting really early and describing what she sees in a story book.

Very normal, I'm afraid, OP!

She sounds like a very bright button! But working with small kids I have known a few who talk in short sentences at about this age. It’s still a great sign though, especially being able to communicate with you how she feels about things. I always feel kids who are more able to communicate like that tend to be easier behaviourally because you can reason with them a bit.

Sorry, quite normal. Our 2 year old grandson says “absolutely not” and can identify 25 plus dinosaurs. We think he’s a genius. He very likely isn’t 🤣

As a rule of thumb, your child is always smarter than everyone else's :)

She’s a bright button, who can recognise her emotions. She sounds lovely.

I have a video of my 9 week old dd very clearly saying ‘hello’. It was a bit unnerving tbh. She’s 2 just and talks a lot, has been singing songs since she was ten months, can count items and tell you how many, recognises letters and keeps trying to read signs when we’re out. I think she’s quite clever but I don’t think she’s gifted.

She sounds lovely op. You don't need them to be gifted, you just need them to be happy.

She sounds very cute OP and it's lovely that you are so proud of her, as any parent should be! I'm not sure gifted is something I'd want for any of my children, as a PP said, happiness is far more important. I love your username by the way. :)

We all think our first born is gifted

That reminds me of a comment I read in a book to the effect that, when you consider how much a child learns in the first two years of their lives, it is no wonder that we think our children are geniuses

Probably not, no

I think all children have a strength, something they do quite early. DS rolled over super quickly, and said his first word super quickly then decided enough was enough for a while and was slow to crawl/walk and say any more words haha. I was briefly convinced he was a genius though...

Sounds pretty normal to be honest, she's probably echoing what someone else has said - ie are you scared to go down the slide? Rather than fully comprehending the emotion at that age, but even if she is, it's not unusual in my experience.

Lol at the super villian. I always say my super-intelligent little one will either cure cancer or become a leader of some diabolical criminal cabal using her smarts to control the world. Leaning towards the second after her behaviour today..