How do I know if my DD is really advanced for her age?

[aly16]

My DD is 2yr 3 mnths and can already count to 26, knows her alphabet, about 6 nursery rhymes and can hold full conversations. Is this normal for her age? Most of her friends are boys and they can't do these things but I have been told girls tend to pick things up quicker.

My DS (22months) can't say much at all, yet the ENT consultant who tested his hearing told us he was an exceptionally bright boy with normal hearing!

ok aly is apologise but FFS all of you.........shall we compare how many GCSE's they have age 10.............GET A LIFE!

Roll out a new one, will you MP?

Blimey mummypoppins! Read the thread - most posters disagreed with the op.

I know sweetkitty my DD also is a little diva! and mummypoppins why post at all if you don't like the thread. All we are doing is talking about what our children can do. I don't expect anything of my DD just like to know what other children her age are doing!

wtf have GSCEs got to do with being bright?

I don't think DD2 is gifted at all I think she's just a determined little girl who won't let her sister do anything she cannot do. She is extremely gifted at making me want to pull my hair out most days though

I've also been around MN enough to know how wonderful the gifted threads can be

Thanks sweetkitty

I always thought siblings when young would be good at the same things from picking them up of each other. Its funny how they are all so different!

Ali16 - my DD is 25m. She can do similar, but can only do upto 20.

We are told all the time how clever she is in relation to her speach. However she is physically slower than her peers, still very clumsy and did not walk until 16m. I can't trust her on stairs yet, especially going down.

I think they tend to learn one "type" of thing first. We are a very chatty household and extended family. Her GP are all far away so contact is by phone. She loves "chatting" on the phone to Nanny.

HTH. I don't think you are bragging at all, in fact it is good to hear other stories.

My dd can do none of these thing

She is nearly 3 with global delay.

OP your little one sounds bright to me.

My ds talked quite early but was later with the physical stuff.

It is funny how they differ so much .My nephews are twins and soooo different.Children are fascinating,aren't they ?

Revel in her intelligence but don't make it the be all and end all,nurturing the "Whole package" is the most important thing

Even though dd is practically non verbal she is VERY determined and has a really good sense of humour,and the most beautiful smile

definitely not agreeing with comments like get a life. I have no "life", at the moment. had quite a long one before kids, now have kids have nothing else to talk about IYSWIM, that doesn't involve the housework i have/havn't done, telly i have watched, people and places i have seen or missed, etc, you get the picture? my childrens achievements (DS, 5 1/2 months tried to eat some banana for the first time today, woo hoo! ....no he did, really) what is the point of living, speaking biologically, aside from being good at being a human being, so i think noting down milestones (mentally, in my case, i am crap at remembering to write things down in a book or something) is actually more important than doing other, probably more adult things. My DD reminds me of me. I like thinking about how the world must seem to her. and so I go on about her if i get the chance. she looked up at the clouds scudding past the roof of the house the other day, and said "We are on a ferry, the house is a ferry", because she felt we were moving - because of the clouds. I can remember thinking the same thought when I was little, and so what she says and thinks now is becoming even more interesting to me as it is starting to overlap with my own conscious life. At least here on Mumsnet there is a higher chance of meeting someone who is interested in their kid's development in the same way than in real life, when we are all seemingly occupied with less interesting things like have we remembered to put a load of nappies in the wash. which reminds me.....

hatrick

ds started school last year and no word of a lie could not hold a pencil or recognise name

he went to a montessori nursery and loved dossing about in mud and talking the arse off anyone usually a conversation about glitter or somesuch

dd is 2.1 chatters away incessantly to her toys and knows a few colours but can only count to 2.

Bit worried now, should she be counting more??? we count when we go upstairs but that's about it, I honestly really didn't realise kids this age could count!! I thought she was going along fine re development, esp cos she's v chatty.

Slow with gross motor skills though, only walked at 17m and can't jump/run yet.

And she's just started drawing circles and calling them apples, I thought this was great! Obv children all develop at different rates or am I being crap not doing alphabets/counting with her all the time??

Always thought child led play and singing/chatting/being outside was most important thing so don't really educate at home as such.

peacelily! Do not worry

it TRULY ( in my experience ) has NO bearing at all on future ability

often seems to 'go the other way' iykwim

not meant to sound rude btw op!

Peacelily!Please don't worry!!

The counting will come,if she is developing normally and hitting her milestones.

By school age unless the child is vry G+T or very delayed,most kids are probably within the broad parameter of "Normal".FWIW ds didn't start counting much until about 3 IIRC(Ive forgotten tbh and you think you never will) but his linguistic skills were always good,though his physical skills took longer.Every child is unique

Sweetkitty, do you have problems remembering DD2 isn't the same age as DD1? I do with mine! They sound so similar!

Haven't read the whole thread so don't know if anyone has said this before now BUT

chill out about all this

comparisons are odious

your DD is lovely - that's enough now

Hunker - I'm sure there was a funny full moon that week in January yes I tend to treat them a bit like twins and forget DD2 is younger.

I love the "conversations" they have with their dollies, DD1 is really into role play and they all have names and voices, DD2 looks at her as if she is mad sometimes.

I think the counting is just repeating numbers at this age not actual counting, DD2 can count but say if theres 9 buttons she will count way past 9 IYSWIM.

I was supposed to be a "genius" at that age with a very high IQ, and I could read books and newspapers before I turned 2. Not that it has done me much good!

Your DD sounds bright though. I do think they are all different. My DD has just turned 2, can't do all of that but has a prodigious memory and a real curiosity for learning, but can't walk yet!!

I think they do all even out in the end, I am certainly no Einstein now!!

My nephew caould do all these things by about 20 months, he was just a big talker but he didn't walk til he was 18 months. They are all different and some advance in different areas at different times. My ds was a late crawler but walked early. What I mean is that she may be good at one thing but not another. By the time she's 4, it'll all even out, others will catch up, some will over take her, it's not important. Just enjoy her, encourage her but don't be tempted to push her to prove she is clever.