DD13 (born at 34.5 weeks) spoke her first reliable word at 4 months. The word was "hungry." She quickly followed that with "mama," "more," "daddy," and "again." (Notice any early indicators of her personality?) She walked at exactly 10 months. DD13 developed a lasting interest in classical music at 2, composed her first poetry at 3, and learned to read by following the words to songs in the church hymnal.

DS7 (born at 37 weeks) spoke his first word ("mama") at about 7 months and hasn't stopped talking (except when he's sleeping) since. His next words were "dadadadaday" and his sister's name, and he has kept his main importance on people and feelings. He walked at 9 months. DS7 has been a prolific reader since 4.5, but is not very interested in writing. He'd prefer to express his stories through cartoons.