DD22 walked at 9 months and talked near 12 months. She is very bright (more of a "well schooled" child than academically gifted) and gifted athletically. She is currently in graduate school at the University of Oxford after graduating in the spring from a US college where she attended on a full ride athletic scholarship.

DS8 never crawled and walked at 8 months. His first word was at 6 months (Ab for our dog Abby) and his first phrases were before 12 months. He read at 3 years and was quite concerned that his long division skills were lacking when he started kindergarten. He loves sports, but isn't particularly athletic. He's been tested and he falls in the HG range...the jury is still out on whether he'll be a good student like his sister, but he loves a variety of topics, is very curious and is an all around enthusiastic child.