Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Age or Ability Specific Forums When did your gifted child talk/walk as baby???

with my DD3, she said words like tweezers, water, kicking, at 9 or ten months, and started walking at 13 months. Her language and understanding really took off and she knew letter sounds, upper and lower case letters, difficult shapes etc. by a little over 1 and a half. My other DD1, who I am not so sure about in terms of giftedness,lifted her head the day she was born, rolled over at three weeks, had her first social smile at three weeks old and walked early (awful I don't remember when) but she didn't talk as much and as early as the first. Her tongue muscles weren't strong even though she understood everything. Once her tongue got more coordinated, she just surprises me every day with how much she can say. My first is very advanced verbally and conitively and even with fine motor, but has never been strong in gross motor ways. My second is much more athletic and coordinated so it will be interested to see how they develop over time.