Too funny! Maybe she had read Sylivia Rimm's book.

DD is shy in public and we do not speak english together so nobody understands what she says I do try to hide some of her skills if we have a visitor who has kids older than DD. I choose activities that do not clearly show her most noticeable skills (no puzzles, pre reading or counting activities).

DD gets much more attention about her looks. Several of her friends parents from daycare have frequently emailed me just to tell how pretty she is. It took a while to figure out what should I answer. For some reason ppl think that pretty little girls are supposed to sit still and mine is very active. I also get lot of comments about her athletic capabilities, they seem clearly superior compared to her peers.

I also find it difficult when parents talk about their kids development and usually mention their strengths and weaknesses. I can not really say anything about mine.

I hate to admit this but when kids come over I hide some of DS2.4's stuff and put out toys and books he finds too simple. (The hidden bonus in this is that DS is not phased when visiting kids are playing with "his stuff".) But I feel so weird prepping our house like that, like we have some awful secret that needs to be hidden. I don't want us to stand out. Plus I think it might make the other parents feel worried about their child's development when their kids are entirely normal.

Polly

I know what you mean. DD is physically quite advanced, however, she's very big for her age. Out and about we often get asked her age (I do try and round up a bit ) but we still get a lot of comments. I normally just say that she either got the physical part from my husband or that she's very active. I don't *think* she understands the comments at all at this point but I have been trying to practice what I say already for when we do get to that point.

We also get a lot of appearance comments because she has a mess of curls (again from my husband! ) so for those comments we just say thanks.