I agree. People shouldn't be afraid to say that a toddler seems advanced. Our pediatrician didn't even seem interested, or to necessarily even believe me, when I would describe the stuff son was doing at 2 and 3 years of age. Even the staff at the daycare center, supposedly early childhood trained, wasn't as aware of his differences as we were as parents.
I have a coworker who was identified as gifted in grade school, skipped a grade and TAG program and all. She just had a baby a few months ago and she commented how alert the baby was at birth - enough so that the nurses made statments about never having seen such a wide eyed and observant newborn. Now the baby is babbling and attending to what's going on, rolling over and reaching - 3 months old. I've told the first time mom to just keep a really good record of milestones, as I think that her daughter may be following in mom's footsteps.
Maybe we can all make that difference by educating as we go!
