One of my two children....
1. From the Time he started talking, he just cracked me up...all.the.time. I knew he was different but I didn't know he was gifted.
2. I thought he was typically developing because his older brother was delayed. So I didn't realize he was exceeding the typical pattern of developing until later.
3. After a lot of denying....By the end of K I finally admitted it. It took the school a bit longer-- except a few of his teachers knew and tried to tell me at age 4 and again at 5.
My other son the path was different because of the delays but I knew all along that the delays and 2nd exceptionality weren't the whole story. So late elementary he was tested and confirmed. And nothing about his journey through childhood was normal. But he has a pretty normal life now at 17 (if a bit quirky).
