DS- we only started to suspect at 3.25 years but more along the lines of "very bright". He would have random "flashes" that would catch people by surprised with the complexity of his thought but he was very adapt at blending in. He also had some delays with speaking (just barely making the minimum 10 words at 18 months) and he was by nature cautious with motor skills (he did not try to walk until 13 months, and he was confident he would not fall). We had him tested at 3.5 to rule it out, and his results stunned us at that age. At that same time, he was starting to tell us directly how he hated his daycare so we had to change tracks fast and put him into a GT school that started at 4 years old, where he just bloomed. So far, at 6 years, we are now wondering if his test results may have understated some of his capacity because he seemed to really have taken off in his GT school beyond what we expected - and loving every minute of it.
DD was more obvious and her 2/3 year old teacher noticed her right off the bat - told us up front that DD will need to be in a GT program. The teacher had made efforts to keep her mentally occupied even at 2-3 years old and would leave me notes of some of the hilarious quips she would say. She is now in same school as her older brother and doing well, but it is clear too that her interests and way of processing information is quite different from her brother. We have not had her tested other than an informal screening by the admissions department at the GT school.
