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Oh, that's so great!

Just be forewarned: a lot of the kids who start early get bored and quit with the potty along the way. Remember, it's a process, so don't be surprised if there's some backsliding.

We have pictures of my DS3 on the potty before he was 18mos, and it was all self-initiated. It just didn't take. He was trained in time for preschool, but just barely!

I still have to remind myself when he has an accident because he's too busy playing to stop and get to the bathroom: Process...process...process...

Hopefully this is NOT the case for you!

This is a great thread.

Mr W has surpassed all of his 12 mo milestones at 6 mos save walking and crawling. His first smile at us was four days after he was born - 5 weeks premature - and from then on its been off to the races.

He was and is EXTREMELY observant from 2 weeks on. We have yet to meet any child of any age who takes the time to look things over like he does.

This is an example:

When we took him for his 6 mos checkup, we did not talk to the Ped or the office staff about what we have seen. We wanted to see their reaction.

When the ped came in, Mr W was standing on the table, holding on to my shoulder.

He looked right at the Dr, looking her up and down, neither smiling, nor frowning, trying to recall where he had seen her before. He noted her files and observed as she wrote stuff down and then stared as she pulled out the opthamoloscope and the tongue depressor.

When she went to look into his throat, he snatched the tongue depressor from her hand and refused to let go of it, and once he had won the tug of war, he then looked it over.

"You ARE a little advanced, aren't you!" was her comment.

I love that 'studying' that the little ones do. My son made a similar study and grab for a cat's paw around that age, and I swear he was going to eat it.

Uh oh! What did the cat do?

Those observation skills come in handy. I lost something last night when walking with him. I took him this AM to look for it and he saw it when I did - or perhaps a few milliseconds before I did.

Hi, I'm new.

I'm a single grandma guardian to my exceptionaly bright 2 1/2 yr old granddaughter. She's memorized nearly all of her books (and we have a lot), knows every animal there is and the sounds they make, has an exceptional vocabulary, and will tell long stories, or describe (accurately) events she has seen, and understands, and tells, jokes and puns.

I'd like to have her tested, but don't know how to begin. I'm reading about a CAT test, and other stuff, but I don't know what they are or where I would go to have her tested.

She's also very agile with extraordinary balance (climbs pretty big trees, actually she'll climb nearly anything), loves the outdoors and examining and taling about everything.

I want to be sure that she achieves her maximum capabilities without losing the fun and joy in life - which right now is nearly everything (OK, except the potty.. she'll go a couple weeks just fine, then she'll get bored. She told me that she liked her diaper because she COULD pee in it and not interrupt her play!

Your suggestions on testing and finding good educational resources is most appreciated!

Welcome single grandma! I'm a custodial grandparent to a GS9(grandson 9yrs).

Later!

Love those grandmothers! Welcome!

"She told me that she liked her diaper because she COULD pee in it and not interrupt her play!"

Well, you have to admit, it is clever!


Welcome, this is a very interesting thread. I have not see the Ruf book, I will have to check it out.

Hi single g-ma!

My opinion is not to test til around 5 unless a compelling reason.
I think if you follow her interests and let her lead her learning, you can't lose!

Good luck and welome!

Don't tell her that Astronuats wear diapers for the same reason!!!

http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/focus4/spacephy.html