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Yup. Been there, done that!

But it's not the milestones that are out of whack. It's our nutty, wonderful kids! LOL!

BTW, I read the milestones, saw that he surpassed pretty much all of them by months (and months for some things!), believed them to be accurate, and *still* thought DS7 was MG.

I can talk about GT denial because I looked at it in the mirror for years!

That is why I love this board and all of you. I lucked out finding 'gifted' and hearing the pearly gates open while my DD was just barely 2. So I can laugh now at how much I was in denial for the first 2 years. And I am sure my reaction is old news to most of you as I am sure you guys/girls came to realize that your child is in fact not part of the norm.

Has anyone here ever heard of the Denver II test? I haven't seen many references to it here.

It's often used to assess developmental delay, but if you look at the form in that link, you'll see that you can use it to make some guesstimates about meeting milestones early. It's also a nice reference for seeing typical ages for meeting developmental milestones.

My kids are/were way to the left on some of these items and smack in the middle or right-leaning on others.

Read carefully! The entry 6 words means "knows six words," not "combines six words."

(Caveat: people go through training to learn how to administer this test, so our conclusions will be rough at best.)

Val

Cool info/sheet, Val. I liked the last line:

In the 2nd year, half of normal children are non-compliant.

Thanks.

My DS8 started being non-compliant when he was an infant. He still is.

Val

Thanks Val! Very intersting chart. The "dress, no help" seems a bit unfair for my large headed kid (he's just not strong enough yet to get his head through the hole!) Maybe I should just get him some flashdance shirts.

LOL! What a feeling!

I am still rolling on the floor laughing about the What to Expect books (as well as most of the other development books.) DS was less than a year old when DH took the books away from me and not so gently told me to ignore them lol.
I(maybe showing some gifted traits of my own...) kept trying to make the skills listed more difficult so that DS would appear to be more in line with ND development. For example rolls over on own approx 3 months. I decided that since DS was rolling over at 6 weeks, they must mean roll over and over and over like going down a hill.
Another one: Knows colors. Well since he has known the main colors since he was about 8 months, they must mean colors like magenta, tan, and what colors make up orange, green, etc.
Well at DS's 9 month check up the Pediatrician asked if we had any concerns about DS's development, and I said that DS still wasn't rolling over. DH looked at me like I had a grown about 6 extra heads, since by that point DS was walking, and took away the books as soon as we got home!

Anyway, welcome to the board! It will be fun to hear how your daughter grows

Okay, I LOLd at this! Still chuckling...