It probably really depends on alot of factors we can't gauge accurately. My older son was born at 42 weeks (grrr...) after a difficult birth. He ended up having this weird birth defect called craniosynostosis, where the soft spot is closed at birth. It can be associated with a whole host of long-term learning disabilities. He had major reconstructive skull surgery at 3 months of age.
Because of that, I worried ALOT about him and talked constantly to him as a baby and toddler, etc. At 6, he aced the WISC, esp. the verbal section. He's deaf in one ear (?from the birth defect? We don't really know) and wears a hearing aid and FM system. He's way above grade level across the board, thank god.
My little one popped right out. No birth defects, etc. Yet his verbal IQ (and skills) are not as good as his brother! In retrospect, I think we focused soooo much on the big one that we a bit neglected the "easy" little one!
So who knows!
We are trying to do more verbal things with my little one.
Last edited by jack'smom; 05/13/11 06:41 AM.
