I think it was a given that DD1 would be intelligent. DH and I are high testers/underacheivers. She was also very alert and calm from the start, like she was just taking it all in. I don't think we actually considered the "g word" because of the way the schools use it and I didn't want to use it until we had the tests last year...but when she was 2 1/2 exactly, a friend did a psychological test on her and said she was 2 deviations above normal...when he told me her answers to some of the questions, I could see how her mind was working differently...she was also trying to say "no thank you" well before her first birthday, it sounded like "monkey shoes". She also read a billboard out loud and I almost crashed the car, I was so shocked! lol!
DD2 is only 4 1/2 and we haven't had any formal evaluations, but she has a very keen mind for singing and song lyrics. She makes up songs constantly. She's VERY VERBAL and correctly used the word deadfall in a sentace the other day, then confirmed it's meaning and who had told her and where they were...Other favorite words of hers are fabulous and glamorous. She is very "conversational" in tone and people often think she is already in kindergarden (grrr age restrictions, but we are working on that!). She is likely gifted, but in a very different way than DD1.
