Just responding to the question posed by the thread title--
YES. Both, I mean. At least that has been our experience with our quirky, PG DD. Who also never seemed to sleep and developed a--
well.
Let's just say that she's a prodigy. Of snark, primarily. LOL.
We should have known when she was mischieviously tweaking DH by refusing to use "real" words at a year old, instead relying on a single, gibberish phrase to answer ALL of her dad's inquiries. Oh, she talked all right. Just not on command. For him. It was far more entertaining to watch Dad turn purple while she chuckled to herself. So yes, I think my DD is a natural smart-alec.
While on paper, she seemed to have a lot of overlap with ASD characteristics, a single meeting with her for an hour or two quickly dispelled any notion that she's on the spectrum. She's like an
anti- Aspie, though her empathy and gregariousness leads her to be highly compatible with ASD friends even now. She still has a lot in common with them-- probably more than she does with NT kids.
