No idea about my own IQ. I know my husband is in the gifted range, but I don’t know the exact number.
We do not have an IQ for DS3.5, nor do we plan on getting one unless the need arises. It’s clear that he’s to the right of the curve, but I have no idea how far. I doubt he’s PG, but the Ruf Estimates book brings me to the conclusion that he’s about a level 4 (note - this is the book, not the online questionnaire).
I understand feeling uncomfortable on the forum from time to time. It’s such a unique population that I often find myself slipping into thinking, “Oh that’s gifted! My DS certainly isn’t doing that, so he must not be gifted!” Honestly, there are times when he blows my mind, and then times when I’m left wondering if he’s just average. It’s like he has bipolar intelligence - but that might just be the fact that he’s 3 1/2.
It’s more the comments/reactions of others that keeps me grounded. We’ve struck up conversations with strangers that say, “Oh! I’ve heard about him! He’s really bright, right?” Really? Because I can assure you that we don’t advertise that! (It’s hard enough to find friends as it is!) It came to the point that the teachers at our play-based preschool told us it was time for him to move on to another school because they just didn’t have enough to offer him in the classroom (e.g., only a couple of 25 piece puzzles and no real peers). We had never complained. I just figured he was happy playing all day.
