My question is if this is normal development for his age
Hi MM,
No this isn't normal, dear. Do you have any other 2 year olds around for comparison? Have you talked to your pediatrician? I'm guessing that you have read some kind of 'what to expect if your child is on the usual developmental path' type books. You might need to throw those away. Do ask family members on both yourside and his dad's side about any similar stories. A gold mine there.
It sounds like your DS is well on his way to taking his own path of development. Some of us like the book:
Losing our minds, Gifted Children left behind,by Deb Ruf as one version of what the various paths of development look like, if you need some companionship along the way.
My DS12 did know his letters around that age, and it took me by suprise that the didn't move into reading particularly early. I was worried that there was such a big delay in his reading stages, and everyone else was worried that I expected anything in the reading department from a 4 year old. I love that I can come here and read that yes, plenty of gifted kids are reading at age 3, and plenty of gifted kids aren't. Yippee!
Smiles,
Grinity
As for what to do, you want to warmly and gently encourage your child to develop in all ways. You have the same job as any other parent - to try to raise a human of good character, who has strengthened his strengths and learned to overcome challenges. Observe, think and try to bring reasonable chunks of the world to him. He'll do most of the 'doing.'
((wink))
