When I have read lists of "Is my young child gifted?", I have often seen early gross motor skill development as a trait. However, my 5yo child was very late in almost every milestone - rolling over, sitting up, she started crawling when other babies started walking, and walked very late. Many of our visits with the dr. had conversations like "if she doesn't do x by next time, we might have to ...". At 2, she was slow to learn what her sister had learned at that age, so we thought she was of average intelligence. At the time, I was so relieved that she was going to miss the Kindergarten cutoff. When she turned 3, we discovered that she couldn't see well at all, and her world changed almost overnight with new glasses. Now I can't keep up with her curiosity/intensity, I can't wait to have her tested, and wonder what will happen when she goes to Kindergarten as an almost 6yo next year.
