It sounds like you are a responsive parent which is what a gifted child needs.
I look back at photos of my daughters as babies & toddlers and remember the exhaustion. Hang in there!
http://sixtysecondparent.com/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=133368Gifted children often can exhaust and overwhelm a new mother and father. Gifted infants often sleep less than other babies and require extra stimulation when they are awake. It is helpful to have extended family in the home, grandparents who live nearby, a close community of friends or relatives, or a teenager in the neighborhood who can spend some time with the child so that the primary caretakers can get some rest to do other things.
I remember that day when my son was 3, and I was driving home from his daycare (yes, daycare), and he asked me "What is the biggest number and what is the smallest number?" I told him the numbers just go on and on, and we call it infinity and negative infinity. I had already explained the number line. I was quite certain that the other moms were not explaining infinity on the way home. I think that's when it hit me that this kid was really extraordinary, and suddenly I realized that all of his neediness as a baby wasn't insecurity (that's what the baby books said), it was because I was his conduit to information. Even as a baby he literally expected me to carry him around and show him everything. Throughout his babyhood, I was a dependable transportation and information device. -- Debbie
