Is there any way to multiquote here?
ColinsMum: I'm not sure if it is gifted denial or not as I have no idea if DD is truly gifted or fairly normal smarter than average girl. Maybe a normal advanced 2 year old is at the level of normal not delayed 4 year old?
Skylersmommy: I mostly get comments from family, some of them are biased (grandparents) and then the one's who have kids older than her actually try to down play DDs capabilities. I don't get that kind of comments from strangers as often I can not even get her to say Hi or Bye Bye to them, she is so shy. At the daycare I don't think they know what she can do, I have not asked though. English is her weaker language and at 2-3 year olds group they do not seriously learn anything. They did tell us that she has lot of new ideas and the other kids like to follow her lead. She has been potty trained for a while at home but at the daycare she does not even tell them that she needs to go to potty. Funny how kids can be shy outside home and little chatterboxes at home. Makes it just more difficult to know if what we see is real talent or just bit above average smart kid.
passthepotatoes: I'm sorry if I offended you or anybody, surely was not my intention. I'm sure why you see these kind of threads here is because we are not comfortable to ask these questions anywhere else. I really truly have no idea what normal 2,3,4 or 5 year old can do or can not. DD has been normal for us and I just recently started thinking if she is not "normal" after all. You can find so much info on web about normal development but really nothing of what is truly advanced, not just "not delayed". I might not be the best person in choosing my word as english is a foreign language to me. By saying that probably lot of kids can learn things at an early age it they are exposed to them, I did not mean that you need to expose your child to them. Just that it makes it difficult to recognize your child's possible gifts as often these kind of things are mentioned as possible gifted traits. Meaning that just knowing colors at 2 does not make one "gifted", as not knowing does not make them "not gifted".
