DD6 was so aware at birth, looking at us with those big eyes as if to say "I can't talk yet, but I'm watching you" It was my sister in law that kept pointing out that babies don't do the things she does , like being able to point out most of her body parts by 7 - 9 months,(I thought it was just because I told her what the parts were whenever I changed her) knowing all her letters and numbers to 10 before 12 months old, even when DD spelled her name at 14 months, then asked me if that was her name, I still didn't get it. After all her name was on wooden letters in her room, she just looked at it long enough to memorize it, right? She also loved to count diapiers and books. She would line them up from our living room to our family room, use to drive me crazy now I wish I had taped it. When little sis came along she was 19 months old, DD was thrilled! More diapiers to count, she was counting past 100 before 2yrs. Honestly I don't think it really hit me until she was 2.5 I was at a teachers store looking for books for her to read, because the ones at home were too hard or too easy. Another mom in the store commented after she saw DD reading at a table that it was a shame there are not any good schools around here for gifted children. That's when I started looking things up about gifted children. Hope that helps
