It looks as though we are going through the same thing again. This happens to both of my DDs almost every day and while on some level it feel good, on another it makes me a little uncomfortable especially if people start wondering if their child is behind. It is funny because I thought my second DD1, was behind because she wasn't doing some of the things my first DD3 was doing but now every day I am starting to hear how amazed people are so I have no perspective.
My DD3 also often hears the almost daily "OMG" since
she doesn't miss anything so I don't know how it is affecting her. I ask her about preschool and she says things like "All the other kids think it is still October. Why don't they understand it is December now?" She knows that they scribble whereas she draws detailed pictures and makes three-D sculpture, they mumble whereas she talks clearly in complex sentences, and they try to figure out letters whereas she can read pretty darn big words. She is one of the youngest in her class but it really isn't the right fit and I don't know what to do for her for next year. Fortunately she has a very playful "toddler" in her so she can connect with other children on that level of dancing, singing, and goofing off, but I am pretty sure she already knows she is different and wonder how that makes her feel. I have seen her purposely scribble to fit in at preschool, and to change the way she speaks to other little ones. I wish she had some pals who were more like her. I remember her last year at two asking other two year olds to "sit down and have a conversation" with her, and then seeing them scramble off babbling. It must be frustrating for her.
Last edited by TwinkleToes; 12/06/09 05:07 AM.
