Dd#2 sounds a lot like that. She, too, was speaking very early (2 words together at 5.5 months) and seemed to be very, very bright as a baby. Even in my family where most of the kids are pretty bright & I didn't realize that dd#1 was gifted until she was 6.5, dd#2 stood out to me as quite smart.
She then took no interest in learning to read although she could read simple early readers at 4.5. At 9.5 now, I just don't know. She isn't that interested in academic subjects in general. Some of it seems to be due to confidence and some bad experiences at school, but some of it is just lack of interest. She does like writing and she did come up with a creative means of dividing the other day that I had never thought of, so I see the flickers there occassionally, but most of the time I'd say that her interest just lie outside of the typical academic realm.
She is still gifted to some degree, but she is interested in Hollywood Make-up artistry, acting, and generally things that put her in the spot-light.
