Originally Posted by Michaela
And _those_ are the two things that made me start thinking that the way to get him to STOP CRYING might be to treat him like he's really really bloody smart. It worked.
Can you explain this in more detail, what you mean by treating him like he's really smart? What worked, exactly?

I am asking because even though I have three older 2E kids and I'm sure my three younger ones are very bright (hopefully without the 2E smile two of them are under 2 y.o.), it's hard to imagine parenting them any differently in the young years just by knowing whether or not they are really really smart (besides, LOL, at this point, kids who talk on time seem gifted to me).

I definitely go by gut feeling. I can't even begin to imagine what educational situation we'd be in if I didn't follow my gut, but that's another story.