Wondering if others have children who were late-talkers? If so, did it 'mask' their giftedness?
Our DD7 is PG (we only recently found out) and we feel like terrible parents for never realizing it. The psychologist seemed to think that her late talking (10 words at 3.5) and her severe visual problems (functionally blind in one eye, patched for over a year) held her back from showing us at a younger age.
The reason I ask is because her brother is 21 months old and, like his sister, says almost nothing. He may have 8-10 words that he uses on occasion. He communicates by pointing, pulling you around, stomping and crying. I have been trying to teach him signs but he is not interested. He learned 'Thank you' and then stopped paying attention. He seems really bright in many other ways, just incredibly stubborn. It will not make a lick of difference to us if he is gifted or not, I guess I am just really afraid we are going to miss it again. I feel like we did DD a great disservice by never recognizing her abilities and would hate to have that happen to DS. We would love to follow his cues in terms of what he is interested in, but this is getting so frustrating. Right now all I can gather is that he loves trains and water. Who knows what else goes on in his head?
Just looking to see if others have had similar experiences they could share.
