Catherine, that was a great post about the stages of having a GT kid. Everything hit right on with me. Sometimes I'm still in the Disbelief stage, but for the most part I've moved onto the anxiety and planning. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who feels this way, especially when I think that my DD is only 2.5 and I have a LONG road ahead of us as far as education goes. And who knows what DD2mo will bring... as young as she is, she's also showing signs of being bright as well with her alertness, early smiling, cooing, etc. She even sang back to me a couple of days ago when I was singing a song to calm her down. Normally I wouldn't give any notice to that possibly being unusual, but I'm keeping my eyes open for clues just in case. And if she's a "normal" kid, I'll love her just the same.
Today I had a great conversation with a good friend of mine about DD2.5 and my friend wasn't uncomfortable, angry, argumentative or anything. She was very supportive and thought it was amazing that DD2.5 can type her name on the computer and put together a puzzle with ease. My friend also has young children, 3.5 and 2, so I've always stayed away from the subject, but that's hard to do when DD2.5 is doing those things right out in the open. I just acknowledged that she seems to be a smart little turkey and we talked about her DS3.5's love of mechanics like it was no big deal.
Ahhh, what a relief.