Just wondering if my daughter is smarter than the average baby Joe. I haven't been around many babies before I had her so I really don't know. I feel like she has surpassed many other babies in her intelligence, though. At 2 years and 4 months of age, she just said "Ima fly in the wind! I gonna fly. I'm flying! I'm flying!" She was jumping around, then said, "I can't fly... I can't fly over the hill." She said her first official sentence before she turned 1: "Thats what papa does." She is very good at playing pretend (pretending to make me coffee for me, making brownies and going to the store for particular items) and has been using metaphors for about 5 months now, but only she understands those - "I'm a goat", "I'm like ahhhh.... wipperlele", or something like that.
She has texted some pretty interesting stuff on my phone, but I'll let that pass as coincidence.
She has a good understanding of cause and effect. She told me she wanted to go slide one day and I told her the slides were wet from the rain. She assured me the slides would dry up.
She can dress herself most of the time, put her shoes on, roll down the window with her toes, buckle her own car seat, count to 12, on average, and much much more. I haven't able to keep up with how many words she knows since she was 1.
And I haven't trained her to do these things, like that smartest 2 year old on youtube. I just teach her what I know the best way I know how. Usually her learning seems capricious and occurs during everyday activities.
Are these standard milestones or is she advanced?
She has texted some pretty interesting stuff on my phone, but I'll let that pass as coincidence.
She has a good understanding of cause and effect. She told me she wanted to go slide one day and I told her the slides were wet from the rain. She assured me the slides would dry up.
She can dress herself most of the time, put her shoes on, roll down the window with her toes, buckle her own car seat, count to 12, on average, and much much more. I haven't able to keep up with how many words she knows since she was 1.
And I haven't trained her to do these things, like that smartest 2 year old on youtube. I just teach her what I know the best way I know how. Usually her learning seems capricious and occurs during everyday activities.
Are these standard milestones or is she advanced?
You could have a genius on your hands!
You wouldn't believe the differences between babies that have passive and inattentive (they only provide the basics that the baby needs, if that) parents, and babies that have attentive and active parents that involve them in educational activities.
I'm not saying that your kid isn't a genius, but do know that your parenting plays a large role in how advanced the kid is, and your kid may be responding to your parenting more so than natural inclination.
And to be honest, most parents I know think that their kid is an effin' genius. Not trying to be an ass or anything, keeps your hopes high, but don't be horribly let down if it turns out that she is not super advanced.
Some of those things would surprise me in a two year old. Some wouldn't. Most kids have areas in which they are advanced. It's a good thing :)
Does your daughter go to daycare or preschool/kindergarten at all? If so, I'm sure the teachers and carers could give you a better idea.
A full sentence before one is very impressive, though. I don't think I've ever come across that before with any of my kids.
Best thing to do is just keep on doing what you do, don't push her, don't try to accelerate her, just support her learning at her own pace. I fucking hate it when parents push their kids too far and overload, even though I know it's often not from a bad place.
Oh, and the "Imma fly" thing was so cute!
I've read that gifted children will usually have a specific area that they accelerate it and I definitely believe hers is language, if she is in fact gifted.
Lol, she is definitely a character. She has a very strong personality.
"looking forward throigh the lifespan : developmental psychology" by Candida Peterson (this was a uni text. I love it, and still read it. It's easy to read while being quite comprehensive).
Anything by Dr Miriam Stoppard or Janet Gonzalez-Mena.
Avoid Gina Ford. Too constrictive. Don't want to crush that sweet little soul you've nurtured :)
A general child raising book I recommend to anyone who will listen is "Your competent child" by Jesper Juul. You can only get the English translation on Amazon but it is the best child raising/family care book I have ever read.
Another online source I like is Robin Elise Weiss from about.com. She does mainly pregnancy and birth but there's some stuff for older kids, fron memory.
she does seem quite smart for her age, and very cute.
a full sentance at 1 is quite impressive but every thing else semes normal