Signs of genius or extremely bright toddler - NOT a "humble brag" as I am not related to the child!

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Anonymous wrote:OP do you have a background in early child development? If so, you should know that hitting developmental milestones early is not indicative of intelligence. Plenty of kids talk later and turn out to be quite bright.[/quote

+1 exactly -anecdotally, one of the smartest people I know didn't say a word until 27 months, and my brother , who was an early talker had learning difficulties later on.. I write this because there is seems to be no correlation.

OP already stated she doesn't have an extensive background in childhood development. But I do - and there is a definite correlation between early communication and language skills and intelligence - which in no way means that a slow talker can't also turn out to be extremely intelligent or a genius. It is not mutually exclusive. However, a child with this toddler's understanding and communication will not be of average intelligence - she is quite advanced.

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She does sound bright op. Similar to my dd. At 6, she's averagely bright. Ex: reading at 3rd grade level a few months into kindergarten. Sharing books with many of her classmates.

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I have two children. The oldest was speaking in paragraphs at 18 months. The youngest just 2-4 word combinations. But the oldest just understood everything, and it was very clear, verbal skills aside, she was comprehending way more than she ought to. Oldest is now 9 and has a highly gifted IQ--and not aap gifted, but we had her tested because we suspected an LD and un prepped, gifted. She does have an LD--dyslexia, despite having high school comprehension at age 8. Just goes to show you have know idea with kids. She was reading at just turned 2.

Along those lines I'd like to add the younger DD, while not verbal or really language oriented shows her smarts in other ways that oldest did not. I will say people seem to be way more blown away by early language skills, rightly so or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but al of that sounds pretty normal to me.

Really? In what world? Neither My 18 month old toddler nor any of the toddlers in his class speak in full phrases, nor can count nor can recite the alphabet.

Stop being so bitter and ugly, PP. You are embarrassing yourself.

I'm most definitely not bitter or ugly. At 18 months old, my child did everything that OP says her charge does.

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Anonymous wrote:The child seems bright but nothing really so much off the charts.

Agree

21:03 here - yes, this exactly. So when I say the child sounds normal, why do people call me bitter and ugly?

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Wish my kid was like that or just saying words.....16 months and babble but no words. Makes little screams or yells when trying to communicate. Trying to get him to stop that as its quite embarrassing when in public and I know annoying for others. He was also late to lift head, sit up, crawl and just started walking finally about a week ago, though still crawls at times. Love the little guy though obviously. Just hoping it's nothing that I'll need to worry about seriously. Talked to pediatrician and told he will eventually start talking.

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My kid speaks in jibberish at 18 months. She mimicks tone, inflection, and melody.
Op's kid sounds very bright. Probably not a genius, but that's not really a recipe for happiness.