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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]No, I'm saying I actually did. And I just checked with my mom, because I wondered if I was misremembering. She confirmed, and said that wasn't even the most advanced thing. But it's a vivid memory because it's tied to an odd, dramatic family event that I'm not going to share.
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No offense, but my mom SWEARS I was talking in full sentences, never used baby talk, when I was one.  I have spoken to pediatricians and they say it is impossible.

Also my daughter was not reading advanced books, not even on grade level, in second grade and tested with both a high IQ and a fifth grade level vocab and reading level.  When I asked her teacher how this was possible, she said that most kids who read more advanced texts do not really understand what they are reading and the tests filter that out.  They also skip over words and sections they don't understand.[/quote]

This is why I videotape my child reading on occasion, so that when he is 40 and I tell him he could read "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" with character voices when he was almost 5 I don't have people telling me that is impossible and I am exaggerating. One of the things I love about the digtal age...

I would also believe your mother about speaking in full sentences at one - again my son did and I'm sure he wasn't the only one.

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