Anonymous wrote:If you had an advanced baby (one who constantly met milestones way ahead of time), did the baby eventually become a gifted child? Or did things even out later on?

Gifted in what?

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Ended up with ADHD and dyslexia

Just a note, a person can be gifted and have dyslexia and ADHD.

My son was very "advanced" in only one area as a baby: reasoning.

He was behind in just about every other area that is quantified as a milestone, namely crawling, speaking, pulling up, pincer grip, two-word combos, standing on one foot, crawling, stacking, babbling, pointing, rolling over ... you name it.

The one thing that was clearly evident from the time he was about 1-2 months old is that he had rudimentary critical thinking skills going on in there.

DS was the opposite. While he always seemed to understand what we were saying at a very, very young age and would "study" his books (take time to look over them after we'd read him the story) he pretty much hit all milestones on target or a little late. He was also not much of a talker.

In grade school he was tested and was determined to be "gifted".

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:advanced baby?

Give me a fucking break.

+1

My kid got teeth really early. I'm expecting a Nobel Prize.

Me too. Here's my little snowflake:

Yes.

Yes, but so did my baby who started out in a non-mainstreamed special education track. No way to tell.

Anonymous wrote:No, not at all -- but he is an amazing athlete.

+1 DD was way ahead on all milestones and is a dancer. Just okay scholastically but an amazing ballet dancer.

Anonymous wrote:He turned out to have ADHD.
My other child, is gifted, but I had no idea until they tested him in grade four.

A lot of people with ADHD are also gifted.

No, not at all -- but he is an amazing athlete.

Anonymous wrote:Language is a better indicator of "gifted" status than the other milestones, although as a PP pointed out, Einstein was late to speak, so nothing is an exact indicator.

Huh?

Anonymous wrote:Yes. My DD was counting to 10 age 15 months. I nearly fell over. She potty trained herself age 2. She started teaching herself to read age 3. At age 5, ready for K, she was reading chapter books and writing short sentences. She has skipped grade 1 completely and is getting straight A grades in grade 2.

This doesn't mean gifted.

Yes. My DD was counting to 10 age 15 months. I nearly fell over. She potty trained herself age 2. She started teaching herself to read age 3. At age 5, ready for K, she was reading chapter books and writing short sentences. She has skipped grade 1 completely and is getting straight A grades in grade 2.

I think only language, and not motor skills, are correlated somewhat, but only if they are outside of the range of normal/average. So first words at, say, 9 months might be in the early end of average, but would not be a predictor of being exceptionally gifted. I guess it depends on how you define "gifted," though. Like, child prodigy? Or just accepted into the county TAG program?

He turned out to have ADHD.
My other child, is gifted, but I had no idea until they tested him in grade four.