DD is only 5 months, but I think she is physically advanced. She isn't big by any means, but the girl has got some pretty good gross motor skills going on. As for intelligence or social skills or anything like that, she is pretty much like most other babies for the moment. It is still way to early to tell. My mom swears she is a genius though lol
She seems to be ahead in gross motor skills, but fairly average with her verbal ability. She understands a ton though (pointing out body parts, doing animal sounds, identifying shapes, etc.)
Dd1 was verbally advanced and could use 3 word sentences by 15mo (but she couldn't walk, so whatever) but at 7yo is say she's on the high side of average, so not really something that stuck with her. D's could climb the chain ladder at the park at 18mo and he's still slightly better at athletic type things at 4. Dd2 isn't quite 2 and can basically carry on a conversation, uses 6 word sentences and has a large vocab.
I think being advanced verbally makes things much easier in the toddler years but I don't see it as being really helpful long term.
J appears advanced verbally and has a scary good memory. We noticed the memory/problem solving abilities at probably about 10 mo old when he was able to match shapes and perform other skills during his ei evaluation that they expected of a child closer to age 18/24mo. Now when we are out and about i have a lot of other parents ask how old he is and comment on the fact that he never stops talking, his vocabulary, and counting random items like cans on the shelf in the grocery store etc. He has also memorized probably 30 plus books cover to cover and started memorizing books at about 12 months old. It was really weird the first time he took over reading a book to me at just over a year old.
He does still have gross motor delays and has since he was a baby due to low tone. (hence the ei evaluation). So he rounds out to an average kid I think lol.
So far, the girls seem perfectly average, nothing stands out as advanced.
This thread is giving me a complex. Knowing letters by 18 months is REALLY, REALLY advanced, right? RIGHT?
I kinda wish I never read that statement because I have an 18 month old and he doesn't know letters or colors and I highly doubt that is the norm for 18 month olds cause the kids in his library group are in his age bracket AND I DON'T HEAR THEM SAYING LETTERS OR COLORS.