ifihadonlyknown Wed 22-Nov-17 15:40:03

Ds was born with head and neck control so didn't really bat an eyelid when he rolled, crawled and sat unaided really early. All of these by 4.5 months but he was just a big, strong boy. At 6 months I'm starting to think he's mentally a bit advanced and I'm panicking a bit. Firstly, IU will give a couple examples of what he's been up to:

1)Using a spoon, properly. Feeds himself better than my daughter could at two.

2)Mastered the shape-sorter- again daughter was nearly two.

3)'Roared' and 'growled' at the dinosaurs and animals at the Natural History museum last week. much to the amusement of the extended family we went with.

4)'gets' tv programs. Watches intently making appropriate facial expressions according to whats going on and laughing at the funny stuff.

5) invited himself to join a colouring session. Spent time selecting crayons from the artbox before carefully making a series of lines on the paper. Other child was mortified and ushered him away but I think he would have enjoyed 'drawing' more.

6)Tidying up. He has his own soft play. The little plastic balls get bloody everywhere. Caught him picking them up and putting them back in the pool.

Just to clarify, he attends nursery 2 full days per week and he's the youngest by 6 months in his class. His keyworker constantly harps on about how clever he is and trying to keep up with the toddlers.

The reason I'm unhappy about this is that I was 'bright' in a similar way and apparently speaking in sentences by a year. By the time I joined reception I was reading a 'goosebumps' book cover to cover in a week. I was shamed by my teacher for bringing in a drawing of a tudor house (homework) and she forced me to redraw it in front of the class to prove it was my own work. I was bullied and ostracised and called a freak. I saved all my pocket, birthday and Christmas money for 2 years to buy a ticket to Scotland so I wouldn't have to go back to school. I withdrew totally and hated school because of this. I was delighted my daughter was average and normal. I'm terrified that my boy will be unhappy like me.