[Trust but Verify]

I would say my granddaughter is a magnet. Probably not a super magnet. But at 18 months, she knows her ABC's, colors, shapes, can count to 10, and says more than 200 words and phrases. First grandchild, joy of our lives.

I actually hope she slows down a little bit. She's a little too intense for a child who hasn't had her second birthday.

[dfwgator]

But at 18 months, she knows her ABC's, colors, shapes, can count to 10, and says more than 200 words and phrases.

Yeah, but I bet she can't solve differential equations like my 18 month-old can. ;)

[MrB]

I have one that is “the high note on the violin” as well...

[fremont_steve]

I have an 18 year old that started out this way. We knew we were in trouble when at 14 months he pointed to some letter blocks and said “No” (the word he heard most often;-) and of course that is what the blocks spelled. School was pretty easy for him, though he wasn’t winning spelling B’s at age 6! He is a great young man who is in his first year at college (University of Oklahoma) where he got a National Merit Scholarship.

I’m proud as can be of him, as I know you are of your grandchild. They can be a handful as they are growing - but they will often come out of left field with ideas that you never even considered. It’ll help keep you young!

[cyclotic]

Big deal!:) When one of my sons was about 2, I could hold up a Matchbox NASCAR car and he could look at it and tell me the name of the driver. I’ve got a videa somewhere of him naming about 20 in a row.

At the end, my Mother in Law is heard to say “But can he count to ten?” at which point I said “who cares.”