Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Gifted

I have been saying for months that Dorian is gifted. Obviously, he is my son and I think he is the smartest baby to ever walk (er...creep) the planet. I read in a couple of parenting books that babies who don't sleep well could end up being gifted children. The reasoning behind this is that they are so interested in the world around them, it is hard for them to tune out. My parents are always marvelling at how task-oriented Dorian is. When he is playing with something, he keeps playing with it, manipulating it, figuring out how to make that knob move, etc. So much so that he gets frustrated at times.

Yesterday morning, Dorian woke up and started talking to us. (We've not yet restarted sleep training so Dorian is back in our bed with us.) I stuck my tongue out at him and made a "ptooey" noise (blowing raspberries). He did it back immediately. Both James and I did this for a couple minutes and he kept imitating us. Then I said "Mamamamama." What did Dorian do? He said "Mamamamama." James said "Dadadadada." Dorian? He said "Dadadadada!!!!" And back and forth, James and I switching, for a couple minutes. He never messed up. It was incredible. James and I even switched who said what and he still imitated us correctly!!!!

Did we mention this is an 8 month old baby who bangs on the drum, in perfect time, after we have done it first? This is the kid who can already play piano, guitar and mandolin better than most toddlers! The little boy who knows when his Mama has left the house, even when he is in the other room. The guy who is so close to crawling, feeding himself, being potty trained (truly - he seems to pee every time we take the diaper off!) and more. We definitely have the next Mozart or Einstein or Obama living under our roof. Yay for smart babies!
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

i've always known dori was special. i truly believe you are going to have one amazing child. no matter what he does he will be good at it. he has obvious natural ability and he'll learn (and already possesses) determination and commitment. seriously...do you know any other baby so committed to not sleeping? muah!!

kate said...

yay for smart babies!! and, yes, we WILL get together when i return. :) for real.

cinder said...
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cinder said...

Well....the Dori-Man DOES sport an 'Einstein Do' (hair) in the 4th photo from Father's Day!