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I am planning on starting Christmas shopping extra early this year. This will be my first Christmas with my daughter and I don't really know what to get her. She will be 9 months old and I haven't the slightest clue as to what will be really exciting for her. What have you done in the past for your baby's first Christmas or what do you plan to do?
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I didn't go "all out" when mine were under a year. In fact, too many gifts might overwhelm her.
I got mine a few books, one big toy and a couple of smaller toys. Oh and some clothes...
Oh and by the way, you're not the only one excited for Christmas this year. My husband will be home for Christmas this year, after spending 15 months in Iraq. So I'm over the moon for Christmas-time to get here. :)
I didn't go "all out" when mine were under a year. In fact, too many gifts might overwhelm her.
I got mine a few books, one big toy and a couple of smaller toys. Oh and some clothes...
Oh and by the way, you're not the only one excited for Christmas this year. My husband will be home for Christmas this year, after spending 15 months in Iraq. So I'm over the moon for Christmas-time to get here. :)
Is my 9 month old gifted?
Jeena S
My daughter, turning 9 months next week, has seemed very bright since early infancy. She is very interactive and understands when we talk to her, such as"lift your hands up." or "put your arm through the sleeve" she says "up" with her arms outstretched for us to pick her up, she also waves and says "Hi" she says "book" when she wants her favorite book. this is in addition to "mama and dada." also, she gives kisses when I ask for them...and she recently started a game that she plays with us- she shakes her head, then we imitate her and she laughs, then she waves her arms, we imitate it, then she shrugs her shoulders, and we imitate it... she finds this game so funny. She is also clear about letting us know what she wants/likes/dislikes. for example she sometimes chooses what she wants to eat, if I show her the containers and ask her "do you want yogurt or cereal?" she will choose one. So it seems to us (her parents) that she has a very high IQ. She also attends daycare part time during the week and the teachers there have remarked about her intelligence. I should mention that she is not advanced with her motor skills, she is on the lower end of average, she sits up, and scoots around like an inchworm and rolls to get what she wants, but she is not yet crawling or trying to walk. Her dad and I were both considered gifted as children, her dad is an MD/PhD physician and researcher and I am a research scientist working on my PhD at an ivy league university. Thanks in advance for your input.
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I think it is too early to think whether she's gifted or not. And I think rather than think on those lines, you should simply identify her strengths and weaknesses and work towards them. My daughter was also very behind in gross motor skills - she crawled at around 14 months and walked only after 17 month mark. But she was advanced in her fine motor skills and cognitive skills. We learned this when we took her for an evaluation on her pediatrician's recommendation, because she was lagging in gross motor skills. We were told that it often happens that babies who are focusing more on one type of skill may be lagging in another. Indeed my daughter started speaking early too and was already talking in sentences at 18 months. She's also very good with puzzles, legos etc.
I think right now you should just focus on building her strengths. E.g. I knew my daughter was speaking early, so I used to talk to her a lot, describing everything around us and what we were doing. We also gave her a lot of opportunity for her to practice her fine motor skills. We also gave her opportunity to build her gross motor skills, but we never pushed her. I think you should just focus on doing the right things to aid her development. Whether she is gifted or not, you'll know eventually.
I think it is too early to think whether she's gifted or not. And I think rather than think on those lines, you should simply identify her strengths and weaknesses and work towards them. My daughter was also very behind in gross motor skills - she crawled at around 14 months and walked only after 17 month mark. But she was advanced in her fine motor skills and cognitive skills. We learned this when we took her for an evaluation on her pediatrician's recommendation, because she was lagging in gross motor skills. We were told that it often happens that babies who are focusing more on one type of skill may be lagging in another. Indeed my daughter started speaking early too and was already talking in sentences at 18 months. She's also very good with puzzles, legos etc.
I think right now you should just focus on building her strengths. E.g. I knew my daughter was speaking early, so I used to talk to her a lot, describing everything around us and what we were doing. We also gave her a lot of opportunity for her to practice her fine motor skills. We also gave her opportunity to build her gross motor skills, but we never pushed her. I think you should just focus on doing the right things to aid her development. Whether she is gifted or not, you'll know eventually.
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