I think there is a danger to knowing too much too soon.
My 12 yrs old daughter learned to read at 2 yrs old. I caught her reading hubbies Stephen King books at 4 yrs of age and then we were at the doctor's office and she picked up a magazine and it was about 9/11. She turned to me with a horrific look and said "All those people died in the building Mommy." Mind you we did not have cable TV and didnt talk about 9/11 to her just thinking she was too young to need to know about such atrocities.
Now she is 12 yrs old going on 21 yrs old. Her reading is college level or higher. When she went to school in 2nd grade she was bored out of her mind for the first year or so. She has unfortunately succumbed to peer pressure and now reads books like Twilight rather than the classics. She does have an incredible vocabulary and her ability to argue a point is incredible. She seems beyond my control now.




 

I have a five.5 years old daughter who just came to live with me full time Jan 2008. She is behind in many areas. When I first met her she did not speak in full sentences and her speech was uncomprehensible. She had never been on an escalator, zoo, etc and had great fears. She was placed in a crib with a crib net til 2pm while mom did drugs. She did not receive a whole lot of attention and whatever she has learned has been from TV. She was still in diapers and drank from bottles and sippy cups. She learned her colors sumer of 2008 and is just getting shapes down. SHe is starting to learn numbers and some letters but her memory is next to nil. I would show her a letter and within a few seconds she has forgotten it. I don't know if she has special needs or just due to environmental deprivation. Her two older sisters have caught up and can read now and doing really well in school. They are almost 8yrs old but their size is about 3, 4-5 yrs old. Any suggestions?

I would like to rent an infant crawling track. Does anyone have one-either bought or homemade interested in renting it out. I live in California.