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Isla · 11-02-2002, 11:40 PM

It must be a common trait of exceptionally gifted children.

I remember doing that when I was about 18 months old... my earliest memory is of painting a portrait of Fred Flinstone on a textured wall in my big brother's bedroom.

Fast forward to my middle child's toddlerhood...

From the age of about 18 months to 2 years, she did this ALMOST DAILY. As they say, paybacks are hell. My husband nearly had to have me institutionalized because of it. The child would hold her BM until she knew I could not stop her (and sometimes that would mean 3AM sessions) and then cover her room with her fragrant artwork. I thought perhaps she might be autistic and had her screened for developmental problems... but she's not. She is remarkably artistic though.

<---mother of Poopsie Kahlo

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11-02-2002, 11:40 PM	#8
Isla monkey Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 17	It must be a common trait of exceptionally gifted children. I remember doing that when I was about 18 months old... my earliest memory is of painting a portrait of Fred Flinstone on a textured wall in my big brother's bedroom. Fast forward to my middle child's toddlerhood... From the age of about 18 months to 2 years, she did this ALMOST DAILY. As they say, paybacks are hell. My husband nearly had to have me institutionalized because of it. The child would hold her BM until she knew I could not stop her (and sometimes that would mean 3AM sessions) and then cover her room with her fragrant artwork. I thought perhaps she might be autistic and had her screened for developmental problems... but she's not. She is remarkably artistic though. <---mother of Poopsie Kahlo