Gifted kids just need more new things to need to make those dendrite connections that get made during sleep. My theory: when they get a lot of stimulation, gifted kids nap just as much as other kids. Sweet sweet quiet time for mommy and daddy. And that question, “Is there any good reason for hir to be reading so young?” YES. Preschool, other kids, other adults… necessary for our sanity. We need other people to share the burden of intensity and to be entertaining and new and different. Go go going from dawn to sometime past dusk is exhausting for parents, even if not for the kid. One of the reasons neither DH nor I could be SAHP while DC is small is because we would not get those breaks that most parents get. I would go insane if my preschooler didn’t sleep a lot. (#2 cannot understand how #1 copes with a kid that young who needs not-significantly-more sleep than the parents. And it’s a specific type of kid who may have joys and challenges that are also correlated with giftedness. It just means that it’s ok for some kids, even little kids, not to nap. It does not mean that forcing your kid to sleep less will make them smarter (in fact, probably the opposite). If someone says, “losing naps early is correlated with intelligence” that does not mean that your regularly-napping kid is dumb. Darn adolescence.) (#2 needs more than average sleep, too! I blame puberty.) ![]() (And as an adult, my sleep need has certainly settled down to higher than average. And, some gifted kids need more sleep than average kids. That doesn’t mean that your average-sleeping child isn’t gifted. If your child got rid of most naps at 18 months and is still happy as a clam until bedtime, then that is correlated with giftedness. Not all gifted kids show this lack of needing naps, but it is correlated. One of the common signs of giftedness is a lower sleep need at a younger age.
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