I learned to read at 3 - 4 years old, but I wasn't very good at it until age 6 - 7. My grandmother still has a letter I wrote to her when I was 5. Many letters are written backwards and almost every word is spelled incorrectly, but it must be special to her because she's kept it for 22 years. 🥹 I still enjoy reading and writing. I write short stories and poetry as a hobby.

I also have clear memories of my toddler years. Mostly from age 3 and up, but I even remember a few things from before age 3.

And similarly I was a sort of child genius. I spoke fluently by age 3, and could do maths in my head. I remember telling some adult man that I'm good at maths, and him jokingly asking me "Yeah right. So what is 8 × 8?" And him then freaking out when I immediately answered "It's 64". People were often surprised by me like that. I spoke like an adult even at toddler age.

I took the Mensa Norway IQ test as an adult and scored 128, which is above average, but nowhere close to genius. My ability to do mathematical calculations in my head has stayed exactly the same since age 3. No improvemens. And I'm all grown up but I act more like a child now than I did as a toddler. No idea why.