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3yos and their memories

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CountessDracula · 18/01/2006 12:00

Last night I read dd (3.4) Harry the Dirty Dog. She reads it quite often with dh but only got it for xmas so must have had it max 10 times he said.

She picked it up, opened it and started "reading" to me, she repeated every word verbatim. She didn't get one wrong!

I was totally gobsmacked, how can they have such incredible recall?

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zubb · 18/01/2006 12:08

It amazing isn't it! We have books that we haven't read for ages and ds1 still knows all the words - and I can't even remember what the stories about!

purpleturtle · 18/01/2006 12:10

They do have phenomenal recall. Dd is nearly 5 and regularly reminds us of things that happened a year or two ago.

But I read the other day that by the age of 10 they've forgotten most of their pre-school experience.

Hulababy · 18/01/2006 12:10

They are amazing yes. Remeber everything - even those things you'd rather they didn't!

Roobie · 18/01/2006 12:12

I'm always amazed at dd's memory (she is 3.8). She often mentions things that happened to her absolutely ages ago that I can barely recall!

NomDePlume · 18/01/2006 12:14

DD is 3.5 and her memory is astounding, really amazing given that I am the original 'Mrs Goldfish'.

DH got in the shower this morning and took a towel from the bottom of the pile in the airing cupboard (so one that doesn't come out much at all). DD followed him into the ensuite and said, 'Daddy, we bought that towel from Majorca, didn't we ?'. She was bang on, we bought the towel from a beach seller on our holiday in July and it hasn't been discussed or brought out of the airing cupboard since ! Amazing

MoggyMummy · 18/01/2006 12:35

I find it amazing too. DH has experimented with this and changed a word whilst reading a story to DS (in Danish) and he has picked up on it immediately. Oh! what I wouldn't do for a memory like that

Meanoldmummy · 18/01/2006 13:07

Oh damn, is it all of them? There was I thinking ds1 was a genius I discovered in talking to him the other day that he remembers what he had to eat at a fireworks display the October before last (it was only a sausage roll). He also remembers the names of all the doctors who used to treat ds2 well over a year ago, and various other things which stagger me. It's very exciting I think...I wonder if it will start to fade, and when.

blueshoes · 18/01/2006 13:56

I remember as a kid I could recall conversations verbatim etc. When your mind is a blank slate and not cluttered with all manner of cobwebs, you are just a sponge. Nowadays, I could not remember who said what on mn .

pumpkin7 · 18/01/2006 17:32

My ds1 (8yrs) can still vividly remember things that happened when he was 1. Sometimes I wish he didnt though as it was at this time that his dad left and then chose to keep new gf happy by forgeting ds ever existed. Luckily most of his memories are happy ones though. I think he gets it from me though as I can read a book and still recall the whole story 3yrs later after reading just 1page

roisin · 18/01/2006 17:55

We moved from Zambia to the UK when I was 3 and my db was 5. I always feel rather aggrieved that I have no memories at all.

We moved house at the same stage ds1 was 5 and ds2 was 3, and I am determined they won't forget completely! We have been back to visit twice, and continue to look at photo albums, and keep in touch with old friends. DS2 has now lived here longer than he lived in Oxfordshire, but he can still remember lots about it, and we talk about it often.

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