How is your child's short term memory?

[MamaG]

My DD aged almost 7 has a shocking short term memory. She will go into another room to get something and have no idea why she is there. I'll send her upstairs to get something and she will forget. When picked up from school, she won't remember who she has played with - its not the usual "can't be bothered so will say I can't remember", she will genuinely try to think, with a puzzled look on her face.

Her long term memory is fine, e.g. there is a school disco tonight (annual event) and last year I didn't give her any spends and she was a bit upset, so I promised to give her money next time - she reminded me this morning, a year on

She is bright, doing really well at school and is a happy girl, but I'm actually quite worried about this. Is it normal? TIA for any advice :)

my dd is 6 and a half and can never remmber whta she had at school for lunch in the same way as yours, also he same with who she's played with

it's annoying but I hadn't really thought about whether there is a problem

I'll watch this thred with interest too

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My 7 year-old DS is the same. It seems to be meals that are instantly forgettable in his case - he will say things like "Have we had lunch yet?" (an hour after having lunch) and often asks "Is this lunch or tea?"
He also does that forgetting what he's been sent upstairs for thing and he has the memory of an elephant in other respects just like your DD MamaG!

My 6 yr old DD is the same MamaG - short term memory not very good but long-term its fantastic (even for trivial info eg. what we were wearing and what we ate last time we went to a certain place a year ago!)

I always think that part of it is they tend to not completely take on board what they consider to be not very important eg. they won't remember whether their sandwich at lunchtime was ham, cheese or tuna but they wouldn't forget if you told them at lunchtime that they could have a piece of that special cake after their evening meal!

Selective memory (also goes alongside selective listening )

Thanks for replies :) - it never really did worry me, but lately DH has started to comment on it, so maybe I'm just noticing it more. Glad she's not the only one!

wordgirl, yes dd1 does that too, the 'Is this lunch or tea?' thing