Exceptional memory at 3-4yo

[littleraysofsunshine]

My girl has an amazing memory, she tells me things that happened last year, in great detail. Is this a normal thing?

How are yours?? I find it fascinating

Yes, DD is like this. I spoke to a researcher on the development of memory (DD took part in a study for him) and he said that lots of parents comment on this to him.

Yes! Think is normal?

Yes we're often surprised by our DD's memory too.

God yes. He remembers events, toys, places from bloody months ago. This morning he had a tantrum because he suddenly wanted a toy my mum had offered to buy him on holiday 6 months ago. He didn't want the toy at the time but does now apparently. Remembered the toy, that it was wooden and the name of the farm it was being sold at. If he wasn't being so unreasonable about it I would have been impressed!

I remember being astounded when dd1 aged nearly 2yo saw a picture of a Christmas tree and proceeded to tell us exactly what had happened the previous Christmas, including conversations and what wrapping paper was like, who had sent her Christmas cards, who sat where etc. She was 14 months the previous Christmas.
I came to realise that actually children (in general, not just dd1) remember an awful lot more than we give them credit for. Just they don't tend to have the language skills to say so. I suspect most 2yos remember their previous Christmas, just don't really talk about it.

Yes. Normal. A cery good time therefore to start learnibg to read/write & do basic maths. They remember everythibg you tell them ir read to them too including dinosaur names, types, size, diet etc. They really enjoy learnibg at this age & love impartibg theur new knowledge to other too. Random strangers have been told of how alpacas can help to guard sheep from foxes, dogs or wolves and how coastal erosion in the North East has caused a caravan park to fall into the sea..

Dd (4) has also navigated us in the car to a couple of places having been there once over a year ago. She also was taken to a place she'd not visited since she was 18 months, recognised it straight away and asked us "where's the plane?" Had no idea what she meant till we walked round corner to see a kids climbing frame aeroplane that she had remembered from over 2 years ago.

My niece is like this, it's fantastic as she'll tell you if you're driving in the wrong direction, what you need at the shops, and where my son's ever-elusive shoes have got to. I find her incredibly helpful!

I can still tell my mum things that happened when I was 2 (in great detail - it freaks her out!

Yep. I consider myself to have a good memory but ds trumps me hands down. It never fails to astound me: names, events, words, places, what colour someone was wearing, what they ate etc. I ask him to remember for me what i need from the shops!

Yes, mine do it too. If I read my DS a story he can remember the words even though he has only heard it once. I think they remember what interests them.

Well if you think about it, they don't have much to remember so it's probably easier. As well as having shorter lives than us so far, they also don't have to remember when to shower, to put the rubbish out, to go to work, whether it's a weekend or a weekday, whether it's recycling this week or not, that it's X's birthday next week so we must buy a card, how many groceries you have in the fridge and whether they need replacing, etc etc etc.

Yep. DD is 4.6 and can really clearly remember her 3rd birthday. Plus all sorts of other examples. Can't remember what she did at school though

My eldest has a brilliant memory too, the stuff he remembers is unreal!! I always get him tell me where I've parked the car, what way we need to go, what we needed from the supermarket etc he remembers far better than me!

DS2 however remembers nothing, he even told the teacher once it wasn't his birthday. I asked him why he'd said that as it was actually his birthday (balloons and presents in the morning), his answer?? I forgot Mummy............