CAN A TWO WEEK OLD BABY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING and tell you about it much later, when he is 3??

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I am really surprised.

When DS2 was just two weeks old (and his brother nearly 3 1/2) auntie came to visit with two soft toy dogs. A white dog, and a brown yorkshire terrier. She said "I have one dog for each boy", then turned to my oldest and said "Look, the brown one is just like my dog, Cesar, whom you love, why dont you take him?" My son took the dog, held it close, but later after Auntie had gone, cried and said that he really had wanted the white dog, but did not want to upset auntie. We swapped dogs, thinking 2 week old ds2 wouldnt really mind, and we decided not to talk about it again. DS1 loved the white dog, it is with him everywhere. Ds2 grew to love his brown dog as he grew up.

Yesterday, ds1 was in school, and I was home with ds2, who now wanted to play with both dogs. In the evening DS2 insisted to take the white dog to bed with him. I told him it was his brothers dog, and he loved it very much and needed it for bedtime.

Ds2 said. "No, The white dog was MINE first, auntie gave it to ME. I want it."

I was stumped. Can he really remember it? Or was it a sudden incident of wishful thinking that turned out to be true?

DS1 probably told him.

I agree with Soup. I found out that my brothers panda was mine originally and then all hell broke loose until it was handed over. I had no idea before my mum mentioned it.

I doubt ds1 would have told him, he is too scared to lose his white dog. And ds2 is very posessive - terrible threes.

I got with Ruby

Oh, I know what you mean about the terrible threes alright!!

DS suprised me the other day - he was playing with his Bob the Builder toys and picked out the first ones he had been bought and said "Mama gave me these on my birthday. I was at Mamas house". He had them for his second birthday and is now 3.5, having never commented on them before. I was really taken aback by that, I must admit!

i believe he remembers. if it was something important to him, why not? we know very little about how our minds work. what a fantastic story! i just hope my dd will never remember the shouting on my hormonal days right after delivery

i promise i am not stalking! but when lo was 6 weeks old he had to have a camera skoved up his willy and he went mental and they all told me that he would not remeber and therefore did not need sedating.
he is now 2.8 and has an inate fear of doctors and they have actually been fine with him bit one gp [ a male] actually said that he thought that it was a direct link from that .... i do too so maybe your lo does remember ..hey we remember stuff from 2 yrs ago just cos our lo's could'nt/can't articulate hey?

My nephew has an amaaing memory for things like this. He has special needs but vividly remembers things that happened when he was just tiny, like his mum being taken away in an ambulance (he was about 8 weeks) and his grandad pacing the floor with him cause he wouldnt stop crying (again he was about 6 weeks). I think they do remember things.