Infantile amnesia
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Some psychologists also believe a reason for childhood amnesia can be linked back to a baby’s inability to talk about the experiences that occur prior to fluency in language. The older children get, the more developed the hippocampus and the higher the probability a memory will be remembered. The hippocampus isn’t fully developed until about the age of four – this is typically when children start to remember things consistently. These types of memories, episodic memories, involve the part of the brain called the hippocampus within the temporal lobe. Memory is often referring to the ability to recall life experiences. Child psychologists advise that this is a normal part of the brain’s development and explains that when memories aren’t repeated and retold, they aren’t strengthened and become lost over time. This phenomenon is referred to as childhood infantile amnesia, or the natural and gradual loss of memories that occur within the first few years of life.
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Most adults cite they can’t remember anything prior to their third birthday. It can feel devastating, but it’s 100% normal. No recollection, and not one feeling evoked from a moment or memory that you worked so hard to create.
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It can often catch parents off guard when their toddler doesn’t recall the experience showcased in a picture or video. These pictures and videos help preserve fragments of time and have the ability to take us back to an experience and all of the emotions that come with it. We make sure to capture as many of these moments in photographs and videos so that we can hang on to them forever. We want everything for our babies to be as perfect as possible including any birthdays celebrated or even their very first trip to Disney. From the moment our babies are born, we, as parents, immediately going into memory-making-mode.