Hello all,
My son is 3 1/2 now and he's the best thing to ever happen to me and my wife. About a year ago when he could speak clearly, my wife and I noticed that he was remembering some absolutely impossible things from when he was as young as one year old.
First, as it's pertinent to the story, he has an odd concept of time (or a limited vocabulary) so he references any time in the past as "yesterday" whether it happened 2 years ago or 2 minutes ago.
Back to the "remembering." It can be bone-chilling at times. When he was 1, we went to Disney. We recently went back and he very clearly remembered almost every event in the location that it occurred. We'd walk by a path and he'd pipe up, "Remember when I saw Buzz there yesterday?" This happened at virtually every corner. He fully recounted his last trip to Disney, over 2 years ago.
If it was isolated to a great experience in his life (like Disney), I could understand, but this also happens during the most mundane activities, like while driving. A few days ago we're driving in an area that we've only visited once or twice and passed a Quiznos that I distinctly recall we once visited 1-2 years back. While we were there, I spilled some horseradish sauce on my shirt. Immediately upon seeing this restaurant a few days ago he piped up, "Daddy, remember when you spilled on your shirt yesterday? That was silly."
He also has the uncanny ability to hear a song once and sing it, virtually word for word, in his 3 year old voice. The pitch is usually pretty close.
This happens often enough that we've definitely taken notice. Several times per week isn't uncommon.
A few observations. He seems to have hit all the major milestones (walking, eating solid food, running) at roughly the same time as other children. He does not go to day care, but my wife takes him out frequently with other children his age. He's a little introverted but has no difficulty making friends. He's extremely tall for his age (43", 90 something percentile).
I'm curious if this is something to be concerned about or even something that I should be encouraging and helping him to develop. Maybe it's normal?
Thanks much.
edit: Thanks so much for all the attention and the front page. As suggested in this thread, it sounds like this condition is outside of the realm of "normalcy." I'll be scheduling a visit to discuss with the pediatrician.
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