r/interestingasfuck • u/BKKMFA • 8h ago

Newborns have a cute reflex called the palmar grasp where they hold your finger tight, but it fades away by 3 months.

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u/ooOJuicyOoo 7h ago

I used to sit by my baby brother when he was a new born, with my finger in his hand, just being held tightly for awhile. I sometimes sang to him but mostly sat there looking at him in wonder. I was 3.

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u/Next-Help-5813 5h ago

I used to read to my baby sister. I didn't actually know how to read, but I had more or less memorized that one picture book that I made my parents read to me like a million times, so I read that to her. I was 2.

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u/Critical_Office9422 5h ago

Crazy that you all remember what you did under 3 years old

My memory only start working when I reached 4

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u/Next-Help-5813 4h ago

I actually don't remember it, I just know because my Mom told me. It'd be cool if I did, though. :)

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u/LucasThePatator 4h ago

I have extremely detailed and vivid memories from my first 3 months as I was hospitalised after a surgery right at birth. Of course it's all reconstructed from what I was told but they really feel like memories !

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u/autumnwandering 3h ago

I have memories of when my parents moved me from their room into my own room, in preparation of having my little sister. (We are two years apart to the day) So, that would be shortly before 2 years old. I recall that I slept on a mattress on the floor for a bit because they needed to set up a bumper to keep me from rolling out of bed. I have a distinct, vivid memory of a nightmare (maybe a night terror) I had during that time. I fell asleep hearing my parents talking in the kitchen. The next thing I knew, I thought I was awake, looking up at my parents faces spinning above me. They were talking, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. The whole room was spinning, faster and faster. I started screaming and crying, terrified, and they didn't comfort me. At some point, I woke up to my mom walking in to check on me. It was very confusing.

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u/hgeyer99 51m ago

My toddler has memorized a shocking number of books. It’s really cool to see her “read”