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Does my baby remember the touch of his grandmother’s hand? Does he remember the song we use to listen together when he was in my womb? Does he remember his dad’s voice? These are some questions which revolves around mother’s mind and they wonder if her baby has started with the memory game.
When do babies start remembering? Is it right away from the birth or pre natal? Well, we have researches with us which will clear the doubt about the memory development of the babies.
New age research on your baby’s memory
When a child is newly born there’s a stark difference between his conscious and subconscious mind. Psychologists says that the memories we think the baby aren’t developing is deep down getting stored in the sub conscious mind of there's.
Pre-natal memory development
According to a study which took place in early 2000’s it is found that babies start to develop their memory when in womb, but the memory is short termed. A very common example of this is that your baby now enjoys the song which you use to hear when the baby was in your womb. This means he remembers that song but we cannot say for how long he’ll.
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What do newborns remember?
A newborn recognizes his mothers voice at birth. He also starts to recognize things and sounds he sees daily in two months. Few voices which he heard when he was in his mother’s womb, remains in his subconscious mind and he does remember them.
Your babies memory dramatically increases in the first year oh the birth. It is also noticed that babied do remember the images shown to them after three months of their birth.
Memory development between six to twelve months
During this period there comes a stark development in the memory of the baby. He starts to recognize places and persons. He also reacts either positively or negatively towards the person or the place according to the previous experiences, thus we can sense that he holds a memory.
Your role in baby’s memory development
We should always keep this thing in our minds that most of the infant hood memories are short termed. We cannot say for how long the baby will remember them. Hence a baby can have a long term memories only after three years of his birth as it takes time for an infant brain to make long term memories.
Your role is very important in the development of your child’s memory. Through various memory boosting exercises and games you can help him enhance his memory. Baby signs are another good way for parents to make their babies develop a good memory.
So, yes babies do remember things, they even remember things they came across before they were born. But what we do not know is how much? And what all? To know this we will have to know them more. And no one can discover more about your baby than you. Happy parenting!
