When we are born our ability to focus our eyes is not developed for the first few weeks and months. Our sense of smell and touch and hearing is usually what we rely on. So any memories of this time will come without “pictures”. Smell is a very strong memory maker because it usually keeps us safe with our mums and away from things which will hurt us. We may well store the information but not be able to find it again later because we don’t have the correct triggers.
Or because the brain is developing so rapidly, there is little need to remember much of what we experience in early life, so its stored in “flash memory” rather than long term so is lost as we age.
Also, memories also fade with time. The older you get, the more difficult it is to remember your early experiences. Although hardly anyone can remember their baby experiences, a young child (say 3Β½ years) can remember things when they were 3ΒΌ years. But now that I’m old, I can barely remember this time at all!
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