My oldest son amazed us 3 years ago (at the age of 22 months) by very quickly learning who each stocking belonged to in our extended family. As far as we could tell, he went through them one time with my mom, and then he simply just knew them. And he never missed one. Different people would quiz him on who random ones belonged to and he got it every single time with no errors. Somehow his mind is able to look at a these tangible objects and learn it’s assigned person and lock it in his brain.
Each year since, when we pull out the stockings out of storage, we ask him which stocking belongs to whom and he is able to recite them down the line with no assistance. This year was no exception. I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised anymore with the feat, but I can’t help but be shocked by it still.
I have a smart kid!
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