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It started at some point after my birth when I still remembered my time in the hospital and given that I later successfully recounted events from that day, that
by ryao 2y ago
It started at some point after my birth when I still remembered my time in the hospital and given that I later successfully recounted events from that day, that my grandparents witnessed, to my parents, it is safe to say that my memories are accurate. Your assumption that I was not conscious is absurd. Maybe you were not conscious, but I was. I was a very precocious child.
- jfax 2y agoA newborn's eyes are not focussed.
- ryao 2y agoThat would explain why everything was white except really close things like the nurses’ hands. The nurses’ hands were the only color other than white that I recall seeing that day. I had some awareness of the crib’s walls (or whatever that thing was), but beyond that, I saw nothing but bright white light.