Note that children do form memories. From the article: "Then in 1987, a study by the Emory University psychologist Robyn Fivush and her colleagues dispelled th

Note that children do form memories. From the article: "Then in 1987, a study by the Emory University psychologist Robyn Fivush and her colleagues dispelled that misconception for good, showing that children who were just 2.5 years old could describe events from as far as six months into their past." Perhaps your argument still holds, though. It seems plausible.