what 15mo olds are capable of perceiving

[smaragdina5]

No: HPFGUIDX 89833

It is time for me to provide this input.  My earliest memory is from 
spending a day visiting relatives when I was 15 months old, and I can 
remember quite a bit, not just images, but how I perceived things.  
(My mother can remember when she was even younger, so I must have 
gotten the gene.)  I also live with a 15 month old, and am noticing 
his take on the world.

The main point of interest is how I knew what was going on, but was 
not thinking in complex language in my own mind.  In my memory, I 
wake up, look and realize that Dad is asleep, look and realize that 
Mom is also asleep, then spontaneously start playing catch with my 
stuffed toy to pass the time.  But I did not think to myself, "Oh, 
both Mom and Dad are still sleeping, so I guess I should come up with 
something to do," or hear words to that effect in my brain.  I just 
knew what was going on and suddenly started playing.  Then I looked 
around the room, noting its decor (I can still remember a lot of 
detail) and then a sound made my head turn suddenly to the doorway.  
It was my beloved relative entering and saying something I did not 
understand, in a kind voice.  My head turned as a reaction; there was 
no, "aha, that sounds like grandpa!  Let me see him!"  Later we went 
into the kitchen and then I hung out in his study, noting various 
objects I still recall.  Afterwards we went to the beach, and I was 
put into a plastic boat, and grandpa started pulling it in the water, 
giving me a ride.  I felt, "wow, everyone is being so nice to me!  
Gee!  This is fun; he is kind to do all this work pulling me."  But I 
didn't think the words.  I just realized what was happening.  Later I 
played with my shovel digging in the sand, and made a joke by then 
touching the shovel to the belly of a relative sunbathing lying right 
next to my sand hole.  A relative said, "you are trying to dig a hole 
in her tummy!" and I remarked to myself that she was wrong; I was 
just making a little joke on the spot.  Yet I did not plan it out 
elaborately; it was just a spontaneous reaction.  Basically, I saw 
lots of things happening, and understood the dynamics and emotions of 
everyone, and recognized all my relatives.

The thought that baby Harry was pretty powerful himself and might 
have been causing magic reactions just with his eyes, is the first 
clue I have found intriguing in years on that subject, and ties in 
with the wand-chooses-the-wizard brother wands clash idea too.  I'm 
sure that from what Harry remembers from the dementors, his 15 month 
old self understood that his parents were extremely upset and 
frightened, and that a bad entity was harming them.  He may well have 
wished that his parents be safe, in his toddler simple way, and that 
the bad person stop, and so forth.  Who is to say he was not aware 
enough to be angry or upset or frightened, and possibly cause magic?

Thanks for reading...

Betta smaragdina