2-year-old boy survived on cat food for up to six days after his mother died.

I say good for the little tot! He was at least smart enough to eat the cat food. It was to bad that that mother did not have home care to check on her if she was that sick. I think the earliest memories I have is a around 4. At that age I think they forget because they are so young.

Poor little guy. I hope he doesnt remember this either. Maybe he has family in the area who will take him in and love him. Myself I remember things as far back as 3 years old. Anything before that I can not remember. I was 3 and I tripped and fell and bit through my toung and it was barely attached. Also splitting my lip at a pizza place at 2 but I was almost 3. I sure hope this lil guy doesnt remember this tragic incident.

Most people loose all memories from 3 years down; it's called infantile amnesia and pretty much all people 'suffer' from it. Psychology tries to explain it by the fact that memories can overwrite each other and perhaps the fact that we start remembering in words rather than images also makes a difference. You could pretty much see your memory as a pc that gets better over time, more efficient, more space and there might have been files, replaced, missing or overwrited after years of improvement (or you merely can't open them anymore ;). However, this is a very big event in the boys life so theres a big chance he does save this information somewhere. Also, an event that happens just once and makes a big impact is easier to trace in your brain than something that happens a lot. Try to remember a specific normal breakfast this year and what you had. You most likely won't succeed. But when you think about the eggs and toast your lover brought you on valentinesday you suddenly can. It's something special and because there are less memories you need to search it's easier to retrieve. I'm glad this boy was smart enough to go and eat the cat food. It can't be nutricinous enough but it helped him survive which is this most important. I hope he gets good care now and will grow up to be a happy healthy man :)

That is so sad. The poor little tyke. I hope they find a family member who can take him in. I don't remember much beyond 6 years of age. it is doubtful that he will remember any of this when he is older.

oh no the poor little mite, it must have been awful for him, at least tho he was found and is alive. i dont remember that far back myself so lets just hope that he doesnt remember this incident either

That is really sad. I'm glad the boy lived, though. He probably won't remember it. The mind is a powerful thing and this type of situation is exactly why we have defense mechanisms put in place within our minds. That plus his young age means he probably won't even remember what happened. I don't really remember much of when I was really little. I remember a couple of things from when I was maybe 4.

That poor child! I really can't remember anything at all. I have bad memory so I can't remember too much but there are times when I remember things and I don't know if they are even true or at what time they happened. I also hope he doesn't suffer from any damage.

I can't even read the story. That's an awful thing to have happened. I hope that there's no damage either. I can remember snippets of things that happened when I was 3. I hate to think that he won't remember his mother at all, but maybe that's better considering the alternative of him remembering this awful event.