https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:13:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/object-permanence#post-12409 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:58:59 +0000 mrsmcgyro 12409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's really interesting. I hadn't really given it much thought before, but it would certainly explain why some infants go ballistic when their mother's leave the room or why they love picaboo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/object-permanence#post-12353 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:25:55 +0000 Mrsbells 12353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From my personal experience with babies, if you take something away from younger baby and hold it within their line of vision they reach for it. If you hide it behind your back they look confused for a moment but dont reach for it anymore.. they may cry but if you give them something else, especially something that makes noise they usually will be okay. With an older child if you try to hide it behind your back, they still try to stretch and reach for it because they know it must be there and notice the difference if you try to replace it with something else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/object-permanence#post-12344 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:18:27 +0000 LivsMama 12344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG that article is HORRIFYING... I'm nauseous after reading that, it was common practice to operate on babies without anesthesia?! </p> <p>As for object permanence, I don't know. Liv is only 3.5 months old so I can't tell, but I've always been a bit skeptical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/object-permanence#post-12178 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:13:50 +0000 Maysprout 12178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In a lot of baby books they talk about how infants don't have an understanding of object permanence. If something is out of sight for a baby it is really out of mind and they think it ceases to exist. From watching our baby even from a young age I think this theory is BS. So I was looking it up and some more recent studies seem to be placing a dent in this theory. Since baby studies are hard they're often wrong and back in the day they thought babies don't feel pain, which I think any normal mother would have easily been able to refute <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-05-08-babies-pain_x.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-05-08-babies-pain_x.htm</a></p> <p>So I was just wondering what everyone with babies thought about object permanence. </p>