When I was about 3 or 4 my aunt brought my newborn cousin over to visit us for the first time. I exclaimed "Oh! She's can open her eyes!!!" I thought babies were like kittens and it took them a while to open their eyes after they were born.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne