Precocious 8 month old

Posted on February 25, 2012

Mindaugas Gedvilas, deported to the Yakutsk region of Siberia, wrote many letters to his uncle, Bronius Gleveckas, who was living in London, England. During the war, Mr. Gleveckas had been apprehended and incarcerated in a German concentration camp. It appears that his health was seriously injured during the incarceration, such that when these letters were written, he was basically bed-ridden.

In this letter, Mindaugas mentions his 8 month old son, Antanas. He writes that Antanas is healthy, is able to sit, and several teeth are starting to show. As soon as he sees his father, he starts to cry and scream, until Mindaugas picks him up and cradles him. Once held, he smiles, gazes at everybody, sings and acts haughty. He is starting to make babbling sounds.

This 8 month old “wrote” a letter, using a crayon, to his foreign relative: “Dear Uncle, I am sending you warmest greetings for the upcoming celebration. With kisses, Antanas”

It appears that infants born in Siberia were very precocious.