I often times feel very out-of-the-loop when discussing childhood memories, because I have vivid memories when I was just a baby:
I remember looking up at my mum and dad looking over me in my crib. I knew exactly who they were and how warm it made me feel seeing the two of them together smiling down at me. That is my very first memory, and I hold it dear to my heart.
I also remember sucking on a bottle nipple without the bottle in my crib. I remember waking up from sleeping, looking for my nipple
, and putting it back in my mouth so I could go back to sleep.
I remember crawling toward some brown lumps on our green carpet floor, when I heard my mother yell out, "DON'T TOUCH!" She then told me that it was dog poop. I understood completely.
I remember calling out for "mama" for her to carry me down the stairs when I would wake up in the morning. I had just learned to walk, then, and I was around a year old. I remember many, MANY mornings like that.
I remember playing outside in just my diaper..........and sometimes stripping that off so that I could feel free. I just hated clothes for the longest time. My mother would yell at me to come back inside when I'd be found running naked in the field in the back of our house while my brothers would laugh at me. I wasn't quite 18 months then, because I potty-trained well before 2.
I have an interesting memory that no one else confirms, but it seems very real...........I was in a wagon with my brother pulling me, and the wagon tips over and I hit my head on the pavement. I start to wail and cry, and my mother comes running out of the house with a dish towel over her shoulder toward me. She picks me up and looks me over to make sure I'm OK.
Now, according to everyone else in the family, this never happened. However, it DID happen to my Aunt Theresa when SHE was a little girl (around 2), and my grandmother, my mother, and my Uncle Tom all remember this happening exactly how I describe it. So, I always found this rather intriguing.
Anyway, earliest memory: infant (0-3months)
Current age: 33
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