Your earliest memories, anyone?

[dendawg]

My earliest memories are:

- My dad coming in and picking me up from my crib, pulling me up into the air with his hands.
- Walking with my mom as a toddler and stumbling, with her laughing at my stumble. (She was holding my hand so it's all good. )

[Gravekeeper]

Being badly electrocuted by an exposed ground wire I grabbed thinking it was like a playground thing you could swing on.
Being electrocuted by an outlet I stuck something in because ?.
Being hit by a chainsaw my ever attentive father let fall to his side while still running.

I'm thinking there's probably a reason I don't remember anything earlier than that. -.-

[CorneliaMarieRocks]

earliest memory? Jan 28th 1986, I was 7 yrs old

don't remember much about the actual incident itself, I just remember seeing the footage on the Nightly News & the special episode of Punky Brewster they aired called "Accidents Happen"

[Kittish]

Slightly off topic, but I used to think I was weird for not being able to remember earlier than I can. I want to thank you all for showing me that it isn't weird at all. It's kind of reassuring actually.

[DeltaSierra]

My earliest memory was about at 2 or 2 1/2 - my brother hadn't been born yet, so I know I was younger than 3. There was a 3-drawer dresser in my bedroom and I was obsessed with the top drawer because since I couldn't reach it (or see inside it when my parents opened it,) it meant there was something myserious and wonderful inside it and I hadto know what was inside - I remember pulling the bottom drawer out to try to climb up to the top and my Mother catching me, then lifting me up to show me the row of baby onesies in the top drawer. I was crushed.

[wolfie]

earliest memory? Jan 28th 1986, I was 7 yrs old

When my mother picked me up after University that day (late night due to extracurricular activity - would have needed a roundabout route home using 3 buses on sparse schedules due to the time), she commented about it, and this was the first I had heard. Ironically, earlier that day I had read a journal article regarding the booster rockets, analyzing how many segments the manufacturer would need to make to allow for losses in various stages of the life cycle and still have enough segments to allow for 100 flights. There were various expected losses for each stage (manufacturing scrap, damaged during recovery, found to be out-of-spec during refurbishment, etc.). Ironically, they expected ZERO rocket sections to be lost between launch and the jettison of the expended rockets.

I remember pulling the bottom drawer out to try to climb up to the top and my Mother catching me, then lifting me up to show me the row of baby onesies in the top drawer. I was crushed.

Better figuratively (as happened) than literally (as would almost certainly have happened if your mother hadn't caught you).

[CorneliaMarieRocks]

well, you know what's interesting to me Wolfie, is that the late John Denver was slated to be aboard on that mission, he went through the training & everything. Then at the last minute, he was replaced with Christa

Ironic, since John eventually lost his life later on in an airplane accident 2 weeks after I had gone to see him in concert (the only time sadly)

Wasn't meant for him to go is the way I look at it.

I never realized until recently how close together the anniversary for Challenger & Columbia were, separated only by a few days & 10+ yrs

[cindybubbles]

Anyone else have early memories of their childhood?

[dalesys]

I never realized until recently how close together the anniversary for Challenger & Columbia were, separated only by a few days & 10+ yrs

01/27/67 Apollo 1: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, Roger Chaffee
01/28/86 Challenger: Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee
02/01/03 Columbia: Rick D. Husband, William McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel B. Clark, Ilan Ramon

[telecom_goddess]

I remember being a baby, somewhere between six months and a year old, sitting in a white painted high chair. I saw pics of that high chair later and yup it's the one I remember. That's the only early one though, after that I my memories start at five or maybe 4.

[NecessaryCatharsis]

Am I that much of a freak? My first clear memory happened in school, in grade 6 (so about 12 years old). You all seem to remember things from when you are three years old or less.

[firecat88]

Am I that much of a freak?

If it's any consolation, my short term and working memory are absolute crap.

[fireheart]

I've been told by my dad that my first words to my newborn sister were "Hi <sister> can you do fish lips?" (I was 3 at the time)
There's also another photo of me somewhere at age 4 where I'm standing next to the TV in my underwear, while my sister is at the pulling herself to her feet stage and is smacking the TV. I believe Ernie is on it. No clue why I was in only my underwear

[Caffienated_Caramel]

*thinking* My earliest memories had to be between 2 and 3. While I'm sure not in order but I recall climbing up to my babysitter while she was relaxing on the couch and as soon as I get onto her lap she suddenly grabs me, makes a face and starts tickling me.

Another one being taught how to swim by the same babysitter (she was a swim instructor) at the private pool near our house.

[Blue Ginger]

I have memories from when I was really young but have very few from Primary school years. According to a few mental health professionals, I have blocked the memories out. I remember some things that happened out side of school in those years, but only a few that happened at school.

My next clearest memory is from when I was 3. I am in the lounge drawing on balloons with markers and then I run into the dinning room to show mum. Next thing I am in the back seat of my next door neighbours car screaming and covered in blood. Then I am on a really hard bed being held down by my dad, a guy in white and 2 women in blue while another guy is holding a needle really close to my face.

What my parents have told me happened is I was running and tripped over my feet and slid across the carpet into the dining room table leg. It was folded square metal, very solid. It split open my top lip from the gum (inside) to just above the top of the lip (outside). I also split open my eyelid to halfway between the top of the eyebrow and the hairline, just missed damaging my eyeball.

I had a doctor, 2 nurses and dad holding me down because they wouldn't knock me out or give me painkillers until they had stitched up my face.

Next earliest memory is a funny one. Walking with Dad and older sister with dad telling us that we have a new little brother. I remember telling dad that I didn't want a little brother and could we send him back. I was 3 1/2 when my brother was born.