what is your earliest childhood memory?

Question

mine is being sat playing in the garden at about age of 3 and not understanding where my brother and sister were going everyday i was wearing a roll neck jumper and shorts.sandals with ankle socks.the ones that are frilly and roll over

Answer 1

I can remember being pushed along in a pram/buggy down a narrow alley!
Also remember climbing onto the side of my cot and leaping across onto my parents bed!

This is a great Question for me - i studied child development and memory on a Uni course!!

Answer 2

I had a few operations when I was a baby & my first memory is being in a hospital bed with the sides up and standing there crying . My parents lived quite a way from the hospital & so could not be there all the time . It's a memory that lives with me till this day , 52 years later !

Answer 3

My grandma and granddad bringing me the most beautiful red dress with white Scottie dogs on it, red patent shoes and some white ankle socks with a tiny red ribbon bow in the front of them, I was nearly 4 at the time and my sister throwing the biggest tantrum ever because she wanted the red dress and shoes instead of the blue one they got her, I was over the moon when my mom said no to her as normally she got her own way in everything, that was such a long time ago, but I remember it well

Answer 4

Mine is of when i was 10 months old. My Dad had a greyhound that had 11 puppies. I remember him holding me out in the garden and i threw a small bouncy ball onto the lawn and all the puppies dived in to get it at once!
I can also remember my first steps. It was a sunny day and i was in the lounge with my parents. The back door was slightly open and my Mum was beckoning me to walk to her and my Dad to walk to him. I can't remember who i walked towards. I was 11 months old!

Answer 5

Mine is when i was about 3 an i was playing with sand in playgroup...i know that there was one person on this forum whos earliest childhood memory was 18 months when i asked this question!

Answer 6

Mine was when I was 3 and my mum and dad got up in the middle of the night and my grandparents came over to look after me - I couldn't work out where they were going or why I couldn't go with them but the next day I got to meet my little brother!!!!

Answer 7

I was about 3. I remember my parents had left my brother and me with a babysitter, a teenage girl. I remember she invited all of her friends over and they had a party. I remember all these strange teenagers at our house and feeling scared. I remember waking up from a nap with favorite toy, this plaid gumby shaped stuffed toy and just tried to stay near my older brother. That's all I remember. I don't remember the interesting part which my parents later told me about. They got home early and were none too pleased as she had previously been their favorite babysitter; the girl was very embarrassed and I assume she got in some trouble.

Answer 8

Probably standing around some damp granite head stones at the ancestral burial plot in Scotland.

Answer 9

my earliist memory is when i was nearly 2
I was crying cos my sis and bro were going to school on the bus and i wanted to go.My nappy was falling off it was so wet, and i had a bottle on my mouth (a bottle of milk that is)
i was still in my nighties and i remember it had a kitten on the front.
was i an unloved child or what?

Answer 10

My father was in the Navy and was in Singapore. My mother had gone to visit him so my brother and I were staying with my grandparents. My brother dropped his teddy out of his pushchair and my grandmother and I re-walked the route to find it for him. I can't have been more than three.