What's your oldest memory?

Question

(Sorry, I forget to type month after the eight.) Is it possible to remember events in your life as early as eight month old?

Answer 1

My first memory is of being bathed in the sink by my Nan. It's a definite memory, I remember she held me up to the mirror above the sink and did the whole 'who's a pretty girl then' thing that people seem to do with babies! I can distinctly remember seeing myself and my nan in the mirror. I've been told that I must have been about 6 months old at the time - my nan was looking after me for a week as my parents had gone abroad with the rest of the family.

People tell me that I can't possible remember something that happened when I was that young, but I can assure you that it is definitely a memory I have. Other than that I can't remember anything from when I was very young.

Answer 2

I remember my first day at school and that was nearly 30 years ago. My Mum dropped me off and I didn't cry until I saw my friend crying and then I started. Don't know if it is my oldest memory or not but it is one that sticks out in my mind.

Sometimes when I hear a song that is about 30 years old I remember hearing it when I was little.

Answer 3

When I am sitting quiet, some times a few bars of music come into my head , just for a second and I know I have heard them before, but I never can remember where. I believe it is from the time in my mothers belly.

Answer 4

My earliest memory is from the night my brother was born, I was almost 3. I had woken up and watched a dinosaur movie with my aunt and then in the morning I ate apple cinnamon oatmeal and when my dad came to take me to the hospital, he bought me a peppermint pattie and we ate it in the car.

Nothing traumatic that early in my life.

Answer 5

Yes.

It is possible to remember things as 'snap shots' from a very young age.

I remember siting in my high chair when I was 6 mths old and the family dog (judy) jumping up and knocking me over.

Answer 6

I clearly remember going to nursery, and I remember what the nursery was like.
I would have been around 3 then.
this memory has stirred up a lot of other memories around that time!
I used to wonder how people that wrote their autobiography remembered soo much,in so much detail,but I suppose they just have to remember one thing and it stirs up other memories?

Answer 7

possibly smells and stuff if something traumatic really affected you

my oldest memory comes from when i was really young in primary school i remember little certain days doing activities but im only 21

Answer 8

In my first clear memory, I'm two years old and I turn around in a crowd of people and realise my Dad's not there. Lol

Answer 9

I remember being in my crib at my grandfather's and great-grandmother's house. My mother was in the hospital and died when I was 15 months old. I remember my daddy coming and taking me to catch lightening bugs in the yard and then taking me home with him.

Answer 10

I have some memories that date to when I was around a year, maybe a little earlier.