What is the oldest memory you have?
@DocAndersen (54413)
United States
January 15, 2019 1:10pm CST
I mean going way back to when you were a child what is the first thing you remember?
Mine is a memory of the living room of our apartment in Skokie Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) Mom was ironing on one side of the room and I was playing with my father's army uniform.
It is like a movie for me, I remember 2 or 3 minutes of the scene. It is my earliest memory I was most like 3 years old.
How about you, what is your earliest childhood memory?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jan 19
I recall how bright the light was right above my head but how dim the rest of the room was. How a lady came in, I think she was a nurse and she brought me a clown. I don't have the clown anymore, and I am not sure what happened to it. I know my grandmother sat beside me a lot of the time and I think my mom was there when she could be. I was around 3 years old and I had meningitis.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
15 Jan 19
@DocAndersen I can also vaguely recall being a little girl and not feeling quite right. I was in the hallway in an apartment my parents had. I am not sure if that was before or after the visit to the hospital. I think it was before but I could be wrong.
I was too young to remember how scared I really was atleast. I developed Epilepy as a result of the meningitis but I grew out of the epilepsy when I turned 18.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
15 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum those are tough memories, impressive that you recall them!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 19
Moving to my new house when I was about 5 in about 1967 - seeing that we had a back garden to play in was a very happy moment
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 19
@DocAndersen that would spoil the moment a bit lol
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
15 Jan 19
@arthurchappell it did, I hate lawn mowing to this day
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
15 Jan 19
That is so cool, funny we moved to a house in 1968 and I remember thinking it was cool to have a backyard. Then my dad said, you get to mow it! :-(
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@jeanena (2198)
• Bucklin, Kansas
15 Jan 19
The oldest memory I have is of me crawling behind a couch and screaming ,like in terror hiding from my grandma and mom. I told my mom I remembered that and she was in shock that I remembered it. I don't know for sure how old I was except that I was under two.
I had a reaction to cough medication that had an ingredient that I am apparently allergic to.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
15 Jan 19
Sorry to hear that, nothing at all?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Jan 19
I think that I was 3 or 4. I was playing with the girl from the neighbor house. We were alone in the room and we decided to empty every closet in the room. We used a chair but we couldn't reach the top shelves. We threw the things that we could reach in a huge pile on the floor. We thought that it was a fun game, but my mother had a different opinion when she saw the mess that we had made 
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
16 Jan 19
having encountered a similar mess made by my kids, I would say your mom was less than pelased!
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Jan 19
I had to be 1 year and eight months old, My mom came home with a baby, my little sister.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jan 19
I would have to think about it. I can remember kintergarden.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
16 Jan 19
it is interesting when you consider what we remember sometimes!
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