Earliest childhood memory

Today’s 31 day blog challenge entry doesn’t really have a lot to do with Nappyneedz, but as it’s a blog entry a day, I suppose that this one is more about me, and my earliest childhood memory.

Thinking about your earliest childhood memory

Actually deciding what your earliest childhood memory is, isn’t that easy.  There are various things that I remember from when I was small, but deciding which came first, isn’t always that straight forward.  Then trying to decide what actually came first, makes it even more complicated.  The memory is a funny thing, some times we think we remember something, but it’s actually a memory that we’ve created from photos or stories our parents have told us.  Deciding on your earliest childhood memory actually takes a bit of work.

My earliest childhood memory

Having said all of that about remembering your earliest childhood memory, I am as confident as I can be that this is mine.  I was at toddler group with my Mum, she sat me down on the floor with some other children (I can even tell you who they were) and in front of us were some blocks with a picture of little red riding hood and a wolf on them.  I don’t know what came before, or after that, but there it is, my earliest childhood memory.  I must have been somewhere between one and two at the time I suppose.

My children’s earliest childhood memory

My youngest daughter is probably about the age that I was when that happened, and I often wonder about what my own children will store as their earliest childhood memory.  How much of now will they remember?  Of course it doesn’t really matter. I might be only able to remember the odd thing from when I was really little, but I do know that when I was small I was loved and cared for, and while I can’t remember specifics, I know that.  I hope that my children grow up with the same feeling.  I don’t mind so much that they don’t remember specifics, just that they know that they are loved, and that their childhood was a happy and wonderful time.

I’m afraid this is a pictureless blog today, just because I don’t have any early photos to go with my earliest memory post. If you liked it though, you can always follow my personal blog here.

What’s your earliest childhood memory?