What is your earliest memory of life?

I can remember very little from before about 12. There are bits and pieces that are hazy, but only when someone jogs that memory. My friend commented the other day how people tell me stories about my life (even stuff from my teens) that I have no memory whatsoever of. It is odd, but I don't really care b/c I don't "need" those memories per se.

Even today my memory for things like events or people is terrible, but my school, work, or research that I want to remember is retained nearly flawlessly. Hmm.

This is a subject I brought up with some friends not too long ago. The earliest memories I have are of when I was probably around 5. One that I know I will never forget from that time is when I was at the babysitter and I was hitting some t-ball when I sister walked behind me. Well, she ended up having a bump about the size of the ball on her forehead. I wouldn't count on her remembering anything before that day. :D I'll have to ask her if she remembers that as good as I do.

though not a very clear memory of being a baby, a month or 3 back i was watching a little baby, workin on some babies first steps, and im chillin, meditatin and takin in the scene, and slowly i can feel the feeling again (of takin those early awkward steps, not a few months ago), a kinda cloudy memory/flashback. it was a memory recalled by force, i was in the zone of maximum concentration, you all know that zone.. oooommmmmm:stoned:

Its seems I only remember things that embarrassed me. I remember when I was about five, I was in preschool, and I went to use the restroom. When I came out one of the girls said something smelled and I remember being embarrassed and I said I think I need to wipe more. Or something to that affect.

When I was 4 years old my family went on a road trip to California, I remember standing at a rest area somewhere in the desert in New Mexico looking at the cactuses.