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My earliest memories are from Kindergarten! My memory still stinks to this day!

Not sure if my kids will have good memories or not

I remember things from when I was three, so it's definitely possible.

My paternal grandmother took care of me from birth until 3 years old so I would have dreams of our time together. I would then relay the dreams to my mom and she would confirm if it happened or not. Most of the time the elements in the dreams really was a past occurrence. Somehow they've become memories of the past too. It's hard to explain but basically whatever I remember of that time frame are from the visions in those dreams. Otherwise I don't think I could remember the timeline younger than 4.

He definitely won't remember everything. I remember random images from that age but not very many.

Not sure if I do or not, but we promised DH's cousin's daughter we'd take her to Chuck E Cheese if she finished her dinner as bribe when she was 3. By the time she finished dinner, it was pretty late, so we said we'll go another time. A few months later she inquired with us on when we'd be taking her! We were surprised she even remembered!!

Disclosure: we have dinner at said child's home with her mom all the time. She took forever to eat and couldn't sit still so her mom was okay with us bribing her since we babysat her kids often. The promised outing was not out of the ordinary.

Not everything, but a good amount. I remember being 4.

@Kimberlybee: I have dreams/"memories" even from when I was only a year old or so! I definitely have to ask my mom to confirm & they definitely don't happen as often as when I was younger; still pretty neat!

I remember a few things from 3+ on, but I don't remember everything that happened!

I remember monumental and significant events from 3 & 4. I remember my 4th birthday party very vividly and it was super special to me. I remember our babysitter at the time, and a few random events from that year. I remember moving to a new house at 4.5 and pretty much any somewhat significant event from then on.
I have a very vivid memory though and my siblings don't remember nearly as much as me!

Yep, I would actually say it's 3 and up! I don't remember every event, but I remember the emotions/feelings I had around that time period.

@Mrs. Sunshine: Yes, it's so very neat! Those dreams/ memories have stopped for me all together but it's so cool to see into the past like that through dreams when I did have them. That's why when I hear people say that kids won't be affected or remember early childhood trauma or experiences, I have to negate that, they will remember it, from memory or through nightmares or dreams.

I remember things (clearly) from age 2, but I'm weird I guess? Apparently that's not normal.

I have several distinct memories prior to 4, but as a general rule life began at 4/5 lol.

I have a few very clear memories from when I was 4, but I definitely don't remember everything! My mom gets sad sometimes that I remember weird random things from when I was little (like the day it was raining outside the front of my preschool but not the back) and not special things we did together. haha sorry Mom!

Not everything but this just made me think... it's kind of scary when they start remembering! Like, awesome and scary at the same time, that my kid is about to start remembering all the dumb stuff I say or whatever

No. I have a few memories of when I was 3 and 4 but they are very very few. I don't feel like I had good recall on more than a small handful of memories until I was closer to age 6-7.