Do you remember your first birthday?

BoyToy · 02-15-2005, 05:55 PM

Serisouly, I wonder whether a human being is able to remember its own first birthday. (I certainly don't!)

DustCropper · 02-15-2005, 10:01 PM

I've seen pictures. But I think I slept through the whole thing.

lumi · 02-15-2005, 10:12 PM

The earliest memories I have start when I was two or three. All I can really remember was playing with a neighbor kid once, going to the hospital where my sister was born, and when I moved to Finland.

Maquisard · 02-15-2005, 11:21 PM

Hehe sorry, I voted yes .

I thought the question was, "what's the first birthday you remember?" In my case, that was my second. I remember getting some kind of orange car model, and afterwards, photos confirmed this sentiment.

100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja · 02-16-2005, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Mares

I thought the question was, "what's the first birthday you remember?"

And you can answer that with "Yes" and "No"?

I too don't remember my birthday, but I believe I crapped my pants at least once on my first birthday!

Fairygdmther · 02-16-2005, 02:54 AM

I don't remember my first birthday, but I do remember a few things before my second. My father was an alcoholic, but stopped drinking about two months before my second birthday. I still remember holding onto the kitchen table leg, and reaching up to his glass. He always left a 1/2 inch of beer in his glass, and every morning I would take that and drink it before my mother caught me.

I also remember swinging around this same table leg, and being able to walk under the kitchen table. And I remember when I grew enough to hit my head on it.

FGM

Elton28 · 02-16-2005, 03:09 AM

Blimey! I can hardly remember what day it is, never mind my first birthday

I have memories from my childhood (like when my Dad left when I was 4 - remember it like yesterday, 24 years ago), yet I cant for the life of me think of any birthdays...maybe I am still zero years old really

AFGNCAAP · 02-16-2005, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by 100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja

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Originally Posted by Mares

I thought the question was, "what's the first birthday you remember?"

And you can answer that with "Yes" and "No"?

"Do you remember your first birthday you do remember?"

Catbert · 02-16-2005, 05:47 AM

You're insane, of course not.

Jazhara7 · 02-16-2005, 07:26 AM

We have a home video with the title "Jessica 1987". It is our only home video (my parents had to borrow the camera). My parents don't remember the firs words of any of my two sisters and I. BUT they remembered that I was born on a Saturday, because both my sisters were Sunday Children.

Anyway, I don't know if my first birthday is also on that tape, but it was filmed in the first year of my life (I was born in 1987).

I remember that on that tape, my two older sisters were feeding me semolina pudding (the german word is "Grießbrei". I think the english word sounds like something disgusting...something yucky...) mixed with mashed orange.

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Maquisard · 02-16-2005, 10:15 AM

Didn't Salvador Dali claim he was able to remember being in his momma's belly?

Jazhara7 · 02-16-2005, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mares

Didn't Salvador Dali claim he was able to remember being in his momma's belly?

If yes, then he probably saw ants there. At least that would explain a lot.

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Fairygdmther · 02-16-2005, 11:21 AM

When I was about 4, I asked my mother where I was when I was in this dark tunnel, and something was pushing me really hard, and I could see a small opening with light coming through, but I didn't think I could fit through that. I was being pushed so hard though, that I squeezed through - then it was very bright, and I was cold and wet. She kinda freaked, but didn't really answer me, other than to say it was a dream, probably.

A few weeks later at the pediatrician, she asked him if it was possible that I remembered being born, and he said some kids do remember it. He asked me about it, and confirmed that I had remembered it. He asked if I remembered anything else, and I told him that I remembered that my left ear hurt. I don't still have the memory of the birth, but I do still remember the doctor visit.

FGM

Maquisard · 02-16-2005, 11:50 AM

Wow...the light at the end of the tunnel...Being born, or rather, borne from this world to the next!

Fairygdmther · 02-16-2005, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mares

Wow...the light at the end of the tunnel...Being born, or rather, borne from this world to the next!

Both the way in and the way out! Interesting, yes?

FGM

BoyToy · 02-16-2005, 05:45 PM

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Wow...the light at the end of the tunnel...

Aren't babies born with their eyes closed? So maybe it was kind of a dream anyway?

Fairygdmther · 02-16-2005, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BoyToy

Aren't babies born with their eyes closed? So maybe it was kind of a dream anyway?

Not necessarily - I think they are squeezing them shut because of the bright light. But even so, light shows through eyelids. And even if it was a dream as well, we often relive things in dreams.

As I said I no longer remember it, but what I described to the doc was seeing only light, no specific images. That would not be beyond the ability of an infant brain.

FGM

BoyToy · 02-17-2005, 06:40 AM

Yes. That's how I thought of it.

(I didn't think you made it up or anything. Just in case you had that impression.)

log p · 02-26-2005, 10:47 AM

i spent my first birthday in biloxi with a stripper named erica...she gave me much love via the nipple

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02-15-2005, 05:55 PM	#1
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02-15-2005, 10:01 PM	#2
DustCropper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,117	I've seen pictures. But I think I slept through the whole thing. Share Share this post on Twitter

02-15-2005, 10:12 PM	#3
lumi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 2,120	The earliest memories I have start when I was two or three. All I can really remember was playing with a neighbor kid once, going to the hospital where my sister was born, and when I moved to Finland. Share Share this post on Twitter

02-15-2005, 11:21 PM	#4
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Hehe sorry, I voted yes . I thought the question was, "what's the first birthday you remember?" In my case, that was my second. I remember getting some kind of orange car model, and afterwards, photos confirmed this sentiment. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

02-16-2005, 02:54 AM	#6
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	I don't remember my first birthday, but I do remember a few things before my second. My father was an alcoholic, but stopped drinking about two months before my second birthday. I still remember holding onto the kitchen table leg, and reaching up to his glass. He always left a 1/2 inch of beer in his glass, and every morning I would take that and drink it before my mother caught me. I also remember swinging around this same table leg, and being able to walk under the kitchen table. And I remember when I grew enough to hit my head on it. FGM Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

02-16-2005, 03:09 AM	#7
Elton28 Αγαπώ την Κέρκυρα Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: YORKSHIRE AN' PROUD OF IT!! Posts: 649	Blimey! I can hardly remember what day it is, never mind my first birthday I have memories from my childhood (like when my Dad left when I was 4 - remember it like yesterday, 24 years ago), yet I cant for the life of me think of any birthdays...maybe I am still zero years old really Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Μανολι Θα ημουν μαλλον στο ποδιλατο μου!!!

02-16-2005, 05:47 AM	#9
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02-16-2005, 07:26 AM	#10
Jazhara7 Ale! And keep 'em coming! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond the Pattern of Reality...or Germany Posts: 8,527	We have a home video with the title "Jessica 1987". It is our only home video (my parents had to borrow the camera). My parents don't remember the firs words of any of my two sisters and I. BUT they remembered that I was born on a Saturday, because both my sisters were Sunday Children. Anyway, I don't know if my first birthday is also on that tape, but it was filmed in the first year of my life (I was born in 1987). I remember that on that tape, my two older sisters were feeding me semolina pudding (the german word is "Grießbrei". I think the english word sounds like something disgusting...something yucky...) mixed with mashed orange. - Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ - "esc(x) cot(x) dx = -csc(x)!" Dennis added, and the wizard's robe caught on fire. "Gosh," Dennis said, "and some people say higher math isn't relevant." >>>Inventor of the Mail order-Assassin<<< And This...is a Black Hole - BYE!

02-16-2005, 10:15 AM	#11
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Didn't Salvador Dali claim he was able to remember being in his momma's belly? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

02-16-2005, 11:21 AM	#13
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	When I was about 4, I asked my mother where I was when I was in this dark tunnel, and something was pushing me really hard, and I could see a small opening with light coming through, but I didn't think I could fit through that. I was being pushed so hard though, that I squeezed through - then it was very bright, and I was cold and wet. She kinda freaked, but didn't really answer me, other than to say it was a dream, probably. A few weeks later at the pediatrician, she asked him if it was possible that I remembered being born, and he said some kids do remember it. He asked me about it, and confirmed that I had remembered it. He asked if I remembered anything else, and I told him that I remembered that my left ear hurt. I don't still have the memory of the birth, but I do still remember the doctor visit. FGM Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

02-16-2005, 11:50 AM	#14
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Wow...the light at the end of the tunnel...Being born, or rather, borne from this world to the next! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

02-17-2005, 06:40 AM	#18
BoyToy furryyellowthing Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 748	Yes. That's how I thought of it. (I didn't think you made it up or anything. Just in case you had that impression.) Share Share this post on Twitter

02-26-2005, 10:47 AM	#19
log p i'm with... <thud> Join Date: May 2004 Location: the bowels of sammy davis jr. Posts: 546	i spent my first birthday in biloxi with a stripper named erica...she gave me much love via the nipple Share Share this post on Twitter

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