I know some of my memories are pretty young based on some knowns.  For the most part it they tend to be negative if it's a specific event.

I remember our first house, and we moved either a bit before or after I turned 4.  I have some good memories of it.  The neighbour was nice, and once broke his leg.  There were girls who played across the street, but it was busy so I couldn't go there, I had a guy as a friend who lived further down on the street though.

I have a few vague memories of my mom being pregnant, so I wouldn't have turned 2 yet.

I remember having a 'dream' that I was in the hospital and someone gave me a popcicle and when I woke up a popscicle was sitting on my chest in a thick cardboard dish, kinda like the cardboard egg cartons.  I'm not sure what surgery that was, I had 2 when I was young.  I also remember some of the pre-surgery program they ran for the kids.

More vivid memories are a nurse standing in the bathroom stall with me encourage me to pee and me being shocked at how much it hurt when I got a few drops out.  Going to the hospital and hearing kids crying.  Walking through the hall I asked why.  Then we got to the room, someone was trying to get a mask on my face.  All the sudden I knew why kids were crying.  I didn't know the word torture, but I was sure that's what they were trying to do to me.  I fought them so hard, and they tried to back off because it was just making my breathing issues worse.  They put the mask over their face too, but I thought it was some sort of trick.  When I brought up that memory to my mom, she said it was the first time I went for it and I had to go to the hospital every four hours for the medication.  I do remember getting a nebulizer for home and being happy, I guess because I wasn't going every 4 hours to the hospital.  I also hated that thing and spent many times crying with it on, probably because of the first bad memory with it.

I remember being in the hospital when I was very young but it's blurry. I remember our second house. I remember the first time my feet touched seaweed in the ocean that was at the beach near that house. I remember my pets. I remember kindergarten and even the smell - smelled like the teachers perfume. Some of my early friends vaguely- but then I don't know how many of my early memories are constructed from hearing stories and seeing pictures. I remember some bad memories- my mom being upset with my grandfather one Christmas and him leaving, my parents fighting before they split up. Bits and pieces of things.

I love that one!  I wish I had a first beach/ocean memory.

Have you been to the coast (either one) chemgal?

Finding sand dollars. Starfish. Those are better ones.

Yeah, we used to go to BC every other year or so.  I also have relatives in Winnipeg, so we went to Grand Beach nearly every summer when I was a kid.  I just don't have a particular 'first' memory of it!

My earliest memory is standing on our wooden back porch and trying to jump-you know-2 feet to 2 feet-off the porch. I'd bend my kness and try but my feet wouldn't leave the porch. I'd guess I was 2ish.

Okay-I'd never put this together until now-I had polio-caught from an oral vaccine that wasn't denatured enough. Apparently I was too sick to even roll over-at 18months. I have a very slight residual wekness on my left side. But hey-that would exoplain my problems jumping-and my frustration aboout it.

I have no memories of being sick with polio.

Yikes!  In Canada?  I didn't realize that had occurred here.  Scary, even if it was I assume quite weakened.

You may have mentioned that before.

Tabitha- yikes, indeed. Not a nice memory.

I have glimpses of memories of my third birthday because we were visiting at my grandmother's out of town.

I remember sitting on my uncle's knee on one occasion sometime before he died when I was three and a half.

I remember getting a whop on my butt from my dad (only spank I can ever remember) one time when we were getting ready to go out somewhere and I was fussing about something and I was around three.

I remember my sis who was two years older than me going to school and I had to stay home.

chemgal back in 1960 or 1961 in Ontario-there was one "too strong" batch. Mom felt really bad as our local health centre was out of vaccine and she drove the 3 of us to the next one to get our spoonful. In Ontario at the time-near Newmarket-1 hour from Toronto

Physically I'm really not affected-I just need to give that side more "thought" and attention when  being precise in my swimming, skiing etc. (like when doing my instructors in them)

Chemgal - I know our local children's health centre in Victoria was first started as a solarium back in the 1920s and many of its' young patients had polio. I also found out recently that someone I know who was born in the 1930s had it as a youngster growing up in Alberta.

My first memory was January 1, 1980, when I was 2.5 years old. I was sitting in the car in our driveway, having just come back from somewhere - and I remember being a little confused that everything was the same as the day before. I guess I thought everything would change because it was a new year. 

I have another memory from later on that year - I remember hearing Mt. St. Helen's erupt. I remember being outside in the backyard and hearing a big bang - my Mom told me later that she thought it might have been a gun shot. It wasn't until she heard the news later that day that she realized what it was.

I remember the kittens that were born in our basement when I was four (one of whom lived with us until her passing at 20 years of age). Can't really pin down any memories earlier than that.

Mendalla