Re: early memories.
I have clear memories from when I was very young. Two are clearly dated, because they happened when we were away on trips, and one was around my second birthday. The other was when I was 11 mos. Everyone was a little shocked by that, but a fair number of the other, less datable ones must have been similarly early.
DS11 mos (! - and we're going on trip next week
) also seems to have very clear memories, sometimes indicating what he wants by reference to much earlier events (going to the room I nursed him in when he was 3 mos, for eg)
I'm going to make sure I take pics while we're away, so that when he asks about the _______ when HE's 14, I can send him to the album and ask if he means those ones
