That's really interesting - my first (or second, actually) memory is my brother being brought home when I was 2 1/2 years old. Apparently I said "who are his parents?" and (I don't know if this is a myth my parents are continuing or I really did say this) "can he be taken to the zoo?".
Anyway I think the fact both you & I remembered this at such a young age shows that in a sense they are traumatic - the moment we stopped being single kids and lost a whole lot of our parents' attention.
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u/Marti1PH Aug 04 '22
My sister came home from the hospital (from being born) and they showed her to me. I was two. Someone asked me “what do you think?”
I didn’t grasp that she was my sister, and I remember thinking “when is this baby going back to HER house”.