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Learned today that I have four memories from when I was 1 year old.
Apparently the average age for first memory is 3.5 years, and the hippocampus isn't even formed until 2 years, which is probably why such things as size, distance, color, and space are so heavily distorted in my first memories.
My only memory from my entire childhood is that we had green carpet at my old house. I can't even remember what I did a week ago, without some type of prompt or hint by someone else. If you just asked me "Last monday, what did you do?" I wouldn't know at all, unless you went "Didn't you do this?" THEN it would all come flooding back to me haha.
I try to learn so many different things that my brain pushes out useless knowledge like that. I feel like my brain has gone into a "deep memory" mode, where things that I learn are filed away for life, but so are normal memories, so it's extremely hard to remember them without needing them/having a small prompt.
I remember when I was a kid, moving out of one of the apartments that me and my family used to live in.
I was watching King Kong at the age of 3-4 and was drinking a classic Coca Cola in a bottle.
Sure. But note that by distinct "memory" I mean more than one memory. I almost have an entire body of memories dating back since that time.
I remember at the top of my head that I always used to love wearing this one shirt with a weird bike decoration on it. I remember I've always liked professional wrestling even when I didn't completely understand it (accordingly I used to play with little dolls or figures and pretend they're wrestlers). Not anymore though, stuff is completely staged (and yes, it took me until I was about 13-14 to finally realize that). But I'm not close to any of those ages anymore.
I remember when I'd crawl around and whatnot. I was reckless. I also remember that I failed miserably the first times I attempted to ride a bicycle or anything like that. But that's all probably natural rather than "distinct." I just happen to remember the exact scenarios to some degree hence distinct.
I probably can't remember nearly everything since then, but I'm sure that I have more than a good few memories.