sesamebun recently did a post talking about what she was like as a toddler, which proved to be somewhat of a learning experience. I decided to reflect on mine as well, and maybe post it there, or at least here.

I was born a month premature, and weighed only 4 pounds 13 ounces. Thankfully, the size was really the only side-effect. I was pretty happy and outgoing as a kid, particularly from toddler-hood to early childhood. I was curious about everything and loved to learn new things, and was quick to talk (though I had trouble pronouncing my R's until about 3rd grade) and read. I didn't really like physical contact with people I didn't know well, including family, and I cried somewhat easily. My favorite color was always green, and unlike a lot of kids I wasn't too picky about what I ate (though my favorite food was mashed potatoes and green beans).

I lived with my parents and my brother, who is nine years older than me. For a little while when I was between 1 and 2, my mom, my brother, and I lived with my mom's dad once he got sick and couldn't care for himself, and my dad stayed and watched the house. I spent my second birthday there, and my grandfather died shortly after that. His funeral is my earliest memory, which is actually somewhat sad when you think about it.

As for the 'babyfur'-related things, I was potty trained around age two, but for some reason or another was allowed to wear them at home until I started preschool, and wore them at night until I was five. Even after that, I still wet the bed on occasion until about age eight, but I never had any daytime accidents. Similarly, I had been allowed to keep my bottles and pacifiers at night until I was seven and nine respectively. My mom never breastfed me, only bottles. I always secretly wished I could be a toddler again, just so I could remember what it was like.

Unlike Sesame, I knew a lot of these things beforehand, but it's still interesting to reflect and relate the past to how things are now...