Yeah, most of us forget things from before about 7ish pretty fast; often before we even leave elementary school (or the equivalent where the name differs).

I have managed to hold onto a decent amount of memories from kindergarten, though definitely not with the same kind of detail and clarity that started being possible about 3rd grade.

But even those memories are getting weaker and more blurry around the edges over the last decade. I can remember meeting a guy that would be a close friend later on, some of the cool teachers and things they did in kindergarten (the golden fairy and the prize box, which is a boring story if you weren’t there, but influenced me heavily long after). And I definitely remember some of the students that I was in classes with as we went through school.

Like, this one kid that dropped his pants to pee at a urinal the first day, I remember that, even though my next memory of him isn’t until 6th grade. But others, I can recall conversations whispered while we were supposed to be taking naps and have memories all through school because we interacted more.

Kind of trippy how memories get laid down and reinforced, or don’t.