While I’m a bit skeptical about your memories of learning to crawl, I’ll accept those pre-speaking memories, because I have those too. My two earliest memories I wasn’t speaking real words yet, just babbling, and I remember the frustration; both with being understood as well as with anyone actually trying to figure out what the hell I was saying. I remember it was especially frustrating as I could understand others around me, I just couldn’t be understood myself.

I also remember how big I was; in the one memory I was standing beside a chair, and it was the perfect height for me to lay my head down in the seat while standing up. So, standing but not yet talking. That would put me in the range of 10-14 months old, give or take

I remember breastfeeding, learning to crawl and walk

No way.

Howwww.

My earliest memory was something… I think was when I was like 3, I remember seeing photos dated 2005… (probably still in some drawers somewhere) so I was visiting Hong Kong from Guangzhou…

I think we went there to vacation(?) + meet with relatives from abroad in the US

I really only remember

1. cable cars
2. the hotel room that you need a special card thing to access and turn on the electricity in the room (I think it must’ve been some rfid thing)
3. Double-deck buses
4. Trolleys(?)

That’s about it

I remember it kinda feel “western”? (I mean of course it felt western after 99 years of british rule lol)

I think I already knew how to say basic words in Cantonese at this point so I remember asking a question about the weird rfid hotel card thing…

But like… nah how the f do you remember breastfeeding and being a toddler?

I have zero memories of pre-speaking age of myself.

I guess having a language make it easier to form memories? Or maybe vice versa? Being able to form memories make it possible to retain a language? Idk.