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Any thoughts, anyone? I have tried to think of what might help to remind me of 5 weeks ago but whilst my diary helps me with what we generally did, I cannot think how to remember what I, never mind what my little one ate!
Any help is gratefully received!

How the date in question related to school holidays ie 5 weeks ago now - was that before or after school started again? Etc.

1.If you were asked to remember this information, at home, what would you use to help remember what your child did?

calendar and memory, possibly organiser on phone, ask partner.....................................

2.What other things might be useful?

Other:School newsletter

3.If the researchers could show you other things that happened on those days, 5 weeks ago, what sort of information would help you remember?

Front pages of your usual newspaper

I was recently very poorly and spent some time trying to remember exactly when/where I caught it was - without much success!
I would use my diary, the school diary (mine have school dinners so that should be simple). Probably wouldn't have thought to look at fb.
Not sure newspapers would help as I look at news online. TV would be useless for me!
I'd probably look at birthdays or important family events/holidays as potential triggers as well.
Actually knowing what the weather was like would be a good trigger for me
HTH.

I would use a calendar, work and home diaries, possibly facebook and local paper.

I would use Facebook and DS's nursery diary sheets (those have what snacks/ breakfast/ lunch he had on there). I highly doubt I'd be able to fill all the gaps though.

I would use my phone calender, the school newsletters, fb and the calender we have on the wall and would think if we had had any e cents such as bdays, holidays etc.

Text messages would be a good one. i could remember what I was doing from messages sent/received to/from DH, friends etc.

Forgot to add that although the texts might not contain information about my DC, it might trigger my memory. hope that makes sense.

This is all great stuff! The problem with working with people who are not mums of under 5 year olds....they think we have time to read newspapers and watch tv....Ha!
Not thought of texts or diary sheets from nursery - good ones!

Food shopping receipts

I thought of that but I do not keep them beyond unpacking the shopping....so assumed that this is what everyone dones - but maybe I am wrong?

I've looked at bank statements to remember where I've been.

Yes bank statements and text messages are both good to look at and we would have some receipts.

I take a lot of photos (silly amounts - both camera and mobile), so would refer back to them.

I would also use text messages, phone statements and bank statements if I had to piece together what I was doing on a particular day. The calendar on the fridge would help.

I avoid most social media like the plague, but I suppose I could check with close friends to see if they had any info that would help me remember.

Thanks for all of your help guys - all really useful stuff!
I will keep an eye out for any more ideas trickling in and let you know what people generally think across the forums that I have been posting in -I will post something in this thread.

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I don't have an under 5 (but I look after loads for other people) - I can pretty much reconstruct a day for any of my children using their nursery diary/our day book/the nursery menu & timetables (so who was here, what they ate, who they played with, what toys, how long they slept, were outside)

But for me MN posts & emails help construct days along with the calendar & my diary

bank statements, Facebook page or events. mainly though I use my iPhone calendar for everything