AIBU to think I can't be the only parent who....

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...can't remember their child's first word?!

DD (5) asked me yesterday (no idea where the question came from or what prompted it) and I honestly could not remember.

I panicked, told her it was 'Dada' and have racked my brains ever since but honestly cannot remember this milestone. This has also made me realise I can't remember DD2's either, who is 11 months younger than DD1 (yes, bit of a surprise).

But, anyway, I mentioned this to a friends this morning who has a DD of the same age and she was, frankly, horrified and said she couldn't believe anyone would forget such a thing. Now I feel dreadful!

AIBU for thinking surely I can't be the only one who can't remember this?? From memory there was a long period of general babbling and then a smattering of words.... friend implied I should have a very, very, clear recollection of this momentous occasion and that I was weird for not.

Am I dreadful?

PS. I have one of those baby books for each of them which I have checked, and seems I abandoned writing anything in at all after about three weeks......

DC1's was tat meaning cat. I couldn't tell you for DC2-4.

At one point I realised I could only remember what DC1,2&3 had weighed at birth. No idea what DC4 weighed. I had to look it up and it was the same as DC2. I also registered DC4 with the wrong DOB at the GPs - I only realised when I couldn't use the touch screen check in for an appointment and had to queue up only for the receptionist to say they did indeed have an appointment for a child with that name but with a different DOB. I also sat through his 2 year check answering "a while" to most of the how long has your child been able to do X questions. That's what happens if you have 4 kids in 5 years though.