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First Trimester
I began conception. I started as a simple sperm and egg cell that started dividing into more cells. I only grow to about 3.5 inches. My mother only learns of the pregnancy, but not much of it has effected her yet. [https://www.britannica.com/science/zygote] -
Second Trimester
At this point, I still had not been very active from my mother's perspective, but that is normal. At this point I was starting to look human, had my body parts developing, had little hairs called lanugo and a waxy coating on my skin to protect it. [https://americanpregnancy.org/while-pregnant/second-trimester/] -
Third Trimester
I was still an oddly inactive fetus. Because of this, my mother was warned that I might not have been growing enough. During the last month of pregnancy, she had to get an ultrasound every week to ensure my state. [https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-growing-baby-weeks-28-40] -
Birth-2 Weeks
I was born at 3 PM on a Monday. Luckily, I was a normal weight, 6 pounds 6 ounces. Throughout the two weeks I was really easy for my mother to take care of. All I did was sleep and eat. I did not cry often and wasn't very fussy. I was a great baby. [https://www.eehealth.org/blog/2018/04/is-my-newborn-normal/] -
Infancy (Cognitive)
My brain was mostly learning about my environment. Making random sounds kept me pretty well entertained, as well as hearing everyone around me cheering me on for making them. I slept a lot, and must have thought a lot for how often I was asleep.
[https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/early-brain-development.html] -
Infancy (Physical)
At this point I was reaching around playing with things. I loved to eat and sleep, so my activity was pretty low in general. I liked to feel things with my feet. People liked to make silly faces and I would try to copy those faces.
[https://www.emmasdiary.co.uk/baby/lets-play] -
Infancy (Emotional)
I was a very quiet baby throughout my first years of life. I seldom cried, and was very calm. I was learning to be upset when I was hungry or tired, but the latter mostly was just me falling asleep regardless.
[https://www.mamanatural.com/baby-cries/] -
Infancy (Social)
My emotional reactions to the world were rare compared to the average infant. I did, however, like to please the adults that I was around. If I made a face they thought was funny, they would copy and I would attempt to make the face again. The same for sounds. I liked to entertain the people around me.
[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/31525266120730535/] -
Toddler (Physical)
I was a very cute toddler. I had very high energy and loved to play sports and run around in general. I even stuttered, but got past it without speech therapy or anything. I dressed up in costumes, especially buzz lightyear. I think it was because of his space suit, I thought it was pretty cool.
[https://thebestinaz.com/youth-sports-programs-2/sports-preview/] -
Toddler (Emotional)
As a toddler, I experienced big emotions. For some reason if I found something to be unfair, I would not be happy, and if I was excited I was VERY excited. I stuttered because if I wanted to say something, I would want to say it so bad I would say it before I new what I wanted to say.
[https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-excited-little-boy-very-guy-sitting-cheering-image33994437] -
Toddler (Cognitive)
I was a pretty smart toddler. I loved to share skills and other things that I learned. I loved to share it so much that I would stutter trying to share everything. My mind would not catch up with my mouth.
[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/poverty-may-affect-growth-children-s-brains] -
Toddler (Social)
As a toddler I loved my family, but was nervous around strangers. Once, I was a part of a church choir. Right before the performance I ran offstage into my mom's arms. I loved my grandma as well, as she is really good with children.
[https://rightfromthestartnj.org/development/11-development/26-developing-social-skills-in-your-toddler.html] -
Early Childhood (Social)
I was a pretty isolated child in school. I liked to be around friends, but not groups, so mostly one at a time. If the friends went off to join groups, I would be by myself. I believe I thought I needed an invitation to join a group instead of just inserting myself into one.
[https://twitter.com/preschoolstars/status/918607977531224069] -
Early Childhood (Cognitive)
I loved learning in preschool. Gaining new information helped the world make more sense. I remember when I was at home, and my sister asked what day it was, and my mom said "Friday". I had no idea what they were talking about, but soon after I was taught in class what the different days were. I was so excited that right when I got home I told my mom about it.
[https://www.da.org/thedaexperience/preschool/learning-environment] -
Early Childhood (Physical)
I was still very active and loved to play sports. I tried many different kinds of sports when I was young. These included teeball and soccer. I was never a promising athlete, really, but I loved being active in general.
[https://www.myrecordjournal.com/News/Meriden/Meriden-News/Mini-football-game-at-Maloney-High-School-in-Meriden.html] -
Early Childhood (Emotional)
I was an emotional kid. My excitement would get me to be very loud and active. If I was sad, I would cry, although I would not get sad very often. Sadness only ever occurred if I believed the world (or my parents) was being unfair. Containing my emotions was never something I could do, or even tried to do. The only time I would try to bottle up my emotions was if I was made fun of for them, but I did not do it very well.
[http://happyfacepreschool.org/] -
Middle Childhood (Social)
As I grew to get used to social groups, I learned to be excited around new people. Often I would approach people with a lot of energy and excitement. I was not necessarily very popular, but I was well known. My emotional empathy was not very strong, as I would voice my opinions harshly.
[https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/school-success-guides/guide-to-4th-grade.html] -
Middle Childhood (Cognitive)
I was very good at math, and general basic logic problems. Patterns and rhythm made sense to me, but I did not take it well when the patterns were broken. Once, when a class went from reading to math early I cried because it was not at the time I expected it to be.
[https://www.radartoys.com/products/melissa-and-doug-smarty-pants-3rd-grade-brain-building-game] -
Middle Childhood (Emotional)
I still had sensitive emotions at this point, but I had a stronger drive to keep them from showing. I was not very good at it, though. Big emotions are hard to bottle up I guess. Once, my little brother couldn't choose an ice cream flavor, so our parents told them that he wasn't going to get one. That led me to tell them it wasn't fair. When we eventually left the place, I was upset and tried to let my bother have some of mine.
[https://highlysensitivekids.com/2015/11/crying-in-school/] -
Middle Childhood (Physical)
I was still very active. I loved to play catch with my dad, and my brother and I played soccer and baseball a lot. I believe around this age I started playing football, but not tackle yet. I was not amazing at catching things, and was afraid of missing and the ball hitting my face.
[https://www.i9sports.com/flagfootball] -
Adolescent (Physical)
As a teen, I liked playing football and to wrestle. I was active, but not necessarily athletic. I was slightly taller than average, but very thin for my height and age. Me and my brother, who is one year younger than me, would have spurts and switch on and off getting taller than each other.
[https://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/HS-football-playoffs-Games-watch-state-semifinals-14899651.php] -
Adolescent (Social)
I was a mostly isolated teenager. I spent most of my time playing videogames, and spent lunch finishing homework from the classes prior. I was not apart of very many social groups, as I was loudly opinionated and came from a very opinionated family. My emotional empathy was pretty weak, so my lack of social interaction was my fault. That wasn't terrible, though, as I liked being alone.
[https://www.kvc.org/blog/exposing-the-connection-between-social-media-and-teen-suicide/] -
Adolescent (Emotional)
At this stage of my life I was starting to try and "fit in". I was very open about my opinions, and didn't have much emotional intelligence, so people did not often want to be around me. I wasn't too objected to that, though, as I liked being alone. I was quicker to anger and upset than some, but I didn't cry, but I would argue a lot
[http://pym.org.nz/2015/11/11/a-very-angry-christmas-quiz/] -
Adolescent (Cognitive)
In class, I had become a strong student. Math was my best subject, but I was good at mostly everything. I struggled the most when learning subjective topics like poetry and some writing. Memorization was a little difficult too, but I relied less on writing notes and that seemed to help. Being able to understand poetic symbolization was a skill I learned later on.
[https://www.mindful.org/amazing-tumultuous-wild-wonderful-teenage-brain/]
