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I recall suddenly being aware, over time hearing my mother singing to me and my father as well although it was more abrupt and less soothing than my mother, who's voice was more internal to me. I recall it being a calm state of suspension and much sleeping... I enjoyed sleeping a lot. Is this normal?
I remember very little from my childhood but there are a bunch of very insignificant memories that come back to me from time to time. It's definitely interesting how the brain works.
I can tell myself a number 50 times while working and forget it when I finally need it. It drives me absolutely insane because I work in a kitchen so the math I need to remember is the difference between wasting a ton of food, and getting the recipe right.
Right, it's only a few memories... I don't recall full weeks/months. I distinctly remember suddenly being aware though, the moment of my "consciousness" if you will. I've always had a very heightened sense of awareness though. I recall several memories from when I was an infant and extremely well memories as a toddler/child as if it was yesterday, I remember breast feeding also... I much preferred it to bottles! That isn't as disturbing as it sounds because I recall how I felt about it at the time, not seeing how you might see it now as a grown person. I'm sure those are much more common though.
It's sad that you can't recall an experience in perfect clear recollection and be able to know exactly what it was like being in the womb and hearing your mother sing to you, you would have a much closer relationship with your mother likely and not be so negative towards people that simply experienced something that you also may have experienced by obviously don't recall. I've talked to many people who share similar experiences, it is extremely rare to remember them, but it does happen.
There are often children that when you ask, "what was it like being in mommy before you were born?" They will often answer in exact detail what it is like... but a year or so later, asking the same question, often they don't recall the memory any longer, it is a memory that fades easily as there are no visuals, only feelings, sound, etc... It's a sensory experience more than a visual memory we often associate with memories.