Here's my almost 65 year old duck....that's what the original Donald Duck looked like.

I have my very own copy of Heidi, that I bought myself at the age of 10. Loved that book. To bad, no one will be able to read it, cause it is in German.

Moni

I have the silver cup and baby spoon that someone gave my mother as a shower present.

Not exactly childhood, but I have a small crystal bud vase that my grandfather gave my mother the day I was born.

I do still have a 1-eyed, hairless teddy bear I am very fond of...

I have a maroon velvet cap that I wore before I have any memory of doing so.

I have my Bunnykins china cereal bowl, mug and baby spoon.

I loved the Hardy Boy books, and have a bunch of them. I wrote my name and the year inside when I bought them (1968).

The first thing that came to mind was my Toni doll but then I thought of my baby cross that I wore at my baptism and DS wore at his baptism. I still wear it occasionally. I also have my baby spoon.

Can I say my DH? I met him when I was 12 and managed to hang onto him since then...We've been married 54 years...I think by now, he's a keeper......

I have a wooden wagon that has my and my sisters' names painted on it. It was actually my father's wagon when he was a boy, and it may be even older than that.

It's at least ninety years old.

I have a little cup and saucer, orange with gold trim, that was a present at my first birthday party, given by my older sister. Also, a little bracelet with animal figures on it, they are 72 years old.

Have my 'mama' doll, stuffed body with composition arms and legs, that I received Christmas of 1942, making her 67 years old. She is still in really good shape and has the original dress, bonnet and blanket that came with her, somewhere over the years her shoes and socks got lost.

My Grandfather bought a bottle of 12 year old Scotch the day I was born. It is 65+ yrs old and hasn't been opened. It has a gold wire wire wrap all around the bottle and cap. I still have that bottle of Scotch. I have the beaded name baby bracelet that the nurses gave to newborns in the hospital where I was born. The silver spoon and cup set from a shower gift. A silver rattle/bell, a pair of booties crocheted by my much older autistic cousin & the locks of hair from my first haircut.
Lil

I have a little pink and white card that says Courtesy of Carnation Company (as in Carnation milk) that has my Mom's name the room number, my date of birth, the time, weight, length and the Dr's name and the hospital's name. So it and I will be 57 years old in Nov.
Kittywhiskers

I have my gold-filled child's bangle bracelet and a sterling and cloisonee flower heart on a sterling chain (and photos of little me, wearing both). My sterling baby mug has a rather strongly dented bottom. In with my mother's silver are napkin rings; one says "Sue". I have one of the tiny baby announcements my parents sent when I was born. (That is much too small to be sent by mail today; it's about two by three inches.) I have a knitted stuffed lamb, imaginatively named "Lambie". I've lost my teddy; I swallowed one button eye and Mom removed the other, replacing them with stitched "X's". He appeared to be drunk. LOL

My first rosary, from my Catholic confirmation at age 8 - I am now 60.

My mother saved EVERYTHING! She is a hoarder. I have the outfit I came home from the hospital in, plus every other outfit I wore throughout my childhood. She also has all of my prom dresses and what I wore for 8th and 12th grad graduation. Everything is at her house, with the exception of my Barbie collection which I have.

I have the little pink Depression Glass glass that I drank milk from when I was five years old, so it is 68 now. My mom also made me drink epsom salts laxatives from that glass and when I look at it I can still remember how awful that stuff tasted!!!

it would have been a pencil box my half sis sent me. i really havn't seen it for long time, sigh...and i still have several anne of green gables books. poor things are falling apart...

The little soft doll my oldest sister bought for me when I was born - fits into the palm of my hand. I also have all my books and dolls, hospital bracelet, birth announcement that was in the paper, all my birthday cards and even the congratulations cards sent to my parents. Christening dress, one blue shoe. LOL The dog ate the other. My Bunnykin cereal bowl. The wicker bassinette that we all used except for my younger brother and my jumping chair but the vinyl has worn away. There is even a lock of my hair somewhere in an envelope stored in one of the books in the attic. Gee, I guess I have tons of stuff. Even my feeding cards from the hospital.

Anne

Before my house burned down in 1994 I had a lot of stuff (dolls, clothes, baby book with a lock of my hair, books, etc). Now the oldest thing would be some pictures since I managed to salvage my photo albums from the burned rubble.

My sister has the white dress she, I and my other 2 sisters were christened in.

I have my baby blanket I received the day I was born. A little secret about me...I still sleep with it every night. LOL. Yep, I'm a weirdo. I love that thing.

I still have my hospital ID bracelet from when I was born, the quilt my Aunt made for my birth and a beautiful Cinderella book that friends in London sent when I was born. I have other things too but can't remember off hand.

I have a spoon with my initial and a small rubber lamb (it was a squeaky toy). It must be about 60 years old, or almost 61, since I am almost 62.

A prayer book, rosary, small statue, and pin I got at age 7 when I make my First Communion.

I have the bead bracelet I was given at the hospital the day I was born nearly 57 years ago. Five of the beads had letters spelling out my last name.

Jodi-

My baby shoes and cup.

A small black childs rocking chair bought for me in 1949 I think. It was in pretty good shape all these years until Caesar gnawed on the rocker part. Now it looks like someone whittled the edges.

It's fun to read of all the interesting things that you all kept. Thanks for sharing.

I just thought of something else I have that's older than my bear. It's the blanket from my christening. I kept it use for own children, but we never had any (not by choice). It's almost 51 years old now and still in the box.

I have a wooden kangaroo "piggy" bank. I've had it since I was around 5-6 yr. old. On my 7th birthday, I was walking across the street holding my mom's hand and I had the kangaroo in the other. I dropped him as we crossed and I quickly broke free of my mom's grip to go get him. I was about 5 inches from getting hit by a car! The man was turning into the street and didn't see me, a small child, squatting to pick up my toy! I thought my mom was going to die and the poor man couldn't even talk! Oddly enough, I remember, to this day, how horrible I felt. I have a very vivid memory of thinking "Oh, I nearly died today on my birthday."

Me ........and that's pretty old.

My Barbie,Ken & Tressie dolls

Nothing at all. I'm not sentimental, and I've moved many times. You learn to let go when you have to tote stuff from state to state regularly.

Besides, my older sister scalped all my Barbies, and my mother threw out my favorite stuffed bunny.

My DH has his 70-y-o teddy bear, and he prizes it.

My christening gown
Gold necklace and medallion for my christening
Walking Doll-she has a few fingers missing, plus all her original clothes and shoes went missing, so I went to the goodwill and bought her a new outfit.
Report cards from Grade 3-12.

The baby bassinet both my brother and I used when we were first born - it is now 68 years old. Its been handed down thru the family and seen lots of babies - the last time was for my two year old grandson.

This doll was given to me when I was one-year-old. I'm 54 now, so it's an oldie. It's rubber and all the joints move. On the back of the neck it says AMER CHAR DOLL. I've never been able to find out anything about it, but will give it to my granddaughter one day.

Here is a link that might be useful: Picture of Doll

I have a rattle that I played with as a baby. It could have belonged to my half bro. Not sure..it was an airplane. I would think that was bought for a boy...but since my dad was a pilot he might have bought it for a baby no matter what the sex was.

Anyway it is at least 65 years old

My baby book, and my ID bracelet with my very first phone number on it. Amazingly enough, if you call this number to this day, they will tell you that I used to have that number. So the next peerson to get it has had it a loooong time.

Trin

I have the purple bunny that was given to me in the hospital. I have a spoon that required you to hold it in your right hand to eat with it. I have my baby book with a birth announcement. I have a sweater that my mother knitted for herself before I was born. She died when I was 2. That bunny is 56. My Dad saved all kinds of things of my mother's for me.

I have all my report cards from grades 1 through 8.

An autograph book given to me by my Godmother.

A bag of cheap glass marbles.

A plastic toy soldier modeled after WW2 GI. It looks exactly like the one seen in the movie, "Toy Story".

I have a birthstone ring my Mom and Dad had special made for me the Christmas I was 10yrs. old. I also still have my 1st "big girl" bicycle....a Schwinn. Got that for my 10th birthday! I'll be 60 in Oct!

A necklace and bracelet that I was given at 6wks of age for my christening.

I was also a flower girl at age 4 and I have the dress and little white fur stole that I wore in the wedding. Last Dec. 26, I had that stole with me when I went to the 50th anniversary party of the bride and groom!

When we were born my great-grandmother bought each of us a silver spoon engraved with our first name on front and the date on the back. And she did that for every birthday and Christmas until she died. Funny thing is that the pattern was different every time. I still them.

I have a dress that my mom made for me when I was about a year old, 55 years ago. I have a few older 'family' things but this one was specifically made for me. My daughter wore it about 30 years ago, and if she ever has a daughter, hopefully hers will wear it too.

Have my first bib that was handmade with tatting in 1938. My slip that I wore home from the hospital, first shoes, several items from my school years. One item that is still on display, back in the early fifties glass containers with powder were popular, have one that is amber colored with shape of deer in glass on top. Received this at Christmas at a church party. I can still remember the smell of the powder that came in this container.

A tiny white gold locket given to me on my first birthday by our-then landlady.

I have a Red Teddy bear my Grandma bought me. They had every color of the rainbow and she let me pick my favorite. I chose red and I still have him in my bedroom.He must be 60 years old. I never named him. Grandma passed in 1961, so the memory is bitter-sweet.

I have a stuffed panda bear my late uncle gave me when I was a year old, so it's over 58 now, and a lock of my hair from about the same time.

Also the beaded hospital bracelet from my birth, which some others mentioned, which would be the oldest thing.

The birth registration the hospital issued, the receiving blanket that I was wrapped in, and the little beads from the hosp[ital id bracelet.

My Mom made me a Raggededy Annie doll when I was four years old......and then when I was about 25, she refurbished it and made new clothes.
I am 70 now.
Here it is.

Oh, I forgot about my baby bottle that my younger sister and I both used. Mom only had the one bottle and it was glass! Went thru both of us without getting broken over 73 years ago.

Just my baby book and baby pictures.

Linda~