I remember being carried as a two year old up and down the long driveway at my parents' place so they could deposit poopy diapers in the trash bin.(Trash service was only available for a few years out there.)

We all remember moments from our early lives that seem odd.

Bold of you to say that, given that memories like this are not unusual. Children are much better at recalling early childhood memories than will be when older: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/04/08/29918944...

Memory is also reinforced by recollection and rehearsal. Since this was a pivotal thing in both his and his mom's life, it presumably has been talked about more than just this once.

Remember what? If you mean memories when people were that young, trust me, you'd be surprised about human memory.

I still remember my 3.5-year-old self trying to type some simple first grade calculations with MS Word 97 and print them. And I didn't knew English back then.

My earliest memory was when I was about 2 years old, so it's not surprising that this could be true. Yes, it could be the case that the mother's retelling of the story is now the basis for Tom's "memory", but why abandon the entire article over such a trivial point?