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Can your children read your thoughts?

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malaleche · 23/03/2007 22:33

DD1 3.5 yo, has often surprised me by 'reading' my thoughts. For example, one day I was thinking about going to visit my Mum in the summer, not having spoken to DD1 about it at all and while chatting on and off to her about something completely different while she pottered about. She turned to me and said 'but how are we going to get to Granny's house?'.

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rolloneaster · 23/03/2007 22:48

twilight zone hee hee no my d/d is very sensitive and in tune and so on the ball sometimes it is spooky.

funny too. when i am deep in thought she will say mummy what are you looking at ? sound like a zoombie now but it is cool i think. I think in the big plan of things there is people looking out for you possibly through are children. who knows

rolloneaster · 23/03/2007 22:48

twilight zone hee hee no my d/d is very sensitive and in tune and so on the ball sometimes it is spooky.

funny too. when i am deep in thought she will say mummy what are you looking at ? sound like a zoombie now but it is cool i think. I think in the big plan of things there is people looking out for you possibly through are children. who knows

totaleclipse · 23/03/2007 22:51

Not sure, but I believe you can wake your children from sleep just by thinking about them, especially as babies and toddlers, ever noticed how they seem to wake up just as you go to bed yourself or start a chore, because you are thinking 'I hope they sleep a while longer'

malaleche · 23/03/2007 23:01

It happened again today. I was holding baby, who started weaning this week, and she looked like she was going to be sick and I thought' oh, please don't let her puke up that rice cake she ate earlier' and DD1 pipes up 'I want a rice cake'!

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TooTicky · 23/03/2007 23:02

Slightly different, but dd1 knew I was expecting ds1 before I did.

malaleche · 23/03/2007 23:09

DD1 was convinced DD2 would be a girl , ok so it was 50/50 but she was utterly convinced.

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chipmonkey · 23/03/2007 23:25

When ds1 was 19 months old I was 8 weeks pg with ds2. We hadn't told anyone I was pg and hadn't spoken about it in front of him. I was sitting reading "Miffy" to ds1 and got to the part where Mrs Bunny says "If we could have a baby now, how lovely that would be". Ds1 turned around and patted my tummy!

pirategirl · 23/03/2007 23:31

Great thread.

My dd4 has often read my thoughts, and when hse was a baby, I soemtimes didnt dare think about her to hard inthe middle of the night as she would wake up crying that instant!

Last yr she saw an old rusty car in town ans said, 'that's like the one you and daddy had in the hot place' I was intigued, as daddy isnt living with us since she was 2, and I wondered what on earth she could mean.

Then I said, what hot place? 'you know with the man drving who had dark skin'

all my hairs stood on end, and I immediately 'knew' she meant, yrs earlier dh and i had gone to the Gambia, and we had hired a guy to drive us round, us and two other couples to see some sights. His car was old and rusty and precariously held together.

This was in 1999, and dd wqasnt born till 2002, but we had started trying for a baby at the time of that holiday.

I mentioned it to ex dh, and he immediately knew what she meant too, it was as clear as anything.

i love this kind of thing

Tortington · 23/03/2007 23:35

my dts are 14 i thought they should be in bed - they thought "musm pissed" and went to bed

malaleche · 23/03/2007 23:37

custardo - you must be from the USA, right?

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malaleche · 23/03/2007 23:38

thanks pirate - i had to post it in 2 different topics before anyone took any notice!

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Tortington · 23/03/2007 23:38

was it my crap spelling that gaveit away or the fact that its about 4pm there at the mo?

Rhubarb · 23/03/2007 23:39

I lub custy

malaleche · 23/03/2007 23:40

pissed in UK english means 'drunk'
in USA i believe it means 'annoyed'!

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chipmonkey · 23/03/2007 23:46

I think custardo means that her dts have clocked that she is indeed inebriated.

Rhubarb · 23/03/2007 23:48

You dissing custy? are ya? are ya?

chipmonkey · 23/03/2007 23:53

I wouldn't dream of dissing custy. She's on my list of "Inspirational Mumsnetters"

Tortington · 23/03/2007 23:54

lub you chippy

chipmonkey · 24/03/2007 00:02

lub you too, custy![slurp]

Rhubarb · 24/03/2007 00:03

mlub everyone!

chipmonkey · 24/03/2007 00:17

malaleche · 24/03/2007 13:19

oh, for goodness sake get off my thread you slobbery lot!

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southeastastra · 24/03/2007 13:21

yes i remember when my sons were babies, i would think about if they were ok in their beds and then they'd make a noise. it's weird.

tortoiseSHELL · 24/03/2007 13:22

Dd does this - I will be thinking about something and she will suddenly vocalise it - like I'll think 'I'll just put the kettle on' and she will say 'would you like a cup of tea?'

TrinityRhino · 24/03/2007 13:22

God I hope not

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