Woo thread - kids talking about past lives

[Elwynne]

My dear toddler has recently been telling me about her other car, the one that she drove before it went in the water and she came to live with me

I rationalised that this story was her imagination but then my friend told me there were lots of cases of children talking about "past lives" and it was completely accepted in countries that believe in reincarnation.

The whole thing makes me feel a bit weirded out. Did your child ever tell you stuff like this?

Or she could just be using her imagination.

One of mine stated very matter of fact 'Mummy, you know when you die and then come back as someone else .... ' can't remember the actual question they were asking but it was just they way they stated it as a known fact that stuck with me.

My DD used to talk about how she chose me to be her mum
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@spotcheck awww that's lovely! I wish mine had said that!

@Cattitudes that would have stuck in my mind too. Did they ever mention anything else?

@MistySkiesAfterRain yes well that's what I thought. Is it a natural stage they go through?

We were on holiday in Normandy, my DB was 3 or 4 at the time and told us in great detail about how he died there in a plane.

Shameless place mark, I love these threads.

On a slight aside, the same DB was a similar age and happily told us one morning he had been chatting to our Papa and a blind lady in the night.

Our Papa had died when my mum was pregnant with me and my blind great aunt had died 2 weeks before this chat happened. Papa was never really mentioned to him, and the blind aunt certainly wasn't.

He's 29 now and still very "unique"

Oh @JorisBonson bloody hell! Were you not a bit creeped out? The plane crash one would have got me but ghostly relatives calling round for a visit . How did you handle the situations? Did you ask him to tell you more about them or leave it?
And does he remember anything about either of these incidents now?

Kids are imaginative. DS (now 9) has told us lots, in detail, about his ‘past lives’. He’s also most convincing on the detail of his life before he ‘zoomed down into your tummy’ from ‘Babyland’— which is visibly influenced by Boss Baby.

Very young kids (under the age of about 3 or 4) tend to do this and I do personally believe they are remembering stuff, after that age though they seem to forget so I'd take anything after that with a pinch of salt

I did this as a child, although I can't remember because I was around 2 or 3. My mum said I got very excited of a picture in the paper of an old style pram, really animated and said to her 'when I was big, I had one of those' and then proceeded to describe looking after two children and how proud I was of the pram, and how we all died on a boat that went down, how I tried to keep hold of their hands but couldn't. My mum repeating what I sounded like when I described that it was like to drown was creepy as hell.
I've always been really afraid of deep water and drowning is my worst fear in terms of ways to die - although you would be a bit twitchy after that conversation, I suppose

I’ve posted about these two cases before, but never mind.

3 year old niece started telling my adult dd (in very matter of fact tones) about the house burning down and her daddy being very angry! Dd was startled since BiL is extremely chilled, and said she was sure her daddy would never be angry like that.
‘Oh, not that daddy,’ said niece. ‘I mean my other daddy, before,’
Niece’s DM is Singaporean Chinese (Buddhist background) and said there had been other such remarks, but thought it nothing unusual.

Other was a friend’s little grandson, still a preschooler when the whole family were on holiday and visited a site of Greek/Roman ruins where none of them had ever been before,
As soon as they arrived he said, ‘I used to live here!’ and went on quite happily to point out the remains of his house, and his friend’s house - he even gave a slightly garbled but appropriate name for him - and the cave where they used to hide, and the pool (bath) where they used to swim.

All the rest of the family were seriously spooked!
When they left, he said, ‘Thank you for bringing me home.’

In both cases all such memories - if that’s what they were - stopped by the time they were about 5, and (much older now) they have no recollection of them.

@Elwynne I was only about 9 myself at the time - although I apparently saw my Papa at the same age and I don't remember that!

He says he doesn't remember but does have a frightening knowledge of WW2 aircraft...

My dd used to talk about her old family when she was about 4. Some of it was definitely made up but she was fairly consistent about some things which did make me wonder! She's nearly 7 now and hasn't mentioned it for a while.

When my son was 4 he told me about how he’d died during the war. He was at pains to point out that he wasn’t killed while in the army because he was 15 and too young. We had an air raid shelter from WW2 in our garden and he was aware of what it was and when it was from and he was said he’d died during the war before that one, so WW1. He told me he’d been ill and died, and he told me his name.

A few months later I was in the company of a medium (not an event, she was a friend of a friend and we were chatting). I mentioned that my son had said something strange to me and at that she held up her hand to stop me saying anything more. She then went on to tell me what he’d said, and 17 years later I can still hear her say “and did he tell you his name.” I said that he had and she told me what it was.
The only person I’d told about it was my husband and he had no connection whatsoever to this group of friends so there was no way she would’ve been told.

He remembers nothing of what he said now but when we got our dog when he was 11 he was adamant right from meeting the puppy that we had to call him ‘xxxxx’ which was the name he’d told me that he’d been called previously. No other name suggestion would do and it’s quite an unusual name now and not one you’d expect an 11 year old to have in mind.

I love these spooky stories of kids' past lives.

When my friend's daughter was about 3 she used to talk about 'my other mummy who died in a fire. She was a kind mummy like you'.

Not really a past life thing as it was more of a prophecy but one afternoon in February this year, my 2 year old at the dinner table suddenly came out with, "Tell the people, fire is coming!" Very weird. Consider yourself told, people.

My DD (4) a few weeks ago out of absolutely nowhere said 'before you were my mummy, we were sisters'

My late son used to tell me about his life before he came to me. This was when he was just 2 and by the time he was 3 and a half he had forgotten it. He found his way there again before he died and it was somewhere he was very happy. I find that comforting.

@Tinselandlights

My DD (4) a few weeks ago out of absolutely nowhere said 'before you were my mummy, we were sisters'

My grandson told me that before he was here he was my brother. He was around 3. Mentioned it a few times. Stopped after he was 5.

, @endofthelinefinally. I'm so sorry for your loss.

@MadisonAvenue

When my son was 4 he told me about how he’d died during the war. He was at pains to point out that he wasn’t killed while in the army because he was 15 and too young. We had an air raid shelter from WW2 in our garden and he was aware of what it was and when it was from and he was said he’d died during the war before that one, so WW1. He told me he’d been ill and died, and he told me his name.

A few months later I was in the company of a medium (not an event, she was a friend of a friend and we were chatting). I mentioned that my son had said something strange to me and at that she held up her hand to stop me saying anything more. She then went on to tell me what he’d said, and 17 years later I can still hear her say “and did he tell you his name.” I said that he had and she told me what it was.
The only person I’d told about it was my husband and he had no connection whatsoever to this group of friends so there was no way she would’ve been told.

He remembers nothing of what he said now but when we got our dog when he was 11 he was adamant right from meeting the puppy that we had to call him ‘xxxxx’ which was the name he’d told me that he’d been called previously. No other name suggestion would do and it’s quite an unusual name now and not one you’d expect an 11 year old to have in mind.

Have you researched this name? Births,deaths etc. So interesting.

endoftheline, I'm so sorry for the loss of your son.

Not a past life, but, when I was 2, I told my mum that there was a man sitting on my bed but it was ok because it was just grandpop - my late grandfather who'd died 13 months before I was born.

I'm so sorry for your loss endofthelinefinally .

Such beautiful stories. So sorry for the loss of your beautiful boy endofthelinefinally . How lovely that he found his way home and back to his happy place.

Even if it there’s nothing in it, I love how unquestioningly little ones will state things - as if we should all know, of course.

My DS1 used to talk about his other mum and named his brother and sister. He said a few things about his old house etc that struck me as odd at the time, so I did read about small kids and last lives. When looking into it I found the story of the little boy who said he was from the isle of Barra. He had so many detailed memories of his life there. It seemed that people discounted it because he got his dad’s name wrong in among all the details. But as a 5 year old I always thought he probably wouldn’t have really used his dads name - and I think it turned out that was his uncles name or something instead! It was all really interesting and moving.