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To be freaked out about what DD is saying.

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Outandabout43 · 27/08/2024 20:27

On holiday with DD just gone 4 and DSS. DD has just come to me and said mummy I have a question. I asked her what the question was and she asked if she could go to the beach she went to with her other mummy. I asked who her other mummy was and she went on to tell me her other mummy was jody and she lived in a big house, she said she had 2 mummy's at her other mummy's house. She went on to say it was next to the beach and she flew a kite when it was really windy, it blew away and other mummy couldn't catch it. She said her other mummy had a baby in her tummy and the doctor had to pull it out.

I answered by telling her we can go to the beach tomorrow, but the one by the caravan. She said okay, I've got no more questions I'm going to bed now 🤷‍♀️

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MMUmum · 28/08/2024 18:11

My DD had 4 imaginary friends, Jenna, Isla, Stephanie and John, I have no idea where those names came from😅 Isla was from 'the naughty girls home' no idea where that came from either, we never mentioned anything like that. She had a very involved imaginary life with them which we just went along with. I can't remember when they started to disappear but they did, I often wonder what happened to them😅😅

laraitopbanana · 28/08/2024 18:26

🤣🤣🤣
ride on, this doesn’t stop for a few more years. At least. You may hear some versions with dragons added to them or maybe the doctor will ask her to go get a towel next time to help with the baby delivery 🤣🤣🤣

laraitopbanana · 28/08/2024 18:28

MMUmum · 28/08/2024 18:11

My DD had 4 imaginary friends, Jenna, Isla, Stephanie and John, I have no idea where those names came from😅 Isla was from 'the naughty girls home' no idea where that came from either, we never mentioned anything like that. She had a very involved imaginary life with them which we just went along with. I can't remember when they started to disappear but they did, I often wonder what happened to them😅😅

🤣🤣

one of my child was RAVING about a boy he was playing with at nursery. Every day he would tell is what they did etc… so much that we did ask who was the little boy once.
surprised, the nursery worker turned and said « do we have anyone with that name? » to another lady. « No » she answered.

😂🤷🏼‍♀️

MikeWozniaksMohawk · 28/08/2024 18:34

My 4yo DS told me a very detailed and believable story about something he had done at school one day. A short trip out to somewhere walking distance from the school (our school does these things and we give blanket permission for it so I wouldn’t necessarily know). I am friendly with some of the teachers socially and asked about it. Complete nonsense, hadn’t happened. On reflection it was clear that he had been inspired by something his older brother had done a couple of weeks before and invented this trip out.

MrsSunshine2b · 28/08/2024 18:55

Meredithmama · 28/08/2024 17:49

I would ask her where her other mummy comes from, see if she is projecting due to the family dynamics. She is at the age that her imagination is starting to develop but I would ask if she is worried about having another family.

Yet it come be past life memories because she said two mommies regardless of progress’s we have made not many 4 year olds unless living in a same sex family would consider two mommies they normally just follow the norm, mom dad etc.

I would just explore the information with her in a fun none leading way.

Past life memories when? Single sex couples have been allowed to adopt since 2005. Clearly she died very young in this "past life."

Anonym00se · 28/08/2024 19:04

HowardTJMoon · 27/08/2024 20:59

When my DS was 4 he insisted that he was a puppy. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.

Mine told me that he was alive before, and I was a bit inwardly freaked but encouraged him to tell me more. He said that he used to be a dog, and before that he was a fire engine. 😂

NeedToChangeName · 28/08/2024 19:08

Outandabout43 · 27/08/2024 20:49

😂😂😂😂😂

Honestly, I wondered about this too ...

Thisismynewname23 · 28/08/2024 19:08

Outandabout43 · 27/08/2024 20:27

On holiday with DD just gone 4 and DSS. DD has just come to me and said mummy I have a question. I asked her what the question was and she asked if she could go to the beach she went to with her other mummy. I asked who her other mummy was and she went on to tell me her other mummy was jody and she lived in a big house, she said she had 2 mummy's at her other mummy's house. She went on to say it was next to the beach and she flew a kite when it was really windy, it blew away and other mummy couldn't catch it. She said her other mummy had a baby in her tummy and the doctor had to pull it out.

I answered by telling her we can go to the beach tomorrow, but the one by the caravan. She said okay, I've got no more questions I'm going to bed now 🤷‍♀️

When my best friends daughter was around 3-4 she used to talk about her other family in detail she would tell us about their celebration they was a different religion and she knew so much detail it was unbelievable then she just stopped talking about it after she started school and she has no recollection now she’s an adult, this was 25-30 years ago so children’s tv wasn’t diverse they didn’t have access to iPads etc no one knew how she would know the details she talked about

Flopsy145 · 28/08/2024 19:17

I'd say past life, kids remember a lot. I would just leave itvand ask no more.

Runningupthecurtains · 28/08/2024 19:21

MrsSunshine2b · 28/08/2024 18:55

Past life memories when? Single sex couples have been allowed to adopt since 2005. Clearly she died very young in this "past life."

Ummm women have been able to have babies since the dawn of time, no need to adopt for an all female couple to have a child.

Runningupthecurtains · 28/08/2024 19:23

laraitopbanana · 28/08/2024 18:28

🤣🤣

one of my child was RAVING about a boy he was playing with at nursery. Every day he would tell is what they did etc… so much that we did ask who was the little boy once.
surprised, the nursery worker turned and said « do we have anyone with that name? » to another lady. « No » she answered.

😂🤷🏼‍♀️

Did you check if what he was doing with this boy tallied with what he was doing? He could have got the wrong name for the boy or the boy could have used a made up name.

laraitopbanana · 28/08/2024 19:27

Runningupthecurtains · 28/08/2024 19:23

Did you check if what he was doing with this boy tallied with what he was doing? He could have got the wrong name for the boy or the boy could have used a made up name.

No no, just an imaginary friend that was 🤣🤣

Gave us a nice giggle. Still mention it at times.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 28/08/2024 19:30

Zone2NorthLondon · 27/08/2024 20:31

let's not get all woohoo Wednesday Adam’s about this. It is odd for sure. Significant,no. spooky no. No kids have lived before or have special ohh I’m the reborn experiences

And you know this is a fact?

Meredithmama · 28/08/2024 19:40

That’s exactly why I questioned past life regression because of the two moms.

Mumofmarauders · 28/08/2024 19:44

PuzzledParrott · 27/08/2024 20:45

DD, 4, talks in great detail about her sisters, and even points to them when she’s playing. She’s an only child.

It freaked me out a bit until I asked their names and realised her four sisters were the Go Jetters.

😂😂😂😂😂 high achieving family there

MrsSunshine2b · 28/08/2024 19:52

Runningupthecurtains · 28/08/2024 19:21

Ummm women have been able to have babies since the dawn of time, no need to adopt for an all female couple to have a child.

Not without a man they haven't😂and regardless of legality, same sex couples being allowed to openly exist and bring up children together is a very recent thing. If she really was brought up by 2 mums in a previous life and can remember it, it should not be difficult at all to find her bereaved former parents, considering the chances are they are still alive and well.

Runningupthecurtains · 28/08/2024 20:30

MrsSunshine2b · 28/08/2024 19:52

Not without a man they haven't😂and regardless of legality, same sex couples being allowed to openly exist and bring up children together is a very recent thing. If she really was brought up by 2 mums in a previous life and can remember it, it should not be difficult at all to find her bereaved former parents, considering the chances are they are still alive and well.

Yes it's recent but not necessarily same sex adoption recent. I know several female couples with kids, none of them adopted.

Mymothersfavouritegirl · 28/08/2024 20:55

Our son now in his late 30’s regularly told us of his other family when he was a small child. He could describe them, their clothing, his siblings and the house they lived in, the decor etc. It sounded like a very different period in time to the then late 80’s early 90’s. We listened with great interest, eventually it stopped after a number of years. At the time we concluded that either he had a very vivid imagination, vivid dreams or was reincarnated. Either way we weren’t phased by it.

Mymothersfavouritegirl · 28/08/2024 21:37

Mymothersfavouritegirl · 28/08/2024 20:55

Our son now in his late 30’s regularly told us of his other family when he was a small child. He could describe them, their clothing, his siblings and the house they lived in, the decor etc. It sounded like a very different period in time to the then late 80’s early 90’s. We listened with great interest, eventually it stopped after a number of years. At the time we concluded that either he had a very vivid imagination, vivid dreams or was reincarnated. Either way we weren’t phased by it.

Fazed!! It’s late, sorry.

Lyoness1953 · 29/08/2024 00:44

I am a firm believer in reincarnation. I believe God sends us back to learn and Become a better human being each time. When children are born, they arrive here fresh from heaven. Their little minds remember everything, but they cannot speak to express it to us. By the time they learn to speak, the memories have grown dim, Usually completely disappearing by the time they are five years old. Your Little one was probably remembering. I think it sounds fascinating and there is nothing scary about it.

OchreReader · 29/08/2024 00:53

When my ds was 4 I remember giving him a bath shortly after we’d moved into a new house. He started on about his ‘other mummy’ and when I asked where she lived he replied ‘under the hall floorboards’. My hair was standing on edge for ages 😂

Mumwithapub · 29/08/2024 09:14

Look up " children's re-encarnation stories" on Facebook.

BIGPA · 29/08/2024 09:37

Zone2NorthLondon · 27/08/2024 20:31

let's not get all woohoo Wednesday Adam’s about this. It is odd for sure. Significant,no. spooky no. No kids have lived before or have special ohh I’m the reborn experiences

What a KillJoy 😂

HoppingPavlova · 29/08/2024 09:45

@Mumwithapub Look up " children's re-encarnation stories" on Facebook

I honestly can’t be bothered going down such a rabbit hole, but I take it you have read them? Genuinely not being goady, as I said above, honestly 50/50 torn with 2 aspects not allowing me to get over the line.

In these stories are there any animal memories? Such as a 4yo standing by a pond pointing to algae saying ‘that used to be my favourite food when I was a turtle’, or ‘’when I was a fish I loved this stream, it was my home’; or other things such as saying to a parent ‘when I used to be a grown up, you were my dog, your name was Bella and you loved playing with sticks’. Being serious, as genuinely trying to work out feasibility of cross-species reincarnation as a factor of increasing human population. I’ve never heard of anything like this from kids who have said odd things but obviously don’t know every kid😁.

Teddybear23 · 29/08/2024 16:36

I think it sounds like reincarnation- I do believe in it as I have read or seen on tv many many stories that have proven to be true. My friend’s daughter said something similar when she was young but my friend didn’t ask her to tell her more and regrets it. I would definitely ask your daughter more about her ‘past’ so I could try and verify if true or not. Think about it, if true it tells us that there is definitely something after we die, and that must be a good thing.