My child has a badge that sees ghosts?

[PlomBear]

Lighthearted!

DS 4, has a badge he calls “birdie friend.” I may post a photo later! It’s a badge with a bird on.

Birdie Friend seems to have the gift of the “sight!” “Birdie Friend says Bob and Rose are here mummy, they like to have tea with us. Bob and Rose are DH’s grandparents who died many years ago.

“Birdie Friend says the men who lived upstairs looked like you mummy when their faces burned off.” We used to live in a former military hospital and I had a sheet mash on my face! The ward upstairs had indeed been a burns/plastics ward!

“Mummy, Birdie Friend says the end is coming soon.”

😂😱😨

He’s currently chattering away in the airing cupboard.

We have only recently moved in here (1970s military married quarters) and on the first night he has to sleep in our room because Birdie Friend was telling him about the family who used to live here and the little boy died. DS was sobbing hysterically.

I had to sternly say that Birdie Friend needed to stop making up silly stories and after that he’s been fine. He happily roams about the house now chattering away.

I’m really careful to not talk about anything woo around him. We don’t have any scary books or DVDs.

We are thinking of getting guinea pigs. Apparently Birdie Friend will help look after them...

Astounded at some of the responses here.

Indulge your little ds and take great care of his Birdie Friend, OP. I would suggest you find a special place for Birdie to 'roost' so that he doesn't get lost when your ds goes out of the house. Explain that taking the badge with him could end in tears if Birdie manages to fly away so you need to keep him safe indoors at all times.

It's probable that your ds will grow out of this, some would say, 'phase' within the next year or so. In the meantime, keep notes of what 'Birdie' says to remind yourself what a sensitive little boy your ds is when you look back on his childhood.

Fwiw, when I was around your ds's age I saw what I thought were real people sharing our house. My dps very sensibly allowed me to prattle on about what they thought were my imaginings Those people disappeared when I was around 5 or 6, but I subsequently regained the ability to see what others don't and it's done me no harm.

Do NOT let Birdie Friend look after the guinea pigs! Unless you want to wake up one morning to dead guinea pigs!

Birdie friend would accidentally find his way into a bonfire, I think. After consulting the local priest to check it wouldn't make things worse.

I don't technically believe in these things but I'm taking no chances.

Has your son ever seen Ivor the Engine? there's the occasional bit of actual Welsh in there, maybe he picked it up from that?

Sounds very interesting though!

Where can I get one?

Zilla1 - thank you, we were trying to tell DA things like “yes, brave sailors lived here for a while but they’ve gone to heaven now and are happy” and he’d often say “Birdie Friend says they are still here and they like the pretty nurse, they don’t want to leave as they like it here.”

I just asked where Birdie Friend comes from. “Wales.” I asked him what Birdie Friend wants and he whispered to Birdie Friend, giggled and ran downstairs.

DonKeyshot - thank you!

I can remember how real my imaginary friends were to me and I'm in my 50's.

I also has vivid dreams about witches burning at the stake, but we never worked out how I knew so much.

However, I'd visit a church or cathedral (the older the better) and see what Birdie has to say. Just to be on the safe side.

I’d be trying to find out as much as possible from birdie friend

Maybe there are some helpful messages or some hidden history or maybe you could ‘help’ some souls to move over

Maybe it's your Son and Birdie Friend is just a mouthpiece ...

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I’m sure the Welsh Tourism Board would be happy to provide any badges!

Bloody hell. I wouldn't destroy Birdie, that could make it angry. I'd get some more information from it via your DS and see if anything makes sense. I agree with Ponoka7 Take Birdie on a day out to a few churches.

When dd1 was about four, she asked us where the ghost who always used to sit on the stairs had gone.

What???!! Apparently it used to sit on the second step down and move to one side when anyone went past. Sometimes it would go up to the landing and sit there instead.

It hadn't occurred to her to mention it before - she was used to him/her being there, and thought we knew.

Gives me the fear I would be letting the birdie talisman fly away!

Birdie friend, or Ffrind Aderyn as he likes to be known, could maybe be put to some useful purpose? Lottery numbers perhaps ?
Must admit the end of days thing has freaked me out. Did your boy know about burns/masks etc ?
< repeating “nice birdie friend, lovely birdie, aderyn neis iawn” >

We have never mentioned burns or masks to him. When he talked about them I said “oh those poor people, they had sore faces didn’t they but they are all better now” he just looked at me like I was an idiot. “They are still here, silly mummy!”

He never seems scared...apart from our first night here when he cried about the dead little boy. It’s always very matter of fact.

Thanks SirVixofVixHall I might try some Welsh phrases!

We are going to look at guinea pigs today. BF is coming, naturally. I said we have to be very quiet and gentle!

Ask birdie friend to somehow throw a million pounds my way. Cheers.

Oh and BF has stickers on him as DS said he BF needed friends. They had to be carefully stuck on so that they didn’t cover BF or else he would be VERY upset.

Fuuuuck! I’m not at all woo but this has really given me the heebie jeebies

I don’t even know what to think!

How bizarre! Hope the Guinea pigs settle in ok

DH has rolled his eyes, “it’s just a badge.” DS just looked at him, very thoughtfully! DH is decidedly non-woo.

You're not getting stalked, are you? By someone who is aware of the history of your house and is feeding info to your son?

Were Bob and Rose partial to Black Forest Gateaux? 😳

Seriously, I would indulge it. Kids often have imaginary friends - my DC had one and I would make him extra fishfingers at his request although I would get freaked out when she said he was standing next to me as I took them out of the oven to make sure they weren't overcooked. One day she suddenly announced he'd gone away and liked it so much he was going to stay there. That was the last time she mentioned him.

REDRUM REDRUM

We are thinking of getting guinea pigs. Apparently Birdie Friend will help look after them

Yeah. I bet he will. "The guinea pigs are sleeping now, mummy. BF made them sleep."

Drop it in some holy water in the nearest church. Tenner says it melts.

Agree with asking BF for the lottery numbers.