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My child has a badge that sees ghosts?

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PlomBear · 18/01/2020 10:22

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.”

😂😱😨

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BecauseReasons · 18/01/2020 12:38

Agree with asking BF for the lottery numbers.

What if it gets them right and then considers that you are indebted to it?

SirVixofVixHall · 18/01/2020 12:39

If you find out a little boy did die, before you moved in, then that would be 😱😱😱😱😱

SirVixofVixHall · 18/01/2020 12:39

I am feeling decidedly unsettled now...

DonKeyshot · 18/01/2020 12:40

You're welcome, OP.

My parental home is very old so there were rather a lot of people sharing it with my dps, my dbs, and myself. Some of those souls hadn't lived blameless lives and some hadn't lived long lives. I chatted away quite happily to them and passed various bits of information on to my dps.

Apparently I came out with various statements that my dps found somewhat unsettling but, again, very sensibly they went with the flow and were rewarded when my focus turned outwards as your ds's will in the not too distant future.

worriedabouthealth · 18/01/2020 12:41

Thought I was ok reading this till the postman just knocked and I nearly had an accident ...... 🤣🤣🤣

itsgettingweird · 18/01/2020 12:46

When the apocalypse does come something tells me all that will be left is baron land and birdie friend in the middle of it.

SirVixofVixHall · 18/01/2020 12:48

Ask your ds what end BF is referring to ?

Trafalger · 18/01/2020 12:53

This would scare the fucking shit out of me. It has and I am nowhere near that possessed birdie friend. I would honestly take it to a priest who does exorcism.

nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut · 18/01/2020 13:01

Shamelessly placemarking as this is currently more interesting than doing my job.

Purplecatshopaholic · 18/01/2020 13:07

This is fascinating. I am now officially obsessed with birdie friend and waaaay over-invested in this thread, lol. Keep us posted op!

WalkingWithTheBuffalo · 18/01/2020 13:12

From an atheist POV - these are delusions/hallucinations. Imaginative play is normal for a 4 year old, but this goes beyond that.

From a spiritual POV - he could be sensitive/psychic and picking up on dead family members and consciousness of past inhabitants of your houses. But it does sound like he's communicating with something in particular - and that shouldn't be encouraged.

Whichever belief system you sign up to - it's probably best to get rid of the badge and discourage the whole thing.

Don't get a priest in - they have no idea what they're doing and can make things worse.

QuimReaper · 18/01/2020 13:13

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?

Yikes!

HoppingPavlova · 18/01/2020 13:16

I would say destroy the badge so someone else doesn’t find it but I have a feeling it’s got nothing to do with the badge, your sons the conduit and just thinks the badge is what’s giving the messages.

DonKeyshot · 18/01/2020 13:16

Even if the badge were to be lost, I think you'd find that Birdie Friend would continue to communicate with your ds.

Using the badge as a mouthpiece or microphone is his way of making sense of what he's being told by assorted people that you can't see and it's giving him the confidence to tell you about them, OP.

There really isn't anything to be scared of. Many other children have exhibited similar 'psychic powers' at a young age, some of whom have revealed details about their alleged previous lives that they couldn't possibly have known unless they lived them - and some of those experiences have been verified.

Instatwat · 18/01/2020 13:17

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."

GrinGrinGrin

FlickingVees · 18/01/2020 13:18

Whatever you do, don’t give him a tricycle!

Write it all down...? I love a bit of Woo.

Any dates for ‘the end’ / lottery numbers?

HoppingPavlova · 18/01/2020 13:19

Don't get a priest in - they have no idea what they're doing and can make things worse.

I’d get a medium who can assist with moving stuff on. I thought the Anglican Church also had a non-woo arm that dealt with this stuff but I may be mistaken.

Tricicorn · 18/01/2020 13:19

Holy shit. If you find a huge black hound with glowing red eyes stationed outside DSs bedroom door and refusing to budge, I’d definitely deploy some sage and call in the clergy.

V creepy. I’d do nothing to incur wrath of BF. Maybe stock up on mealworms and premium bird seed to keep it sweet.

Tricicorn · 18/01/2020 13:20

Don’t get guinea pigs either. The poor buggers will either end up as sacrifices or be enslaved as minions of the anti-Christ. Then youll be sorry.

Lailaha · 18/01/2020 13:22

Tricicorn Grin

Bigmango · 18/01/2020 13:23

This is the funniest/creepiest thing ever. Please keep us updated.

Can you ask bf if we will end up buying the house we’ve put an offer in for?

Bigmango · 18/01/2020 13:24

@Tricicorn Grin crying

sashh · 18/01/2020 13:26

What if it gets them right and then considers that you are indebted to it?

There are a couple of witches in my family, and another lives in the next street.

Oldishusernewname · 18/01/2020 13:33

This thread is hilarious Grin

IndieTara · 18/01/2020 13:33

Guinea pig minions 🤣🤣🤣