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Mannerisms and things children say

Toddler has same mannerism as grandfather


Our 18 mth old daughter does something similar to my husband's grandfather. (Who was not biologically related, he was actually a step grandfather but was very close to us all) He died a yr ago, when our daughter was about 5 mths old. He had alzheimers for several yrs before he died, and was a very very sweet and quiet man. He had a hard time hearing and would always just look at you and smile and hold his hands up, shrug his shoulders as you would if you were saying "I don't know".....Our baby started doing this when she was about 8 mths old and started walking. I noticed she did this when she would look for something....but the strange thing is, none of us do this. I would watch to see if maybe our older daughter did, and that's where the baby learned it, but she didn't. I couldn't figure out where she could have learned to put her hands up and shrug like that, since I stay home with her, there aren't many places for her to pick things up besides with us. Then I remembered my husbands grandpa. Then....I remembered he wasn't a blood relative, it wasn't something that could have been passed down....I don't know if it's some kind of reincarnation or his spirit just being with us, but I am convinced she got it from him.
 
Welcome to the forum twogirls :)


Thanks for sharing. I have heard cases of the soul taking up residence in their new body after it has been born, but I'm not sure if it's been as long as 5 months. I'm sure there's a thread in the forum that covers this somewhere, and I'll have a look for it.


Otherwise, did your daughter ever meet your husbands step grandfather? I don't know if she could pick up those mannerisms at such an early age. Maybe someone else here can give you a better answer :o
 
karolina


I thought this was very interesting...I don't know if you heard of the book/movie stella luna... my mom got this movie for my kids when they were about 2 and 3 ..anyway my son was sooo...scared of the owl in the movie...I couldn't figure out why...I thought it was kind of silly...but who knows I'm covinced he knows more thn me... he is 6 now and still is spooked by owls...but is entrigued by eagles... r there any explanations for that?
 
Hello Baby_rn,


I'm not familiar with the film, but it's interesting your son is scared of owls, too. Stella will be 3 in a couple of weeks, and she's not that scared or fascinated of them anymore, but her reaction to them is still different from other animals or birds.


I don't know, but in my original post I think the quote said something about Native Americans and owls, and isn't an eagle some kind of a symbol to some tribe of them? I'm sorry I don't have time to look that up right now! :)


Karoliina
 
Eagle and Raven are the two totems of the Tlingits of southeast Alaska. My guy is Tlingit and he is Eagle Brown Bear, Eagle being the totem and Brown Bear being the clan/house. :)
 
indigobutterfly said:
hmmm, Deborah. My son is almost 13 and I wish that I could remember better, lol. My son had the same hands thing going on as your grandson. He didn't want dirty hands at all. They were "deedee" (dirty). I don't remember enough, though. I'll watch my niece and nephews better. :D
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I remember my son had the same thing - at pre-school, he loathed playing with sand and mud and the like.. more like the most fastidious of the little girls - or like me, his mum! :D


Now he's a cardiothoracic nurse in a major cardiac unit.


Vicky32
 
Owls and the Occult


That is very interesting that your son had a specific fear of owls. When I was little I saw the movie the Labyrinth. You may have seen it. In it Jareth (the goblin king) turns into an owl when he wants to enter the human dimensions. I liked the owl as a child. Now I find out that the owl, specifically the white owl, is used as an occult symbol. There is a very large owl statue (not a white one I don't think) erected at the Cremation of Care ceremony in Bohemian grove every year. It is supposedly a dark arts ceremony and it is rumored that there are sacrifices done there.


I don't think any animal is specifically evil. But maybe some of us have had bad experiences with these groups in past lives and still recognize their symbols.
 
I have an amazing connection with my cousin who was born when I was 11 years old. When my aunt got pregnant I remember how excited I was and the feeling of "He made it! He's here." When he was in the womb, whenever I would talk loudly or sing my aunt could feel him moving uncontrollably inside her.


When he was about 2 years old, he would always ask me "Remember when you were younger and I was older? I was big and you were small"


He is 14 now and even though we are cousins, we call each other brother and sister. He tells everyone that I'm his sister and everyone believes him because we look so much alike!
 
My 7yr old recently took up a love of doing the Charleston, which I have no idea where he got it from. Claims he use to be really good at it at one time and had a dream of doing it well back then. He has a HUGE problem being told what to do. He says only he is the one who can control his body and claims we're trying to control his brain when we tell him how he should act or what to say. Doesn't get along well with other children sadly. Says he feels like he's,"grown up like me" on the inside and like a kid on the outside and has no patience for their antics. They seem to have no patience for his dominance either.
 
The Charleston! Whenever I've seen people dancing it, I've had a huge fondness for it too. Not surprising since since I've always loved to dance and my previous life was from that time period as well.


I think it's tough for more mature souls to sort of have to wait out childhood until they are adults again. I went through it, my son is now and from the sounds of it, your son too. But at the same time though, childhood is such a magical experience, I don't think it will be lost on him.
 
When I was real little I used to refuse to take my coat off when I got home (especially if I had just woken up after being in the car) and scream that I wanted to go home. I would just stand there and cry, even though I was home and had never lived any other house at the time. I also cried that I 'wanted mommy' when my mom was standing right there.


I also could not pronounce either one of my cousins names when I was little, one of which was 'Jessie'. I ended up calling her schatzi, which is German for treasure or sweetheart or something like that. Actually, I think I called her 'schozi,' without the 't', but it turned into schotzi when everyone would mimic me. I don't know whether or not that's just a coincidence though...


Oh, I was also fascinated with light switches. I would point at them and yell 'on' over and over again until someone turned it on... and then continued to yell 'on'. Then, when I was about five or six I drew a picture of a scientist and told my mom it was me and I had gotten electrocuted during some type of experiment with light bulbs. I remember drawing it and crying, but I'm not too sure if I made it up or not. I desperately wanted to remember a past life after having watched a documentary on children who had. Too bad I can't go back in time and ask myself.


At the time I did think I was just making up a story in my head, but now I wonder...
 
When my son was about one and a half he would march around the living room and pick coffee cups up and say cheers!. He's never witnessed this type of behaviour, so it was a shock. He's 4 now and has an obsession with military things and flying. He gives his toys non english names. After reading this site its making me think about paying more attention to what he is saying and his behaviour. I hate to say it, but I belive my son was a German soilder. He plays sometimes and it can be pretty sinister which is not learnt or a condition/product of his home environment or parenting or viewed on television.
 
My MIL had neighbors who were fascinated with extension cords. They would plug them all together and run them through then house. They especially liked weird colors.
 
Hi Rowan,


Are you keeping a journal? Years can go by and even when we think we will never forget - even the slightest of details can be very telling. Also - why do you think German? Wars in general are brutal, and I think any solider from any country can display cruel and or sinister behavior.


Thank you for sharing your experience.
 
Hi Deborah, I just know it, from seeing him march and gesturing with cups like they were tankers. Maybe this is a stereo typical view of a german soildier but ive seen footage and this is what it reminds me of. In addition, his father recently talked to him about WW2 and he understood some of the aims of war beyond his level of understanding. I naturally thought German because we are close to Europe mainland


As for myself, I think we maybe linked in some way, many years ago I had a dream of being at a garden party, seeing parachutes fall from the sky and then running from gun fire, trying to hide in a road cutter untill I climbed down a sewer and was shot, I knew it to be WW2 but not the location. I woke up and knew this was real and every detail has stayed with me for 20 years. I also have a fear of being buried alive, so maybe the two are linked. It might ssound daft but I just sense he was german, I don't think im projecting onto him my own memory.


I'm not keeping a diary but I will start. Thanks for your response.
 
Those are some very interesting observations Rowan, keep it up! As Deborah says keeping a journal can be so helpful at this stage. Also, have you read Carol Bowmens book 'Children's Past Lives'? Or James Leininger's book 'Soul Survivor'? The Leininger's son also had a fascination with flying, and WWII - I recommend it to any parent who's child is remembering those things! :thumbsup:
 
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