MasonsMom
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My son is almost 6 and has been saying things that make me think of a past life for almost four years now. The first thing I remember him saying blew me away...
He was just about 2, and I was giving him a bath, and while he was playing in the tub I put a skin conditioning mask on which turned my face white. He looked at me and said, "Mommy, you look like a lady." I was surprised, and asked, what do you mean, I look like a lady. He said "you just do". After looking in the mirror, and thinking about it, I remembered that long ago women would wear white face make-up.
Shortly thereafter we were in our truck driving down a road after dark. We passed a lighting store that had a huge chandelier in their front window and Mason says "That looks like a party in there." I said, "Oh really, what kind of party",
He said "A black...A black...I don't remember", and I said "a black-tie party?" and he said "yeah, that's it!" Being not quite 3, he'd never seen nor heard of a black tie party!
Then he started saying things like "I did that when I was a man.", I used to do that when I was a daddy.", I saw one of those when I was a grown-up." And just the other day we were driving down a road and he said "This reminds me of Mexico." - Neither he, nor anyone he knows has been to Mexico.
He is obsessed with tractor trailers, and has a very grown up view of the world, and an innate understanding about how things work. He hates being a "kid' and seems to want to be an adult and just "get on with his life". He is also a natural born chauvenist. His father and I used to have to leave the house at the same time to go to work. When we would pull out of the driveway, if his daddy didn't go first, Mason would have a screaming fit. I asked him why daddy had to leave first, and he would say "Because he's the daddy!". I would say "It's supposed to be LADIES FIRST." and he would heartily disagree.
He also has a very prominent phobia about being left alone. Even when he intellectually knows I'm here in the house with him, if I leave the room, he panics and runs though the house screaming in a frenzy looking for me. I've tried everything I can think of to reassure him, but to no avail. I feel so sorry for him when he gets that way. His relief at finding me each time is palatable and it makes me so sad.
We've had our issues at school and he's been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, though a mild case of it. I secretly think he's just been here before, and doesn't act the same way other children do because he's "experienced".
Any thoughts about this type of thing, or suggestions on how to deal with this would be much appreciated.
MasonsMom
He was just about 2, and I was giving him a bath, and while he was playing in the tub I put a skin conditioning mask on which turned my face white. He looked at me and said, "Mommy, you look like a lady." I was surprised, and asked, what do you mean, I look like a lady. He said "you just do". After looking in the mirror, and thinking about it, I remembered that long ago women would wear white face make-up.
Shortly thereafter we were in our truck driving down a road after dark. We passed a lighting store that had a huge chandelier in their front window and Mason says "That looks like a party in there." I said, "Oh really, what kind of party",
He said "A black...A black...I don't remember", and I said "a black-tie party?" and he said "yeah, that's it!" Being not quite 3, he'd never seen nor heard of a black tie party!
Then he started saying things like "I did that when I was a man.", I used to do that when I was a daddy.", I saw one of those when I was a grown-up." And just the other day we were driving down a road and he said "This reminds me of Mexico." - Neither he, nor anyone he knows has been to Mexico.
He is obsessed with tractor trailers, and has a very grown up view of the world, and an innate understanding about how things work. He hates being a "kid' and seems to want to be an adult and just "get on with his life". He is also a natural born chauvenist. His father and I used to have to leave the house at the same time to go to work. When we would pull out of the driveway, if his daddy didn't go first, Mason would have a screaming fit. I asked him why daddy had to leave first, and he would say "Because he's the daddy!". I would say "It's supposed to be LADIES FIRST." and he would heartily disagree.
He also has a very prominent phobia about being left alone. Even when he intellectually knows I'm here in the house with him, if I leave the room, he panics and runs though the house screaming in a frenzy looking for me. I've tried everything I can think of to reassure him, but to no avail. I feel so sorry for him when he gets that way. His relief at finding me each time is palatable and it makes me so sad.
We've had our issues at school and he's been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, though a mild case of it. I secretly think he's just been here before, and doesn't act the same way other children do because he's "experienced".
Any thoughts about this type of thing, or suggestions on how to deal with this would be much appreciated.
MasonsMom
