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[Hilda]

I have a question - maybe someone could help me?
my granddaughter has been sobbing - like a grief sobbing - when she is around a baby that is crying and sounds distressed. It started about 4 months ago with a younger cousin and is very consistent- she gets a look on her face prior to crying - like she is trying with all her might to control her emotions and then the dam breaks. She is usually a very relaxed, easy going child - very happy and cheerful.
She sobs so hard she hiccups - and then after about 10 - 15 min - it is like it is forgotten.
One day when I was asking her about it she got a strange, serious look on her face and in an almost "hard" voice - she said , " there are too many kids" - when I tried to ask her more, she just looked blank and then went on to playing.
we would all like to help her through this and have a feeling that it connects with some past memory, but are not sure how to do so. She is now 3.
thanks for listening.

 

[ChrisR]

Hi Hilda, welcome to the forum


That's a difficult one without much information to go on. It sounds like your Granddaughter could be remembering a past life, maybe a past life where she was surrounded by too many babies for her to cope with? Maybe she was a parent with a lot of children? or perhaps she had a job where she was looking after them? That is the impression I get anyway.


You could try questioning her further, but don't push her for answers, just raise the issue and let her talk under her own steam. Don't show any surprise if she comes out with something beyond her capacity as that may put her off talking about it. Just go along with whatever she says as if you already know, and then ask a few simple questions. Start a journal and write down everything she says, it could come in useful further down the line if you are tring to fit all the pieces together.


When she's crying, give her a hug and tell her that she has nothing to worry about and that somebody else is taking care of the baby now. I don't know if that will work, but I can't think of anything else to suggest, I'm sure others will give you a better answer.


There is a lot of good advice and tips in Carol's first book: Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child, and you may also find information in there that you can relate to your Granddaughter.


Let us know how everything goes.


Chris

 

[Hilda]

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thank you so much for your reply. It is just encouraging to have someone outside of the immediate family give a perspective. We have been doing what you recommend - one evening when I was babysitting her , she was actually getting frantic about putting " all her babies " ( dolls) to bed - she was so overtired and would not relax until I picked her up and said we would take care of the babies and she could go to sleep.


She literally slumped and sighed and then she went to sleep.


so - I guess she will eventually work this out if we can just go along side?


thanks again.

 

[ChrisR]

Hi Hilda


Yes, she will eventually work all of this out, and maybe sooner if you reassure her that her anxiety comes from another lifetime, and that she now has a loving family around her to help her take care of her 'babies', it sounds like you are already doing a great job! It might be a good idea to let her put her 'babies' to bed, and you help her? Let her see that you are quite capable of doing it for her, and that might help to put her mind at ease


Do any of your family believe that all of this may be coming from a past life memory?

 

[Hilda]

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Yes, her mom and dad are very open to these discussions. I had read Carol Bowman's book a few years ago , so we talk about it often. My husband is also very supportive - the rest of the family - ( laughing ) - well - we will just leave that alone..