What should I have said to my nearly two year old daughter ...

[australiansun]

Last night as I lay my nearly two year old daughter down ready for sleep, she said to me with a rather calm face "don't drown me mummy".

{we do water lessons and she shows no fear of water at all - loves it in fact}

I was so shocked I didn't really know what to say {I was trying to imagine where she learnt the word "drown"????}

I replied "I wouldn't do that sweetheart", to which she said "get me out, get me out" (with a bit of urgency this time) and she sat up and got off the bed and walked away to the book shelf to get more books to read, carrying on like nothing had happened.

Even though my daughter is yet to turn two she is fully conversant and has always had that "been here before" quality about her - I certainly didn't expect this though !

I have read Children's Past Lives but I really wasn't prepared for this at all... I'm wondering what I should have / or could have said ???

Thanks for your thoughts, Im still a bit dazzled by it all.

 

[Nightrain]

I replied "I wouldn't do that sweetheart", to which she said "get me out, get me out" (with a bit of urgency this time) and she sat up and got off the bed and walked away to the book shelf to get more books to read, carrying on like nothing had happened.

Hi Australiansun! And welcome to the Forum!


In lieu of more knowledgeable replies, I would say you handled it quite well, and in as positive a manner as possible. With hindsight we all might have come up with an answer like, "Why would you say that, sweetheart?", but I suspect that any twenty-two month old child would not have given us much of an answer. None of us would have been prepared to receive the wonderful nugget of information that you received, and it is extremely fortunate that you wrote it down.

 

[australiansun]

Thank you for your reply.


I've been thinking so much about what my daughter said, and even if it wasn't the beginning of a past life memory, it was certainly very startling ! (I'll always wonder where she got the words from?!!)


Hopefully if she expands on it in the future I'll be calm and as prepared as I can be to listen and be there for her.


Thank you again

 

[Tinkerman]

Good morning Australiansun,


Thank you for sharing. I agree you handled it quite well. I see you've read Carol Bowman's books, great place to start. They deal specifically with children's issues surrounding reincarnation and memories. I think you'll find them quite helpful.


Tinkerman

 

[Blueheart]

My daughter Emily used to say things like that frequently. You might find this thread interesting.


http://www.reincarnationforum.com/threads/emily-wont-take-a-bath.1863/


It hasn't stopped yet, either. Recently, she started kindergarten, and that night she told me that Hannah drowned. I don't know who Hannah is. It could be a girl she just met in the classroom, or maybe it was Emily's name in a past life, and it was brought to the surface after a rather anxious first day of school.


What I continue to find interesting is that Emily does not seem to realize what she is saying or even that she is saying anything at all. Follow up questions have never worked with her.