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I babysit Tues. through Fri. for a friend of mine. Her daughter is about 13 months old and just starting to really talk. Of course, I can't understand a lot of what she's saying yet...but that doesn't stop her. Typical girl, loves to chat ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Well, it's really weird because I've never gotten any kind of a feeling in their house...nothing unusual anyway. The other day as I was sitting on the couch, eating my lunch...I could have sworn that I saw someone walk by in the kitchen out of the corner of my eye. The funny thing is, the first thing that popped into my head was that it was her great Grandfather. Now, I don't even know if he has passed, but that's what I thought. So, I just kind of shrugged it off and went about eating my lunch.
The next day I had the baby in her crib (trying to get her to lay down and take a nap) I was sitting next to the crib, when all of a sudden she gets up....goes to the corner of her crib...and starts talking to someone (?) I know that kids, especially at her age, love to just talk...but she was intent on who or what she was talking to. She even got really serious, almost like she was responding to someone. It didn't freak me out though, at all. I just, again, got the feeling that she was talking to a relative that had come to pay a visit.
What do you guys think? I know it most likely sounds pretty cut and dry, but that very small part of me that's skeptical is wondering if I'm making more out of it then I should be.....
Any thoughts will be much appreciated....sry about the length!
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Well, it's really weird because I've never gotten any kind of a feeling in their house...nothing unusual anyway. The other day as I was sitting on the couch, eating my lunch...I could have sworn that I saw someone walk by in the kitchen out of the corner of my eye. The funny thing is, the first thing that popped into my head was that it was her great Grandfather. Now, I don't even know if he has passed, but that's what I thought. So, I just kind of shrugged it off and went about eating my lunch.
The next day I had the baby in her crib (trying to get her to lay down and take a nap) I was sitting next to the crib, when all of a sudden she gets up....goes to the corner of her crib...and starts talking to someone (?) I know that kids, especially at her age, love to just talk...but she was intent on who or what she was talking to. She even got really serious, almost like she was responding to someone. It didn't freak me out though, at all. I just, again, got the feeling that she was talking to a relative that had come to pay a visit.
What do you guys think? I know it most likely sounds pretty cut and dry, but that very small part of me that's skeptical is wondering if I'm making more out of it then I should be.....
Any thoughts will be much appreciated....sry about the length!
It's hard to say, Trin - it could be either. I've not been around babies all too much, but in my experience, the little ones that babble like that do kind of go off into what seems like a conversation, when in reality, it may just be baby being a baby. Did she ever look in your direction when she woke up and started 'talking'? Did she giggle now and then as if someone was amusing her?
It's interesting that you saw someone move through the kitchen. You should tell your friends about it and see what they have to say - perhaps they've had similar experiences. You could present it to them in a way that won't seem strange, if that's a concern. Such as: "the funniest thing happened the other day while I was sitting here eating my lunch, no one was here and I thought I saw...." and finish off with a laugh at yourself. ![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
Kell
Did she ever look in your direction when she woke up and started 'talking'? Did she giggle now and then as if someone was amusing her?It's interesting that you saw someone move through the kitchen. You should tell your friends about it and see what they have to say - perhaps they've had similar experiences. You could present it to them in a way that won't seem strange, if that's a concern.
Such as: "the funniest thing happened the other day while I was sitting here eating my lunch, no one was here and I thought I saw...." and finish off with a laugh at yourself. Kell
Hi!
I am not sure, but I was thinking about when my sons were babies. They used to babble themselves to sleep! And say when playing do all kinds of imaginary talking. Talk to walls, the thin air?
Now, my younger son is sensitive and I didn't notice it until he was about starting school?
I guess it was that he was older and could convey things better to me.
But, we noticed it younger in my grandaughter. She was two when we realized. I just told her daddy she talks better than he did! LOL (jk) And we wouldn't even have noticed had she not came downstairs and blurted out my fathers name?
Babies are enntraced with anything and everything new they see daily? From a fly to a bird chirping, anything new to them? And they find things daily that young that interest them.
I am not trying to put off nothing is there. Who knows, it could be her guardian angel?
I wouldn't scare the parents, but like Kell said you can kinda go around-about asking if they notice these things?
I read a book years ago about the rate a baby/toddler processes information! It was amazing?
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I am not sure, but I was thinking about when my sons were babies. They used to babble themselves to sleep! And say when playing do all kinds of imaginary talking. Talk to walls, the thin air?
Now, my younger son is sensitive and I didn't notice it until he was about starting school?
I guess it was that he was older and could convey things better to me.
But, we noticed it younger in my grandaughter. She was two when we realized. I just told her daddy she talks better than he did! LOL (jk) And we wouldn't even have noticed had she not came downstairs and blurted out my fathers name?
Babies are enntraced with anything and everything new they see daily? From a fly to a bird chirping, anything new to them? And they find things daily that young that interest them.
I am not trying to put off nothing is there. Who knows, it could be her guardian angel?
I wouldn't scare the parents, but like Kell said you can kinda go around-about asking if they notice these things?
I read a book years ago about the rate a baby/toddler processes information! It was amazing?
(((((((((hugs)))))))))
Piglet =)
No one that lives there has ever mentioned anything to me about any strange things that may have happened. Which is why i hadn't mentioned this to them. I just felt kind of weird and wasn't sure how to bring it up. Thanks Kell, because your suggestion on how to mention it is great. I was actually thinking of ways to bring it up, when I read your reply i was like THAT'S IT! Was like you were reading my mind! ![[Laughing]](graemlins/lol.gif)
When it did happen though, Alexis didn't look at me at all. It seemed like she was looking out her door into the hallway. It's ok Peg, I definitely don't think your putting this off...I just didn't know what to think really. I've been around a lot of babies and know what you mean about how things can mesmerize them or how they can just go off on little tyrades of talking...especially when they first start learning to talk. I just couldn't tell this time if that's all she was doing, or if she was really talking to 'something' or 'someone' that I couldn't see.
I can honestly say that I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought had I not thought I caught a glimpse of someone in the kitchen. That's what made me think there might be something to this.
We'll see if I can muster up enough courage to tell them about 'thinking' i saw someone in the kitchen. it's always hard for me to bring something like that up, when I don't know where they stand on the subject. I think my curiosity will get the better of me in this case though.
When it did happen though, Alexis didn't look at me at all. It seemed like she was looking out her door into the hallway. It's ok Peg, I definitely don't think your putting this off...I just didn't know what to think really. I've been around a lot of babies and know what you mean about how things can mesmerize them or how they can just go off on little tyrades of talking...especially when they first start learning to talk. I just couldn't tell this time if that's all she was doing, or if she was really talking to 'something' or 'someone' that I couldn't see.
I can honestly say that I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought had I not thought I caught a glimpse of someone in the kitchen. That's what made me think there might be something to this.
We'll see if I can muster up enough courage to tell them about 'thinking' i saw someone in the kitchen. it's always hard for me to bring something like that up, when I don't know where they stand on the subject. I think my curiosity will get the better of me in this case though.
Hi!
I can understand how your curiosity can get the better of you in such a case, you seen something!
My son also said he thought Lexi was just babbling on to thin air, after she learned how to talk better she told him exactly who she was talking to and my father died in 1988.
And I also beleive kids are so much more open to these things.
So many people do see something and never say anything.
I was talking with my mom-inlaw last night about this site. All of a sudden she started telling me sometimes she see's someone sitting in a recliner in the living room in her home. She said when she gets up to take a better look its gone and its happened more than twice now. She took care of both her husband and mother that died in the home. So, maybe they watch over her?
But it made it easier for me, because I do feel dad in the house, and I told her. And she really seemed sort of happy that he could be watching over her.
Maybe just honesty is the best thing in the situation. It's a hard call, I know. I never wanted to tell mom about dad because I thought I would scare her?
Take care.............(((((((((hugs)))))))
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I can understand how your curiosity can get the better of you in such a case, you seen something!
My son also said he thought Lexi was just babbling on to thin air, after she learned how to talk better she told him exactly who she was talking to and my father died in 1988.
And I also beleive kids are so much more open to these things.
So many people do see something and never say anything.
I was talking with my mom-inlaw last night about this site. All of a sudden she started telling me sometimes she see's someone sitting in a recliner in the living room in her home. She said when she gets up to take a better look its gone and its happened more than twice now. She took care of both her husband and mother that died in the home. So, maybe they watch over her?
But it made it easier for me, because I do feel dad in the house, and I told her. And she really seemed sort of happy that he could be watching over her.
Maybe just honesty is the best thing in the situation. It's a hard call, I know. I never wanted to tell mom about dad because I thought I would scare her?
Take care.............(((((((((hugs)))))))
Pig