Should I be concerned that every time it starts to get dark at night my son starts talking about…
Should I be concerned that every time it starts to get dark at night my son starts talking about ghosts and monsters? It happens every night without fail just after the sun goes down he stares out the windows and tells us that there are ghosts and monsters coming. And sometimes that he hears dogs when no one else hears them. The neighbors have dogs but they rarely bark and haven't been when he says that "the doggies are barking". I'm not sure if it's a stage or if he needs to see someone but he's very convinced that ghosts and monsters are going to get in the house. I don't know what he got all this from, we don't watch scary movies since my man can't handle them. He's also convinced that the "dogs" are going to get the baby and will obsess over being near her. Ive tried reassuring him that ghosts and monsters aren't real and they won't get him, but he carries on. It's been nearly two weeks now of this, every single day.
Miranda·
Мама троих детей
Start asking some more detailed questions. Ask him if he ever sees people in the house beside his bed or any other place. You have to ask on his level -- simple words. Obviously he knows what a ghost or monster is or he wouldn't have it in his vocabulary. Most toddlers who do see ghosts don't know they are seeing ghosts because they have no idea what a ghost is, much less be able to comprehend what they see. They just see another person, like them. I would also want to know if he spends time with kids older than him, someone may be trying to put these thoughts in his head.
Raven··
Мама двоих (младенец)
Ive asked him where he sees them and he tells me that they are outside. Ive asked how many and he always tells me that there are three and that they are in the trees. I'm not sure if he saw them on TV, one of the shows he watches might have had a halloween episode. Honestly I think his dad watched supernatural with him in the room even though we both agreed we don't want Henry seeing that kind of sjow.. I have asked him what the ghosts look like and he says they look like "mama and daddy". Ive asked him what they are doing and he tells me they are asleep or that they are sitting. He doesn't regularly spend time with any kid older than him. Hes only been with his cousins at family events around us all watching them.
Miranda··
Мама троих детей
He could actually be seeing the reflections of you and daddy in the window and thinks they are ghosts. I wouldn't be worried. If he starts having an imaginary friend that is covered in blood....then I'd get concerned, lol.
Raven··
Мама двоих (младенец)
he does it whether we're in the same room or not. Mostly it happens when he's in his room alone during quiet time before we put him to bed. He will run out of the bedroom and tell us that the ghosts are in the window. I'm not sure if he's just got an overactive imagination or what but it's very creepy. 😬
Jasmine·
Мама двоих (младенец), ждёт третьего
My daughter has been talking to “baby Ella” (her sister who passed in February) and “Poppy” (my great grandfather who she had never met)
With my great grandfather, she never met him and one day picked out a picture and said “it poppy” which is odd, since the only reference she had seen to him is my tattoo.
Rebekah·
Мама сына (2 года), беременна (22 нед.)
My son started something like this a few months ago. Not every single day but here and there. Last month he was playing in his room and I told him “come on baby let’s go eat” and he goes “he come to?!” And I said “who?” And he looked back at nothing and said “come on!” and ignored me. Yesterday, I got him out of bed and he goes “where the man go?” And I asked him what man... and he was looking behind the bedroom door and was like “mannn? Where are you??”
It’s really creepy and sends chills. But if it is something, it hasn’t harmed us or sent bad vibes. Kids see things we don’t because our minds are trained to not see those things. I’d just ask a little more detail next time he sees it. Maybe watch a few episodes of supernatural when you are alone and see if anything in the episode is similar to what he’s saying?