Ghost in Baby Monitor

[Aonani]

A few weeks ago, my daughter was crying in her crib so I went in, soothed her, and went back into the living room where my husband was holding the baby monitor. He was telling me something that I was halfheartedly listening to when all of a sudded an opague circle, about the size of a half dollar, appeared in the monitor. It's movement was swift, not like a moth or fly, etc. It started at my daughters feet and then moved towards the top of her head where it stopped. For about a second it remained there untill it zoomed off out of the monitors view.

Last night I had a similar encounter, except this time it didn't seem to pay any attention to my daughter.

I"ve had encounters with one or more spirits in this house. I know whatever it is is not evil/has bad intentions - I've been around "bad" entities before - I've just never experienced an entity quite like this one.

Any thoughts? Should I be concerned even if I don't "feel" anything bad?

[LizardMind]

If I saw anything like that messing with my daughter, the entire room would receive a cleansing and banishment. No question.

[Tylluan Penry]

Well, if it makes you feel better then you could do some protective work around your daughter, but I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not a great believer in banishing unless things get out of hand. It's quite possible for us all to live amicably together on the various different planes/worlds. It might be worth speaking to it and setting down a few ground rules - you'd be surprised how often that settles things!

[LizardMind]

I guess I'm a bit overprotective when it comes to my daughter. Your way would be more peaceable, but I'm rarely peaceable with anything that has the potential to harm my daughter.

Just saying.

[Aonani]

Thank you both for your inputs (:
I will think about each of them and consider the best option.

I am over protective of my daughter, but am also a believer in coexisting if there is no problem. I'm a little at war with myself, lol.

[LizardMind]

Understandable! To me, if a spirit or whatever it is has cognissance and understands a minutia of human or animal instinct, they'd know better than to mess around with a small child, especially with the parent(s) watching. They would understand the urge to protect that comes with mother and fatherhood.

That's why I would not hesitate. I seek to emulate nature, and nature, when its kids are messed with, is a furious storm.

There is merit to the coexisting, however. So good luck and let us know what you decide!

[Willow]

Well, if it makes you feel better then you could do some protective work around your daughter, but I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not a great believer in banishing unless things get out of hand. It's quite possible for us all to live amicably together on the various different planes/worlds. It might be worth speaking to it and setting down a few ground rules - you'd be surprised how often that settles things!

This, unless things get a little too weird. I won't overstep my bounds here, but as a child I had a few ghost "friends" who came to me once in awhile when I was having... let's call them issues. :P When I couldn't talk to anyone else. They seem to be drawn to children, often even in a benevolent way.

[Ophidia]

Well, if it makes you feel better then you could do some protective work around your daughter, but I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not a great believer in banishing unless things get out of hand. It's quite possible for us all to live amicably together on the various different planes/worlds. It might be worth speaking to it and setting down a few ground rules - you'd be surprised how often that settles things!

^ Ditto to this.

Spirits and entities are always attracted to babies. Babies also seem to have a natural immunity to malevolence.

[Tylluan Penry]

Perhaps I should mention here that it's all a question of balance. I don't believe that spirits and entities are our natural enemies. And children often learn a great deal from having them around. If their motives were questionable then I would call them out on it - but otherwise, no. What gives us the inherent right to go round banishing things we don't even understand?

Now that said, anything that jeopardised my child's safety is quite another matter. Hell hath no fury like a Tylluan in protective mode....

[Clive]

If I were you, I'd just do something simple to put my mind at ease. Put something made of iron, like a skillet, in your child's room, or hang a small pouch of dill in the crib, out of reach of baby, of course. You can hide these things for the time being if they would irk your husband. Either one will protect the child from malevolent spirits.