Parents often dream of such stories, especially during periods of uncertainty or danger for the baby. Some people may worry so much that a baby will be stolen, or a teenager will become a victim of a maniac or pervert, that they see such night pictures in their dreams.
In some cases, losing a child in a dream is indeed a warning sign. Such a dream comes true within a few days, often on the next day.
But if nothing happened after the nightmare, then why dream that your child is lost? This plot should be interpreted depending on the age of the baby and the degree of danger to his health, the likelihood of the dreamed plot being fulfilled in reality.
Key points of sleep
Often in the morning the details of the dream are lost, leaving the main plot or especially vivid details. You have to interpret what you see based on what you remember; there are enough key events.
Main plots, meanings of why you dream of losing a child:
- losing in childbirth, giving birth to a stillborn - severe anxiety in reality;
- lost in the forest, somewhere else - the dreamer’s children will cause trouble;
- however, being lost in the city portends work problems;
- the lost one was found alive and healthy - expect joy soon.
The interpretation depends on the gender and marital status of the dreamer:
- a pregnant woman in such a dream processes worries about her existing and (or) unborn baby; the vision is considered a harbinger of some health-related problems;
- For girls and women, fate has prepared a lot of troubles, losses, disappointments;
- It’s time for a man to worry - circumstances will destroy work plans;
- For people without children, the loss of a baby symbolizes personal fears and uncertainty.
Important: a pregnant woman should not be afraid of such dreams. There is no threat of serious troubles, the dream mirrors the worries of a pregnant woman, nothing more.
Loss of a baby
Typically, parental fears for his health and well-being are expressed in stories where the baby is taken to the hospital, gypsies or criminals steal, or the parents themselves leave him anywhere.
Such stories reflect tense relationships with relatives, fears and concerns, so the dream book rarely interprets them.
To understand why the baby disappeared, remember the dream setting. It also matters whether it was a real child or whether the dreamer turned out to be a parent only in a dream.
If a baby goes missing in a maternity hospital or hospital, he may be at risk of illness or even death in hospital conditions. Monitor his health condition and try to take timely measures if you notice negative changes.
If the baby is found or discharged, expect a pleasant surprise or sudden joy. This dream foreshadows unnecessary worries and fears. Childless people dream of such a plot to a pleasant surprise or the discovery of a missing thing or hope.
It is possible that you were needlessly worried and worried about the outcome of the case. If the child is taken away during childbirth, this is an unfavorable sign. Other people will use the results of your work, so beware of intrigue.
For a pregnant woman, a lost child indicates complications and worries. It is possible that the baby will become ill, be born with a pathology, or require urgent medical attention. Therefore, try to monitor how your pregnancy progresses to avoid complications and troubles. If the baby is found or the doctors soon give it to you, all problems and worries will soon be resolved in your favor.
But losing him forever is an unfavorable sign. The exact meaning of such a dream depends on the most likely development of events. Books on dream interpretation write that there is danger for both the mother and the unborn child.
For childless people, seeing in a dream that their child has been stolen means intrigue and trouble. If you rejoice in motherhood and discover that the baby is not in the crib or stroller, this is an unfulfilled hope.
A missing boy dreams of troubles in business, wasted efforts and deep emotions. Such a plot indicates that someone else will take advantage of the results of your activities or work. Possible failure in exams, troubles at work or health complications.
The loss of a girl is a dream of grievances and emotional distress and tears. Vanga indicates that you risk failure in your personal life.
If the girl was very young, then the dream book says that you will commit an ugly act that you will regret or you will not be reciprocated in love.
Sometimes observing in a dream that there is no child in the stroller indicates useless attempts to get pregnant and give birth to a baby. But if you don’t want and don’t like children, the loss of an unwanted child is a relief in your dream. It is possible that something unpleasant and annoying will soon leave your life.
However, seeing yourself pregnant in a dream and knowing that a miscarriage has occurred is an unfavorable sign. The vision foreshadows the collapse of plans, significant losses and experiences in your life.
For a pregnant woman, such a dream may portend danger to life and an abortion, but if this does not happen in the coming days, then expect grief and complications in relationships with others.
Losing a child - the meaning of sleep for a woman
Searching for a lost child is considered a sign of a woman's insecurity. The dreamer in reality is looking for the meaning of life, purpose, trying to change her fate. The search progress has the following transcripts:
- the found baby promises a quick solution to problems, a little patience, and everything will work out;
- the search is unsuccessful - carefully constructed plans will be broken, the sleeper will be overtaken by disappointment;
- experience strong fears, anxieties - the threat of financial problems, demotion, the worst option - dismissal;
- however, the interpretation of a dream about the disappearance of a child for whom the dreamer was asked to look after is considered favorable. The dream promises new acquaintances and valuable information.
If a pregnant woman has lost a child - according to Loff's publication
According to Loff, if a pregnant woman has lost a child, she must cope with life’s hardships, cope with uncertainty, and be filled with self-confidence. This dream is considered very happy and successful. Children portend a breakthrough on the path to a dream, aspiration and achievement of success. Self-confidence and the absence of doubts are also very important on this path.
Loff had an unusual attitude towards the interpretation of dreams, not dividing their images into good and bad. He believed that all dreams foreshadow positive changes. Everything is still complicated by the individuality of people’s attitudes to the same interpretation results. Therefore, do not worry about children in a dream - this is a lucky sign.
What does it mean to dream about losing a child on the street?
Strong disappointment, hopelessness - this is what dreams of a child missing on the street mean. The city symbolizes difficulties. Hence the main interpretations:
- Big city, metropolis - the bosses will entrust you with a complex project, you will have to invest as much as possible, work hard;
- Unfamiliar terrain, confusing route - the sleeper is tired of sorting out lying problems, errands, the help of colleagues and family support is required.
Dream plot
A direct interpretation can be considered a loss - he left, got lost, did not return, as well as physical death. Let's look at what it means to dream about the loss of a child in the form of his death.
A drowning child is a terrible plot, but it is interpreted well: the dreamer feels the need to take care of someone. Women who cannot get pregnant for a long time often dream about this. Additional interpretation: the dreamer is obsessed with a sense of self-importance, wants to rise higher, increase social significance.
Saving a drowning person signals that loved ones need help.
Quickly detect the loss and just as quickly find it - in reality, a long-standing problem will be solved, and your plans will come true. You will have to work hard, the result will repay the effort and fatigue a hundredfold.
For a woman to see a father looking for a child, the vision promises troubles and anxiety. The reason will be a dream.
Other stories
What does it mean to lose a child in a dream if you find an empty place in the maternity hospital? Such a dream predicts losses and experiences.
This dream is most unfavorable for nursing mothers, those who have recently given birth to a baby, and pregnant women. Such a vision can come true literally or predict a child’s illness and danger to life.
If you dream that you went out to the store and found that the stroller was empty, this means losses and unpleasant surprises. This dream foreshadows the collapse of hope, worries or significant losses in life.
Finding him alive and unharmed means the return of mental well-being and comfort. Such a dream portends you joy, a favorable combination of circumstances. If the baby was stolen by gypsies, beware of deception. Fraudsters can take advantage of your gullibility.
Taking a newborn from a thief or gypsy means difficult circumstances and scandals in the family. The exact meaning of the dream depends on whether you actually have a child or whether it is just a dream.
For the parents of a newborn, such a plot portends troubles and worries, sometimes a dangerous illness for the baby. If you managed to take the baby away from the thieves, then you will successfully defeat the disease and cope with all difficulties.
For those without children, such a plot portends a small profit, which will be accompanied by scandals and troubles. If the gypsies stole the baby, you risk becoming a victim of scammers and deception.
Losing a son means a threat to your material well-being. The dream means that you should not borrow money, so as not to take it away. If your daughter was taken away, beware of deception and intrigue in love. Such a dream for women predicts great experiences and tears due to treachery or betrayal.
If a child was stolen by a relative with whom you are in conflict, expect the relationship to worsen. Such a dream may be prophetic for those who are divorced or on the verge of divorce.
If children are shared by spouses, the dream foreshadows an escalation of conflicts. It is possible that the grandmother or husband will lay claim to the child.
If you are in conflict with the guardianship authorities, dreaming of theft means that the baby may be taken away.
Especially if an unknown woman managed to steal it. Childless people dream of such plots as a sign of competition in love and various troubles.
Sharing a daughter with a rival indicates that you will fight for feelings and restoration of the previous relationship with your loved one. At the heart of the conflict is resentment, a sincere desire to regain happiness and joy.
But if you fought for a boy, then in life you are fighting for the status of a married woman or the material side of the issue. Such dreams are typical for ladies with a developed sense of property. If her opponent wins, then she will win in life.
In the metropolis
The dreamer needs to mobilize for new work achievements - this is why he dreams that a child is lost in a vast city. The metropolis is considered a symbol of the technical side of life, so stories associated with such places foreshadow the imminent need to use certain skills, computer ones at a minimum.
The terrain matters. An unfamiliar city represents a plea for help; possible help from colleagues and management will be required. Native streets and neighborhoods mean the need to gain strength. A short respite will open a new breath, the task will be completed, the dreamer will cope, and will receive a well-deserved reward.
The baby was stolen or lost in a shopping center: a favorable dream. A job offer will be received and a position will be offered. Perhaps the sleeper will be confused or frightened by the conditions and volume of work, but routine, boring work will turn out to be profitable.
For a woman who has lost a baby in reality, a dream of a baby in a stroller symbolizes the experience of loss. Work cannot fill a mental wound; such attempts will make things worse; you need to find a sensitive psychologist, perhaps visit a church, otherwise the consequences may be disastrous.
Preschoolers, schoolchildren and teenagers
The loss of children under seven years of age indicates a fear that this may happen. Especially if on the eve of the dream the baby actually disappeared from your sight for a short time, or you heard or watched a story about lost children.
To see that your son is lost in a store - your worries will be in vain. Such a dream may portend minor losses and worries.
Losing a child in a crowd at a stadium, in a city or at a market is a sign of one’s own carelessness. Such dreams can indicate success and the absence of great experiences.
For childless people, the dream foreshadows vanity and loss of hope for the best, self-realization and joy in life. If you lose your baby at the train station, he is in great danger. To notice him in the carriage, cry and try to stop the train is an irreparable loss.
If you managed to catch up with him and enter the carriage or pick up the baby, at the last moment you will get everything. For childless people, the dream predicts irreparable losses, great experiences, no matter what happened next.
If your baby left you with a strange woman or man, remember their appearance. When a person is familiar, he will become a greater authority for your boy or girl than you. Especially if the child was taken away by a relative or friend whom you know well.
An unfamiliar person indicates deception or bad company. Sometimes the mother of a growing son sees such a dream about love in his life and the appearance of a girl.
A father may see in a dream how his teenage daughter will be seen by a strange man. These visions indicate maturation and various changes in the life of a maturing person.
Dreams in which a schoolchild or preschooler gets lost in a big city indicate the development of independence, which parents can perceive quite painfully. Especially if a student goes to classes himself, he has friends and girlfriends and his own personal life.
Parents at this moment may be afraid of bad influences, maniacs, perverts, so they may have nightmares with kidnappings, corpses or tension.
If the child has not yet had time to express himself independently, then he may dream of stories in which he gets lost on the street and cannot find his way home, especially at night.
If you started looking for him in the city and were able to find him, then in some situation he will need your help. Waiting for a teenager to come home, especially at a later time, will aggravate feelings. But such a dream often suggests that you are worrying in vain.
Miller's Dream Book
This interpreter has a negative assessment of what dreams of losing a child mean.
Important: the dream book does not connect the plot with the real children of the sleeping person! Unfavorable situations will pass by.
For pregnant women, the dream is interpreted as empty, banal fears confuse the mind, the reason is a delicate situation. Get your worries under control, and the plot will stop tormenting your mind.
For ordinary women, lost children portend troubles and the onset of a “dark” streak. Where can we expect adversity? From almost everywhere. Financial losses, breakdown of agreements, disappointment in people are possible. The mental pain will be severe, you will have to hide, lick your wounds, the process, alas, will be long.
Did you manage to find your missing item? Cheer up, the problems are temporary, things will end for the better.
Sometimes there is a plot concerning other people's children. Why do you dream that you are losing a child entrusted to your care? A bad vision, the dreamer will no longer be respected, he will lose the trust of loved ones and colleagues.
Children according to modern dream books
If you dream that a pregnant woman has lost her child, it means achieving success in life, overcoming troubles, and being filled with determination. Of course, there will be no hints of a specific method and path to achieve what you want in the dream itself. And this leaves the way to realize your goals and dreams in the fog of ignorance. However, the very fact of the appearance of this dream indicates imminent success in life.
Recent modern studies have discovered that some of the old interpretations are no longer accurate enough. Centuries of cultural development invariably influence human perception. This can be observed in the example of children - their meaning in dreams has changed over the years. And if the symbol you are looking for is completely new, the answer will probably be exclusively in a modern dream book.
Freud's Dream Book
The Austrian psychoanalyst connected dreaming children with the inner “I”. Hence, meeting a lost baby who does not want to return home is deciphered as an unwillingness to succumb to the pressure of outsiders. In reality, you need to find a balance, listen to yourself.
Endless senseless attempts to catch up with the child signal or remind of a difficult situation. The dreamer despairs of finding a way out; what is happening will change his worldview and require tough, calculating behavior.
The previously lost child has returned and asks for help - in reality you will have to show concern. Relatives need help and protection.
A found child of the same sex as the dreamer symbolizes inner harmony. External manifestations correspond to the inner “I”, the need for pretense has disappeared, others adequately perceive the real personality.
Loff's Dream Book
Pastor David Loff interprets visions as key clues to achieving goals. Children are a continuation of the family, an investment in the future, they are dear to people. In general, losing something dear to your heart is an important moment, especially when it comes to dreaming children.
What happened caused pain, the dreamer is crying, hysterical: there is a need to put things in order. Social pressure, lack of understanding of personal aspirations are mortally annoying, life is no longer satisfactory, there is an understanding of the importance of change, but fear is overwhelming.
A found child promises relief and joy. It’s time to reject fear, the moment of choice has come, the decision will be correct, the problematic situation will stabilize.
The search for an unfamiliar baby has several meanings. The main factors: his affiliation, the emotions experienced by the sleeper. Severe fear promises real anxiety. An unfamiliar boy threatens business failures, waste, and, less often, bankruptcy. A girl means a loss of taste for life, a bad streak, sorrows, a sad, hopeless existence.
