Blue Baby, Baby Blue

Background:

This game has originated in a variety of ways, but it’s most likely from the 1970s, mentioned in Janet Langlois’ essay: Mary Whales, I Believe in You. It also stems from the Bloody Mary and/or around that time. The undefined origin of this ritual reveals different versions of this game.

Materials: 

  • toilet (version 1)
  • mirror
  • door with locks

How to Play [Version 1: 1 Player]: 

  1. At night, go the bathroom, turn off the lights, lock the door, and face the mirror.
  2. Position your arms like you’re cradling a baby and rock your arms back and forth.
  3. As you do this, chant: “Blue Baby, Baby Blue” 13 times.
  4. While you do this, you will feel weight in your arms. Be extremely alert  at this time because you will begin to feel scratching on your arms.
  5. Once you feel the scratching, immediately drop the weight into the toilet and flush.
  6. Then unlock the door and leave.
  7. If you’ve successfully left without being hurt, you’ve won.

WARNINGS: 

DO NOT:

  • Hold onto the weight longer than expected
  • fail to flush the toilet
  • fail to leave the bathroom’

IF NOT: 

A woman will appear in the mirror and demand her baby or you will feel the scratching become unbearable.

How to Play [Version 2: 2 Players]:

  1. At night, go the the bathroom, turn off the lights, and fog the mirror (by breathing on it or with steam from turning on the shower.
  2. On the fogged mirror, write “Baby Blue.”
  3. Hold your arms like you’re cradling a baby.
  4. When you feel a weight in your arms for a while, pass it to your partner.
  5. If you drop the weight, you’ll get a scratch and only have a couple of chances to continue the game.
  6. As long as you don’t drop the weight, continue passing back and forth, then erase the words from the mirror.
  7. Then, you’ll feel the weight become lighter.
  8. When it’s gone, leave, and you’ve won.
  9. If you drop the weight and lose all your chance, RUN.

Would I Play?

Like always, no. It would definitely be interesting to do, and I don’t think anything will actually happen, but I’d rather not play it still.

 

16 thoughts on “Blue Baby, Baby Blue”

  1. i have so many questions. tell me why i have to RUN. tell me why i have to leave
    the door locked. how does baby blue fit down the toilet.

    1. you’ll probably have to run cuz that woman will probably try to kill you if you stay there?

    2. So basically you need to run bc the woman who demands her baby back will try to strangle u if u dont run

  2. DON’T do this it is stupid and fucking scary i tried this i could not sleep for about 2 weeks i did not do this challenge right and i thought i was going to die please don’t do this

    1. Thank you for telling every one that I tried it with my friends and we started crying because my friend Mylah heard the mother and the baby and my other friend mikayla had fresh cuts and bite marks on her ankles and knees.

  3. This had me scared for weeks. But it’s JUST a LEGEND. you don’t know how many legends I have come across that are not true. It’s just a story. Go try it. Blame it on me if you die, but spirits don’t stay in earth! Spirits are in your heart, and when you die, spirits go to god, reborn, and, I don’t know if you believe in this, but heaven. So please don’t be scared by this. Every story you hear about this is fake and this is just a challenge.

  4. This had me scared for weeks. But it’s JUST a LEGEND. you don’t know how many legends I have come across that are not true. It’s just a story. Go try it. Blame it on me if you die, but spirits don’t stay in earth! Spirits are in your heart, and when you die, spirits go to god, reborn, and, I don’t know if you believe in this, but heaven. So please don’t be scared by this. Every story you hear about this is fake and this is just a challenge. Please.

  5. This is just scary lmao. It doesn’t do anything but scare you for like, 2-4 weeks maybe. I tried it myself and my friend, (versions 1 + 2) and nothing happened. It was fun, especially because my mom crashed our sleepover, but otherwise it’s stupid. And kinda pointless. And another way to get more white hairs.

  6. I did this with my friend we had scratch’s all over us and my friend saw the mom and she thought the mom was chasing her and I thought it was hilarious but I was still scared to death because I was I was paying attention to her and not the baby so I didn’t get it in the toilet so I saw the mom and I ran we got out of my house and went to her’s

  7. This scares everyone but it dose nothing you can stay in the bathroom after seeing the mom and not die it’s just your mind thinking that there is a mom in the bathroom mirror because of things like this

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