Since you've had the baby all you do now is worry

  • Monday, October 04, 2010 12:18 PM
    Message # 438042

    I find ever since I have had my son I'm constantly worrying. I get so mad at drivers who are wreckless and come too near my car when my son is in the back seat.  If some nut job is speedy behind me and comes up on my bumper I just want to get up and smack the tar out of the person.  I worry about my son jumping up and down on the bed and falling off and breaking his neck.  I can't watch any program that has horrible issues regarding babies and toddlers - especially the news.  Has anyone else developed this kind of fear/worrying?  I seem to be always on the watch for potential danger... I'm scared to death that I'll lose my little one to someone else's wrecklessness or some freak accident.  Sometimes I think I'm losing my mind and am becoming paranoid...

    Just needed to reach out and see if anyone has had these tendancies?

    thanks

    Mel

  • Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:16 PM
    Reply # 439218 on 438042
    Melanie Curtis wrote:

    I find ever since I have had my son I'm constantly worrying. I get so mad at drivers who are wreckless and come too near my car when my son is in the back seat.  If some nut job is speedy behind me and comes up on my bumper I just want to get up and smack the tar out of the person.  I worry about my son jumping up and down on the bed and falling off and breaking his neck.  I can't watch any program that has horrible issues regarding babies and toddlers - especially the news.  Has anyone else developed this kind of fear/worrying?  I seem to be always on the watch for potential danger... I'm scared to death that I'll lose my little one to someone else's wrecklessness or some freak accident.  Sometimes I think I'm losing my mind and am becoming paranoid...

    Just needed to reach out and see if anyone has had these tendancies?

    thanks

    Mel

    Hi Melanie,

    I found myself worrying about things a lot - especially health issues - when my daughter was first born. Check out the link for an interesting article that helped me put things into perspective. http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Relationships/Why-Moms-Worry/1

    I hope this helps!

    Amanda
  • Thursday, October 07, 2010 1:14 PM
    Reply # 440295 on 438042
    That's a good article!  I worry all the time, too.  I'm a worrier in general, but having a kid definitely makes it worse - and when I look back at the things I worried about I realize that most of them are ridiculous.

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