I'm entirely too over-protective.

BubblyToes

I think I'm totally screwing up my child.  As it is now, he won't play when I'm around.  He won't do anything unless I'm RIGHT there with him.  I can't even go to the bathroom with him around without him following me.  But then, on the rare chance that he is playing I'm all concerned about him either getting hurt, being bored/lonely if he's by himself, or something of the sort.

Is there any cure for this?

MelandJeff

Ebay?

mlm1128

Ah, welcome to my world.  It is so good to know that I don't live her all alone. If dd actually leaves me alone for 5 minutes and plays in her room, I go looking for her to ask if she is OK.

This is the #1 reason I take xanax daily. 

xbrooklyngrl

I've always had this issue too and I'm finally starting to try to correct it. When she's playing alone, I always go "brooke, are you ok?" WTF? Who does that? Of course she's ok!

So yeah, I'm trying to put myself in check and let her play more on her own when she does without me chiming in.

MelandJeff

xbrooklyngrl:

I've always had this issue too and I'm finally starting to try to correct it. When she's playing alone, I always go "brooke, are you ok?" WTF? Who does that? Of course she's ok!

I do this too

DaiLyght

Yep, that's me too. Now it's worse b/c when they are *both* quietly playing together, I worry even more b/c I get scared that DS1 had accidentally hurt DS2 and that's why it's so quiet.

LinzDavid

I'm also guilty of this. 

xbrooklyngrl

lol apparently we are not alone. Bunch of freakos.

mlm1128

That's why we're all on the same board, I guess.

See, for me if there were two of them playing quietly I would worry more about what they were doing.  I have twin brothers...it was not unheard of to have one of them light the others clothes on fire.  And I am NOT making that up.

BubblyToes

DaiLyght:

Yep, that's me too. Now it's worse b/c when they are *both* quietly playing together, I worry even more b/c I get scared that DS1 had accidentally hurt DS2 and that's why it's so quiet.

Oh God.  This will be me too.

I take great comfort from this board.  I am so not alone.