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Fear of Dropping the Baby

Gr8ful_m0mGr8ful_m0m member
in December 2010 Moms

I know it might sound crazy, and I hope I'm not the only one.

I have this CRAZY fear sometimes when I am walking down the stairs with LO or even just holding her while I am standing that I will fall and she will fall from my arms and break her neck or something. It happens like EVERY time I go down the stairs. Wow- its weird to write it out like that. I hadn't really acknowledged the irrational fear before.

I am always SUPER careful but can't get the thought out of my head. Anyone else?



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  • xxbabycakesxxxxbabycakesxx member
    i have the same mini fear lol but we live in a bungalow so i rarely ever have to go downstairs with griffin.
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  • 1happygirl7821happygirl782
    I am always nervous walking down stairs as well.  Especially at night when i have my glasses on.  I feel like my depth perception is off. 
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  • timark99timark99
    I have these fears too, didn't help that the last couple months of pregnancy I would have dreams of dropping him.  Thankfully nothing has ever happened!
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  • Mrs. K in TXMrs. K in TX member
    You're definitely not the only one.  We have ceramic tile floors on our entire first floor, and I am super paranoid about dropping him on them.  I also fear dropping him when I'm going down the stairs.  Our stairs are in three sections, turning 90 degrees after each section, and the railing on the bottom section is on a different side than the other two.  So I switch arms in the middle of the stairs so I can hold on to the railing while I'm carrying him.  I also double check to make sure the stairs are all clear of dog toys so I don't trip on those on my way up/down.
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  • dee12807dee12807 member
    I don't have stairs in my house, but I worry when I'm holding him cradled in my arm that I will misjudge and hit his head when walking through the door way into his room (particularly at night when the house is dark).  This has actually lead me to overcompensate and bump the doorway with my other arm!
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  • nursedevivonursedevivo member
    I worry too about baby being dropped....I have even had nightmares about it!
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  • ReneeDearReneeDear

    It is fynny that you wrote this because I fear dropping him in the kitchen.  We have ceramic tiled floor which is very slippery and this is also where we give LO baths.  I'm worried he will be all soapy and will slip out of my arms as I take him out of the tub.  

    Just before I sat down LO was in the bath because he peed all over himself as I was changing his diaper. I was really nervous because I was bathing him by myself. 

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    imagedee12807:
    I don't have stairs in my house, but I worry when I'm holding him cradled in my arm that I will misjudge and hit his head when walking through the door way into his room (particularly at night when the house is dark).  This has actually lead me to overcompensate and bump the doorway with my other arm!
    Omg! This is me! I constantly worry about banging her head into stuff!
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  • pretiprinces17pretiprinces17
    I don't have a fear of dropping him, but I do have a fear of hitting his head on something. Like I'm used to walking through doorways by myself, so I'm afraid I'm going to walk through like I normally do and smack his head on the doorjamb. Or open the fridge and hit him with the door (this happened A LOT when I was pregnant...). I try to be conscious of where his head is at all times and it hasn't happened yet, but I am afraid of that.
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  • curlydoglovercurlydoglover

    Sometimes, though probably because it DID happen to a friend of mine.  She fell down their stairs while carrying her DD.  Of course, she curled around the baby and took all of the bruising but still. 

    Oh.  And the door thing happen to me, thanks to some jackass at the store who let the door swing shut just as we were walking thru it.  *sigh*

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  • jessrenee11jessrenee11 member

    Ya, I already dropped DDEmbarrassed I took her to get checked out and everything was fine but I felt like the worst mom in the world. It happens and thank god it wasn't that bad.

    My Mom said to me the other day that she liked how I wasn't a huge nervous mess with her. I told her " Well I already dropped her I really don't know what else I could be worried about now"

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  • Gr8ful_m0mGr8ful_m0m member
    imagejessrenee11:

    Ya, I already dropped DDEmbarrassed I took her to get checked out and everything was fine but I felt like the worst mom in the world. It happens and thank god it wasn't that bad.

    My Mom said to me the other day that she liked how I wasn't a huge nervous mess with her. I told her " Well I already dropped her I really don't know what else I could be worried about now"

    your siggy pic is SO cute. I am so happy your LO is ok! I cant imagine how scary that must have been. They are pretty resilient I hear, but she just seems so fragile sometimes. 



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