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March 2011 Moms
nonclicky poll: what is your biggest baby fear?
i am constantly afraid i will accidentally hurt DD.
what's your biggest baby fear?
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Re: nonclicky poll: what is your biggest baby fear?
oh,thats a good one, i am afraid of that too. especially since she is fascinated by the TV.
Ditto Ginafawny. 2100 words per hour is my current anxiety inducer. I know I don't do it. I run out of things to say. (Research shows this is the target # we should be saying to our kids. From a book by John Medina- Brain Rules for Baby)
That something will become evidently wrong with DS, to date it appears my medication has caused no problems but he's only 4 months old. I still worry constantly that something will go wrong and at the end of the day it will be my fault. I'm aware that my doctors and I weighed the risks and found it much safer for both of us if I stayed on the medication but it was still my decision to continue taking it.
I'm afraid of forgetting DS somewhere...
I think my fear stems from that Oprah episode where that woman was supposed to drop her daughter off at daycare on her way to work, and completely forgot about her... worked a full day and when she realized her little girl was still in the car, she had died...
I can't imagine going through life with that kind of guilt.
I spend all morning talking to her but by the time lunch rolls around I am out of things to say and just want a little quiet. Now I dont even think I am able to talk 2100 words an hour.
I hope so, this is my way of boosting words too.
I have recently realized that I don't know the words to too many songs anymore, though. Too much talk radio in my car!
Now I have to wonder if it counts if the radio is talking?? Although I cant stand talk radio. Now for singing I can do that, no guarantees I'll hit the right note but babies don't judge.
P has had great neck control and a strong cough reflex since day 1. I have absolutely no reason to be scared of him smothering himself or anything but I have this fear that he will just stop breathing. He's still not sleeping in his crib overnight becuase I like to have him next to my bed. Even when he naps, I check on him often and have even poked him to make sure he's ok
And before I was born, I thought I'd be a germ freak with him. I haven't been at all, though.
Me too.
I am also afraid of a hidden disease/diagnosis/developmental delay. I don't know how I'd deal with it.
Also about him being smart - I don't think I hit 2100 words an hour!! Not as much as the above, but it's still a concern - I want him to succeed in whatever he chooses!
I thought I was the only one with this fear! I don't know how it would be possible since my life basically revolves around ds but sometimes I feel like I'm so tired or scatter-brained that somehow I could. It also started with that Oprah show. I'm glad ds has a lot of hair because while in the car I constantly lift his carseat hood back and feel that little fuzzy head to be sure he is actually in our car while I'm driving and I didn't leave him in a parking lot or at home. Crazy fears....
Make a pregnancy ticker
This fear came from a nightmare I had during pregnancy.
We walk almost everyday and pass over railroad tracks. I have this irrational fear the stroller will get stuck and I wont be able to pull him out before the train comes.
It's so stupid but I am SOOO careful around those tracks.