This is classic separation anxiety, right?

[Thistledew]

DS will be two next month.

Today I had to remove myself from him for a while as he was repeatedly trying to bite me (a whole other thread), so I left him upstairs for just a couple of minutes and went downstairs. He worked himself into a bit of a state, repeating "Mama gone". This in itself is not unusual as at the moment if I even go into a different room to the one he is in I get the refrain of "Mama gone".

What has slightly worried me is that when I went back to him and reassured him that "Mama back", I asked him why he was so sad because Mama always comes back, and this is what he said: "Mama gone away. Big car bang-bang. In ants [ambulance]. Bang knees, no Mama".

Is it common for separation anxiety to be expressed in relation to a specific scenario like this? To the best of my knowledge it is not one that he has been exposed to through a story or TV.

I have a bad tendency to catastrophise, so reassurance that this is normal for a little boy with an active imagination would be most welcome!

Anyone?

Say you ask the question on here: "Is it ok to leave kids in the car while I pay for petrol?"

I can guarantee that some answers will be "What happens if the car bursts in flames?" " What happens if your child manages to undo their seatbelt?" "What happens if a carjacker drives off with your kids in the back?"

It's not hard to see why a child might think that Mummy not here = Mummy in an ambulance as a lot of tv for this age involves the emergency services.

Next time suggest that he calls out for you, looks out the window to see if your car is there and checks each room before worrying.