DS 4 the last few weeks has started to ask things about his or our health and then worries about it.
For example he heard about a member of the family who had a heart attack (all is well) and even though we hadn't told him about it he has picked little bits up by listening or phone calls etc and said today 'Is my heart here? While placing his hand on his tummy' when we said yes a bit higher up and showed him he said 'is my heart ok or am I having a heart attack?' 🤦🏻♀️
I don't understand why he's worrying like this as I feel like we've been careful not to let him hear things.
He has also started to ask things like if he gets a splinter will it become infected?
Or his arm is hurting maybe he's broken his arm 😂
Is this a normal phase where he is just learning and that will pass?
How can I best deal with this?
We are trying to limit any negativity or talking about our own health problems is headache or pulled muscle etc as he is obviously listening and taking things on board.
Will he grow out of this? I'm really worried he's going to become a hypochondriac or have some sort of anxiety 😵💫🤦🏻♀️