Am I overanxious or SHOULD we restrict these behaviours?

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DH records Strictly Come Dancing for the kids (aged 3 and 5) and when it is on they like to 'dance' by running up and down the room at high speed and spinning around and jumping about wildly and grabbing hold of each other. Also today our 3 year old started standing on the sofa and jumping off. I get extremely anxious because I keep visualising them crashing into hard walls and hard cupboards (it is a narrow room) or hitting their heads on the slate hearth or smashing their teeth or dislocating/breaking each others arms while dragging each other about. My anxiety rises and I end up shouting at the kids, shouting at DH for saying they can do it (and they won't stop if one of us is saying it is ok) and feeling I should leave the room because I'm feeling so anxious. I've said if anything happens to them I won't take any blame but this wouldn't make it feel any better if something did happen would it. I feel like by saying I'm overanxious and that they can do things that I feel are dangerous, DH is stopping me from protecting my children and I'm really funny about this and feel I must protect them at all costs. Is there something wrong with me or am I right?

Is there a compromise? I think men are more risky than mums at things like this.

sounds like a lot of fun! can't you throw down a couple of rugs/blankets on the hard bits?

But how likely do you think it is that they could/would hurt themselves? What things do you let your children do which could be considered dangerous by someone like me?

My kids do this. Jumping off the sofa and generally falling about. I suppose you could try to get them sitting nicely but then they would be mini adults. What about covering the hearth over. Banging onto walls wouldn't be an issue for me. I think you have to resign yourself to a few trips to a and e over their lifetime. Though I do agree it makes me very nervous.

I understand you totally. Twice I didn't want my son to do something and I could hear a voice in my head saying kids will be kids, you have to let them try things, and both times he ended up hurt.

Kids love to do this. Could you restrict it to one area in the house that can be made safe, and only for a limited time under supervision?

They do go a bit stir crazy at this time of year because they don't get to play out as much.

It does help if you can wrap them up and take them on a forced march nice long walk every day.

Oh - my strike out didn't work.

I totaly understand your anxiety, and I think that I can see things that are going to happen and think about my DH, how can you not see this coming???? However, it's a bit like telling the wind not to blow. Cover up the hard bits and try not to fret.

I let mine do stuff like that.

I wince while they're doing it though.