Petrified of my child getting ill

[sword1234]

I understand this is going to make me sound like a psycho but my little boy is nearly 3. He started nursery in August and has picked up a lot since then which i knew would happen.

The past month he's had an upper respiratory infection with an ear infection, then another ear infection then a really really bad chest infection which resulted in a hospital visit.

Only the past two to three days has he picked up and started playing/eating/laughing/talking.

I've just been talking to my partner about it and I've got this really bad anxiety about him getting really ill. Like I don't even want him to go out the house incase he gets sick again. He was really poorly with this chest infection and I think that's sent me over the edge.

I keep googling (which I know is the worst thing to do) about his frequent infections and it keeps coming up leukaemia and I'm petrified! I mean I know it probably isn't that but how do I stop myself feeling this way?

I can't keep him inside in a little bubble forever but I want to! I want to protect him and keep him as safe as possible.

Can anyone offer any advice please

Tia x

Anxiety is absolutely awful. I wasn't a particularly anxious person but since having my DD's I have become so worried and anxious.

One thing I say is learn to accept that it is your anxiety and that you need to be able to manage it. I say this in the nicest way possible, as it only becomes worse as they get older. My DD is 12 and now goes to sleepovers and around friends houses and it's absolutely terrifying. But outwardly I smile and say have a wonderful time and text her a few times to see if she is okay.

When my other DD was at nursery she was ill literally every week with some sort of tummy bug/illness/infection. It's all a part of them developing their immune system. I used to make a running joke that she was at home more than nursery! It's completely normal and also needed, in order for her immunity to develop properly.