Have been getting more and more anxious about my dcs in particular dd (2.10) being snatched whilst we're out. She's not the type to wander off and she's pretty good but I spend the whole time we're in a shop or the park fretting that someone will take her. All the stuff in the news about John venables has sent me into overdrive . Feel sisk at the thought that he was living in Cheshire so could have been just a few miles away. Irrational i know, just so stupidly worried.
Alsi have terrible insomnia at mo due to repeatedly getting up in the night to check on ds (10m) to make sure he's still breathing. Only seem to be able to sleep in the day sometimes when I know both of them are out in the garden with dh. Dd is having a weekend in Blackpool with her Grandma and I'm in knots about it.
I really really don't want to be a helicopter as I fundamentally don't think that kind of parenting is healthy. This anxiety just seems to be getting worse and worse. I'm terrified . Tell me I'm being stupid.