i am ridiculously paranoid aren't i but...

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can you check your kids and tell me if it's normal to be able to put your hand on their chest and actually Feel their heart bumping away.

ds2 has been poorly this weekend and asked him if his chest hurt, he said no put i can just feel bang bang bang, i put my hand there and i can feel his heart, but i can't if i do it to myself.

help please!

You can normally feel hearts beating, I think, particularly on thinner people. You can even see the chest rising and falling.

phew! he is quite skinny!

My ds is skinny and I can often see and feel his heartbeat without clothes. I hope your ds feels better tomorrow

festive face, your having a bad weekend aren't you ??
That is very normal..
Strange though I can deal with really sick kids at work, but if the chap gets so much as a sniffle I panick!!

How he doing??

yes u can. and its normally slightly faster when they are ill as well

I've had this worry with ds2, got myself into a panic about it once and took him to the walk in centre. Apparently it's quite normal. And ds2 is far from skinny! He had a heart murmur when he was born (which had gone by the time he was about 1) so I think I worried more because that was in the back of my mind.

thanx everyone.
I'm Feeling really anxious this weekend. ds2 is o.k one minute and lay down saying he doesn't feel well again the next. don't know what he means about his belly, just keeps saying it doesn't feel right! Not eating, tired and looks a bit pale.
Im probably going to go to the doctor tomorrow for my own peace of mind if nothing else. But, at least i know he doesn't have a problem with his heart now!
dh is giving me the cold shoulder, he is sick of me being worried/paranoid/anxious etc trouble is the more he is like that the worse i am.
sorry for rambling on.

Has he been constipate at all ff, does he have a temp? pain on passing urine?
sorry for questions!

says he's o.k when weeing but not going very often, although i've not really noticed whether he's always like that tbh. Not constipated.
Temperature is 37.4, usually around 36.4 when well.
i always worry more with him because he has a low immune system and doesn't have a good antibody response to pneumoccocal so they tell me. although all they do is check him over every 4 months and sent a letter to his doc to say they should treat stuff with antibiotics with him rather than a wait and see aproach.

nothing obvious springs to mind..

I dont even have the excuse of the chap having a lowered immune system I just worried.
Think I prob know too much iykwim.

dp is th vboice of reason although sometimes I wonder why he's not as worried about things as me.

could cat you if you want a shoulder to stress on??

My kids often say they have tummy ache when they have a cold or something - it seems just to be a general expression they use when they don't fel well. I know other kids who are the same. And I can always feel their heartbeats (skinny little things that they are!)

Going to see your GP sounds wise, given the immune system concerns. It probably is just a little bug, I think my DS1 complains about a sore tummy when he's got a cold, too.

been to the doctor today, couldn't find anything wrong. felt tummy, looked in throat and listened to chest.
seems better this afternoon thankfully although i never fully trust the g.p!

sorry chapsmum only just been back to the thread but thanx for the offer of the shoulder and of course you can do the same

no probs, hope you are reassured and the little one gets better. Will be in touch
x