Anxious mum!

[Rodanical93]

Hi all not sure if i have posted this on the right page but here goes...

Feel like im being really silly posting but need advice on how to overcome fear of LO getting hurt. LO is 2.5 in 2 months & i have this huge fear that she is going to hurt herself outside by falling. I am under the mental health team for anxiety etc & am on medication but it doesnt seem to be helping with the anxiety im having about LO falling over outside and hurting herself. I know kids fall over but i panic, get sweaty, nauseous & feel like i cant breath every time she is outside. I make sure im holding her hand at ALL times when shes outside, which im sure is affecting her because she cant run around and play and explore properly. If she goes out to play with her dad or another family member and comes in after a fall i get really annoyed that they let her fall over and upset that shes hurt. She goes to play group a couple of times a week and has only had one accident at school when she fell down the stairs. Shes a tough cookie and doesnt seem to feel pain, if she falls over or bumps herself she never cries but i still cant stop being so anxious. Anyone else feel/felt like this? :(

That must be distressing for all of you. Hace yiu talked through this specific worry with the Mental Health Team?

*Have you

This is really interesting. Reading your words was exactly what I would have written. I too suffer diagnosed anxiety and was prescribed meds but I stopped taking them as I didn’t feel it was a problem that could be medicated. For me, it’s with dd2 who is 2. I wasn’t at all like this with dd1 who is almost 5. I have no idea what’s caused this and am usually rational! There are only two things that have helped a little. Firstly, I take her to a huge field so she can run about and if she falls I know the chances of injury are less, also it builds my confidence that she can indeed be mobile without my interference. Secondly is the knowledge that this is an important development stage for her, she actually needs to experience toppling over etc to learn and gain the necessary skills. It is tough, you love them so much you want to wrap them in bubble wrap but the best thing we can do is to allow them to learn, easier said than done I know!