Am i the only mum who worries myself sick when dd going away on trip abroad with school ?

[fakeblonde]

Its that time of year again and dd1 14yrs off to south of France on the school trip.

I know i`m a bit over protective (with good reason ,dd was quite sick for a long time but almost fully recovered ).
Anyway last year when the coach left i sobbed all the way home, and continued to cry on and off most of the morning.

I worried about every concievable problem she might incurr-losing suitcase,being ill, getting lost,getting into trouble,not having her friend she wanted sit by her on the bus,you name it i worried !

She is going on Sunday,and i have packed for every possibility.

Ive just called her friends mum and felt a bit stupid-her dd has packed herself and mum hasnt even looked in the bag !

She cant wait for her to go-says it will be peaceful without her.
I dont think she doesnt care-it just made me realise how completely over protective i have become, and how much i know i will worry every day until shes home !
Is anyone else this bad ?

nope - i would be waving tarra, andskipping home - hoping she dosnt get too pissed or pregnant

lol.........i have nothing else to say

Wot custy said. And I wouldn't pack her bag for her, either -- if they've done it themselves, they can't blame me for anything they've forgotten.

My ds went to italy in may for a week and I was the same.Packed his bag for every illness /situation cried when he went and missed him like mad for about 48 hrs and then quite enjoyed a few days with dp then couldn't wait for him to come back.Ds didn't call home once despite me setting up all kinds of ways for him to do so but I am glad he went and hope next time I will be less hysterical.

can I just add I wish I was one of the other types of mum though and am in no way happy with the way I deal with this type of thing!

Is she your only child? My dd1 is away atm (only 3 days in Devon) and although it is very odd, I have 3 other dcs to keep me busy. If she was my only child I think it would be very different.

I'm still a bit like that with my DSs. I don't cry but I do worry when they are travelling, then feel glad I can go out when I want, eat what I want etc while they are away.

btw fakeblonde did you ever get to the bottom of what was wrong when she was ill a few months ago.I looked out for your threads but didn't see them

Hi Noddy-not really no.I suppose thats some of the reason why i worry.If she gets overtired or hungry i know shell start having vacant episodes, and be quite sick. Shes going for another MRI scan at some point this year.
No more protein.
I have direct access to her consultant paed tho which is helpful and reassurring.
We need to sit down and talk with her tho because she`s quite immature and has refused to have her bloods and blood sugars done .

So i`m quite paranoid by the looks of things then ?

Can you ask the teachers to keep an eye on her

As a teacher who regularly takes large groups of children to France on trips, I suggest that if you are worried about becoming ill, that you make the teachers aware of the fact: you should have been given a medical questionnaire to fill in - please be specific - we once had an emergency when a child with a nut allergy had an allergic reaction - and the parents had neglected to tell us that she was in any way allergic!

The teachers would much rather have too much information than not enough!

Oh, and 1 thing I say to all of the parents meetings is that if they don't phone you while they're away, that's a good thing ... they're having too much fun!

Yes i`ve done that.Theres a school nurse going too which is reassurring.Just hope they let her sleep if she needs to otherwise she will end up having seizures again.

Oh heck-got to take her at 9am
Have packed for every conceivable hazard.
She is sleeping peacefully whilst i chew my fingers off down here.
Am sure she will be fine