Hellobee Boards

My LO is 3 months, a boy, and tummy sleeps. I don't sleep well at night, even with him literally touching my side of the bed in a bassinet and napping beside me during the day because I am so paranoid about SIDS. We had friends lose their 3 month old boy on New Years Eve and the thought of it consumes me a lot of times. I hate it.

Before LO I thought about the various ways I or my DH could die (kind of like the Saw movies or Final Destination). Now with LO I think about it insanely too much! I don't like the anxiety.

I try not to let myself think about this too much because it would absolutely destroy me if anything happened to either of my kids.

I worry about it only when I'm driving. I worry someone will crash into me...Or T-bone me...Or something.

I worry about this when I'm driving. I was in a bad accident last summer and I am super worried about LO when we are in the car!

I am absolutely terrified of something happening to my LO but really try hard not to think of it. She's only a month old but I already know I wouldn't be able to cope if anything ever happened to her. SIDS is my biggest fear and if I'm not holding her, I'm constantly checking on her to make sure she's still breathing.

I will be really happy when she hits 6 months as the risk of SIDS drops significantly - although I'm sure then a whole new set of worries will take over! I hate being a worrier...but I guess on the plus side, it makes me hypervigilant about ways to keep LO safe.

I have a passing thought but I don't think about it very much.

I try not to think about it but since we are living in Los Angeles area, I am a bit paranoid with the earthquake and can't stop thinking what if we are not together when it happens.

I'm probably the queen of this. I know thousands of different ways that kids can die and they replay in my head over and over again. Guns, ATVs, motorcycles, balloons, speed boats, near drownings, lawn mowers, horses, and boppy pillows are high on my list. The worst though are the freak accidents like a cliff giving way, crossing in the crosswalk, falling off the bunk bed or falling out of a window. I've seen every single one of these more than once and can relive them in an instant.

I do all the time, i hate it! I constantly have to check the pack and play to see if hes still breathing. I also think really bad thoughts about other babies who have died in bad accidents and relate it to what im doing. like when i'm giving LO a bath I will think about him drowning or when I carry him outside I will think about him falling to the ground and hitting his head :((

I have random thoughts like that too. My LO is not mobile yet so it's more about him stopping breathing while he's sleeping, or I sometimes worry that I'll accidentally drop him. I can only imagine the thoughts I'll have when he starts crawling!