I never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm the more paranoid one! I always say that my number one rule is to keep the kids alive. I always thought that my low standards would result in low pressure, but I find myself worried a lot about their physical safety! Especially when we are out of the house, and the risk of physical harm seems higher.
Who is more paranoid about the kids' safety?
eggplant / 11861 posts
Ohhh DH for sure, he is soooo protective it is almost too much...lol
The bigger she gets he is being better 
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Me, for sure. I am a nervous nelly.
eta: I am extremely nervous around open flames, so I know I project that around my son.
papaya / 10343 posts
I think with most things, DH is. I tend to worry a little bit more about her with the pets, because I have seen them side-eye here and DH hasn't. But DH tends to treat her a bit more delicately than I do and I have to keep reminding him that babies are not as breakable as they seem, and she's a pretty tough kid 
(example: He thinks I push her too high in the infant swing and she will fall out. I am prettttty sure that is not going to happen lol)
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I'm sure it will be me. I'm actually very cautious about things. I'm always aware of how things can go wrong.
I guess we'll see. DH might change once our LOs come.
ETA: Oh, DH is a risk taker so maybe that's why.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
Me. I'm a total worst case scenario person so it makes me a nervous nelly.
honeydew / 7504 posts
I think it depends on the situation? I am way more laidback when it comes to climbing and running around outside. But I am a nervous nelly when it comes to the pool. We take D to the Y for swim lessons, and our Y has a big indoor "waterpark" for kids. The waterpark has a zero-degree entry and then slowly goes up to 2.5'. As he gets into deeper and deeper water, I get really worried about him falling over and taking a face/lung full of water and I find that I kind of hover, whereas Hubs backs off. I'm realizing that I am super duper paranoid about secondary drowning.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
@blackbird: haha, true! one thing that my mil does that drives me crazy is that she's always freaking out that some innocuous thing dh does with the baby is going to be unsafe. like "omg, you can't flip her upside down like that, she's a little baby" when lo is laughing hysterically because she loves being (gently) tilted backwards.
pomegranate / 3127 posts
Me! Letting the boys go off on the subway always makes me nervous, sometimes with reason... some of the things DH and DS have done to cope with staircases+stroller are jaw droppingly scary to me, and I usually find out about them after they've done them 
pomelo / 5258 posts
DH. I have to take him to the park and show him what LO can do since he won't hang back.
pineapple / 12234 posts
Me! I'm the big worrier but I wouldn't say DH is laid back - he just doesn't worry constantly like I do.
coconut / 8483 posts
Dh is more the worrier for thigs like falling, swimming, etc. (for example "now that he is fully vaccinated, he should be ok to swim in the lake!" - quote from dh Lol)
I'm more for sickness. Like a fever really worries me and DH talks me down.
coconut / 8079 posts
@nana87: yes! We went through the same thing. I love my ILs but they are crazy paranoid about everything. We are super careful parents I feel like, but they are constantly correcting DH for the way he plays with T.
honeydew / 7230 posts
Definitely me, although I think I'm pretty laid back except legitimately dangerous things.
@blackbird: Definitely true for us! The other day DS got a huge goose egg while MIL was in charge of him while I was upstairs nursing DD. now she doesn't let him move without her hand on him. I was trying to take pictures of him out at their farm last weekend and in all of them she is grabbing onto him like his life depends on it. And this was outside where he wasn't going to fall into any furniture. Worst that was going to happen was grass stains if he tripped and fell.
pomegranate / 3779 posts
DH by far. It's probably the thing we argue about the most - he thinks I need to be more protective of her and I am more hands off. It comes down to some basic personality differences for us though - he drops everything and puts 100% focus on LO when he is with her and doesn't really notice what's around him unless she is playing with it and deals with safety by moving or distracting her.
I tend to evaluate the area and eliminate hazards when we get there (ex. lay down the high chair so she can't climb) then do other things (cooking, cleaning, etc.) while she plays nearby.
persimmon / 1361 posts
Me, but its within reason, I think. DH still thinks I'm ridiculous though.
grapefruit / 4584 posts
Usually me, although I have to admit that once in a while DH will catch one of the girls doing something he thinks is horribly dangerous (trying to think of an example....usually it involves one of them doing something "all by myself", like climbing a stool to get her snack or standing on a toy to get onto the sofa) and bring it to my attention and I'll go "eh! whatever, she does that all the time".
pomelo / 5628 posts
DH - hands down. And of course LO broke his arm on DH's watch. (Thankfully though because he would've been really hard on whoever else it was.)
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