MENINGITIS....

my brother had menengits about 4 years ago he was very lucky as my mum and dad were away that weekend and it all started with a headache was the most terrifing time of our familys life the thought of losing a brother or any family for that matter or friend is scary in fact my parent were told if they had,nt got him to the hospital when they did he had only 4 hours left but lucky he made it thur he was inhospital a week before he was strong anef to come home and it makes u stronger not right away but over time it does and now you would,nt even no he was that sick my point is this is life and things can and do happen that are out of our control all you or i can do is apperatet your/mine family and friends everyday and try to apperate the time we have

So do I!!and if I happen to have read a story during day that has worried me Ill even go check them during night.its scary being a parent eh.scary loving somthing/someone so much.glad your brother came out ok!!!!

i had to get up to check on x last night, just because i had "one of those" thoughts and so couldnt rest till i knew she was ok.
Think it is a preogative of being a mother, so just go with it :)

i was thinking of a family trip we would like to make to paihia, and as you do, was musing the logistics of baby and toddler etc. In my mind (does anyone else map everything out in their heads or is that just me? ) i thought dh could take x out on the dolphin viewing boats - and then had a bloodchilling vision of her falling overboard.....no more sleep for me

I used to hate going to check Paris, especially when she was really little, she has always been a deep sleeper and we now know the reason for her having such bad circulation.. we would go in and she would be white, and blue around her lips, always had cold hands, and slept so deeply that she would hardly move at all when breathing.. I would prod her all the time. Mike used to really upset me cos he used to joke about going in to make sure she was still alive.. that realy really got me angry each time he said it.

Now i still go check them, 1) because i now know about paris's heart defect.. and there are sometimes that my motherly instincts just won't listening my medical knowledge reasoning in my head, and 2) because Ayja tends to be a very restless sleeper and will often muck around in bed fall asleep sitting up, (ends up slumped against her teddys) or just gets tangled in all sorts of weird positions.

I think i have had a few ick dreams, but usually involving someone getting in to the house and doing something to mike and i'm left alone to fend for me and the kids.

It is part of our bedtime ritual to go and check Joey. The last thing we do before gertting in to bed is go and check Joey together and stare adoringly at him for a few minutes (after checking he is still breathing and/or positioning him comfortably again) I think/thought most parents probably do this???

I check Maya every time Iget up to go to the toilet (which atm is A LOT ) especially now that her room is further away from ours.

I still get paranoid when she goes out alone in the car with Willie too. Not that I don't trust his driving (he's a truck driver so he's pretty experienced) more that I am paranoid that if they have a crash and I'm not there I'll lose both of them. I don't worry the same when I am in the car with them and he's driving tho.

Oh and when she was first in daycare at 5 mths my classroom overlooked the daycare and I used to stare over there an imagine seeing an ambulance come to get her coz something had happened to her coz I was such a bad mother for leaving her. The one time daycare did ring me I just about leapt out of my skin. I saw teh # on the caller ID and was almost too scared to answer it. Turns out they just wanted to check what dose of medication she was having.

I am such a nut.

I'm not the worlds worst flyer but what amazed me was that last time we flew to Aussie as a family I was really good - I remembered thinking at the time that if anything happened to us at least we would be together and that was strangely comforting. Yeah nothing happened!

SIDS is very worrying especially has it can happen to kids aged 2 or 3 or whatever....very worrying

Poor wee man

Poor Jack, and poor you trying to deal with him! Sick kids are no fun for Mum.

i was like that too clare when jack was younger. you do learn to 'chill out' abit as they get older but there's nothing wrong with worrying about your kids