Am I just being chicken??

So DH is going away this weekend (ok its really just one night) and I will be left at home on my own with the girls. I dont want to do it! The thought of spending the night on my own is freaking me out.

Its not that he has never been away before, it is just this if the first time since we have been in our new home. Before then we were living out the bak of my parents so there was always someone not too far away.

We have only been in this house a few weeks and there seem to be so many strange noises (that I'm sure in time I will get used to) and we have a sensor light that goes on and off all night. Also we have windows I have to walk past to get to the girls room that don't have curtains and they scare me enough when DH is home. And the girls are in another room!....

I want to go stay home with my parents but am I just being silly. DH wants me home to protect the house, and thinks I need to face my fears and get over them.

What would you do?? How do I not freak myself out about it? Am I really just beinga wuss?

I used to be the same! Unfortunately you just have to get used to it. You'll be absolutely fine

I'm still a wimp and I live all by myself with Sam!

I have to go around checking every window and lock and curtain to make sure they are all shut each night. Sucks because I can see marks on my front and back doors where people have obviously tried to break in when previous tenants have lived here.

Can you sleep in bed with one of the girls?   Some nights when I feel a bit anxious or lonely I just get into Sams bed with him, although now that he has a really narrow race car bed and I am pregnant, it's too hard!

Yeah I am tempted to sleep in Keiras bed. She can sleep on a Matress on the floor

It would be a whole lot easier after living here a while and once we get curtains on the windows fitted.

I am sure I will be fine, I think I will just go to bed early and sleep!
Unless its stormy....

I used to live in a 2 bedroom flat down a long driveway ,next to a family that couldn't speak english, and I never got any sleep, and one night I was just drifting off to sleep when there was a tap at my window , my gosh I nearly had a heart attack , that feeling of when your heart is in your knees , turned out to be a guy I was seeing ,but still! took a few years off my life !

So ,my answer is , no , you are not being a chicken , and I for one , would completly understand if you stayed at your parents for the night .

yes you are a big chicken

its alright tho its telethon weekend so you can camp in the lounge with the kids and watch tv all night!

I know how you feel! My DH is going away in a couple of weeks for the whole weekend and it will be the first time I'll be alone with baby (which is scary enough!). It's such an irrational fear but I had someone break into my house years ago while I was in there so I hate being alone now. I never hear any noises in the house when DH is home but when he's away I hear everything!!

I find it helps to go round and check all the doors and windows while it's still light so I'm confident that everything is locked up. And have a phone near you in bed so that if you do get freaked out you can call someone - maybe just let them know that they're your 'go to' person in case you call in the middle of the night!!

I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine but I find those things help me when I'm home alone!!    

Wow! this thread makes me feel normal! I'm a chicken also, but I would prefer a stormy night if I was by myself because the bad people don't come out in the rain.
I either sleep in James room, or stay up all night and fall asleep with the light on.
Telethon sounds good

Yep you are being chicken
Your the grown up not the kiddy - and yup there's good tele on the weekend you could always invite a friend over and have a slumber party if you're feeling scared.
Big Girls Blouse

I have had to do this so often that I don't let it bother me anymore but it is hard when you hear noises in the night. We live in the bush with no neighbours that close by, so kind of makes it worse.

In regards to the windows with no curtains I would stick sheets over them just pin them where you wont be able to see the pin holes when you take them down, I know it would make me feel a lot better if the windows were all covered.

Oh and I would not worry about being a chicken everyone is scared of something!