Health anxiety
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Get well soon to your LO! If its every time then that does sound like anxiety. Though I know i would be in bits if my LO needed antibiotics. So far he never has. I have anxiety anyway and got PPA too though so maybe I'm not a good sounding board. When my LO has a normal cold or cough I just remind myself I'm already doing everything I can and he will get better soon and feel better soon and that teething makes it worse. I write down or text my partner / he texts me when we do temp readings and if its me alone with LO I just set an alarm for 3 hours or so to do the next one before deciding on calpol and if I think about it I try to remember that I already set the alarm so I don't need to worry about remembering to do that. Maybe alarms could work in shorter intervals so you're not thinking about it constantly and just let the alarm do that work? Also see the doctor when you have concerns because hopefully they can reassure you about your LO
If it’s every time and to the point you can’t think about much else then it sounds like anxiety. An increase in anxiety after having children is normal but if it’s to the point it’s impacting you then I would advise accessing talking therapies. It would just teach you ways to manage the anxiety. Xx
Will also say that it isn’t just this occasion every time she has been ill I get this overwhelming anxiety