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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Poll: what do you worry about re: your kid/future kid
I stole this from ML too. What do you worry about regarding your kid or future kid? They focused mostly on tangible threats, but my biggest worry is my future kid having a disease and/or a disability. I don't worry about me being able to handle it, but it would just break my heart if my future child has to suffer for any reason.
Re: Poll: what do you worry about re: your kid/future kid
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C
I worry that he will die of SIDS even though the number of actual SIDS related cases are small. From everything I have read most of those deaths are really caused by the baby suffocating due to things like pillows, bedding and not following the rules of correct bed sharing, etc. We do follow all the "rules" about having him sleep on his back, not in the bed with us and not blankets/soft toys in his bed with him, but the thought of it happening still terrifies me. I think this bothers me more than anything is b/c one of my cousins lost her first little boy to SIDS back in the early 90's.
Right now, looking in his little face, it is hard to imagine that anyone would ever pick on him and that thought kills me, but of course everyone gets picked on and it's part of life. So, I just have to have faith in my ability to teach him how to stick up for himself.
But more seriously, I worry about other people's stupidity affecting him and him believing that they're good at heart and getting caught in it. Like a group of kids going, "Hey, Michael, go check out that stick and tell us what it is" and it turns out to be a pygmy rattlesnake (which we unfortunately have in droves around here) that bites him, and then they all get scared and run off and leave him in the field without telling their parents and lie about how it happened. That kind of stuff happens all the frigging time, even in college, although in different forms, and I'm practically hyperventilating just thinking about it. He's so sweet right now and will try anything to be a good sport, including, unfortunately, trying to eat a felt pad from the bottom of the chair (yes, I caught it) because it looks like something good.
Of course kids get wiser as they get older, but everyone gets taken advantage of or tries something stupid they don't think will be that dangerous that then turns around and bites them in the ass. It's just that some people never get the chance to make a second mistake, and there's usually nothing that differentiates them from the people that get away with it. Even as a fairly 'innocent' person that was extremely overprotected, I did LOADS of stupid stuff, and any one of those things could have turned out more seriously. That's what worries me.
I read that thread on ML and rolled my eyes so hard because someone said they had never heard of a kid getting hurt in a car accident on here, but they always hear about dog bites. Really? Because I'm pretty sure motor vehicle accidents are the #1 cause of deaths in kids and dog bites is not even in the top 20. Quit being a dumbass.
I worry about my child being born with abnomalities, that's pretty much it for right now. I'm sure once I have a kid there will be a whole new list of worries.
Physical abnormalities, SIDS, dumb, obesity, will get picked on, will pick on others, ugly, depression, dumb, not funny, dull, car crash, hit by bus, rollercoaster accident... I'm sure there are 4,560,123 others.
I'm too tired to worry....
Honestly, I have a history of anxiety, but I've been surprisingly calm about everything. Luckily I have a 100% healthy baby, but I don't let myself worry. There's just way too much to worry about, what's the point. Instead, I try to let my mind think of all the amazing things she can do in the future, who she'll be, what she'll accomplish. I've really just learned to not sweat what I can't control, and do my best to make sure what I can is right (drive safely, don't use crib bumpers, sleep on back, research vaccines, eat healthy, breastfeed, etc)
I'm guessing they probably meant kids in a carseat, installed properly. They call them "orphan makers" because where adults would die in a car accident, car seats are now so safe that babies rarely die (when used correctly).
But I could be wrong and they could be an ignorant dumb@ss using completely different connotation. Never know with the nest... lol
Ashlee, you're going to have to teach me this. I am scared that I'm going to be so anxious that I'll end up being too overprotective and I really don't want that.
Butting in... Sikes, You will be a great mom!
I believe... you know nothing on TN or TB is surprising anymore...