Baby has temperature

Does anyone else worry themselves sick when their April baby has temperature. Other half thinks I overreact. She’s fine, she’s asleep and has had calpol, but I’m constantly checking her and feel anxious. I’m unsure if I should seek help for health anxiety, or if it’s normal to feel like this when baby is poorly. I know temperatures are a good way of building immune system etc, but all the while she can’t communicate to me how she’s feeling, I really struggle every time she’s ill thinking ‘what if’, I think that mum guilt kicks in that I’m missing something.

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What you are feeling to me is totally normal and excatly what I would be feeling and do feel when my baby is unwell. As you know you never sleep well when they arnt okay.
My boy has been in hospital 2 times and I'm soo glad I took my gut feeling. Mum's know.
Hope your little one gets better soon sending hugs xxx

When my daughter was poorly last November, I was always on edge. I carried the thermometer around the house with me, kept checking her breathing, didn't sleep because I was so worried that she would stop breathing. It's normal to worry, some people don't worry as much, but it doesn't mean that you're overreacting. When my daughter hurts herself and I know it's not serious, my husband gets a bit annoyed with me for not worrying 'enough'. I know she's ok, so for those things I don't need to panic x

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