Is anybody else overly protective and paranoid about their kid! Like I find myself looking at videos of other people (TikTok is terrible) with child loss and I just start to panic! Like I am terrified of everything it feels like! With everything happening in the world I.e. kidnappings, murders, drunk drivers, etc……
Am I being overly dramatic?
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I feel the same way!!! TikTok is the worst with this stuff I always see the worst things and get so freakin sad! I don’t think you’re being dramatic at all I think it’s normal to feel like this. We have this new precious little thing we have to protect and it’s scary🥺

I feel the same

I think your feelings are valid and normal. Your motherly protective nature comes out especially with your first child. Try not to watch too much of those videos they do no good!

riiight!!!! Glad I’m not alone

I don’t even know how those videos come up on my fyp!

Yesss! That account about the girl who works as a mortician and talks about all the ways babies and toddlers die with common toys!!!!

exactly! Like things like that!

I don’t have TT only IG and I don’t see shit like that. Choose who you wanna follow and only see their content or get off TT and more on IG. I say this in the most genuine way, I only see posts from my hobbies and interest and from themed accounts I follow, I don’t see random reels from random people. Like if I were to open my IG right now it’ll be full of dance tutorials, food, hair, makeup, nails, and some comedians like Jokoy. Stuff I actually want to see and learn from, and feeds my spirit 🙃

Nope! When I’m in public the grip I have on my stroller is tight. If we’re sitting down, I wrap my ankle around the stroller wheel so if someone did grab it, it’d get caught on me first. I keep an eye on anyone who comes too close to me and seems to linger (they’re literally just shopping lol). When I drive my heart starts beating all fast if someone gets behind me and stays close. I was already overprotective of my little dog, now that I have my daughter, that overprotective thing has sky rocketed

Get off Tik Tok, the algorithms mean that it shows you more and more of what you’ve already viewed so it can quickly feel like these things are a big deal and super common, but it’s not the case. I don’t worry about any of those things, the odds are so low that it’s not worth me altering my life for or allowing myself to worry.

I definitely feel the same way, and he’s not even born yet lol. It’s just a feeling that comes with motherhood, every one has their own way of dealing with things, just try not to stress and give your worries to god.💕🙏🏾

I’ve had to stop TikTok from showing me videos like that as was sending my anxiety through the roof

Same, I keep getting child loss content on mine because I interact with it. It’s a paranoia thing, my heart breaks for these poor women.

omg when I’m in public it’s terrible cause people for some strange reason love walking up to him! Aww he’s so cute etc etc and I cringe and I try not to be rude but I step in between them and him!!

right!!

I don’t entertain people coming up, I don’t even give them an option. The stroller cover goes on!