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Hi all and Happy New year . Hoping ok to post here , posted couple of years ago when ill with pni , thANKFULLy 99% better now . However have issue with my eldest dd and know how wonderful and kind everyone is on here !!!
I worry ( quite a lot ...) and always have done as long as can remember about nothing normally !!!!!!! However my nearly 5 year old seems to be developing same "trait" - lots of "what if's " about what seem "silly" things ( soldiers / news items etc not the "normal children worries ) but know that to her they are real , she not satisfied with "it won't happen " so I then tend to go over diff scenarios , to more "but what if ........." . Now having tears going into school , change of routine etc in weather .
I'm not really sure where to go from here , , as I am a worrier am aware that this is setting me off , but not sure if it is just something I need to let her "get on with" for a while to see if it's a phase or whether need to try to help her ........
Sorry for the waffle , jsut wondered if anybody else had experineced the same with their lo's . I'm concerened that my pni with my youngest affected her more than i thought - aware that it could also be a hereditary streak , but SOOOOO hard to see myself in her so clearly .... xxxx

[sarajay28]

Hi,

I too have a nearly 5 year old and he constantly questions death, die-ing and things he sees in the news and to be honest it does sometimes get me down, having to answer and respond appropriately!! but......i also have 2 older children, now 13 & 10 years and i know that they both went through a similar thing so although i think it probably is just a phase, just keep an eye out, you are her mum, you will know if something is really not right or if its going on too long? and try try not to worry about it. It is 'normal' for a child of that age to be inquisitive!

Hope this helps.xxx

Sarah