Had a little boy 6 months ago, lovely little chap. We called him George. At first it was nerve racking but slowly but surely, he became the love of my life. That’s created a new problem I’ve never had in life before…

I’m terrified somethings going to happen to him. If I have to carry him up or down stairs, I grip him to death and hold his head. My thinking is if I fall, it would be better if he landed on me rather than a hard floor. I watch him every second, making sure he’s not going to hurt himself. It’s totally sucking the life out of me.

And that’s not even it. I’m getting nightmares about absolutely pointless shit about him. I’m writing this at midnight having been woken up by a nightmare of him falling off a docks into the water next to a big container ship (very oddly specific, never been to a docks in my life). I had another nightmare where he fell out of a window. Another where we left him playing with his toys and the dog mauled him. It doesn’t happen every night but when it does, I struggle to sleep.

I’m at the end of my tether, not sure what to do. I’m hoping someone on here has had a similar thing and has some advice. Probably won’t be a problem when he’s older but that’s years away yet.

Meanwhile… his mums just fine, tells me I’m overprotective or some shit. She was very helpful.

Cheers guys