Maybe I Am a Bit Overprotective...

Dear Sweet Hubby and I have been having conversations as of late about LBB and what his limits are. At the park. At home. You get the drift. :)

I tend to be on the extreme side of safety. The typical over-protective Mommy who frets whenever her little one is near anything that is not padded with a soft layer of foam. Dear Sweet Hubby is a little more...relaxed. And I always thought too relaxed, but I've been surfing a bunch of Tot School blogs and I'm noticing one thing.

None of these Mommy's are nearly as fretful as I am. Now, I'm not sure if it's because I'm a first time Mommy. Or if it's because I tend to be worry-wartish by nature...but now I'm wondering:

Where's the boundary between worrying too much and worrying too little? Since I spend all day with LBB, and knowing what I know about his erratic tendencies, does that make me overly cautious with everything he does? Hmmm. I don't know. It's a conundrum. Any advice? What do you think is a healthy dosage of caution for a toddler? I'm starting to think I might be a tad overzealous in this department...but I also don't want to start assuming that everything is alright and have something happen, you know?

And for the record, I'm the Mommy that makes sure LBB only eats at the table. The Mommy that doesn't let LBB stand on the armchair and watch people over the back (although it is a very high back.) I fret when I see him standing on a bin. And I get overly-anxious when he has his sweet little noggin too close to the edge of a table.