Originally Posted by
icedancer
I took it as snotty because this:
comes off as completely dismissive. I'm going to be totally defensive about my *right to care* what my child might be getting sick from.
I'm going to guess (and you'll probably concur) that as people have more kids, they get less and less worried about the things that they were worried about with the first. Well, I'm not there yet, as you can see.
And that's fine; I did not mean to sound dismissive.
I am not sure you worry less; you just realize you don't have the control over things that you thought you did. You also sometimes change your mind about what you think is really important, especially after perhaps a health crisis that puts all the little sniffles into perspective.
Hope Tinydancer's cold is better.