school bus pass refused, any ideas?

neverdespairgirl

Love it!

When we left hospital with my DS, I got a taxi (I'd had a C-section) and OH walked back with Isaac in a sling. It's only about a mile. And OH referred to it the other day as being an amazing experience, the first time he'd had DS on his own.

puddy

Caroline73 wrote: »

A phone rings
"hello, social work dept"
"hello midwife here. We had a patient leave here today and take her baby with her in a pushchair. Can you go around her house and ensure she isn't beating/neglecting/emotionally abusing her baby."
"of course. It's a good job you have time to do this referral which would need to be filed on paper also. Wards must be quiet at the moment but I know you are over staffed anyway."
"i will complete that referal once I get back from my lunch break. When will you visit?"
"its not like I have lots of child welfare conferences or home visits to do so I'll go this afternoon, especially with the severity of your allegations of a child in a pushchair."

Later at the mothers...
"hello I'm from social services. I believe you just had a baby and walked your baby home in a pushchair."
"yes I did. is their a problem?"


Fill the rest in yourselves.

i wanted to say exactly this, the thought that i would receive a phone call from an outraged midwife whose only concern was that a post natal mother walked out of hospital with her newborn in a BUGGY and told her to mind her own business about getting a taxi home, and then take the referral seriously and then arrange to go round is laughable

but my previous post seems to have disappeared so i had given up

tiamai_d

You're both very lucky that you could walk out of the hospital and that you lived close enough for someone to walk the baby home.

But since not everyone lives within walking distance of maternity hospitals, or even withing a 3 change bus route, folk will still need car seats.

Luckily they start from around £30 so not exactly an extravagance or enough to pay for a years worth of bus fares.

delain

tiamai_d wrote: »

You're both very lucky that you could walk out of the hospital and that you lived close enough for someone to walk the baby home.

But since not everyone lives within walking distance of maternity hospitals, or even withing a 3 change bus route, folk will still need car seats.

Luckily they start from around £30 so not exactly an extravagance or enough to pay for a years worth of bus fares.

From the big maternity hospital to here is 2 buses away and could take up to 3 hours (our village service is hourly)

From the MW led unit one bus and still the better part of an hour (and I've never got to give birth there - I'm awkward lol)

And actually with Squeak even after the treatment post birth I could hardly walk at all and OH had to take me to the car in a wheelchair

Caroline73_2

Actually most hospitals have schemes where you can hire a seat for the journey home.

Spirit_2

Haven't read the thread just the first few and last few posts.

I know I am missing something as I now have a vision of the OP child who was originally in need of a bus pass being stuffed daily into a newborn's car seat by an over zealous midwife. Put in a pushchair and wheeled by his assertive mum, or carried to school by his dad in a papoose.Does he have to start all his journeys to school from the delivery suite?


Starting to feel quite sorry for the child.

romany_star

I pay £28 a month for my son to go to school, he has to get 2 buses there and 2 back. The reason he goes there is that we lived close by in private rented accomodation, but the landlord sold the house and we had to move. Couldnt get housed in the same area so have ended up across the city. He doesnt want to leave his friends, and why should he? He is also on the gifted and talented register so its important to me that he attends a good school. I cant drive and cant afford to run a car, pay tax and insurance etc. My problem is that my daughter is due to start secondary school next Sept, and the 2 local schools are rough and rubbish. So anywhere else I put her, she'll need a pass. I cant afford two passes a month!! The council wont subsidise the fares. I can accept paying for one pass, but we'll really struggle for 2 passes. I could put her in the local school but even that isnt close by, and bullying is rife. Why should she suffer? The buses are always late anyway.

Savvy_Sue

Is your son reaching the age when he could ride a bike to and from school?