Would anyone else leave a sleeping baby home alone - or am I overreacting?

an9i77

tiny_courageous wrote: »

If there is a time when the OP knows the baby is home alone, I would advise them to phone the police and report it.

perhaps OP can invite them out to the nail salon, knowing that she will leave baby at home alone in such a scenario.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

an9i77 wrote: »

ps I've had my nails done/ waxing etc and just brought the baby into the salon in his buggy, I'd ring before to check this was ok but no one has ever minded. If they did I'd just go to a different salon. So it's rubbish if she's saying she can't do these things with baby in tow.

Me too. And the dentist, doctor, blood tests, smear tests, the lot. The only thing it would have been unacceptable for is getting a tattoo or sunbed, as the law gets to be an issue there.

It's nonsense, and doesn't change the fact she needs to be reported.

adouglasmhor

samuelsmommy wrote: »

That's illegal too, what would you have done if you came out and your car was gone? what if you tripped or fainted and your child suffocated? :eek:

It's not illegal, what law is being broken?

[Deleted User]

The law does not set a minimum age at which children can be left alone. However, it is an offence to leave a child alone when doing so puts him or her at risk.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

I think the furthest I've ever gone (while leaving Andrew in the house) is to take the wheelie-bin to the end of the drive. I just wouldn't leave him alone, not when he was newly home and slept for hours, and certainly not now he's more active.

I stepped outside the front door once, not more than 6 inches away and the door lock malfunctioned and locked me out until I could smash myself through the door back in. Never did that again.

an9i77

I know its not the same thing but I was reading in the sunday papers about the wife of the son of Bernie Madoff, who killed himself whilst his baby son was asleep in his cot in the next room, no one else was in the apartment. Suicide arguments aside, I don't know how someone could do that knowing that no one would be there to look after the child until god knows when....

skintchick

Caroline73 wrote: »

It's dangerous and I would report it to social services. I don't care if people think I'm an interfering busybody. I'd rather that than have a child's death on my conscience.

This. Definitely.

Call Social Services and discuss it with them, or the Health Visiting team. Dont leave it, this poor child is being neglected.

KiKi

I did it twice with my eldest nephew when he was around 4 months old. BUT - I lived above the shop at the time. It was the equivalent of going downstairs in a 2-floor house, except I had to go outside to do it.

I'd never, ever go to the shops 20 minutes away with the attitude of "he'll be asleep for 2 hours".

KiKi

an9i77

adouglasmhor wrote: »

It's not illegal, what law is being broken?

samuelsmommy wrote: »

That's illegal too, what would you have done if you came out and your car was gone? what if you tripped or fainted and your child suffocated? :eek:

What would happen if I was home alone with my child and I tripped or fainted, or went to the loo for a minute and my child suffocated? I don't make a habit of it, but going to the newsagents (and I only go when I can park right outside, like I can still see inside the car from the shop) doesn't expose my child to a significant risk of harm, in my opinion. Obviously if there was a massive queue inside I wouldn't stay. I'm talking literally a dash in - dash out scenario. I think that's a little different to the situation originally being discussed and don't think I'm breaking the law.

Cherry_Bomb

What the hell has her annual income got to do with anything??

Ring SS and let them deal with it.

Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving a baby alone whilst I nipped out. Although I do leave DS in the car all the time when I run into the shop. Double standards maybe? For whatever reason this women obviously doesn't see a problem. Hopefully a visit or even a phonecall from SS will make her see sense.