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

AnnaLicious_2

She's going out to get her nails done and having her legs waxed? Who does that with an 11 month old baby? I was proud I showered every day at that point! She can easilly have a mobile beautician come to her house with little difference in the cost.

There are loads of petrol stations that you can fill up then drive up to a pay point. My husband only fills up as ASDA when he has the baby, as he can pay from the car (like a drive-through McDonalds window).

Honestly, I feel ill at the idea of that baby being alone. I check in with ny husband at least twice a day when I'm at work, as I worry about his diabetes and him passing out when he's alone with the baby. Keeping in mind his sugar is completely under control, the neighbours are always around and know about his medical problems (all 4 sets of neighbours, love them all!), and his diabetes nurse has him keep his sugar at an 8 because she knows he's a full-time dad. Oh, and he's never passed out. But it still worries me!!!

Peater

Honestly, it's incredible that the human race has survived with all this *danger* around. Jeeeez.

My mother used to leave me fast asleep in my pram out in the garden for hours and has admitted that she even used the 'windows' to sneak off to town to grab groceries etc. Can obviously see the problem some people have with it, but personally i don't think it's too much to get worried about.

Mojisola

Peater wrote: »

Honestly, it's incredible that the human race has survived with all this *danger* around.

The human race has survived but all individuals have made it to adulthood.

Bluemeanie_2

Peater wrote: »

Honestly, it's incredible that the human race has survived with all this *danger* around. Jeeeez.

My mother used to leave me fast asleep in my pram out in the garden for hours and has admitted that she even used the 'windows' to sneak off to town to grab groceries etc. Can obviously see the problem some people have with it, but personally i don't think it's too much to get worried about.

My Mum and my MIL always say that babies were always put outside in the garden for a few hours everyday. Unless it was foggy. Apparently this practise has disappeared. Unless someone can tell me to the contrary?

wornoutmumoftwo

Bluemeanie wrote: »

My Mum and my MIL always say that babies were always put outside in the garden for a few hours everyday. Unless it was foggy. Apparently this practise has disappeared. Unless someone can tell me to the contrary?

When I moved up to scotland I was shocked to see a baby outside in the pram, apparently it was quite common up here.

daska

Bluemeanie wrote: »

My Mum and my MIL always say that babies were always put outside in the garden for a few hours everyday. Unless it was foggy. Apparently this practise has disappeared. Unless someone can tell me to the contrary?

No, I did it with DS2, in the BACK garden.

belfastgirl23

I'd have sympathy with a single mum popping to the corner shop (in eye sight of the shop) for essentials whilst the baby slept - not ideal but I could see how someone could feel driven to it. Or nipping in to the neighbours etc. But 20 mins is way too long and out of eyesight is too far.

I really can't believe she told you this. I think I'd say to her straight that I was pretty shocked by it and make it clear to her that this is not something that is socially acceptable. I don't know if I'd go as far as getting SS involved though.

missindecisive

definately not. totally unacceptable.

daska

Peater wrote: »

Honestly, it's incredible that the human race has survived with all this *danger* around. Jeeeez.

My mother used to leave me fast asleep in my pram out in the garden for hours and has admitted that she even used the 'windows' to sneak off to town to grab groceries etc. Can obviously see the problem some people have with it, but personally i don't think it's too much to get worried about.

The difference now is that there is less neighbourliness than there was. Be honest, how often do you go down a street and see women at the doors nattering while their kids play?

I know it's unusual because with DS1 I lived in an street where this still happened because we had a lot of young children and front gardens - everyone played their part in supervising all our children - at least one, preferably two parents outside while the others were free to get on with other things, a constant ebb and flow of parents taking turns with barely a word to organise it. But I've never encountered this anywhere else, literally nowhere, and I've lived in a good few places from inner city to rural.

Mrs_Polly

Never, Ever, Ever.

It's so wrong for so many reasons, if I need something I either take the littles ones with me or wait until OH comes home from work, nothing can ever be that urgent to leave a baby alone in a cot.