Wireless Monitor For When Baby Falls Asleep In Car?

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Even if they are strapped in they can get out!

duchy

notanewuser wrote: »

My DD never ever napped in her cot. For one, she could practically pole vault out of it by 13 months, even in a sleeping bag.

I don't think anyone posting on this thread has said they THEY have had a car catch fire themselves. It really isn't a common occurrence.

My best friend is a social worker. She wouldn't even raise an eyebrow

Actually I did. Perhaps you missed my post.

duchy

notanewuser wrote: »

She works for a children's charity helping parents. I think she'd agree that its noone's business but the parents.

So she's a qualified social worker or just does social work with children? There is a world of difference.

I'm not a social worker qualified or not but a few weeks working as a temp in a social services dept made it clear that this kind of scenario isn't the social workers personal judgement call but a safeguarding issue and when a report is made they are required to investigate.

notanewuser

duchy wrote: »

So she's a qualified social worker or just does social work with children? There is a world of difference.

I'm not a social worker qualified or not but a few weeks working as a temp in a social services dept made it clear that this kind of scenario isn't the social workers personal judgement call but a safeguarding issue and when a report is made they are required to investigate.

She's both. Qualified social worker working as a social worker for a (major) children's charity.

bigmomma051204

My best friend is also a social worker :T ... I worked for social services (as a social work asst which at the time meant same caseload, less money in my area!) and currently work for a ("major"...i think...lol) children's charity, working directly with families in crisis (Children in Need plans and Child Protection).

Whilst I wouldn't see that this is an immediate "safeguarding" issue in itself, leaving your child in a car to sleep is never going to be the safest option... Admittedly, no social worker is going to open a Child in Need plan or pop your little one onto the Child Protection register JUST because a parent lets their child sleep in the car... BUT, I would advise against it as a regular thing.

Okay so we can't always completely alleviate risk, but we can be aware of it and reduce it. Reducing risk to YOUNG children is not wrapping them in cotton wool, it is safeguarding your child from harmful situations.

I suppose the issue here is that you are planning to leave your child unattended in a vehicle. I understand that it is in a "safe environment" on your private drive etc etc... I think it is one thing to get home, you are desperate for a wee, you note that your little one is zonked out so you leg it to the loo and return in 5 mins to take them out. Really, it is the element of planning which you seem to be going to, which implies that this is going to be a regular occurance, rather than the "odd occasions"...... Anything to do with child rearing, take it from me - someone is ALWAYS going to be there, ready to disagree! But in this instance, I think the naysayers may be onto something......

* On a personal level, I left my son in my car when he was a baby - probably a handful of times... I, like you, had a looong driveway with a gate and lived down a very quiet country lane. And I relate to you saying that even the shortest of "breaks" when they are asleep are a Godsend! I was also a fairly young and naive mum (early 20s) - But it didn't occur to me to leave him in the car and then go into the house... I simply used to get out of the car and sit on the bench which was about 2 foot away from the car and relax Or, if it was raining, I would sit in the car and listen to some music (quietly - I like metal & rock!)