Wireless Monitor For When Baby Falls Asleep In Car?

atolaas

tazzyb wrote: »

To leave a child sleeping in a car is disgraceful. Have to disagree with you here

You just have to search to bring up lots of stories of children that have died in cars.
Yes applicable to any subject searched for on the internet

Thought it was bad enough people had to be reminded to not leave dogs in cars but to then to come on here and see a thread asking for help allowing you to leave your child in the car is shocking.
OP was being responsible and asking for help to find a monitor so they weren't abandoning their child

Death, theft or someone hitting the car could happen. Surely the safety of your child is more important then you getting some time to yourself while you have abandoned your child in a car.
As a child in the 80's, I was frequently left to sleep in my pushchair outside my mother's front door because I had fallen asleep on the way home from the shops. People somehow managed to resist the urge to steal me away and social services never called round.

Kynthia

tiger_eyes wrote: »

I'm pretty zen about risk, but I once read a powerful article in the Washington Post about parents who kill their children by leaving them in the car and it's never left me.

I wish I'd never read this. I can't stop thinking of their suffering.

happycomper22

atolaas wrote: »

tazzyb wrote: »

To leave a child sleeping in a car is disgraceful. Have to disagree with you here

You just have to search to bring up lots of stories of children that have died in cars.
Yes applicable to any subject searched for on the internet So then if you know the dangers, you should avoid doing it??

Thought it was bad enough people had to be reminded to not leave dogs in cars but to then to come on here and see a thread asking for help allowing you to leave your child in the car is shocking.
OP was being responsible and asking for help to find a monitor so they weren't abandoning their child NO OP was asking for a way to allow them to potter about the house without watching their child outside sleeping alone in a car

Death, theft or someone hitting the car could happen. Surely the safety of your child is more important then you getting some time to yourself while you have abandoned your child in a car.
As a child in the 80's, I was frequently left to sleep in my pushchair outside my mother's front door because I had fallen asleep on the way home from the shops. People somehow managed to resist the urge to steal me away and social services never called round. Times are different now, the mortality rate has particularly improved also

updated this for you

wik

I know not quite same topic... but as a baby i didnt sleep at all unless was in the car! my parents had a morris 1000 van and they found i slept well in my carry cot - basically sliding around the back of the van!! 2 years later my brother was born, and mum n dad had a big garden then and my brother was put in his pram under shade of a tree with a net over to stop the cat from sitting on him, and left to nap - mum always said if she couldnt hear him he was ok

honestly to say its abuse to leave a baby in a car is daft!! if we all worried about what could happen none of us would ever leave the house!!

if you think like this - here are some other worries!!!
~ do you wear plastic gloves to use a shopping trolley?
~ what about a cash machine?
~ a zebra crossing?
~ a train?
~a Bus
~ and god forbid an airplane with confined loos, recirculated air, and thats before the chance of being shot out of the air!!

happycomper22

wik wrote: »

I know not quite same topic... but as a baby i didnt sleep at all unless was in the car! my parents had a morris 1000 van and they found i slept well in my carry cot - basically sliding around the back of the van!! 2 years later my brother was born, and mum n dad had a big garden then and my brother was put in his pram under shade of a tree with a net over to stop the cat from sitting on him, and left to nap - mum always said if she couldnt hear him he was ok

honestly to say its abuse to leave a baby in a car is daft!! if we all worried about what could happen none of us would ever leave the house!!

if you think like this - here are some other worries!!!
~ do you wear plastic gloves to use a shopping trolley?
~ what about a cash machine?
~ a zebra crossing?
~ a train?
~a Bus
~ and god forbid an airplane with confined loos, recirculated air, and thats before the chance of being shot out of the air!!

But as a parent you can do as much as you can to protect your child. Of course accidents can and will happen. The things you have listed above I cannot prevent - but I do as much as I can REASONABLY DO. FOR EXAMPLE I CAN protect my child from suffocating/freezing to death or being kidnapped from an unattended car.

MrsChook

OP - if you "keep an eye out of the window" then surely you would be able to see when he wakes up? I am assuming that you ensure his face is in full view in case of choking, etc.

I don't understand why you would need a listening device to tell you that he had woken up?

daisiegg

tiger_eyes wrote: »

I'm pretty zen about risk, but I once read a powerful article in the Washington Post about parents who kill their children by leaving them in the car and it's never left me.

This article was the first thing I thought of when I read this thread. There are a few phrases from it that haunt me

CH27

skintchick wrote: »

My DD would wake up at any noise louder than a whisper. If you haven;t had a bad sleeper then you will never understand. I would do anything not to wake her up during a nap as being woken resulted in at least a day of hell for me. At least. It was bloody awful and contributed to my PND.

The majority of parents face daily challenges from their children, I certainly did!
It doesn't mean we can leave them in dangerous places to make life easier for us.

CH27

tiger_eyes wrote: »

I'm pretty zen about risk, but I once read a powerful article in the Washington Post about parents who kill their children by leaving them in the car and it's never left me.

I will never forgot reading that.

kingfisherblue

tiger_eyes wrote: »

I'm pretty zen about risk, but I once read a powerful article in the Washington Post about parents who kill their children by leaving them in the car and it's never left me.

Thank you for the link. It was distressing reading, and I can understand why it has never left you.


I have three children, none of whom have been good sleepers as babies and toddlers (my 14 year old is now making up for it though!). There is a seven year gap between my first and second child, then a nineteen month gap between my second and third child. My second child has Down's Syndrome and several medical conditions. At times in the early years, it was likened to bringing up twins. I was constantly exhausted (still am, at times!), and when the two boys finally slept at the same time, there was no way I was going to wake them if I could help it. However, I never left my children outside in the car. I used to sit and read, do a wordsearch, or just gaze out of the window whilst putting my handcream on. I always had a bag of stuff with me for my daughter, and for either son that was awake - carton drinks or bottles of cordial already diluted and ready to drink, books, paper and pencils, toys, etc.


My middle son is now 16, and I still don't leave him outside in the car alone, as he has a much lower mental age.


OP, as a parent, you need some 'me time' occasionally. Please consider what others have said, and use the time to sit in the car yourself. Nowadays, phones are much more advanced than they were when my children were toddlers. You can make calls just as easily from the car as from inside the house. You can browse the internet, plan your shopping and the week's meals, read, do a wordsearch, massage handcream into your hands - whatever you want or need to do. My children are now older, but I often have to wait around when they are at an activity. I still keep a wordsearch book and some handcream in the car, and I use the time to read, ring parents when needed (I'm a Rainbow and Brownie guider - it's a good opportunity to contact new parents who want their daughters to join), or do a variety of other things that I can manage from the confines of my car. The only difference is that I can plan for the time I am spending in there, so I often have a flask of coffee with me.


Please don't rely on a monitor, either bring your child into the house with you, or sit in the car yourself. It just isn't worth taking any risks with your child's life.