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AIBU?

To leave DS in the house really quick?

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dontwantyoujudging · 11/07/2016 01:36

I'm a single mum, of a DS who is 1. He still sleeps in a cot, so he can't get up. I really need to go to the 24 hour garage to get stuff that I absolutely need. WIBU to go there? I'd be gone 5 mins. If it's a definite no, I won't.

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lady2016 · 11/07/2016 01:39

No anything can happen to you sorry

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FirstTimerAtBeingAMummy · 11/07/2016 01:40

Please don't. Think about the things that could go wrong. They in all likelihood wouldn't but it's not worth the risk. Nothing is essential enough to leave him in the house alone.

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dontwantyoujudging · 11/07/2016 01:42

I need nappies Sad

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Somerville · 11/07/2016 01:42

Personally I wouldn't. I'd lift him, wrap him in a blanket and take him with me.

Quite a few threads on here people say they would.

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Junosmum · 11/07/2016 01:43

It's not worth it on the slight chance something goes wrong in that 5mins.

Risk assessment is not just about likelihood of risk but also about severity. So whilst the likelihood of something happening is low, the things that could happen are very serious.

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dontwantyoujudging · 11/07/2016 01:43

Fair enough, I'll have to take him with me first thing. Thank you

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GeezAJammyPeece · 11/07/2016 01:44

Well, you posted 5 minutes ago; so you should be back by now...

I am curious to know what you need so desperately and that a service station shop sells that you can't wait a few hours until the little guy gets up for the morning, then you can both go out for it though?

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LadyB49 · 11/07/2016 01:44

If you need nappies use hand towels to tide you over. Hope you have safety pins :)

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GiddyOnZackHunt · 11/07/2016 01:44

You could improvise until the morning surely? Towels, muslins?

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GiddyOnZackHunt · 11/07/2016 01:45

Or a taxi company might do a grab for you?

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CotedePablo · 11/07/2016 01:46

Phone a taxi and get them to pick some up.

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dontwantyoujudging · 11/07/2016 01:47

Oh, would they do that? I never knew they would

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Somerville · 11/07/2016 01:48

Yes, like PP's say, improvise a nappy, like thousands of generations of human beings wore before disposables were invented. Don't stress yourself going out for them in the middle of the night. Flowers

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GeezAJammyPeece · 11/07/2016 01:53

X-post as my phone internet was slow reloading.

Suddenly realizing you've run out of nappies is rubbish, I remember it happening and hoping that they wouldn't explode during the night meaning I had to use the last one before morning; when I could get to the shops (there were no late night shops around us)

As pps have said, it's not really to do with him sleeping fine for those 5 mins; its everything that could happen inside and outside the house whilst you are gone.

Think worst case scenario: If you were involved in an accident, would anyone know he was there alone?

Hopefully, you can hold out until the morning; but if not; please, please take him with you. Xx

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lifeofdino · 11/07/2016 01:53

or use Amazon prime now, they deliver within 2 hours or something.

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lifeofdino · 11/07/2016 01:54

...also with nappies, have you looked through absolutely everywhere? I usually find one last one in the bottom of a bag somewhere.

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dontwantyoujudging · 11/07/2016 01:56

Thank you

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GeezAJammyPeece · 11/07/2016 02:01

As lifeofdino says, you'll find one lurking somewhere almost definitely just after you return from shop and if not, you just until you get some fashion one out of something

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Absofrigginlootly · 11/07/2016 02:09

Just cut up a towel and use safety pins or a bit of duct tape?!
Or a small pair of pants (do you have any toddler pants?) stuffed with cotton wool pads or the cut up towel, or even a wad of kitchen roll!

But definitely check the bottom of bags, cupboards etc, you may find a stray one!!

Can you text a friend to drop some off first thing for you? Or a neighbour with children would surely give you a couple??

If he has an accident in the night just lie him on a towel under the cot sheet

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Absofrigginlootly · 11/07/2016 02:12

Or a thick heavy duty sanitary pad inside a cut up towel??

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dontwantyoujudging · 11/07/2016 02:14

I have puppy training pads from when our dog was a puppy. I think I'll be able to make something up with that

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suzybe · 11/07/2016 02:25

Necessity makes mums creative. There's always a way to cope or none of our kids would ever grow up safely.

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Somerville · 11/07/2016 02:42

Puppy training pads. Grin

Perfect!

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Itsaplayonwords · 11/07/2016 02:42

Realistically, what's the worst that could happen if you don't get nappies tonight? Even if he ends up sleeping without a nappy the worst case scenario is that you will have to change his clothes and bedding a few times. Whereas the worst that could happen if you went to the shop doesn't bear thinking about.

Try to make something out of the puppy training pad and then before you put him back in his cot lay another puppy pad on the sheet where he will lay and then put another fitted sheet on the mattress (so the puppy pad is sandwiched between). That way if your Blue Peter nappy does leak you'll just need to whip off the top sheet and the puppy pad and you'll have a fresh bed.

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GeezAJammyPeece · 11/07/2016 10:35

I hope you and your little puppy got some decent sleep last night (ingenious to think of the puppy training pads BTW!)


Found myself in a pretty much identical situation!
I'm staying with my mum for a few days after she had an op and she's been using Tena pants/pads as sometimes she isn't getting up & through to the loo in time. Spent the night with fingers crossed that the dwindling supply would hold out until I got to the chemist this morning!

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