Pram left overnight in the garden!

You are most definitely not being unreasonable @dontcomeatme

All the reasons given are valid but the most immediate problem would be that the pram could be damp. Despite it being very hot yesterday, my outdoor chair cushions (which I normally put inside overnight) were damp to sit on this morning.

Smaller pram?

Ds had it last year and almost died. He caught it kayaking in England.

Ds22 nearly died of weils disease last August. He ended up in intensive care. Thankfully he has made a full recovery. He caught in whilst doing watersports. Apparently 99% of people never even know they've got it and then there's ds!

I don't think I would want to leave my pram outside either to be honest, not because of rats but I'd be worried about it getting damp and we do have a lot of ants in our garden. But leaving it out a few times overnight when it was guaranteed not to rain? I'd probably wouldn't get worked up over it.

A 21lb 3 month old?! Say what now?!

DH caught leptospirosis. Probably from rats urine, in his case abroad, and really hard to diagnose. Very nasty - he ended up in intensive care, one of my daughter's school teachers, who probably caught it from London river water where rats had swum, died. I googled and came across various cases that happened in UK.

Really rare but you really would not want a small baby to get it.

If did that with my double pram (which I suspect is the same one the OP has), they could still piss all over the tray which I put my newborn’s blankets into and also her bottles too.

My main question is... Why on earth would you buy a pram that doesn't fit in ur house or at least fold up enough to fit??? There are LOADS of double options these days. But other than that had I been ur DW I'd have told you to crack on and move it urself if u were gonna piss and whinge.

Why not leave the frame outside then it's just the 2 attachments left to carry out and clip on?

I wouldn’t want a pram left outside either, especially for a young baby. I don’t know why but there’s a proper infestation of pigeons where I live this year and they poo on everything! It’s disgusting.
Id try to be nice about it, but if was knackered I might have responded you did!

At my daughter's nursery all the children's prams/buggies stay outside in all weathers. They do have a little shelter but you have to be there early to get a space, otherwise you stick the cover on and hope for the best, or take it home and bring it again at pick up. Obviously they're not there overnight but still outside (and the nursery's own 3 and 4 seaters are outside overnight). Now my daughter uses a wheelchair it stays inside at nursery even if she's not using it, but that's for insurance reasons.

Could you baby wear your 3 month old and get a cheap fold up buggy for your toddler?

@dontcomeatme what about dew making it damp as well if it's a padded one?

As a one off here and there it wouldn’t be the end of the world for me. We don’t leave it out every night

I'd worry about pigeons and other forms of bird poo more. Build frame, bring in soft parts.

I wouldn't be worried about rats, I expect they have better things to do than get in your pram!

People making statements like this have clearly never had to deal with rats.

It's not an idle fantasy. OP has said there is a rat infestation 3 doors down, and OP has already seen a rat in her garden. Rats are opportunists and will use any material they can find for bedding, and piss all over whatever as they go.

Op i wouldn't leave it outside either. At a push I'd leave the frame out but I wouldn't leave the seats / carrycot out. Animals, spiders and just generally getting damp in the night.

Her hearts in the right place, even if she didn't think it through.

Now that I've seen how old your baby is I agree I wouldn't want it outside built up however your DP probably just thought she was helping by doing it.

I know everyone is making out you’re ridiculous but I’m ten children in and never leave my pram outside, never have and never will over all of the prams I’ve owned.
Firstly, I don’t want it getting ruined and secondly I wouldn’t trust someone not robbing it.

Too many street wandering cats in my neighbourhood that would use it as a bed or a toilet too.

My pram is a £1500 double electric pram (I didn’t pay this, I was gifted it) and there’s no bloody way I’d risk being stolen or ruined.

I'm sure I left mine out by mistake and it was a bit damp in the morning but it recovered. I wouldn't be worried about rats, I expect they have better things to do than get in your pram!
I think it's better to keep it inside though. Still, it's already happened now so forget about it.

😂Ewww! Please take that picture from out of my head! 😂

I'd be more worried about the rats nibbling the toddler seat. There's no chance there's not at least a raisin wedged in there somewhere and the padding makes nice nests for little baby rats.

Why did you "irritably tell" her and not just ask her politely?

I don't think either of you are necessarily wrong but you probably made it into a bigger thing than it needed to be. If you are the one who doesn't want it left outside then you should be the one to go and get it, or at least say nicely "ugh I'm probably being silly but I don't really like the idea of it being left out, would you mind bringing it in please?"

I probably would have been annoyed as well if I thought I'd done my partner a favour and they spoke to me like a useless employee.