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Would you leave baby alone?

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Mississippilessly · 28/11/2018 10:10

I have agreed to go and pick up a parcel for a friend tomorrow. DS is 10 weeks. I am going to have to take my DH so someone can stay with the baby - the parcel is too big for me to take him in. This seems crazy. Could I lock the car and run in? I have only just thought of itm

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Screaminginsidemeagain · 28/11/2018 10:11

Why can’t you leave baby with DH at home? No you can’t leave baby in the car

Redskyandrainbows67 · 28/11/2018 10:12

Send dh for the parcel

Of course you can’t leave baby alone

DontWannaBeObamasElf · 28/11/2018 10:13

Can your husband pick up the parcel so you can stay home with he baby?

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Soiree · 28/11/2018 10:13

Could you go in with baby in the pram and ask someone to carry the parcel to your car for you?

LegoPiecesEverywhere · 28/11/2018 10:14

Get your Dh to collect the parcel if you can’t carry it. Don’t leave your baby in the car

Soiree · 28/11/2018 10:14

Or preferably get your partner to do one of the jobs!

FusionChefGeoff · 28/11/2018 10:15

What's the set up? Private car park? Can you see car from place where you pick up ie can you park close and see out of the window?

You just need to risk assess it - what could happen and what are the chances?

poppyseed2 · 28/11/2018 10:16

Can't you leave both DH and baby at home together?

I always take DD with me, and usually find that somebody offers to help. Or the collection office are happy for me to stand in line, etc, then leave the parcel with them while I go get the car and bring it right to the door. People don't generally want to stand by and watch others struggle.

Either way, avoid leaving the baby in the car.

FoodGloriousFud · 28/11/2018 10:17

As others have suggested why couldn't your partner either stay with the baby or get the parcel??

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 28/11/2018 10:24

You can't leave a 10 week old baby alone in a car and frankly, I'm astounded that you need to ask that!

Either you go alone and leave your baby with DH, leave baby with someone else so that DH can come and help you or take the baby with you and ask the staff to bring it out to your car.

Nesssie · 28/11/2018 10:32

And yet the response to leaving children in a car when paying for petrol was a unanimous yes.

Where are you collecting the parcel from? Are you parking right outside someones house? Or are you parking and going into a post office? Is it a private carpark or on street parking?

Redskyandrainbows67 · 28/11/2018 10:37

Nessie I would never leave a baby in the car to pay for petrol. Take them with you - takes about 2 extra seconds

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 28/11/2018 10:38

@nessie yes I saw that thread!

I've always taken my daughter with me to pay at the petrol station. Locking them in a car is dangerous. if anything was to happen, the child wouldn't be able to get out of the car and if you leave it unlocked anyone can take them or they can escape.

Taking your children really doesn;t add that much time to a task and if you feel it does, then leave more time to do it or arrange a babysitter.

user1493413286 · 28/11/2018 10:39

Id either leave baby with DH at home or what I used to do is take the entire car seat in (with baby in obvs) and ask for someone to bring the package to the car; no one ever minded

ApolloandDaphne · 28/11/2018 10:41

It wouldn't cross my mind NOT to leave a baby in the car if i was just nipping in for a parcel. I guess it depends where you would need to park and how long you might be.

If your DH is at home leave the baby with him? Seems a no brainer.

Also, if it is Royal Mail you will need your friends ID to collect it.

lovetherisingsun · 28/11/2018 10:45

Nessie I would never leave a baby in the car to pay for petrol. Take them with you - takes about 2 extra seconds

More at risk at getting run over between the car and station door than leaving a baby for a minute to pay. Hmm

bloodyhellimtired · 28/11/2018 10:54

According to what @lovetherisingsun?

No you don't leave a baby in a car. Ffs.

Micke · 28/11/2018 11:02

Doesn't this very much depend on where you are?

If I was picking up a parcel at my sleepy village post office, yes, I'd leave my baby in the car. If it was in the middle of a city, I wouldn't and I'd ask for help.

Ditto petrol stations. BP off the A40 with 10 pumps - no. Tescos up the road from my mums where you're straight in and out no more than 15 metres away? No problem.

lovetherisingsun · 28/11/2018 11:19

@bloodyhellimtired lmao

CottonSock · 28/11/2018 11:22

I've done it if she's asleep and it's a safe place, I can see the car etc.

empmalswa · 28/11/2018 11:23

am going to have to take my DH so someone can stay with the baby

Leave them at home? Unless the collection point is miles away and you are bf. Otherwise put baby in pram, ask someone to bring item to car? Call and have item delivered?

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Mississippilessly · 28/11/2018 11:24

Love that I am gettibg such different responses from the petrol thread.

It is a public car park but i think i could stay in view of the car. Baby is EBF and its a 1.5 hr round trip. Not fair tl ask DH as he was annoyed O agreed (which now so am I to be fair)

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TealTurnip · 28/11/2018 11:31

Tell your CF friend to fetch their own parcel!

Thesearmsofmine · 28/11/2018 11:31

Just ask someone to help take it to the car. Of course you can’t leave the baby, you could be a minute or 15 minutes depending on queue and how long they take to retrieve the parcel and you only ‘think’ the car would be in eye-line.

I feel it’s different with petrol because the car is in sight at all times and paying generally only takes a minute.

bloodyhellimtired · 28/11/2018 11:32

@lovetherisingsun yeah super funny when someone's car is rear ended with a baby unattended in the back. Good one.