Quick - Do I leave my newborn baby with 13 year old brother for 20 mins

[littlemissmoomoo]

Sickness bug has hit my house. My baby is 6 days old.

We are out of nappies for the 2 year old as he has diarrhoea.

My best friend has nappies for me but I've got to collect as her 2 year old is asleep and is an awful sleeper so doesn't want to wake him.

My 15 year old is asleep (got the bug)
9 year old started throwing up this morning
7 year and 2 year olds are throwing up.
13 year old is so far unscathed.

First question:
Can I leave my 13 year old to look after the baby (who is currently sleeping) or should I take baby with me but its cold and wet out. I don't want 13 year old to go out and get the nappies.

Secondly:
Do I drive (2 minutes drive) or walk (10 minutes) I had a c-section. Driving quicker but I haven't been given the all clear to drive yet. Walking will be harder/longer.

Tell me what to do.

Oh shut the fuck up, AtSea.

Glad you found a solution, OP. Incidentally, your neighbour was very kind, but he wasn’t “amazing, wonderful, fantastic”. He just did a 5 minute favour like any human being would do for another. Don’t make it into a big thing in your head-it’s absolutely fine to ask for help if you need it. And 99.99999% of people are happy to give it. Apart from anything else, it gives them a warm glow- so everyone wins!!

I'd get your friend to send in a taxi. Poor you :(

Glad you found a solution. That said I can't believe people were in all earnesty suggesting a taxi. I'd have also been ok with the 13yo looking after baby. Seems everyone else was home anyway even if they were/are ill.

Brilliant. Ideal solution for you, OP. Glad it worked out.

I don’t think a taxi was a silly suggestion. Op has had a major operation a week ago, in normal situations walking to the shop would be exhausting. Plus she is probably keeping on top of a lot of cleaning, if everyone has a sickness bug.

I have no idea about leaving a 13 year old with a baby, but I suppose he has experience of babies in the house. So would probably not be as worried as others who have a their first sibling at age 13.

@AtSea1979 Op wasn’t asking for Opinions on how many children she has. It’s none of your business and a nasty comment to make. Fuck off with yourself.

If people on the internet just ignored people who make shitty comments them trolls wouldn't bother nearly as much.

The best way to deal with certain posters who make certain comments is to roll your eyes and ignore. It really is.

@SkintAsASkintThing you make an excellent point. I’ll remember it

Glad you found a solution! What was wrong with the taxi suggestion Vladimirs?! Personally I'd have got the 13yo to walk, but if there was a reason why that wasn't an option, then a taxi sounded eminently sensible. I can't believe so many people were suggesting driving would be ok. At 1 week post c-section you wouldn't be insured and even more importantly wouldn't be able to do an emergency stop, it would be madness.

Yes, i’d like to know what’s wrong with the taxi idea too. Seems perfectly sensible to me if the OP really didn’t want the 13 year old to go. And considering it was quite late and raining I might hesitate about sending mine to a destination he didn’t know as well.

Nothing inherently wrong with the idea itself. It just came across as when posters suggest things like getting a nanny or a cleaner - for many these things are not beyond the realms of possibility but for many it's just too far out of step with their available spends. What might not be too expensive for me, to another might seem profligate.

Yes that's a fair point. That's why I'd personally have sent the 13yo . But I'd also guess that for a ?majority of posters on here, six quid or so would be within the realms of possibility in an absolute emergency (6 kids inc a newborn and d&v qualifies I think!), so it didn't feel like an unreasonable possibility to raise at least.

I would have walked with the baby and 2 year old but I'm glad you didn't have to in the end.

Send the 13 year old!

Glad you got it sorted. But from what you posted, isn't your DH at home too? I know he is physically incapacitated at the moment but he could have advised your DS if something happened.