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AIBU?

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Original poster

to be a nervous wreck and shaking like a leaf after locking myself out with baby in the house?

63 replies

peanutbutter38 · 03/05/2012 10:54

I thought I had my key in pocket. I was putting out an extra bin bag. Front door slammed shut behind me (draught from back door being open- no side access to this house whatsoever, so no way to get in via back door)- my 5 month old daughter was in the house. Beside myself with panic. Luckily had smartphone in pocket. Googled local locksmith. He said he'd be here in 15 mins. 45 minutes later, listening to dd cry all on her own in the lounge (could hear through letterbox)- utterly gut wrenchingly heartbreaking.
Luckily she's fine. (what if she'd been a toddler, shudder at the thought)
I'm not.

OP posts:

Aribura · 03/05/2012 19:11

"They were realy nice and did a walk around to check fire safety and they put up some better smoke alarms while they were there." they did that so their time wasn't totally wasted by people trying to save money on the locksmith

Aribura · 03/05/2012 19:11

Time that could be spent fighting fires, clue is in the name.

EnjoyResponsibly · 03/05/2012 19:26

NCIS and Sucks, done the same thing. DS playing with keys, me thinking no problem as I have the door open. Then shut the bloody door with DS, bag and phone inside with keys.

[stupid twat emoticon]

Sainsbury's staff were excellent one man loaned me his phone whilst another two went off to flag down some policemen and the RAC. Neither were much help but DS had plenty of people to entertain him until DM arrived with the spare keys

Be kind to yourself OP, it's a rite of passage thing xx

FreudianSlipper · 03/05/2012 19:36

i did this too

but did something really really stupid i left ds in his walker adn ran out to see my new car (i always took him out of it when i went in another room) i had to watch him for 45 minutes racing around like lewis hamilton thankfully he eventually fell asleep. i did make me neighbour promise to kick the door in if need be (he refused to do it at first i think this was more him wondering if he woudl be able to)

hatesponge · 03/05/2012 19:37

Honestly, almost every parent has had one of these moments.

Mine was when DS1 was a baby. I lived in a house which had an almost full length window in what was DS1's bedroom (bottom of the window was less than a foot off the floor from the inside) which tilted fully outwards, but had a safety lock on it to only permit it to open a v tiny amount- that part is important...the other side of the window was a flat roofed extension.

So one sunny day I left DS in his bouncy chair whilst I went out onto the flat roof to paint the window frame having opened the safety lock. All went well until I pushed the window closed a fraction too far and the lock clicked into place. Which was a heart stopping moment. Panicked totally for a bit, then took a deep breath and after about 10 minutes of manoeuvring, managed to get my hand just far enough through the gap to flick the lock. Went back in heart pounding. I don't think Ds1 had even noticed I'd been gone!

RightBuggerforit · 03/05/2012 21:01

I managed to lock dd (aged 2.5), and my keys and phone etc, in the car a coouple of months ago outside nursery. They called AA for me, but we're only members on a specific car basis, and we'd forgotten to change the details from our old car, so they refused to come out. I told nursery tell them I'll pay anything, but they just refused.

So nursery were trying to get hold of dh for an hour while I was borrowing all sorts (teddies, flashcards etc) titting about, dancing and doing puppet shows to keep dd amused. Eventually she got fed up of it though and started getting pretty upset so we had to call the fire brigade, who were fab (as were the nursery staff). I felt so, so awful though. Feels better to know I'm not the only one who's done it though - both fire brigade and nursery said it was quite common! xx

PoppyWearer · 03/05/2012 21:04

You poor thing, OP. I am paranoid about this happening to me, pop out to the bin ALL the time.

JosephineCD · 03/05/2012 21:14

Have Mortise locks fitted, that way you can't lock yourself out.

blackcurrants · 03/05/2012 21:16

You poor thing, OP! I would be an absolute wreck! I hope you've had a nice and a cuddle of your baby, and reminded yourself that you coped admirably and all is well with the world now :)

plantsitter · 03/05/2012 21:27

DH did this when DD2 was 6 weeks old or something and DD1 was not yet 2, and I had left them for the first time to go shopping and have a coffee ON MY OWN.

DH rang me and I drove back at break-neck speed to let him in, with horrendous images running through my head of what might be happening at home. By the time I got back a neighbour had let him in through her house and he's broken in the back - both DDs were sobbing their hearts out. DH has never been in so much trouble before or since!

Glad you're all ok - happens to us all I reckon.

MustControlFistOfDeath · 03/05/2012 21:40

RightBugger at the AA. WTAF?

OP glad you're ok, I would have also been frantic. Have a , you deserve it

SuperTressy · 03/05/2012 21:50

YANBU ~ it's a really awful feeling of panic. DS locked me out once when he was about 3. I was in the back garden hanging the washing out and he turned the key in the door and couldn't turn it back again (our garden is completely enclosed on all sides so there was no way of getting out and going round the front). Thankfully my next door neighbour was in her garden, so she was able to go and dig up our spare key, let herself in and open back door.

roadkillbunny · 03/05/2012 21:59

I had almost exactly the same thing happen when dd was about 16 months old. We had just moved into this house, the back door was open when I popped out the front door to put a bin bag out, draught from the back door slammed the font door shut and I was out without a key, we had just moved in so no neighbours had keys as we hadn't even met them yet! Luckily dd was napping in her cot upstairs so at least I knew she was safe, we have no access to the back from outside the house either, we are mid terrace and have trees along the back fence that prevent any access along with the 6 foot fence!
I was stood outside getting more and more panicky when my next door neighbour saw me and asked if I was okay, out spilling my sorry tale. My saviouir was the thing that caused the problem in the first place, the back door was open, my neighbour went through to his own back garden and managed the climb over the six foot fence and came through the back door to come and let me back in the front.
Not the best was to meet the neighbours and I was so embarrassed as having just moved the place was a right royal tip and then having to come over fence and garden we had the mud tracked through by the neighbour (that I had no problem with I was just so grateful!).
The neighbour has never mentioned it since so he is either a nice discreet guy or still traumatised from the state of my house, it has been more then 5 and a half years lol!
DD slept through it all and is now 7 and no worse for wear for me locking myself out. Just make sure you have keys with a neighbour or a lock box from now on. Also, you have now learnt your lesson as I did, don't have the back door and the front door open together!

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