i know i cant leave my baby home alone, but....

[bejeezus]

What do you think of this...dd2 18months old asleep, ill in her bed. I want to nick to the shop with dd1 to get some milk....we can ne there and back within 5 minutes...shop at end of road round corner...

What IF I lock the house up and tell someone I'm doing it (neighbour, or if not in someone ny phone...friend or parents). So if I haven't told them I'm back within say, 7 minutes, they can panic and rescue dd2 from house

?

nope

ask a neighbour to go for you

no

Dont do it!

What if you get hit by a car? There is a fire?

Why do people think this is ok?

ask a neighbour to go for you

No

Nope, I would go without milk before even considering it. I wouldn't do it at all but certainly not when the child is ill

No. You cannot do this IMO. Very wrong.

But there was a post like this last week and the OP still went even though the consensus was no. And she was closer to the shop than you are.

No ask your neighbour to either go to the shop for you or sit with dd2.

No. Get someone to get it for you if you are so desperate.

That young? I wouldn't. Either get a neighbour in whilst you're out or ask them to go for you. This does obviously rely on you being on really good terms with them.

Can your neighbour nip round and sit for you for 5 minutes?

How old is older DD? Is she old enough to walk there alone if you're watching her from the house or anything?

FWIW the 'anything could happen' stuff may sound far fetched but my friends husband (idiot anyway) nipped to the shop for some tea bags one eve when the kids were in bed - he crashed the car into a bollard and had to call his mum to tell her so she could go round and make sure the kids were ok while he sorted the car out to get home.

Bollocks...wrong answer

If I was hit by car, neighbour would get dd2-thats the point in telling someone I'm going

She won't wake to. She just has a cold, she's calpoled up and knackered

Can't ask neighbours to go to shop, they are elderly/disabled

Milk is for dd2.

I would run up the shop for a complete stranger if they needed me to, I don't think you need to be on good terms with your neighbour particularly (unless you are sending them up for cigarettes!!). If it's milk or something and you say your child is ill would they please help you out, I'm sure anyone would do it for you.

Yes, by which I mean, weigh up the risks, make a judgement based on the risks as you perceive them and then do what you feel is right for you and your family.

Yes you might get hit by a car, does that happen often? Yes your house may catch fire, again, is this something you think might occur? We all take risks, calculated ones when necessary and you do as you feel fit.

No No No.
Too many reasons to list.

No.

Agreed. I'd help out a stranger if their child was poorly.

I think 18 months is too young no matter what the reason or the risk assessment, it's just no.

I would suggest asking the neighbours to come and sit in your house for the five minutes it will take you to get there and back.
I leave my DS to go the shops now but he is 7, nearly 8.

No its not something you should do. I don't get this mentality. You have no idea if she will or won't wake up. Its entirely possible she will.

picnic dd1 is 7, I would happily send her to the shop alone, but she won't go. She's scared to go alone.

Ok, I might ask neighbour to come and sit in....or put dd2 in pushchair. Bugger

No you never ever leave a baby alone. You know it.

I think if you've asked a neighbour to listen out then it's fine. If the house catches fire or you get killed on the way to the shop they will know your DD is there and be able to contact fire brigade/police to come and rescue her.

Could DD1 go by herself to the shop?