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

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bejeezus · 01/07/2012 18:16

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

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bejeezus · 01/07/2012 18:27

She may wake up.....I would bet my socks that she won't. If she does she is a slow rouser....she would take longer to wake and het out of bed, than the time it takes me to go to shop

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HolyCameraConfusionBatman · 01/07/2012 18:28

Can DD1 not be persuaded to go?

Floggingmolly · 01/07/2012 18:29

Ask your neighbour to sit in your house for the 5 minutes it'll take you.
Don't send your 7 year old!

uselesslife · 01/07/2012 18:29

why not just ask the neighbour for some milk?

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bejeezus · 01/07/2012 18:29

holy that is what I was thinking...what's the difference if they are in my house or next door?

se

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BonkeyMollocks · 01/07/2012 18:30

Just ask a neighbour to come and sit in your house for 5 mins.

I still don't even know why people contemplate doing it at all. I honestly thought it was a no brainer! Confused

squeakytoy · 01/07/2012 18:30

I would leave the 7yo in charge for five minutes.

MollyDixtures · 01/07/2012 18:30

Could you ask your neighbour for as much milk as you need just to tide you over until tomorrow? You know it's wrong, don't risk it.

Bossybritches22 · 01/07/2012 18:31

Give DD1 juice or water,

.... its not the risk of fire that would worry me but a sick child could vomit & choke, & the neighbour wouldn't hear!

Your ill childs safety outweighs the need for milk- plan your shopping a bit better, maybe buy a few single pints to freeze so you always have some?

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bejeezus · 01/07/2012 18:31

See flogging you won't persuade me its wrong to send dd1

Yes yes! Ask neighbour for milk! That's the answer.....so simple. Thankyou

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JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 01/07/2012 18:32

Get the 7yo to go.

Sirzy · 01/07/2012 18:33

In your house they can hear her cry, in your house they can hear her get out of bed, in your house they will hear her being sick, in your house they can get up the stairs quickly in the unlikely event a fire starts. There is a lot of difference between the two

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 01/07/2012 18:33

Or do what squeaky suggests

Rachog · 01/07/2012 18:34

Sorry another no here too.

It's probable that you would get there and back don't without your dd2 even knowing you were gone but the risk.however small is enough to put me off.

I always wonder if there is any laws around what age a child can be left alone and if not why not.

overtherooftops · 01/07/2012 18:35

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HolyCameraConfusionBatman · 01/07/2012 18:35

There is absolutely nothing wrong with sending a 7 year old to a shop at the end of the road!

Wonder what the chances of her being sick and choking on it, in the 5 minutes you are in the shop are?

HolyCameraConfusionBatman · 01/07/2012 18:36

Shock overtherooftops Won't they be going to secondary school soon?

Rubirosa · 01/07/2012 18:36

I would leave the 7 year old with some numbers on speed dial.

Mrbojangles1 · 01/07/2012 18:37

If you tell next door you are leaving yur baby wile you nip to the shop you are likey to find police or ss waiting for you when you back.

Why Cant yu just wait uti she wakes up and take her with you
Or like others have said ask next door to go for you if all elese fails you can ask mrs mc cann how leaving her baby alone worked out for her

I cant belive people can think this is ok new mum or not people cannot think leaving a small child alone is ok

If somthing happens to you know one will know the baby is their

And to those who dont think that dosent happen think again

Luckly my child is 12we niped out to tesco last year ds was here on own and we had a car crash, we both got taken to hospital i didnt come round for 6 hours and oh was in surgery

No one knew ds was home how would they... Thank god my ds after a hour got worried and knocked next door she made him tea and kept him

But he was only able to alert next door i was not back because HE WAS 12 if he was under one 4 he wouldnt of been able to tell anyone were i had gone, when i said i would be back would have been on his own for almost the whole night

HolyCameraConfusionBatman · 01/07/2012 18:39

'If you tell next door you are leaving yur baby wile you nip to the shop you are likey to find police or ss waiting for you when you back.'

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard!

overtherooftops · 01/07/2012 18:40

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HolyCameraConfusionBatman · 01/07/2012 18:41

overtherooftops maybe you should start stretching the apron strings a bit? Go to the shop that's 5 doors away, it's a good start!

KellyElly · 01/07/2012 18:44

I would say no with an ill child in bed. If you lived above a shop or it was literally within sight of your front door maybe but 5 mins is not worth the risk. Would your neighbour not watch your child while you go?

Mrbojangles1 · 01/07/2012 18:44

HolyCameraConfusionBatman

No that would be wanting to leave a baby on its own

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bejeezus · 01/07/2012 18:44

Yes, my neighbours are hardly likely to call the police if I ask them to watch out for dd2. If they thought it was wrong, they would tell me and refuse to do it

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