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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To leave my 3 dc in hotel room?

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BuntCadger · 17/08/2012 10:52

Dh, me and 3 dc going to a hotel in UK for a couple of night.
Dc are 12, 4 and 9 months. Was considering leaving them in hotel room while dh and I have an hour or so together in hotel lounge/bar. We wouldn't be drinking excessively, perhaps a glass of wine each.

Id settle the 2 little ones and my eldest would have mobile to call us if little ones woke. We wouldn't leave hotel either.

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Dancergirl · 17/08/2012 14:33

janey we are talking about an HOUR. The kid's hArdly going to have his holiday ruined by his slave-driving, slack parents. It's GOOD for older children to be given a bit of responsibility. What is the world coming to if a sensible 12 year old cant watch a sibling for an hour or two....? It's part of being a FAMILY, rather than a group of people who live together.

OP, he sounds like a lovely boy.

Evasmum12 · 17/08/2012 14:39

Haha! I wasn't saying 'Don't do it! There could be a bomb scare!' My point was, nobody can stop you going upstairs for the kids in the very very unlikely event of a fire alarm/fire.

(note to self.. font

Evasmum12 · 17/08/2012 14:39

Haha! I wasn't saying 'Don't do it! There could be a bomb scare!' My point was, nobody can stop you going upstairs for the kids in the very very unlikely event of a fire alarm/fire.

(note to self.. don't mention the bomb scare ever again)

5madthings · 17/08/2012 14:47

absolutely fine op
i have a 12 yr old as well and he eould be perfectly fine with this and would enjoy the peace and quiet and being trusted.

i also agree that its good for them to have responsibilities like this and its part of being a family member where you all pitch in and help each other out.

enjoy your evening op and yay for a suprise trip to legoland, we did that last year :)

whatsoever · 17/08/2012 14:56

Go for it!

I went to a family christening at a hotel where toddlers were left in rooms asleep alone and checked on every 30 minutes or so, and I didn't think that was unreasonable. In a small hotel there is very little difference to leaving children in an upstairs bedroom while you're downstairs. With a fully functioning 12 year old armed with a phone with the two little ones, YANBU.

Pandemoniaa · 17/08/2012 15:01

Sounds fine to me. If your 12 year old is sensible and willing to sit with the younger ones then they really are at no more risk than they'd be if you were in the garden at home. Life is a series of "what ifs" but it helps not to spend all of it predicting improbably catastrophes!

Sunnystormyday · 17/08/2012 15:06

Don't most hotels have a babysitting service?

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BuntCadger · 17/08/2012 15:09

But isn't that a bit ott fora hour and also saying to ds I don't trust him?

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amothersplaceisinthewrong · 17/08/2012 15:12

I was in a hotel with my DS years ago with DH and PILs. DS aged one was in the room asleep while we were in the bar (with a baby listenting service)... There was a fire alarm and we were allowed back up to get him.

ImperialBlether · 17/08/2012 15:21

OP, have you considered what would happen if a meteorite came hurtling down and through the hotel window?

ImpatientOne · 17/08/2012 15:28

@ Imperial

Debeez · 17/08/2012 15:45

Imperial

This thread makes me think of .

YANBU. It sounds fine to me.

Pandemoniaa · 17/08/2012 15:57

Meteorite? That's nothing. Has nobody considered the very real possibility of an alien invasion? Timed for precisely that hour and calculated to kick off in the hallway outside the OP's room.

ImperialBlether · 17/08/2012 16:21

You can only make assumptions about some of the posters' children that they can't be left for an hour with two sleeping children and an ipad without setting fire to the hotel and simultaneously banging their head on the bathroom door.

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BuntCadger · 17/08/2012 16:25

imperial

Just hope the zombies don't kick off

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SchmancyPants · 17/08/2012 16:34

Sounds fine OP, and can I add that your DS sounds lovely ;)

seeker · 17/08/2012 16:36

Why on earth shiuldn't a 12 year old take responsibility for his so li gs sometimes? The eldest in a family gets extra rights and freedoms- and it doesn't hurt for him to have a few responsibilities too. Op- I would have dinner too. And don't even dream of getting a baby sitter- your lovely Ds will be so hurt. It's the sort of slight you remember forever.

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BuntCadger · 17/08/2012 16:36

He's not at the moment. Blinking irritating Though for anyone else he's an angel

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BuntCadger · 17/08/2012 16:38

if Sunday night goes well, we were thinking of a meal(in hotel of course) just us.

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seeker · 17/08/2012 16:39

taps nose I won't tell a soul!

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BuntCadger · 17/08/2012 16:41

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BlingBubbles · 17/08/2012 16:50

Definitely go for it. It's not like you are leaving the hotel and expecting your DS to be looking after the other 2 all night, will only be downstairs! You could always order your DS some room service, it will
Add to the experience for him.

Enjoy it, I am super jealous, I wish I had a lovely DS to look after my DD- we only have a cat or a dog, don't think they would be as useful!

Dancergirl · 17/08/2012 22:08

Yes, we all want to borrow your ds now, OP!

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BuntCadger · 22/08/2012 10:36

In the end we didn't leave them. The first night it was too late and I had to sort room change as was rubbish room and food dreadful. Next night dx didn't get to bed till 10 and we followed soon after.

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thursday · 22/08/2012 10:49

sounds fine to me. the alternative is not that he's has a wild fun time. the alternative is that you both sit in the room as well for an extra hour. you know your kids, if they sleep well he'll probably just enjoy an hour to himself. he's not under a massive responsibility, he's in charge of pressing dial on his phone should they wake up.

just read this is an old thread and you're home again. i throw my opinion to the wind!

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