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AIBU?

she is being precious isnt she?

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spideyman · 29/01/2013 20:34

Would you take a 1 year old out at 7.30pm to collect another child from a club?
I think its ok so long as they are wrapped up properly, hat, gloves, coat etc.

My friend thinks it will make her dc sick.

And if this was her opinion then she shouldnt have enrolled her older child in the club.

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MrsMelons · 30/01/2013 19:59

is your child at the same club? If so I think you should drop her DC off, if not its quite cheeky of her to ask you.

DeafLeopard · 30/01/2013 16:29

If you can drop her elder child home then maybe suggest that she does her share by taking the DCs to the activity?

seeker · 30/01/2013 00:37

Ell, I think she's bonkers. But I also think the OP should drop the older child back if it doesn't take her massively out of her way. For the sake of the older child, not the mother.

hrrumph · 30/01/2013 00:33

All a ploy to get you to pick her up I'd say.
It's a balance tho isn't it. Older dc needs activities. Younger dc needs routine. But not your problem in the grand scheme of things.

BrandonFlowersHoHoHo · 30/01/2013 00:25

She is right

Have you not heard of that of awful virus caused by the moon, stars and black sky. It's very nasty!

What an eejit!

simpson · 30/01/2013 00:24

Well DD is not a baby (she was 3 when I enrolled her older brother in beavers) but no way could she stay up till 8 to go and pick him up (I don't drive but only a 5min walk each way but she used to go to bed at 6.30 at this point)...

But luckily a friend offered to bring him back so he could go.

DD is now 5 (today!!) and still could not stay up and go out at 8pm.

But it would not make a baby sick though (I just think alternative arrangements have to be made tbh)...

13Iggis · 30/01/2013 00:05

Not fair on either - I guess the way round it is to arrange a lift home for the older child, which is what the OP' friend has been trying to do (but in a really cack-handed way)

seeker · 29/01/2013 23:33

So an older child is not allowed to go to a club because 7.00 is too late for his little sibling? That is just unfair!

13Iggis · 29/01/2013 23:15

Am confused as OP says taking a child out at 7.30, but then says she could have them in bed by 7?
I've done this once (with a baby) when dh was away and wouldn't do it again. Younger one far too tired and grumpy. I wouldn't have enrolled ds1 though if I didn't expect to be able to do the pick-ups - wonder why she did?

DeepRedBetty · 29/01/2013 23:12

If she'd started straight away with the 'I'll never get my space back' argument I'd have agreed, as I know that situation all too well. Our street is far too handy for 2 restaurants and 3 takeaways and 3 pubs.

Saying psb will get ill is just rather silly.

Startail · 29/01/2013 23:08

Having a DD1 who never went to bed before 8 and was quite happy with 8.30 and a DD2 who has always followed her bad example, I think she's being a pain.

People who are insanely previous about bed time, get on my nerves, as for making DC ill, lol.

LadyKinbote · 29/01/2013 22:58

MissBetsey, I wondered about anxiety too. It can make simple tasks seem virtually impossible.

goingmadinthecountry · 29/01/2013 22:49

Larks, dad in my case is at work either in London or abroad at this time of night. I'm not alone by any means. There's 10 years between nos 1 and 4 in our case so there have been many times when someone has been put out.

Guess what? Nothing bad happened. The children are all bright, achieving and popular at school. Dd1 got amazing A levels from a state school, and nos 2 and 3 are doing equally well. They have friends, aren't in gangs and can speak to strangers in whole sentences. Me? I'm a bit trashed but putting yourself out goes with the territory.

More importantly, they aren't phased by change.

Amazing, isn't it?

OP, your friend needs to get a grip. If she wants you to do the run, she should offer to pay for half the petrol.

larks35 · 29/01/2013 22:41

FWIW I wouldn't want to take my DD (10mo) out at 7.30pm due to that being the sort of time she goes to bed(ish). Fortunately by that time DS (4yo) is well and truely tucked up and asleep! In years to come I'm sure he'll have clubs and activities that go on later but if that is the case then either DP or I will stay home with DD and the other go get DS.

larks35 · 29/01/2013 22:36

Where are the dads in all this? Even if parents are not together, surely something like taking an older child to an event without having to drag younger one along is something that should be solved by both parents doing it?

wewereherefirst · 29/01/2013 22:24

5.5 year age gap between DS1 and 2 and we have to do these early evening jaunts for clubs that DS1 wants to do, I wouldn't dream of imposing on someone else or telling my child they couldn't go because it may end too late for PSB to be in bed.

I don't even have the luxury of a car so we have to walk everywhere and even in this weather a thick coat, blanket and rain shield on the buggy would be more than enough for DS2 to be toasty warm.

DeafLeopard · 29/01/2013 22:19

Yup she's been precious. I have a 6 year age gap between mine, if I hadn't dragged DD out then DS would have missed out on a lot of stuff - even now at 8 if DH is working late / away then she goes out in her onesie to pick him up from stuff

seeker · 29/01/2013 22:17

Actually the baby would be fine even if it wasn't wrapped up!

MissBetseyTrotwood · 29/01/2013 22:12

Well obviously the baby's going to be fine if it's wrapped up etc etc.

At my very depths of horrific health anxiety I had some unusual beliefs about what was OK and not OK to do. I'm not saying she's got anxiety in any form but I'd want to know why she felt like this.

seeker · 29/01/2013 22:12

So a child shouldn't be allowed to go to an activity because 7.00 is too late for their younger sibling? Now that's going to be good for the sibling bond, isn't it?

OP, why don't you just drop the other child home if it's no bother? She's bonkers saying it will make the baby ill, but it could well be a massive pain in the neck, and if you're going that way anyway.........

florry88 · 29/01/2013 22:05

ridiculous

lovetomoan · 29/01/2013 21:53

PSB-its.

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Karoleann · 29/01/2013 21:33

I'll = ill

Karoleann · 29/01/2013 21:32

I wouldn't dream of taking a 1 year old out at that time of night. I'd either make sure dh was home, get a babysitter or not enrol him in the club.
It don't make them I'll, but it's far too late.

blackeyedsusan · 29/01/2013 21:27

oi robin where did you say you lived?

psb yes... though I suspect it is the parking that makes life seem difficult.

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