To worry about this child asleep in car

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There's a child about 2years old asleep in a car (in car seat) on road near my work (quietish residential street). I've been here about 10 minutes and no one has come back for him. Might be overreacting but would never leave my son asleep in car for more than a minute or two. Don't know what to do, should I report it?? Just concerned maybe he's been forgotten about, after reading some stories where this happened, and worried for the little thing

15 degrees! I wish, its only 5 here. Old neighbours used to do this but the car right outside the house and windows open. The op can read the area better than us so can judge better but if in doubt ring the police non emergency

She was probably reading this thread op!

Give yourself a pat on the back for being a caring neighbour.

Then have a cup of tea and a biscuit.

do think these responses are a bit unkind. I didn't have to stand in the pouring rain worrying about a child that isn't my own. Was just trying to do the right thing.

OHforDUCKScake

"Anyway 5 mins later a woman comes out and takes him in"

OH THANK FUCK! Crisis averted!

^^

It was a close-run thing. Like the battle of Waterloo, only closer. That baby was literally nearly killed by a hyena-riding tarantula.

Urban foxes instead of Hyenas. They are crafty bastards just looking to turf sleeping babes from their car seats.

Well Keeping she went over and somebody came.

Hysteria over.

Thanks for the .

I don't see what having a baby in NICU has to do with anything, DS was on HDU and not expected to survive the night at one point but I can still see that sometimes some things are rather hysterical reactions to problems! Like I said its not something I would do myself but some of the reactions on this thread have been extremely over the top.

Poor mother, just wanted to let her child sleep undisturbed, sees random stranger snooping around the car, feels she has to take child inside and disturb their nap.

Why on earth did you even think it was a problem? I don't see why you called the police at all.

Just because the ticket said 1pm BTW doesn't mean the child had been alone since then, and even if he had, if he was asleep and the parent was keeping an eye, no big deal at all IMO.

It's not a tiny baby, it's not the height of summer.

So the mum had been out, got a parking payment ticket and done her stuff, driven home during which time her little dear had fallen asleep so she popped into the house and left him to it?

You lot should be fucking ashamed of yourself. Yes OP, you did do the right thing.

Let's hope that no one who's a bit uncertain of themselves reads this and doesn't bother in the same situation when a child may genuinely have been forgotten.

Fucking awful attitude from a load of so called mothers.

OP, tbh I dont think any of the responses were aimed at you. Mine definitely werent.

Mine were at the general hysteria and very, very OTT responses.

Inclined to agree with you Keeping.

Really Ducks? You see a random stranger snooping around the car your child is sleeping in, yet wait 5 minutes before coming out?

Obviously a fantastic level of supervision going on there.

If it was in the news that a child had been abducted from a car on a residential street because the mum 'just popped inside for 5 minutes', the mum in question would be slaughtered as an unfit parent by the mumsnet massive.

Fwiw I think you did the right thing. You looked round the car and no one came out to challenge you, so the parent clearly wasn't keeping an eye out from the house. Your intentions were good, but someone else's may not have been.

Well done OP! I think it's difficult to know what to do in a situation that is probably nothing untoward but which you don't want to ignore either. I don't think the piss taking on this thread is helpful, epecially as the poster was asking for real time advice rather than reporting something that had already happened. There was no adult in sight and you didn't want to leave a toddler ostensibly alone; that fair enough.

OP I think you did the right thing.

Some answers were a little harsh. You certainly didn't sound hysterical to me. Just asked a simple question, as you were a little worried.

Glad its sorted now.

This idea about children being forgotten about when in the car is amusing me, has anyone got any genuine links to cases of children being forgotten about in the car parked outside their home while they sleep?

Keeping , it won't hurt.

so called mothers? what do you mean keeping?

The mother was so aware that someone was looking round her car that it took another 5 mins before she came out. She must have been watching really closely.

Keeping keeping the hysteria going, I see.

The piss taking is to other posters who started shouting about calling 999 and all the million and one things which would happen to the child if left rather than to the OP asking the question.

KeepingUpWithTheJonses

You lot should be fucking ashamed of yourself. Yes OP, you did do the right thing.

By assuming that any child asleep in a car is likely to be eaten alive/kidnapped/dead by teatime?

Let's hope that no one who's a bit uncertain of themselves reads this and doesn't bother in the same situation when a child may genuinely have been forgotten.

If the child was in any kind of distress I would have agreed with you. The child was asleep. Not dead. Not 'resting its eyes'. Asleep. No distress.

Fucking awful attitude from a load of so called mothers.

Maybe you do need that after all.