Wibu to leave him at home?

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Ds2 has fallen asleep after coming home from school and now I have to go out again to pick up ds1. Wibu to leave him here while I go out and get him?
I will taking a taxi and the school is close so wouldn't be more than 5-10 minutes and if I wake him up he will extremely grumpy and I will have to attempt to re dress him as he half stripped off after coming home so will be even more grumpy :( He will probably scream and cry the whole way there and back if I wake him :(

On the other hand if he stays here I can go, pick up ds1 and be back calmly and in a matter of minutes while he sleeps peacefully in my bed :D

Wibu? plus it's freezing and pissing it down with rain so he will get wet and cold too :(

depends on how old he is .

How old?

He's nearly 6 :)

How old?

Has he been left alone before, so knows the rules and emergency procedures? Is there an obvious place to leave a note explaining where you are?

I would do this, but my youngest is nearly 10.

Do you have a friend who could drop ds1 home? & what age is ds2?

Erm no

How old and how would he copevif he woke and couldn't find you?

I wouldn't do it, I'm a worrier and imagine worse case scenarios.

Are u serious ???
And what if he wakes up in that 5 minutes and starts panicking?

Should say infant yes you would be unreasonable to leave a 5 yr old at home.

Goddam phone ! Infact not infant.

No way at 6 years of age, sorry.

If he wakes he will have no idea where you are...

under 6 I would say no - you have to take him with you - nearly 6 means he's five - too little

He's five and wakes up alone - I know my 5 almost 6 year old would be distraught

then no ffs

I wouldn't.... That's quite little to be left alone. But also old enough not to scream and kick off because he's doing something he doesn't want to!

Don't have any friends or family in the area unfortunately :( Tbh if he woke up and couldn't find me I think he'd be quite pleased, most likely he would go and raid the fridge :D

I've never done it and DS1 is 7, and a v sensible boy who gets completely into doing stuff and doesn't move for ages iykwim. So, I am not saying I never would but haven't felt the need as yet. Plus I think if someone asked me where he was I would probably lie and say DH was at home, which tells me it wouldn't be the right thing to do! Would he not be worried if he woke up and was all alone? I think my DS would be a bit scared in that situation. Better if you could explain, ie. him being awake.

On balance I'd say don't leave him.

Would he not open the front door looking for you?

5? No, definitely not.

i meant then no ffs dont leave him , yabvu and sound very immature tbh.

At 5? No, of course that's not okay.

No, doors and windows are all locked - he's not been asleep long at all which usually means he won't wake up for at least an hour - I know I should take him with I just feel awful having to wake him up, dress him, then drag him out in the freezing wind & rain, especially since we have no heating at the moment so no way to warm up/dry off when we get back :/

Jesus no way.
Ds is 9 and I leave him alone on occasion for a few minutes - never more than one hour. He is sensible and has rules and sticks to them. No eating anything, has to reply to me constantly texting him or calling him while I'm out, no answering the door or house phone, no leaving the room he's in except to go to the bathroom etc. I'd never ever leave him alone while he was sleeping so he'd wake up and find me missing. He'd panic.

YABU.

I wouldn't, what happens if something happened to YOU and you couldn't let anyone know he was home alone?

You would feel a lot worse if you were delayed/had an accident/he had an accident/he woke up and wandered outside. Really, a 5 year old should not be left unsupervised. You need to take him and put up with his crying. You are his mother. You are responsible for his safety, no one else.