Wibu to leave him at home?

[extremepie]

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 :(

why ask then

Well I was curious to see what people thought, pretty much got the response I was expecting!

How old is ds1? Could you not have sent the taxi for him and stayed with ds2?

Ds1 is 7 next week so could have done this (I have actually tried it before) but the school only uses certain companies that have a contract with the council and it has be pre arranged so they won't let me :(

Phew, OP, great you didn't leave him. Way too young.

I feel for you OP, but you know you made the right decision, even with the shit storm that followed...i know how tempting it can be though :(

My DS was 9 the first time he was left alone, he was awake & it was for about 15 minutes. I know it's a pain but you're going to have to take him with you. Unlikely anything dreadful would happen (he's not a toddler) but he's be so upset to find you gone if he woke up.

Glad you did the right thing

How old is ds1? Could you not have sent the taxi for him and stayed with ds2?

When I tried to do this once (with a teenager) the taxi company told me that all under 16s had to be accompanied by an adult. Madness that a 15 year old can't travel unaccompanied...

What a strange person. Considering leaving a 5 year old home alone to avoid a tantrum... .... Sometimes I wonder how common sense became so rare.!

Tbf an autistic meltdown is not the same thing as a 'tantrum', plus I did say that I wouldn't actually have left him.