Why don’t parents let their babies sleep outside anymore?

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All my four slept outside in the back garden during the day, suitably clothed for the time of year. I did have a big pram, but today’s prams are just as suitable. So why dont your babies sleep outside?

Mine did qnd do. Back garden though

If you'd be accused of neglect, that would've been about 30million mothers then who should have a criminal record! Everyone used to put their babies outside (obviously only if it's an accessible and easy garden to keep an eye on) and it's good to here lots of Mums still do

I did. I loved the fact they were getting fresh air, not just window open air, but proper fresh air. Mind you.... I used play pens and reins too. Obviously totally neglectful, I think I better turn myself in now {grin]

baby wrapped and dressed warmly in her pram for an hour on the patio, in the yard etc is no different to a baby dressed the same in her pram being pushed on a school run/to the shops for an hour

Of course it's different! If you're walking with your baby in the pram then you're right there, watching and responding.

Mind you ... I love sleeping outside, the clouds, gentle breeze, the birds tweeting or sleeping on a beach, just love it

Of course, this is so much in "The Olden days" (see a pp) that I was always a bit afraid a dinosaur might sit on my sleeping child. Ho hum....

On the other hand, dogs......

And that’s usually inside the house!

Donny, yes maybe I should have used "I" instead of "you" but generally speaking I do find it neglectful to leave a child outside in an unsafe area. It was not stated for certain that people mean in a secure garden. How often do you see a baby asleep in a pram outside someone's front door? My mum says people did this in the 80s which is why I assumed that. If you think that's acceptable I'd have to question your parenting..

Whow......in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, doing washing and ironing and within 10 metres is pretty much the same surely? I never went upstairs for a sleep or bath. The door was always open too.

I always think it’s a bit strange when I hear of children in pens, on in reins

of course, there could be a really valid reason for it but sometimes I wonder if parents couldn’t supervise their children themselves

i think in some cultures there is very much a tradition of not being too demonstrative/warm and forcing a child to accommodate to the parents’ lives, and fair enough. Everyone is different I guess

A cat sitting on your sleeping child, a bird shitting on your sleeping child, a fox attacking your sleeping child, a wasp stinging your sleeping child.

Leaving a defenseless baby outside to its own devices so you can have a cup of tea and do more important things is absolutely neglectful.

Mine slept outside when I went walking. For almost every nap until about 9 months as they didn’t really sleep at home.

I live in Denmark and both of my dds have and are sleeping outside in their pram.. they sleep out all year round in the garden which is neither secured by fence or similar. I have the baby alarm in the pram so can hear them when walking up. But ppl passing would be able to see the pram but it's normal here and I love the benefits of it.

Yes mine walked at 3 months.

Was that specifically so they could get themselves back indoors?

If you're walking with your baby in the pram then you're right there, watching and responding.

I'm 'right there' when my baby is asleep outside. There's a pane of glass separating us, not a ten feet thick concrete wall.

My pram www.babysam.dk/internal/product/index/6f330d60-dad1-42bd-b9f2-d82f679c9f45

My 2 yr old did all her nap times outside. Live in middle of nowhere but also put her somewhere I could see and had dog in view of her (though inside) who would have barked if anyone came in.
Don't really know why I started it. My mum's influence probably.

Play pens were wonderful. It was the norm when mine were young. They were never in there hours, just 20 minutes here and there whilst I was mopping the floor or whatever.
Reins... what on earth is wrong with them. I had a bolter. Reins probably saved her life, she could wriggle out of a handhold just like that.

My children had a play pen (huge wooden affair) in our kitchen (also huge) so they could be in the same room as me, and I could talk to them, but safe while I was cooking. I can't think that was the neglectful parenting some of you are speaking of.

Play pen doesn't mean you bunged the child in it and went out to the pub for the afternoon!

I always think it’s a bit strange when I hear of children in pens, on in reins. Of course, there could be a really valid reason for it but sometimes I wonder if parents couldn’t supervise their children themselves

Reins save lives.

Advanced Search a poster named Mrs Presley, read her story about the death of her DS, and then come back and tell us all that reins signify a lack of parenting.

I'm 'right there' when my baby is asleep outside. There's a pane of glass separating us, not a ten feet thick concrete wall

Are you constantly watching then? Never take your eyes away? Don't boil the kettle, answer the door or the phone, watch TV, read a book...?

Fuzzy yes mine was a huge wooden thing too, with a padded mat. Sometimes I got in there and left the kids outside, just for some peace

How often do you see a baby asleep in a pram outside someone's front door? My mum says people did this in the 80s which is why I assumed that. If you think that's acceptable I'd have to question your parenting.

Depends where your front door is really doesn’t it? Growing up my front door opened onto a very large garden and my mum or Dad was usually in the garden. Do you question their parenting?

If they’re under six months the advice is to to have them with you for all naps/sleep, which I followed. No bloody way I wa staying outside with them!

whowhatwhy I didn't know we all had to be within 6 inches of our babies at all times

Mine were outside in eyesight, nothing wrong with that. When any of mine napped I wasn't staring at them for 2 hours

Fair enough. None of my children needed reins, and I hadn’t seen them before coming to the uk. it’s always interesting to see what different cultures regard as indespensible parts of parenting

Was that specifically so they could get themselves back indoors? wink

Almost definitely!