Friend sleeping with toddler still awake

[Pinkypieeyed]

Bit worried about a friend who is pregnant with her third. She has a 7 year old and a 3 year old. She's been going to bed in the day and setting an alarm to wake her up in time for the school run. However her 3 year old is being left to her own devices during this time. Should i talk to her or AIBU in thinking this is potentially unsafe?

[dontbesillyhenry]

What an utterly stupid comment...nothing bad could happen or it would have already? Ffs

[Lillylou22]

It’s a hard one, as many pp have said a little chat about the specific circumstances are In order. I won’t lie though I would have no way to broach the subject myself !
I wouldn’t intentionally nap with my LO when she was younger however, she has a terrible habit of jumping her stair gate at 4am and finding the biscuit tin! She was terrible and it gave me the absolute fear. My nephew on the other hand set fire to his mums kitchen age 3 when she was putting washing away in the room next door, stories like that make me concerned in this instance, kids at any age can be crafty and are far more capable of getting into big trouble quickly! I think the SS issue will have been more complex than just the Mum taking a nap. From a Health/ social care profetional perspective though I would be a little concerned about a SS worker going into such detail about a specific case on a social forum site

[Strygil]

If you have to ask, then you won't understand the answer.

[Runlikeabull22]

Your ME made you as tired as a person in the last month of life with stage 4 cancer?? Grow the fuck up!!!

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Runlikeabull
Do you have problems with reading? This isn’t what I said. It’s what a doctor likened the symptom to. How would I know, I’ve not had cancer. And not many people with cancer have had ME. I have read an article by a woman, who said her particular cancer was worse than her particular ME. But that’s just one individual and she was in remission. Just because ME isn’t considered a serious and potentially life threatening condition in this country, it doesn’t mean it isn’t in other parts of the world.

[Babyroobs]

Someone I know did this. Her three year old managed to let herself out of the house and was founx a few streets away.

[Runlikeabull22]

I have no problem with reading thanks. If a doctor likened ME to end stage cancer he is a complete knob!! A woman in remission does not exactly have one month left to live. There is no comparison here

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Have you had both then?

[Runlikeabull22]

Just the cancer and 15 years of palliative care nursing. Any one of the young people I nursed in those years would have swapped their last month of life for ME

[Mummyoflittledragon]

I would swap my ME for what my Dead father went through with cancer. I only witnessed his last 2 bouts of cancer, the latter of which killed him.

[Mummyoflittledragon]

I am not in the slightest depressed btw.

[Runlikeabull22]

Sincerely hope your not x

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Thank you. I was dreading your response actually. I do appreciate it isn’t easy for others to envisage what life is like for a person being forced by their illness to live some kind of life sentence, which is neither life nor death. A life sentence, where I am ridiculed and/or disbelieved by a large number of individuals including many in the medical profession. When I am feeling better even i struggle to see just how hard it was myself. Perhaps it is a coping mechanism. I do know though that this disease has made me a better and more compassionate person. I am forced to face my fallibilities and mortality.

[Runlikeabull22]

Nobody has the right to ridicule or disbelieve you sweetheart. If it affects your life and makes you feel awful it's a real illness and you deserve as much care and compassion as the next person. Sending love ❤️ And best wishes to you x

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Thank you

[Mammasmitten]

YABU. You need to mind your own business. The child is 3 yrs old in their own house with their pregnant mum having a nap. The house has probably been child safe since the first one was born. Most three year olds don't need a parent constantly within arms reach or in the same room. They are not babies or toddlers anymore. Pregnancy makes you very tired. Parents have to find ways to meet their own needs as well as their children's needs. A well rested mommy is going to parent better, concentrate better and probably drive better too. A burnt out, exhausted parent is not the safer option. Have you witnessed evidence of a lot of injuries, hospital visits, other signs of neglect with your friend's children? No? Then, she's managed to keep them safe from harm without your interference so far. Be a real friend and drop the judgemental attitude and trust that she knows what she is doing. Respect that she is their parent, not you. She knows what her children are capable of and the level of supervision they need.

[He11y]

If the social worker posts are genuine, which I highly doubt, they are doing nothing for the profession by posting about cases on an open forum!! It would be so easy for the parent or anyone involved to know the poster is one of two people! Unprofessional and bang out of order and should involve a disciplinary if this posts comes to the attention of their managers.

As for napping with a three year old - I’d be more concerned about a parent going to bed than one who puts on kids tv and dozes while snuggled up with their child on the sofa. There’s lots of potential scenarios in between and, while not ideal, in the real world, parents do sometimes sleep when their children are awake.

Life isn’t perfect - most parents are doing their best. I’m not saying it’s ok to sleep with a young child in the house but be careful how you approach this as real life and real parenting isn’t clear cut.

[tinkerbellone]

I used to do this all the time. I'd leave my 3YO to play and I'd have a snooze. I live in a bungalow and could hear everything. (Very light sleeper also).
I agree child safety is important - i would tread carefully - I would've been very upset if anyone mentioned child safety to me.

[BattleCuntGalactica]

You're in the daily mail!

[sunshine11]

Sounds like she's exhausted. Instead of bitching about her parenting skills on Mumsnet why not offer to have her child for a week hours so she can get a rest. Or offer to pay her a child gate?