Would you leave baby asleep in car ?

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Whilst you took older child to nursery (takes 3 minutes) ? Car is right outside and locked..

Am I? 😆 Thank you for your insight.

Yeah but you HAVE to leave your baby alone to sleep at some point obviously.

You do have to leave your baby alone out of sight in the car.

Necessary risks v unnecessary risks, however small they may be.

No, you’re just a concerned parent with appropriate judgement and a sound risk assessment.

This is exactly the reason SS would be interested

No they bloody well wouldn't.

Well, the SS might be interested but Social Services definitely wouldn't.

Yeah, this. School car park is full of abandoned babies and other children in cars.

You do NOT HAVE to leave your baby alone in a car, obviously

I don't drive so had no choice but to take baby in with me. I couldn't really leave her in the street in her pram. So why is it acceptable to leave a child alone in a car? Remember the two year old left alone in the car while her mother went into husband's work? Got back outside and car was gone. She assumed it had been stolen but it had rolled into a river just saying.🤔🤨

Used to do it all the time with both of mine.

Never would do this. Ever. Not a bay toddler or older child. It's neglectful.

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So why do you have a camera and motion sensor? Because there is a small risk that something could happen while your baby is napping and you are alerted to it. I can’t see why you wouldn’t take a risk of them napping without seeing/monitoring them at home but would leave them alone in a car asleep where you can’t see them at all. Yes the risk of something happening with them alone in the car is small but it’s still a risk. I leave my phone in the car sometimes when I run into nursery and I know that’s a risk but my phone in replaceable, my child isn’t.

No, I'd be (probably irrationally) worried someone would steal the car. Secondly I have seen a terrible crash on a 30mph residential road. Luckily no cars parked in the bays.

I wouldn’t in the circumstances you describe. I know people that have. I’m sure any risk is small, but for me, it wasn’t worth it.

No.

I'd leave a baby sleeping in a car on a petrol forecourt while I paid in the kiosk, and the car was in sight at all times, but no further than that. I don't think it's worth the risk.

The lenient mum in me would. And I wouldn’t judge someone if they did it occasionally knowing the risk is small. - but equally if I passed a car with a sleeping baby in with no parent around I would be so concerned.. so for that reason, the thought of someone spotting the baby and reporting me for being neglectful means I wouldn’t actually do it 😂

good in theory, probably not so much in practice.

@YellowTreeHouse I'm showing lack of judgement because I let my baby nap in a different room ? With a camera on them ? My poor children.

I'm sure the SS would take time right off me and put them in care. Get a grip !

Fair enough about to leaving him in the car, even though, I still think the risk is TINY. I will not do it again.

But napping in a different room ?? Come on.

I think this is absolutely fine and no real risk, but I wouldn't do it myself because I know that other people would be concerned and judgemental over it. Which makes me a massive hypocrite, because I think our current form of over-anxious, ever present and hyper cautious parenting is doing a lot more to harm than protect our children, but it's really very hard to opt out of.

Of course you find it funny and are defensive, because the alternative is admitting you can’t appropriately risk assess and keep your children safe.

Few people willingly admit they are happily risking their children’s lives and neglecting to keep them safe. Those that do, though, learn better from others.

I think the main reason I wouldn't is just that I would find it stressful.

If it's a really quiet road and genuinely only 3 minutes, I think it's a very low risk thing to do.

Yes. I did this, especially if it was raining!

You need to read up on SIDS guidance and safe sleep guidelines.

Never unless I was five steps away and they were in view, eg paying for petrol. Taking another child into school the baby comes with us.

Surely there are other parents coming and going and they would soon tell you if there was a problem. You're not leaving them in the car to do the weekly shop!

No. We had a car which had been absolutely fine go up in flames once. My then husband had parked, walked about 100 metres when he was alerted by a shout. A Gas Board van had been driving past, saw the flames and had stopped to help put out the fire with his extinguisher.
The car was in good condition, regularly serviced and not very old. My husband was a motor mechanic, and would definitely have noticed any problem with the car when he was driving.

It isn't worth the risk.