Would you leave baby asleep in car ?

[engalaaand]

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

@YellowTreeHouse get over yourself, honestly

Truth hurts.

I bet it does.

No

It would be illegal where I live, it is a hotter country than the UK though so there are often radio ads in Summer reminding people never to leave children unattended in cars.

Only in a private car park or if I could see the car. If I had to park on the street and couldn't see the car then no.

Not if I couldn't see the car at all times. When I drop DS1 off or pick him up, DS2 comes in with me. If he's sleeping or not. I can't see the car from the nursery. Wouldn't be able to hear him either. Not worried about kidnapping so much, but I used to work somewhere where we were forever putting calls out for car owners because of car park accidents. Cars getting hit when parked is a lot more common than you'd think. Sometimes just a scratch, sometimes more. A friends car was written off in a car park

If I wouldn't leave my door open I wouldn't leave my baby in there. So small private car park where I can see the car, yes, public road out of sight, no. I'm pretty lax about a lot of things but I wouldn't do this, I'd be worried about baby waking up and being upset or being delayed and unable to get back to the car quickly.

No, never.

@YellowTreeHouse

Theres a reason its not illegal to leave children unattended.

Because every situation is different abd requires a different risk assessment.

Leaving a baby in a car for a few minute does not show lack of sound judgement and does absolutely not warrant social service involvement.

Any more than any other risk assessment a parent makes.

People have lost all common sense in their need to rush to superior judgement.

No. Have left them outside the house in the drive asleep, but I can see them from the window. Never if out of sight

Typical MN paranoia on this thread.

• Car might catch fire? I've never seen such a thing in 50+ years on this earth.
• Baby might choke, in 3 minutes? Dunno, but what if you're driving where there is nowhere to stop? Or asleep yourself? Do you all stay awake to watch your sleeping baby? Do you take your sleeping baby into the loo with you just in case? What if you go into the garden to hang up washing?
• Baby might get snatched? I suppose they might. Chance of someone with this intent seeing the baby there, getting into the car, getting away with the baby - miniscule

3 minutes X 5 = 15 minutes a week. That's just drop off, do you do that for pick up as well? That's 30 minutes a week. How many weeks a year are you doing the school run? You do the maths

Also it's easier for them to turn their head when they are in their cot if they are sick. Not so easy in a car seat, and they are upright

How many weeks a year are you sleeping in the night?
Stupid argument.

Your post is remarkably glib and patronising.
I might leave one of

my children for half an hour at home when the are older or if I pop to the corner who bit
a baby in a car? No. It might not be illegal but in my mind that presupposes the average sentient being would not leave a baby in a locked car whilst they took their child to nursery leaving said vehicle out of sight for a period of what is estimated I believe to be three minutes.
In that context it is entirely legitimate to expect SS might at least offer some support or advice as it displays basic incompetence

@Whiskeypowers

Older?

How old?

I do leave my older children at home for longer periods and they go out to play unsupervised

Ss would be welcome to come do an assessment

Yes, I would and I have. I leave them sleeping or awake and happy in their car seats (strapped in when too little to be trusted to stay in their seats) and pop into school/nursery to drop off, into petrol station to pay, into corner shop to buy bread (as long as no queue etc. Basically if it will be under 5 mins, I think they're safe in a locked car in a busy place.

What I wouldn't do is leave them anywhere where other people wouldn't find them if for any reason I didn't come back. I wouldn't leave them in the car on my drive and cross over to the postbox, because if I got run over, no one would know they were in the car alone, for example.

My test is always what would happen if for any reason I didn't come back, rather than worrying about the very small chance they'll be abducted from a locked car, or something will hit my stationary car with enough force to hurt them etc etc.

@CallMeLinda I'm not a baby

The chance of the baby getting snatched isn't miniscule if it's left in a parked car at the same time every day, on the same road. Someone might notice this pattern and take a chance.

No not unless I have visual on car all the time! If visual maybe

@Mama234567

Yes it is.

The chance of any child being abducted by a stranger is miniscule

Willing to bet they’re not babies or incapable of understanding basic health and safety / what to do in an emergency etc

of course you’d like to tell me it’s all subjective
no not with a tiny baby 🤣

I would never leave a baby in a car. Bumps with parked cars happen.

I wouldn't.

It would be rare that these things would happen but I'm a what if person.

Car gets hit.

Something happens to you in that short time and no one realises baby is in the car.

Someone is watching and knows your routine and how long baby is unattended.