To leave 2 under 2 in the house while I walk to get dc no 3 from childminder 5 doors down the road

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Quick pulse - as the title says I have 2 under 2 at home with me now. Dc No 1 is school age and gets picked up by the childminder who lives 5 doors from us.

Should I pack up the 2 babies in a pushchair to walk 2 mins up the road to get dc 1 or risk it and leave them in the bouncer while I run up the road to get dc no 3?

if sound asleep I’d risk it on a one off. But not awake, no, never

Thank you

This, you don't need to leave the house!

You have to take them with you. You can’t leave them. How old is DC1?

I’d totally leave then if they were asleep, probably not if they were awake.

Under 2's have no sense of danger and unpredictable. They need supervision at all times and they are quick. I once left my son in his bouncer to go to the toilet when he was a baby. I was quick because I was alone and desperate I didn't want to carry him with me. I came back to find him head down on the floor still in his bouncer. He wasn't even crying. He was absolutely fine but it scared me. It's better to be safe than sorry.

Yes, I take my children to the bathroom with me and I would never, ever leave them alone in a house. Never!*

Taking the children to the bathroom with you? Do you live in a mansion?

Yes

I leave my toddler (age2-3 in high chair while I nip over the road to get my car out of my garage
I have not other choice as I carnt get toddler in car while in garage as my garage is so small I have to sliver in

@Chasingclouds100 well surely you can get a toilet installed in your west wing, near the nursery?

Invest in stair gates or playpen?

How do you cook clean etc?

Sensible

Already a toilet installed in the west wing thank you

Yeah, leave the Christmas lights and hair straightners plugged in and something on the boil. Get a large mastiff to baby sit

What an utterly utterly stupid question

@Chasingclouds100 so how do you cook, clean etc?

Why not make sure the room you're leaving your children is, is child friendly.

That's totally irresponsible, having to drag your children with you to have a pee!

Easy tiger! It's five doors up, not the next junction on the motorway!

Fgs take them with you. Why are people talking about leaving their kids so much lately? I heard about someone’s daughter last week, left her DS (aged 3) watching Paw Patrol while she went to collect baby DD from nursery. He would of kicked off had she taken him, she said. Makes your hair curl.

Calm your jets. My straighteners are always plugged in, as are my Christmas lights when the tree is up. What’s the problem? I have three very giant dogs, too. And a small one.

I’d leave the kids if they were in bed asleep, but otherwise I think you’ll have to schlep everyone out.

Omg you would seriously leave them?? How does this not make you panic?

yeah it’s a faff but what if one choke or something fell down or one fell on the other (the thoughts alone are giving me nightmares).

Also you say two mins but what if something happened and you hurt your ankle or took you a while to get back somehow. You’d be done for neglect and never get over it.

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Take them or ask someone else to bring your other child home.

This emoji means snot, not crying. FYI.

That's fucking nasty!

Shame on you!

There’s always one who says this.
Yes one fucking minute for the door to shut and you realise you haven’t got your key, one fucking minute for you to slip over and twist your ankle, one fucking minute for your child to panic and start screaming, always one minute to drown, one minute to start a fire - anything. It’s also one fucking minute to put them in the pram and walk down ….