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

[threeisacharm18]

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?

I mean, can you call the childminder to send out your child and just watch your school aged child walk 5 doors to your door from your door?

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or this!

I was imagining your child might be the last one left at the CM but obviously they might not be

This. Phone call. CM stands at her gate. You stand at yours. 5 year old walks the few yards between you, in sight.

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You can’t leave 2 babies unaccompanied. Depending on layout can cm send dc1 off home and you stand at door and watch them walk 5 doors down. If not you need to get them and take younger 2 with you.

If you had a car you'd still have to pack the other two into the car to do the school run. The pram is easier than that.
That's what everyone else is doing.
Yes it's a pain but maybe you can time it with bringing them for a walk or going to the shop.
I'd say the childminder has other kids she needs to stay with.

This. Primary can manage five doors when expected.

I have a very easy go to for this kind of question, that gets asked on MN, in one form another, every so often.

I once watched a house fire at my neighbours house go from a small glow in the sitting room window (which is when we got there as she’d called us asking for help as her burglar was going off one night) to a huge roaring inferno that had reached the roof of her house.
It took precisely seven minutes.

So, yes, I’d take them with me.

God no!!

I can't believe you're even asking

Another who was going to suggest getting the school age child to walk from the CMer whilst you stand in the open doorway watching them.

Yes this is a much better solution than leaving babies

Is your child minder doing the school run so you don't have to? Or are you picking the babies up as well?

Can you build in a walk in the buggy and then finish it by picking up child from the childminder. Sometimes they want to show you what they've been doing surely? And it's a chance to handover.

Take them with you.

I'd phone and say send DC1 home now and then stand at the front door and watch them

Are dc 1 and dc 3 the same child or have I misunderstood entirely?

This is also a great solution.

5 doors down the road for me is within sight distance, I could open the door and see the school age DC run down. That would still be last case scenario tho, I could probably carry two of them that far.

i had this gap too OP, it’s hard but you can’t leave them alone.

WTF of course you should take them with you!

If they are five doors up the street on the same side couldn't you go to the end of your drive and the childminder to the end of hers and send dc down to you?

Why do you need a pushchair for 5 doors? Just carry them up the road, or let them walk dep on ages?

OP, is there any reason why you didn't go for the obvious option of watching your child walk five doors down, instead of leaving the babies?

Surely not?

We dont know the age of the child. If it's a 4 year old I wouldn't want them running down the road on their own (and very much doubt a CM would release a 4 year old to do so..)

Dc1 is at the childminders.

OP is home 5 doors away with dc2 and dc3.

You can't leave your child unsupervised in a bouncer. Babies have died from this.

Get your child to walk down whilst you watch or tale your kids with you to fetch him.