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?

It's dark outside and I know dc 3 will be scared to walk down the street

Or leaving 2 under 2 alone?

FFS... you seriously need to sort out your parenting priorities. Can CM not drop off to you? Or a family member collect? Or your partner? Or their Dad?

You take them with you.

I thought this was being considered as a regular arrangement, not discussing a one-time thing that has already happened and no harm (this time) done? CM is weird for not dropping him off this once or sending one of her older children 5 doors down with him. Anyway my safety and technology points stand to be read for the next 100 years for anyone thinking about doing the same 😝

Safety first, always. If God forbid something happened while you were not there you would never forgive yourself. It's not worth the risk.

Although in <100 years I am sure we'll be able to send our household care-robot down the road to sort it, or leave the robot to mind the babies 😃

Next time if you are at home why not just let your child to walk down the road before it gets dark

Sorry just saw that eldest child is 5.

No need to swear and get annoyed!

It's not clear.

DC1 is now DC3.

DC3 is actually the youngest baby.

Maybe you skimmed and didn't read it properly. Being logical, I wondered who DC3 was.

This ^^

Still think you could maybe do the stand and watch, if no roads to cross with a 5 year old, depending on their maturity

@luxxlisbon i dont think leaving the baby and toddler in the bin is any better tbf.

I’m not annoyed. I’m incredulous that anyone is so determined to misunderstand the OP.

If “bloody” shocks you, the rest of MN will turn you grey. 😉

Op it might be worth talking to someone about this, you posted recently about not liking your children and now posting about potentially leaving 2 of them in a vulnerable position doesn’t sound great.

There will only be robot babies. You'll turn them off when you go to work.

Accidents can take seconds!! Just take them with you

@Crushin

I know there are 3 children.

OP couldn't seem to decide which one was with the childminder.

Second this op. A year ago you were looking at leaving DH, now you have another child, you're struggling under the weight of that pressure abs now you're working out how long you can leave them in the house for, unattneded.
If they're still sick tomorrow, can DH Have time off instead and you go back to work for a break?

Don't be ridiculous. I can't believe you have to ask. Just take the others with you!

Going against the grain but five doors away is no distance. I’d leave them. You don’t bring them upstairs with you everytime you need to pop up there do you?

I vote for leaving them in the bin 😀

If your oldest is 5, then why can't she walk the 5 doors down with you staying with the 2 little ones at the door?

You should be able to see her coming out the front door of 5 doors down.

If its only 5 doors down, can you not stand at the front door as he runs down to you from child minders?

Have you lost your mind?

I'm a childminder and if I found out a parent left 2 under 2 home alone while she collected her child I would be required to report that to social services as a safeguarding issue. Also, I don't think it's reasonable to expect the childminder to walk the child out and watch them walk down the road. They would potentially have to leave other little ones alone in the house while they do that and it would also be unclear who is responsible for the child. My responsibility ends when the child leaves my house with the parent but in this circumstance, if the child ran into the road, who would be responsible? It's too big a risk from my point of view. Just go collect your child. It's not that big a hassle to pop 2 kids in a pushchair. I do it several times a day with 3/4 children most days!

The oldest is six according to another post of the OP's unless that's a different child?