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?

Five doors would take about 10 seconds to walk.

People in here are actually insane

I would have left mine at that age and in that situation so I think it’s ok for you to do it too but this is obviously an unpopular opinion on Mumsnet!

The thing about you walking to the childminders, is that you might get distracted or caught up talking to the adult, maybe arranging something or her telling you something, so there is no guarantee it will be just a few seconds.

While there, you can't hear your babies if they are screaming for you because something has happened.

Ask childminder to drop yours back?
Leaving a sleeping alone in the house is not something I would do but maybe others would. No way would I be leaving them with a toddler though.

OK, I don't think the OP should leave the babies especially when the child is either 5 or 6 and can walk down, but this post is absolutely BATSHIT! 😂😂

Calm yourself down.

Risk it? You shouldn't take any risks with kids!

Nope 👎🏻

Absolutely not!

They didn’t have dinner a little bit further away

They were a while away and kept going back to the room every 30 mins. They couldn’t see the door ffs

i dont see why the cm couldnt have just dropped eldest off after school or after everyone else had gone

I despair at threads like this. Do you honestly not know that this is not ok OP? Really?

She wouldn't be able to see the door either if she was walking away from it or do you think she'd walk backwards?

Also, she might have an accident, might be asked questions by the childminder and therefore talk to her, her other child might throw a tantrum on the way back. It could very well be a while before she comes back.

Also depends on where you live. In the middle of a city five houses can be a two minute walk. I live in the suburbs and most houses have rather large gardens, here five houses would be ten minutes.

Too late. The thread has spun off into a storm of outrage.

Im not sure many posters have even read the update.

Never, ever leave babies alone in house or car. Take them. It takes seconds to put them in a buggy. Strap them in, raincover over the top. Sorted.

@threeisacharm18 I would either hide the thread now or ask MNHQ to delete it. It won’t get any calmer.

Glad you got it sorted.

If it is just five doors down, I would stand outside the house with a torch and ask the childminder to bring him out and watch him as well. Can he not walk to you while you watch?? If not, then yes, I would pop them in the pram and collect him.

What? You wouldn’t even leave a 10 year old while you popped to a neighbours for 2 minutes? Honestly the hysteria and angst on this thread is nuts!

😂😂😂 why do people feel the need to speak like this. It’s mumsnet Ffs

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Whoah is this thread genuine?! Of course take then with you, an accident takes seconds not minutes! And i agree why can't you watch from your front door while the schopl age child walks to you?

The harsh truth is you could get knocked down during that short walk. If a neighbour sees what you're doing they'd have to report so it's just not worth it.

Not just something happening to op, something could happen to a child 0-2, climbing, something falling, anything! They should never be left alone unsupervised in an empty house, this is neglect even for minutes.