Pram left overnight in the garden!

[dontcomeatme]

Definetly not "end of the world" stuff, but I got quite angry about this.
We have a double buggy that doesn't fit through our front door so needs to be built up outside every time we want to go out, not an issue. Monday mornings are nursery run mornings, I need to get the 7:20am bus. DW always at work. We're both females.
She was sorting jobs out last night while I got the baby settled for sleep. She came upstairs and told me she had built the pram up and just left it in the garden! We have never done that before and I don't like the idea of it. She said it wasn't going to rain so didn't see the issue. Problem is we saw a rat in the garden last week and after speaking with the neighbours turns out that 3 doors down have a rat problem.
I didn't shout at her but I did irritably tell her to go and get the pram in the house because I didn't want rats touching it and she said I was being absolutely ridiculous.
So..
YABU - Leaving the pram outside (weather approving) clearly saves time.
YANBU - Rats carry diseases and its not safe to leave it out.
And would you leave a pram outside at all regardless of the rats?

If did that with my double pram (which I suspect is the same one the OP has), they could still piss all over the tray which I put my newborn’s blankets into and also her bottles too.

DH caught leptospirosis. Probably from rats urine, in his case abroad, and really hard to diagnose. Very nasty - he ended up in intensive care, one of my daughter's school teachers, who probably caught it from London river water where rats had swum, died. I googled and came across various cases that happened in UK.

Really rare but you really would not want a small baby to get it.

I don't think I would want to leave my pram outside either to be honest, not because of rats but I'd be worried about it getting damp and we do have a lot of ants in our garden. But leaving it out a few times overnight when it was guaranteed not to rain? I'd probably wouldn't get worked up over it.

A 21lb 3 month old?! Say what now?!

Ds22 nearly died of weils disease last August. He ended up in intensive care. Thankfully he has made a full recovery. He caught in whilst doing watersports. Apparently 99% of people never even know they've got it and then there's ds!

Ds had it last year and almost died. He caught it kayaking in England.

Smaller pram?

You are most definitely not being unreasonable @dontcomeatme

All the reasons given are valid but the most immediate problem would be that the pram could be damp. Despite it being very hot yesterday, my outdoor chair cushions (which I normally put inside overnight) were damp to sit on this morning.

It was gifted from a friend who didn't need it anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️ I said I would move it myself if she didn't want to, she wasn't annoyed at bringing it back in the house, she didn't agree with me that rats were dangerous.

You need to educate her about rats, @dontcomeatme

He was born 10lb 7oz and just got bigger every day 😅 this is him about 2 weeks ago with his 2yo brother haha. He's 99centile weight, height and head circumference 😅

He is ridiculously cute 😍

This would be my fear to be fair.

Yes I heard a deer once pushed a pram out of someone's garden once and it was never see again.

I never knew wildlife were so fascinated by prams. I really doubt all the things people are claiming on here will happen in one night

Thank you 🥰 he knows it though, started with the pet lips and puppy dog eyes already, must be watching his brother 😅

🤣🤣🤣 spiders willies are the worst. They get everywhere!

I once left the buggy in Aldi for three days when my daughter was just walking and we lived across the car park, it took me a while to realise where I'd left it though! It was exactly where I'd left it, just inside the door, one of the staff said they knew someone would be back for it!
On Friday morning the house seemed nice and cool when I got up a 6am to make a coffee, then I saw that the French windows had been open all night.

Could you take the chair off and take it inside, then in the morning you just have to put the seat back on which seems simple with the buggies I know but I only know my GCs so that's two and others might be more awkward.

I would put a clean blanket down under him and not really worry about it.

I don't need to drive but thank you, I have legs to walk and public transport is economically better surely 😊

I look forward to all your future posts about not being able to work because not able to cycle/ walk / bus to your employment and get back in time for school pick-up, not being able to take the kids to after-school events and activities and having to be reliant on others for lifts and all the other 'don't want to drive' threads we see periodically on MN.

Spider willies are the obvious issue.

100% cats and bugs take hold . We have false widows outside and wouldn’t want to risk them hiding in the frame

Erm, being that your pram is, you know, a pram, is it not spending most of its time being pushed through mud/shit/weeds anyway? It's like being upset at someone parking a car outside!

I'm saying this lightheartedly but if you're worried about the soft material just stick a cover over that bit.

Sorry OP but I am team your Wife

It was a kind thing for Her to do, but I suppose you can't help your feelings re the rats etc.

@pluvia Well I've managed till now and I'm sure I'll continue to manage. Mid 30s, worked all my life, used public transport without an issue. The school is 5 minutes walk from the house. If I need to revise the none driving issue then I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, not a big deal 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I would make a terrible driver I know I would 😅 much safer if I get the bus haha.
No need for lifts, the bus stops outside my house and takes me anywhere I need to go. My work schedule doesn't interfere with school runs or activities. And my DP is hands on so no relying on other family members.

I wish you luck with that.