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?

Surely this is the answer if you have the space

@NeverDropYourMooncup
You don't need to live in a Stately Home to have a relatively secure garden and live in a safe, low crime area! I have no idea why you equate a small kitchen door and travelling on the bus with living in an area where pushchairs are randomly stolen from gardens!
Edited to say I didn't mean to quote you, Op.

Okay 🤨

Yet another thing that is perfectly normal to me that is “disgusting” to Mumsnet!

If you read OP's posts you will see that while most people do think it's entirely normal, when there is a known rat infestation a few doors down and OP has seen rats in her garden, it changes things somewhat.

Probably not at three months old when their immune response to infection is not developed sufficiently to withstand animal urine (if you have a responsible, informed parent that is).

Look this very much depends on where the OP lives. I lived in a city and not driving was not an issue at all- very middle class lifestyle with activities every night (swimming, brownies, dancing etc) which we walked to, no more than 10 minutes away. School was 2 mins away. Tube 1 min, mainline station (to city centre and beach) 15 mins. Walking was quicker than driving and much less stressful. If we ever did need to drive there were zip cars on my street. Thousands of people live very happily like this.

I have no sympathy for people who move to a tiny village with a bus route twice a week and don’t drive (and who moan about feeling isolated, not being able to work etc) but it sounds like the OP isn’t in that position from her descriptions of her house and daily life.

Thank you, I live 10 minutes from the main city centre so everything is extremely accessible and easy to travel to and from. People on MN have a severe issue with none drivers 😳 I don't get it.

@limescaleand @BrickBiscuit thank you 😊

Yes the wheels. Where my baby lies needs to be kept a bit cleaner than that

I mean, we live on a farm so if i constantly worried about stuff like that my nerves would be shot to pieces 😬🤷🏻‍♀️

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I’ve caught our own cat in ours when it’s been in the house and had to chase her out of it and clean it off (she’s fluffy and sheds a lot!). 🤦🏼‍♀️ I certainly wouldn’t trust leaving it outside for the neighbourhood cats to have a kip in! Who knows if they’ve been flea-treated, plus they bury their poop with their paws! 😬

On the bright side, in a fight between a rat and that absolute unit of a baby I'd back the baby every time.

He is very sweet.

I don't see a problem with it as having to set it up every morning would annoy me. I would get a plastic covering for it though to keep animals from getting to it. I would be more worried about someone taking it, especially since they are so expensive these days.

Doesn’t your toddler ever play in the garden? Roll round on the grass? Have an ice lolly out there?

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I don't think OP is so worried about her toddler. Just her 3 month old baby. Maybe next summer she'll be leaving the pram outside.

I have a buggy in our garage for toddler grandchildren and there could be mice or rats get access I suppose. Never left the carrycot part outside when they were babies though (would be worried about dampness overnight)

Your wife never touches the pram? She never walks her baby?

Hahaha this really made me chuckle! My family keep saying I should have called him Hank 😅
I'd definitely back him too

No gal you are 1000% in the right..who wants any animal running around your pram no mind bloody rats fgs..why is any woman agreeing this is ok..people have gone mad..mind ya I've seen people's homes and cars so what do you expect from some of these replies id have that pram in and hosed down with disinfectant ha

She's only home 2 days out the week, which are filled with our toddler activities and family day. If family day requires the pram yeah of course she pushes it. We often joke that the car seats are hers and the pram is mine 😅 lighthearted of course.
I just meant she is never home and doesn't use the pram 99% of the time x

This is my thinking too 🤣 couldn't think of anything worse than animal sh#t and wee and fur all over my baby stuff 🤮 never mind the actual diseases they carry!

Tell me to butt out, really, but in fascinated… did she have your first baby and take maternity leave?