To leave my sleeping baby unattened while I go downstairs to collect a package from the concierge?

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I need to collect a parcel from the concierge in my building. DS (2 months) is asleep. I really, really want to go and pick this item up tonight. It woud mean leaving the flat, walking down four flights of stairs - I wouldn't take the lift just in case - exiting the building and walking about 20 yards across a courtyard to the office. I would aim to do this at lightening speed.

What do you think?

Oh dear I feel sorry for you worry mongerers. there are so many WHAT IFS its probably best to go back to bed and never go anywhere, ever again

Oh I want shoes now, high totally impractical lovely ones.

Now take the next step and shower
You dont want to make your new shoes stinky.

I try to live life one day at a time. I dont live under a dark cloud that makes me think the worst can/will happen.

I am also a good parent who doesnt take unnecessary risks.

Gosh do you lots ever leave the house for fear the sky might fall in?

He, heee, I feel sooooo naughty! I was torn between having a panic attack and skipping round the courtyard shouting "Look at me, no baby!!" Was rather liberating actually.

Right, these shoes. Hmmm, they are very nice, bit higher than I wanted, will have to practice not tripping up - grey suede, to go with lovely silky dress I'm wearing on Sunday to DS's christening! Thanmk god I still have a child to christen eh?

Ok, shower time. See, I skipped it on Monday, thinking I'd have one on Tuesday, then yesterday I thought I'd had one on Monday and it's only today I remembered I hadn't had one since Sunday. I don't smell at all, honest...

Yes Larrysgal

Yes - she should wash her feet before she puts on the shiny new shoes.
at courtyard and concierge... sounds very posh.

OOOOh now I want to see the shoes and dress.

I am in comfy pj & cardi ensemble, so any thing would glam up my night!

Well done for being brave.
It doesnt mean you can pop to the shops now though!!!

Can we see the dress and shoes please?
You know I actually still take dd to the bathroom when I shower it's so bloody noisy I can't do it when she's asleep.
Really really gonna cop on when I get home from here.

Assume you have bouncy chair thingy to enable you to take baby into bathroom with you? Mine used to lie there quite happily until the little madam learned how to get out of it and then took to banging on the shower door saying "Mummy, muuuuuuummmeeee" etc. Now amuses herself by dragging my make-up out and applying liberally to the floor and her face.

You have all this joy to come

I think she should wake the baby up and make it shower with her

Cyb. Stop it.

you're only popping down stairs not oot galivanting

dont sweat it

Oh God trying not to think of that bdsm

I can't help but worry that some of the posters on this thread live very joyless lives, dreaming up imaginary dangers to panic about. Sounds completely draining.

Well done OP, you're a newly liberated woman, and with new shoes too!!!!

i could do with a galivant myself

i think it's just natural to worry though about leaving a baby at first isn't it though.

I let my child walk to school.
On her own

yanbu

I know, I know hfb but who hasn't stressed about these things?
At least we have mn to help us out when the madness takes over.

Surely hope in that case a baby is safer in it's cot than alone rome around the house or courtyard if we went on that type of theory we'd have to leave babies in their cots all day when at home alone!

I used to be on a forum a while ago where a lady admitted to checking her two year old every 20 mins or every advert break, from the time she put the child to bed until they went up themselves. She would also check the child every time she woke, or turned over, or went to the loo in the night. And she swore she didn't have issues...

She had also never had the child out of her sight in those two years. Took her to the toilet with her, into the bathroom when she showered (wouldn't close the curtain), etc, had never turned her back on her when the child was plaing etc. I felt genuinely sorry for her. She was obviously struggling badly to cope with normal life.