To wake four sleeping children, then drag them to the shop in the pouring rain?

[PomBearEnvy]

Okay I need advice, have posted here because its the busiest place. My Dc are all sleeping, aged 7yrs nearly3yrs and 18months.

I have an aquaintances newborn with me who I am looking after unexpectedly after a frantic phone call. Newborn is three weeks old, mum has been taken ill, rushed to A&E. She is a single parent and has no family nearby, I only know her through mother and toddlers.
Baby was dropped to me half hour ago by her very elderly neighbour, there was no-one else to take him when she was taken ill, he would have gone into emergency care

I have nappies and clothes, but baby is usually breast fed. I am no longer feeding any of mine. I dont have formula.

Its pissing down outside, all the kids are fast asleep and will object to being woken or walking anywhere,I dont own a double buggy, no longer have a sling, and dh is working away.

How the fuck am I gonna get a newborn a 18month 3yr old and poorly 7yr old to the shop and back. aggggghhh!

Its a 6/7 min walk there, I could run in under 5mins, should I do that do you think? Leaving them sleeping? Or waking the seven yr old and talking to him on the homephone from my mobile? would that be insane? or is it more insane to try and get them all up and there with only one buggy and torrential rain.
Someone HELP!!!

Oh just saw Guac's post, yes brilliant.

What do you have locally? ASDA or TESCO? Or a pub?

When ex had his pub he would have definitely sent a regular if a neighbour was in that situation.

TBH though, baby should be with mum if she's breastfeeding. Hospital has to take its mum if it's tiny.

re taxi if you do not have cash to pay you may be able to owe them, they know where you live!

BTW, I'm bfeeding and also have bottles steriliser and formula here but its 6mths up x

thisyesterday please tell me you dont mean there is a better way because this baby is breastfed and giving him formula would be like poisen?!! I hope im reading too much into that sentence - and op will u come back and let us know your ok? please

Cm22 if any help

Cm22 if any help

no no, i meant a better way to deal with the whole situation than having taxi drivers sent to fetch formula and bottles and sterilisers at vast expense!!!

not at all meant as a breast v bottle thing at all

no, i am sure i've read before that if you are taken ill and you have a tiny (esp breastfed) baby then they have to allow baby to stay with you. as i said before though, this obv depends on just how ill mum is. if she's in intensive care or something it's clearly not going to work

did you get it sorted OP?
This is really distressing...poor baby, poor mum and poor you. Please call someone - this is an emergency. Call a large Tesco and hope they think of the free publicity, or as someone else says, call the midwives. Surely you have friends, not even amazingly local, that could help? This is fairly serious.
Or even call social services, explain the situation and say you need practical support.
What's up with the mum?

Post again with your postcode or area in the thread title and ask for help.

There must be a 24 hour supermarket nearby ?

Have you tried phoning them, I think they would go out of there way to help

I would try the taxi company, I have known them to collect money, go to shop then come back. Hope everything goes ok!

Try posting on aberystwith local mumsnet to see if there's anyone near enough to you?

pombear

PLEASE call the hospital (and the delivery suite as someone else has suggested)

they should be able to tell you if mum is ok, and if baby can go and be with her.
if she is very ill hopefully they will have contacted her family who may be on their way, even if they don't live close by?

someone will be able to help you...

phew sorry about that ive obviously read too many of those debates - i live about 2 hrs away from u which is no good ,ooh i hope someone can help

Phone your local police on a non-emergency number and ask them if they can help. If nothing else they could be trusted to stay with the children.

I just started a new thread with postcode in, hoping that may attract somebody, so sorry I am hours away

Would it be very bad to give cows milk? After all it's what formula is made from and is better than nothing?

Could your local police help? Not 999 of course but they may help if you explain your dilema.

Phone your local police on a non-emergency number and ask them if they can help. If nothing else they could be trusted to stay with the children.

If you have a local pub ask the landlord to send someone he trusts to drop some off if they are heading home?

don't give cow's milk. yes, formula is made from it, but it is altered dramatically to allow human infants to digest it.

in an absolute emergency (ie, NO other alternative at all and otherwise the baby will die) then yes... but not in this situation i wouldn't