Police nabbed us for only checking baby alarm every 5 mins

[nuparents2]

We went away for a couple of nights to a B&B on the south coast. We booked at a place which had it's own bar (as we always do) so that we can sit in the bar with a drink and the baby alarm. Unfortunately being so small they didn't offer a babylistening service (where you leave the rooms phone off the hook and staff listen in every 10 mins or so).
We found that the bar was closed but fortunately there were public bars in two hotels either side a couple of houses away.

We checked that the baby monitor worked at one of them before we put Jack to bed (13months)and once he'd settled down (he's a good sleeper) we went to the bar.

The monitor worked perfectly but unfortunately the clientelle of the bar started to get a bit "rough" so we went to the other bar.

The baby monitor was noisy here so we took it in turns every 5 minutes to walk up the road until the sound was crystal clear to check on him.

After half an hour 2 policement came up to us saying that someone had complained about us.
He said that we should be there and that we would have to have an interview with our local social services about the way we are looking after our son.

We were both gobsmacked very upset and although we would never have set out to be in this position we were mortified to think that we could get in such trouble with the authorities.

Be aware - never go outside of the best range of your monitor - it does not matter to them how often you check on your baby - you cannot be out of range even for a moment.

Mosschops

I had posted before I realised, but I was a tad suspicious.

Consdiering the responses nuparents2 have got and are likely to get, I think they're very brave and honest to post this!

Mosschops - I'm not not that this isn't a genuine post to be honest? At the moment, it's bringing back some memories of a thread that the Countess posted ages ago now about leaving her dd in her room whilst on holiday and going to a bar down the road for a few drinks - but within monitor distance..think it was abroad somewhere whilst they were on holiday.

From memory, that turned out to be quite an emotive thread....but in essence not a disimilar situation to nuparent2.

It's a sort of cross between CD's and mine posts isn't it..........funny we were only talking about my thread yesterday......

I still think it's human nature to f**k up. And that's that!

Sorry typo - meant 'not sure' instead of 'not not'

Nuparent - I have to say I agree with WWB. A baby monitor cannot ever be guaranteed to be 100% safe or reliable.

For all the reasons that WWB gave, and because the monitors are not babysitters for when you go to the pub, I'm afraid I have to say that I believe that the Police acted very responsibly.

Message withdrawn

Wanting to give nuparent the benefit of the doubt (maybe wrongly - who knows?!) but sometimes, it often takes the shock of an event like this to make a previous 'lurker' brave enough to post something...

Not wanting to get onto the prostitute topic at all........

It's a bit weird too that they would use their son's name, and not follow regular protocol... troll?!

a) the fact that it is posted under archive suggest that someone had been reading the archive (and prob read CD's posts and then posted).
b) the mix of facts seems a bit odd eg mentions son's name, but not when the trip took place - so has SS been knocking on the door yet? If ages ago, then you'd expect to know what SS did, if not wouldn't you be asking the question "what should I expect"
c) the outcome - I doubt that the crucial piece of evidence for the SS would be that the couple were "out of range"? I doubt SS would turn round and say, "well we've double checked the ranges of all monitors, and it's fine if you're getting slashed in a pub within 50m, but don't dare go to one that's 70m". I would expect them to say "You mustn't leave a baby alone in a room in a B&B whilst you got out drinking"

Those are the key things that don't ring true.

But if nuparents in genuine, then I hope that the investigation goes well.

trip trap trip trap trip trap.....

I shall watch this thread with interest.

very well posted WWB, I really think there's nothing more to say than that

...and I suppose it's been an hour now and nuparent2 hasn't been back yet......

and maybe the word "nabbed"

Oh gosh darn it Sherlock - I wanted to say that

Sounds very like CountessDracula's post from a few months back.
Wonder if Nuparents2 read that thread?

On a subject like this, does it really matter whether or not the poster is genuine? It's not really troll-like anyway because there's nothing particularly offensive about it.

All the 'suspicious' symptoms could just be someone new who doesn't know the protocols here yet. And why should a newbie introduce themselves? I never did.

The most likely pointer to this being untrue is the recent discussions on similar subjects...or perhaps that just gave a newbie the courage to post!

Or perhaps nuparents2 is shy and low, and wants to talk but can't think of anything to say so she cobbled a post together out of things she's read - is that any reason to condemn her or her post?

sorry had page open and had to deal with tantrum so just posted when I got back, did not realise this had become suspicion central

although having now read the thread I still think there's no need for any more comment than WWB's fabulous post

I also don't care if it was a troll or not, because the situation is interesting to consider

"It's not really troll-like anyway because there's nothing particularly offensive about it"

Trolls don't just post 'offensive' things, they often post just to get a reaction, or to start an argument - and this seems like a good topic for people to get people going on..........has done 2 times before

Well in that case loads of us are trolls!

so its illegal to go out of range of the monitor is that what you are saying?

frankly I cant imagine why you thought it would be fun to go to a bar and check on baby every 5 minutes, surely it took 5 minutes to get into your room and back, did you ever actually sit down together.

hmmm

Good point, Enid....

They didn't go back to the room every 5 mins Enid, they just walked to where the reception on baby monitor was clear.