Yesterday I Left My Baby Alone in the House

[NotQuiteCockney]

When I left with two police officers.

So it looks like leaving babies alone isn't illegal. I told them there was a sleeping baby in the house, to explain why I was worried about keys.

(DS2 is 12 months. I was going to let the police into a house a few doors down, as the alarm was going off. I left the door unlocked, and the police knew there was a baby asleep in the house. No candles going, nothing on the stove, etc etc. I was gone for less than five minutes.)

You wicked mother

but clearly they were prioritising. Switch off that alarm, back to the nick to write the report then............THEY'RE COMING BACK FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, yes, I should watch out for them, then :-P

Seriously, I think leaving a baby alone like that is actually illegal back home, although I don't know how much it's enforced. I was a bit nervous, I was worried I'd lock myself out, in the hurry to be helpful/stress of it all. So I took keys and left the door unlocked.

I do sometimes leave the house to do things in our development while he sleeps, like take rubbish to the bins.

You'd have thought one of them would have been able to/wanted to/offered to (?!) stay behind for your peace of mind!

Well, there were only two of them, and really, I wasn't worried about the baby per se, just about locking myself out (with the baby in the house). Leaving the door unlocked solved that one.

I'm pretty sure there should be two police entering an empty property to find a burglar.

Oh right, I guess I assumed it was going to be a false alarm - never even crossed my mind there would be someone in the house - d'oh! Feel stupid now!

Well, it was a false alarm, it probably nearly always is.

Yes but you're right, they have to go in pairs!