Would you leave baby sleeping to go next door with a monitor?

[agirlcalledvicky]

Hi there, was wanting to have an opinion on a dilemma. I live in a row of tiny terrace cottages and we have new neighbours that also have a baby roughly the same age as our DS (6 months). We are getting on really well with them and its nice to have like minded people with a baby so close.

At weekend they invited us round for tea, we put baby boy to bed at 7pm as usual and went next door for a meal with the baby monitor. Our BT monitor works fine through the adjoining wall and when on high sensitivity I can hear DS snoring away happily and I went back and checked on him twice.

I told my mum what we had done and she was horrified that we had left him in the house alone. Is it that bad? Would you?

I wouldn't personally but I don't think since you say the monitor works perfectly, you have smoke alarms and the dog to eat the burglar and you could run home very quickly and your not going for the whole night just an hour or so then I wouldn't think you were doing anything wrong. But your baby is very little and could easily be popped down with their baby or their spare room just in case... Asleep in pram for an hour then home to cot. That's what id do anyway

I think I would do it. It's basically the same as leaving the baby sleeping in a room in a larger house. But then I'm not the best person to ask, being a bit slack at using baby monitors. I live in a flat and can easily hear DS if he cries so just don't use one much. Hadn't even really though about it . . .

no I wouldn't. I don't think it would be fair to call me a helicopter parent, because I'm not. I can't believe it's that hard to put him to sleep on a sofa, or on a bed upstairs where you will be. a mattress on the floor. It's no trouble at all.