Would you leave your baby in a cot all by itself?

[Rhubarb]

Even worse, in a room all by itself! Because of some of the threads on Mumsnet I'm wondering if I'm being a really bad mother letting ds sleep all by himself in a cot in another room - I mean, what if the room spontaneously exploded???? Perhaps I should gaffa tape him to me all the time, just to be on the safe side?

I still don't leave them on their own at all, they are six and three and I constantly have one dangling from each nipple, this is the reason I cannot have a third child!

no because peadophiles look live everyone else

FrumpyGrumpy (great name!) that's the best (and most revolting) one yet... I must admit I just go to work, and then sing to them down the phone, so my skin to skin count is low. I shall have to try the skin moulting thing - ds is very attached to his shushie (old sheet) do you think he'd like to go to bed with a bit of me instead?

I've just been told by other dd that her sister has got out of her cot by herself!!! What's worse, she's walked into town and is, apparently, out on the razzle. Rumour has it that she has dressed herself, and is only wearing a miniscule skirt and a very tight top. It's so cold outside, and she hasn't got her coat on!!! Am very concerned about getting her back soon, am having withdrawal symptoms from lack of skin contact - and I thought she'd be safe in her cot (haven't got a baby monitor, naughty naughty bad mummy).

Need advice on how to get 19 year old dd back into her cot please.

PMSL at this!!!!!

Well, I left DS in his cot once, and before I kenw it, he was hauled up to the front door by some burly coppers, who had caught him nicking cars. He's only 10 months. I was so proud! He smoked his first ciggie yesterday too! He's so advanced for his age.

Anyway, I won't be leaving him in his cot again, as it's too dangerous. I might just let him wander the streets, as I'd never forgive myself if he fell out of his cot and did himself an injury.

Anyway, off now to drink the vodka that he robbed for his old mum.

sometimes i leave dd 'in a little world of her own'

Bad mummy!

OMG!!!!!! Ds had just put - wait for it - an alien object into his mouth that was NOT my breast! Oh the shame of it! I was just reading these messages on Mumsnet and getting so angry that some people appear to be taking the piss out of this very sensitive topic, when he suddenly reached over and popped a biscuit into his mouth! Well I had him on his back and upside down in no time, as you can imagine! He could have choked to death ffs!!!!! But now I'm very worried, should I take him to the doctor for a check-up? What if he managed to swallow a few crumbs? Who knows what those vile things are made out of!

As for getting into a car with them - ffs! Haven't you heard about those spontaneously combusting cars? There is absolutely no excuse for taking that kind of risk with your child! In fact, you shouldn't even be wandering around without rubber soled shoes on in case of electric shocks.

I can't decide if some people on here are for real or just taking the piss. If it is the latter, please do so on some other thread as it is extremely distressing for the rest of us reading what you do with your babies. My son could have choked to death whilst I was reading your pointless comments! It's just so irresponsible!

A biscuit! Hope it was organic!!!

i have just done the washing up, ds was in the kitchen with me in his bouncy chair, but......he was facing the other way, .......and he coughed

should i confess this to the hv?

MrsSpoon - no it wasn't! It must have been one dh had because I normally don't allow such things in the house! Do you think I should get him checked over? He's never had anything but my milk before, and he's never allowed anything else in his mouth in case he gets confused!

lucykate, this is the danger of leaving your child unattended in a chair! Who knows what your baby may have picked up and put in it's mouth! Check that his airways are clear and then phone the doctor immediately. I hope you have learnt your lesson by this!

I regularly hold my ds upside down and pat his back just in case he has swallowed something. It's good practise anyway.

I also practise resusitation techniques on all my children, daily. You never know.

Three times a week we have a hospital drill. The bell goes and we all get dressed, day or night, and rush to Casualty just as if it was a real emergency.

Last Tuesday we did it in record time of 11 mins and 38.4 seconds! (Mind you it was 3AM so there wasn't much traffic).

I do hope you don't go by car! You seriously put your children at risk of setting on fire or being involved in a crash every time you put them into a car, or choking when you're not looking!

Do you do the fire drill too? Throwing your children out of the window onto mattresses?

ROFL at this thread spidermama, you sound like an escapee from The Royal Tenenbaums
Got your matching tracksuits for identification I hope

Yes Rhubarb I do the mattresses too. It certainly keeps you busy doens't it?

You're right about going to hospital by car though. Unecessarily risky. I think I'll look for a new home within easy walking distance of the A&E department.

You could always live in a big tent in the A&E department, that way you're even closer should anything go wrong.
We've put our house up for sale and that is exactly what we intend to do. You can never be safe enough when you have children can you? Personally I think their legs and arms should be tied at all times so that they cannot damage themselves. After the biscuit reaching incident here, I'll make sure that he is securely fastened from now on.

Better get him checked, Rhubarb! Think of the risk, all the intollerances that he may have now!

Mine are wrapped in bubblewrap Rhubarb...you may want to consider it? It protects their delicate little bodies at all times.

Am thinking of keeping them on the oxygen mask permanently too (at the moment it's just when we go to 'outsiders' homes) - there are just too many germs outside aren't there?

Oxygen masks! OMG I am such a bad mother for not thinking of this before! Where can I buy them? I must get some straight away!

there's dodgy paramedic been selling stuff on e-bay at the moment (in the news here).. but of course you must go for the best top quality surgical surplies...

Very, very, expensive (I had to go on the game to get the money, but, hey ho!) - nothing is too expensive for my dear dear children.

No actually I don't as I believe a baby's place should be with its parents not shut away alone in another room.

This is what this thread is all about! Welcome aboard! Tell me, do you still have yours on the umbilical cord or are you having them implanted in your womb too? What is your stance on this?

Oh dear - I also practise fire drills with my minded children, but I don't use mattresses. I'm afraid that childminded children aren't allowed to share bedding, so I just lob the kids out of the window and hope for the best.

Actually, how do you leave a baby in a cot all by itself. I'm absolutely desperate too atm. Have left howling baby in said cot because am so fed up with her sleeping in my arms but screaming blue murder when put in cot in anything but deep coma. She's getting worse, and so are the bags under my eyes.

AAAAARGH.

I was going to take my dd to the zoo today, but then I stopped. No! I thought. Are you insane? What if the animals broke out en mass and we were all hideously maimed?? Cages aren't enough protection I say for these crazed beasts!