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?

LOL but some people are serious we know a couple who's babies were not allowed outside until they a were 1 especially to the supermarket as the bright lights and all the noise would be damaging to their senses. mum just stayed at home and let them suckle on her breast or lay them tastfully on a sheepskin rug whilst playing with some nice organic wooden toys.

Ds was clinbing onto the table yesterday and I actually told him to get down! I can't believe that I would damage his self-esteem like that and in the future will remind myself to stop what I am doing and support his natural urge to explore his environment.

That's a tricky one jabberwocky. One hand there's the risk of him falling off the table and doing untold physical damage. On the other, as you rightly point out, there's the issue of his self esteem being detned for life at having been so roundly huniliated simply for expressing exuberance.

I think the answer is to have a soft organic cotton netting fitted around the table (and mantle piece and any other high surface) to cushion a possible fall.

Also, just be ready to catch him. Is that so much to ask?

Quite agree Spidermama, as parents we should be next to our children ready to catch them at every opportunity.
Of course we must never put them in a position that they could fall - and if (ye gods) they did, well we surely must always be there to cushion them.
(bubblewrap comes in very useful here too)

I think the teaching of ball sports (with the exception of football and bowling) should be included in pre natal classes. That way we could anticipate more efficiently where and when our children are going to fall, increasing our chances that our children go through childhood unharmed.

Did anybody mentioned sheep skins? for heaven's sake! they are full of arsenic!!!

And sheep! Or did she remove the sheep first?

but surely removing the fleece of another animal to warm our own children is wrong, what abpout the rights of that sheep? also a mothers love is all our children need to keep them warm.

Very true Katzguk, I think we should be harvesting our own hair to craft into warm, comfortable, natural mats for our little cherubs to lie on.

Obviously, you only can do that if you insure your diet is totally organic and avoid using any hair cleaning products that may possibly result in cot death. Or, should we wrap hair mats as well?

ha ha ha..had much laughs reading this thread
I was expecting it to be a question of whether you'd go out and leave the baby by itself.
Made me think though..we live on the third floor, above a newsagents, so if I was to go to the shop i would technically only be as far away as someone in a big house with baby asleep in the nursery upstairs..
don't shout at me, i'm not going to!
It seems 'wrong', but not sure why...as I could even take the monitor with me.

Because if a fire starts (and surely it will) the firemen won't allow you back into the apartment until fire is controlled, your child could crawl all the way to an open window or more realistically, the street is full of over reacting neighbours who will not understand the strong telepatical bonding you have developed with your child and will call social services.

God it's lovely to read normality on discussions rather than serious stuff!! Oh you are being serious... You're making me feel soooo guilty. I'm gona go upstairs right NOW and get into bed beside DS, give up work tomorro, buy a tent and go live in a commune! Hope he likes to eat grass... (the green type I mean) as it's all i could afford to give him. But he'd be LOVED. Poor babe, I'm such a s**t of a mom! Away to give myself 10 lashings with left over carrots - is that enough punishment? Where's my shrink!!!!

Love it - a great way to end a boring weekend!!

chandra..what if i was ..and I wish..one of my close neighbours who have a four floor, god knows how many bedroomed house...if a fire started on the first floor and the baby was asleep on the third, and mum was in the kitchen and ran outside for help it would be the same situation right?!
I won't be doing this..we have bought a baby sling just for the short trips to the shops to save lugging the pram up and down, but really..it wouldn't be so bad right!?

Ooops! sorry, I believed we were in the understanding that all this tread was a wind up.

chanadra..sorry it's hard to tell serious from otherwise with words on a screen....hehehehe

Babyonboard, thought of showing you this so you can have a look at the wide range of opinions about the subject. HTH

oh dear ..perfect excuse to waste another good half hour reading that thread! hehehehehe

One must be within arm's reach of one's child at all times. It's heartbreaking to think of the blow to ds's confidence if I were to leave him alone, wondering if mummy had abandoned him...

hehhe..this thread, and the one on lotus births has gotten me thinking. Might it be best for the baby if we got the doctor to sew us up so the placenta could never leave our wombs, then preserve the cord, and baby would get the 'nourishment' he craves for the rest of his life...
Anyone wishing to follow this radical parenthood method, please cat me, I will set up a website

tehheee

I have dictated this response to my DH. I don't understand how any of you can in all good conscience, call yourselves good mothers. I can't believe that you have let those precious precious popsy pops lose skin contact so that you can post on this thread.

I mean.... how could you? You use your toes but doesn't that break a point of contact.

I've never read such selfish drivel in my life!

I have noted your names and the correct authorities have been informed.

Why I could flounce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If only we could evolve and develop a pouch like a kangaroo so we could bounce around all day safe in the knowledge that they maintain skin-to-skin contact all day and night and never stray into unknown waters!

Other than that I'm with the gaffer tape!

OMG i am soo pleased i have found this thread!

im new and was starting to feel i must be a really crap mum.

my kids have tehir own rooms, dont have nightlights, eat cereal for brekkie, sometimes go to bed without a bath, and omg i once paid for petrol with my daughter on the car ( she was asleep, i ran)

slap my wrists and forgive me please