Some new mums are worrying me

[Marekesque]

I feel very strongly about what I am seeing so I have found this place to share my thoughts...

Today I saw three separate incidents of mums leading their child / children out into the road to get into the baby seat fitted to the off side of the car.

In some countries it is against the law to get into, or out of a car on the off-side ( road side ) for obvious reasons. It is dangerous.

Seeing these little children being walked into the road just looked so wrong. Surely a mother would park her car to make sure the baby seat is on the near side ( pavement side ) to ensure the total safety of her baby / child getting into and out of the car ?

Whilst I'm here, two other things...

Baby buggies are very handy, the child is almost on the ground so no fear of it falling out of the buggy, and buggies are light etc... but, from what I see, the baby/toddler is facing forward, and cannot see its mum and is detached from its Mum. Add to that along the typical busy high street the poor child is at exhaust pipe level of all the traffic, breathing in all those fumes, and how many times have I, as a driver, seen the front of a buggy being pushed out from behind parked cars, before I see the mum safely behind the child she is pushing into the road.

Lastly, with the proliferation of mobile phones, I cannot count the number of mums I see pushing a sad looking toddler in the buggy looking ahead with no connection with the mum, whilst she is talking on her phone. The apparent lack of connection is hard to ignore.

I saw something that really worried me today. A dog driving a car. That's not the worrying part though. The worrying part was that it took me a further 10 minutes to work out the car was probably left hand drive.

Everyone's a perfect parent, until they have children.

hey spooky tortoiseupatree that's what I do too!

I pick my least favourite child (usually the boy) and he hangs round in the road for a bit while I clip the others in.

not ideal but whatcha gonna do eh?

Weasel a dog?

Go boil your head.

Oh.
Are you not coming back to defend your ridiculous interesting ideas OP??
You must have gone out for a drink with your other child free friends.....

Ah, the joys of school holidays.

weasel I have never previously believed that people spit their wine over their laptops whilst reading posts on here. I have changed my mind! I will bill you for the clean up. Disclaimer - I may have had too much wine!

I have twins OP. I just pick my favourite and make sure that one is next to the pavement in their car seat. Is that ok?

I have twins OP. I just pick my favourite and make sure that one is next to the pavement in their car seat. Is that ok?

Hehe Diamonds I think that's what all the parenting books say you should do.
I have never worried about road side or pavement side. Who has that much time? Funnily enough I check for cars when we are in the road. Just a weird habit of mine.

Either you are purpously trying to cause a heated discussion or you are an obsessive worrier who hasnt got anything important to worry about at the moment.

Stop worrying us mums are pretty good at judging situations

Well as it it the only post from that username, it's a little difficult to work out what his/her interest might be.

Yeah op its a problem. I've got two dc though. What can I do but lead one of my little darlings into the road so I can strap them into their car seat? . I am a terrible mother. Maybe I should put them both in on the pavement side and sit one on top of the other. Would that work better do you think? Please advise.

What about the Dads OP do you worry about them?

Oh is it over? I'd just got my tea!

It's a real relief to read your OP. My DM thinks that our house is a potential death trap (just needs the Scottish accent from the woman on Watchdog many years ago). And how DD dodges death in her absence can only be described as a miracle. Same applies for DB's DC. But actually there are like minded individuals like you out there looking out for our children and seeing the real danger lurking round every corner. All you need to do is share your wisdom with every foolish parent you see.

Thank you for engendering a host of humorous responses. It's been a long day and they've put a smile on my face ;)

You're one of the many, many many people who drive their Chelsea tractors down my residential street at 40mph, slowing only to tut when I get in your way by trying to put my twin toddler in her carseat aren't you?

And thanks for the tip on the buggies. I'll get a harness that I can use to pull it behind me, that way I'll be walking into traffic first and as a bonus my kids will get to bond with my big white arse.

Lol at big white arse!

Op, I have a parent facing buggy, but sometimes talk on my mobile whilst pushing ds2, as I have three children, and several bijillion things to organise. Ds2 rarely looks sad though, because I give him a bottle of coke and a packet of cheesy wotsits whenever we go out.

I saw this post on Active and so clicked on to parenting forum for the first time.

Is this what goes down on here?

I solve this issue by popping the smallest child through the sunroof.

Stunned the OP never returned!

bugatroyd - not usually, no!
I think the OP misplaced the post - should have been in AIBU - not sure why they chose this board!

This is funny. Where I live I have a very steep grassy ridge from the curb to the pavement. Can't get dd up or down it without slipping or dropping her, and unless I park in the middle of the road I can't even open the door. so she goes on the roadside where we live. Funnily enough I'm very careful with her on the road and usually carry her. Most stupid post I've read all week.