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Would you leave your child downstairs?

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RiceRiceBaby16 · 26/01/2023 13:34

Child 15 months. You need to pee. Toilet is upstairs. Do you take them up with you or leave them downstairs while you go? (Baby gate is there of course)

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Skinnermarink · 26/01/2023 13:37

Mine I would not because he’s an absolute loose cannon, he’d be thrilled that he was no longer in sight and he’d be off to do something naughty.

The baby I nanny for, yes because he’d get in no more trouble than an unattended potato.

Mammyloveswine · 26/01/2023 13:54

Yes assuming room is baby proof!

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FlounderingFruitcake · 26/01/2023 13:57

Downstairs presuming room is baby proofed and they’re contained by the gate! If it’s not then I’d do that ASAP because who can be doing with taking them with you every time you need to go to another room.

Jules912 · 26/01/2023 13:58

I did with DS but my baby gate was on my (baby proofed) living room door, so contained to one room. I also left the bathroom door open so I could hear him.

RachelSq · 26/01/2023 14:05

I definitely did and was just as quick as I could be.

Room was reasonably baby proof, but things could still be removed from shelves/boxes (mainly toys/books but still making a mess). I picked my moments to go and did it when he was engrossed in something so less likely to explore!

DragonbornMum · 26/01/2023 14:06

Yes (room is baby proofed)

maddiemookins16mum · 26/01/2023 14:08

Is this you that needs to go? If so, how have you managed before?

I left mine in a room alone for short periods from the day they came out of hospital. Never ever needed to take wain into a toilet with me.

A play pen was useful however in the crawling/early walking months.

SpinningFloppa · 26/01/2023 14:26

Yes I would leave them

WeWereInParis · 26/01/2023 14:26

Yes - much easier to leave them in a baby proofed room than have them toddling round the bathroom while you wee!

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 26/01/2023 14:27

Leave them- any room a child of that age is left in can’t be that dangerous

Namechanger355 · 26/01/2023 14:28

I would only do so if I had a play pen

spiderlight · 26/01/2023 14:36

I had a travel cot with soft toys set up like a little playpen in a corner downstairs, so baby would go in that (and the dogs would come to the loo with me).

Toomuchinfor · 26/01/2023 14:39

It depends on the baby.

queenatom · 26/01/2023 14:43

Funnily enough I did this for the first time in ages with my 14 month old this morning! He was in the living room, which is largely babyproof (obviously he could chuck himself off the sofa or something but he's not in the habit of doing that) and, crucially, he was engrossed in doing something else - normally any sniff of me even trying to leave him and he has a meltdown. I was gone for no more than 2 minutes, just enough time to run upstairs and grab some socks so we could head to nursery.

Soapnotshowergel · 26/01/2023 14:43

I had a play pen set up but mostly just took them with me - or stuck them back in the cot for I could have some privacy!

BooCrew · 26/01/2023 14:44

I had a play pen (actually a travel cot) for exactly this reason.

Personally no I wouldn't without a playpen, because my child believed he was a mountain goat and even in a babyproofed room he would have climbed the sofa or the bookcase.

UnbeatenMum · 26/01/2023 14:47

All 3 of mine would have cried to be left at that age because of separation anxiety. Once past that, yes, assuming it's safe and depending on the temperament of the child.

CoodleMoodle · 26/01/2023 14:49

DD yes, I could've gone upstairs for hours and she would've probably stayed in one place.

DS not so much, I couldn't leave him for more than about a minute!

SalviaOfficinalis · 26/01/2023 14:50

No mine would have screamed and tried to climb up the baby gate (due to layout of stairs it’s on the 3rd step up, so not safe to hang off).

But theoretically it would be okay to run up and have a quick wee.

MenaiMna · 26/01/2023 15:09

Skinnermarink · 26/01/2023 13:37

Mine I would not because he’s an absolute loose cannon, he’d be thrilled that he was no longer in sight and he’d be off to do something naughty.

The baby I nanny for, yes because he’d get in no more trouble than an unattended potato.

Unattended potato! Been looking for a new user name for a while...thank you! That describes me exactly!

Skinnermarink · 26/01/2023 15:19

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GeorgiePorge · 26/01/2023 15:33

yes... I leave my 15 mo this old... but is a baby proof room with a gate over the doorway. Sometimes he screams till I'm back.. most of the time he is happy and will even let me cook dinner in the kitchen. Either if preferable to trying to manage his fascination with the toilet brush in the bathroom..

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RiceRiceBaby16 · 26/01/2023 15:40

maddiemookins16mum · 26/01/2023 14:08

Is this you that needs to go? If so, how have you managed before?

I left mine in a room alone for short periods from the day they came out of hospital. Never ever needed to take wain into a toilet with me.

A play pen was useful however in the crawling/early walking months.

Yes. I was curious about others! Room I'd say is pretty baby proofed but he does always seem to find something to hurt himself with anyway- which scares me! So I usually take him with me but if he's super busy playing sitting down I sometimes make a run for it. Was curious what others do!

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