going to be a 'bad' mummy later.........

[QueenOfQuotes]

have to take DS1 to his induction afternoon (2nd one - hoping he doesn't throw up like he did last week LOL) at his new school.........thing is DS2 has his sleep at 1pm-3pm - and the induction afternoon starts at 1.30

So I'm going to put DS2 down for his sleep as usual, at 1.30 on the dot grab the monitor, lock the front door and whizz round to the school to drop DS1 off - then whizz back again

I think it's ridiculous you are even considering leaving your DS alone even if the school is very close!

Why risk something happening, when you can completely avoid it altogether by simply keeping him awake and taking him with u? Too much like hardwork with him awake?

my kids are in bed and ive been putting the bin bags out

quick some one call the police.......

norty huggy

I think QoQ is being lazy.

get off your high horse hannah, yeap sure your perfect.....

I've been sat here in front of PC completely ignoring my kids. Just discovered they've gone off alone in family car and been out for hours.

(Oh yes, they're also late teens but if anyone wants to get them taken into care, I'll send u my address .... but that's another subject altogether ...)

LOL prisoner

nah lazy will be when I buy that ladder to go on the end of my wall so DS can just nip over the wall to get to school instead of walking out of the front door

lazys when you do what i do and cant be arsed to get up in the morning so just chuck a handfull of choccie into the cot.....

LOL

time for a read through of this thread, methinks

just to add a touch of reality to this thread i know someone who was burgled last week while she and her family were in bed (turned key in lock) the same unscrupilous gang did the same to her neighbours whilst they were sat in the back garden eating dinner.this happened in a nice quiet neighbourhood.
so if you are going to leave your baby in bed and go out take the back door key out because sometimes the unthinkable can actually happen

lunachic - I alwaya take my back door keys (got two back doors ) out and hide them away when I go out - as the same happened to us when I was younger.

They broke into our house - through the window - took the TV and unlocked the backdoor to let themselves out! 2nd time they broke in (same people!) we'd just had a window replaced (after the same people had smashed it) and they waited until the window fitter had gone - took out the newly 'puttied' pane of glass and climbed through the window !!!

and more importantly - what were you doing up at that time in the night?????

Blimey, is this still going? We've discussed this before on mumsnet, there is NO legal minimum age at which a child can be left alone. So even if someone were to report QofQ to social services/the police, no-one would be interested because it's NOT illegal! Or wrong as far as I'm concerned for reasons already given.

So why exactly is it that QoQ cannot keep DS2 awake until she drops her schoolie son at school?

because if I keep him awake he'll only be able to have a very short sleep as I'll have to wake him up to pick DS1 up at 3pm (DS2 usually has 2hrs sleep) - and if he only has a short nap he'll be tired and miserable for the rest of the day - I'd prefer both my boys to be happy

Q of Q - you have caused a bit of a reaction havent you?! Personally (and i know you a'int interested in what i think but never mind) i wouldn't take the chance - it only takes a second for something to happen and i would never forgive myself if something ever happened when i had the choice for it not to.

Makes me shiver just to think what could happen - we are responsible for looking after our children at ALL times - even when they are right next to us - i wouldnt care if the school was in my garden, i would still take BOTH children with me.

wow Mandy - I'm impressed that you always take your children out into the garden to put washing on the line, take the bins out etc etc - all the time - and never enjoy the sunshine while your child is asleep

Glad you are impressed Q of Q - beginning to think this thread was started as a joke tbh. Anyone in their right mind wouldnt leave a young child alone for ten seconds or ten mins.

so do you sit next to your child when they're alseep in their cot???

and I would have thought cooking the dinner with your child in the kitchen with you would be rather dangerous, therefore they should be in the living room (on their own!!)

No q of q - and now you're just being argumentative for the sake of it.

You know perfectly well what i mean - of course, its entirely up to you what you do.

Just as its up to me to do what i want.

END OF.

how am I being argumentative????

you said

"Anyone in their right mind wouldnt leave a young child alone for ten seconds or ten mins."

and I was simply pointing out that even doing housework is impossibly slow if you take your toddler with you to do every single task.......

Oh and I'd better get DH to go outside in the garden with the boys - don't want them on their own - they may hurt themselves......not that it makes an awful lot of difference seen as though they frequently get bumps and bruises right in front of us