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

Can you get a friend to take DS1?

Not that I think you're in the wrong here, Kwok, am a great believer in leaving children unattended where possible. Helps foster independence.

'foster independence'

Well I do usually leave DS2 in his room to sleep on his own anyhow and go downstairs - I wouldn't leave him if he was awake........I wouldn't be worried about 'him' so much - more worried for my house and the destruction he could do in 2 minutes LOL

cant u ask a neighbour to watch baby or ask another mum or dad to take ds to school?

I love this thread, I've followed every step of this, much better than a soap opera.

Right, here's my solution.

Put ds2 down for his nap. Take the buggy out of the house, squeeze ds1 into it. Stand at your gate and give the buggy a really hard shove. As it passes the school door shout 'Jump!' so ds1 gets delivered to school, you don't have to leave your house and sleeping ds2 and everyone here is happy.

Blimey, everyone here gets so het up about what might happen to a sleeping child in less than 10 mins.

but something could quite easily happen in less than 10 mins.

Should we start another thread? "What could happen to a sleeping baby in less than 10 minutes"? Or "what could happen to flight mum who leaves her baby asleep for less than 10 minutes"?

Or would separate threads spoil this one, d'you think?

true something could happen in less than 10 minutes (but I'm only going to be 2 minutes)

and something could happen in 30 seconds while I'm putting clothes away in the room next door and I might never know!

Like the 'jump' idea - but not sure DS1 would squeeze into the buggy (it's got 'bar' across the front that won't come off) and I'm a bit worried someone might steal the buggy if I leave it there.........although it might roll back as we're on a slight hill

Sorry, that should read "flighty", not flight ('cos I know you're flighty QoQ)

OK thread titles "what could happen to a sleeping baby in 2 minutes" etc...

Caligula - what's a 'flight' mum???

And no - don't start a new thread - that would ruin this one

sorry crossed posts - 'flighty' mum - me???

PS what is a "flighty" mum???

Yess MM, something could happen, but then I could have won the lottery in the last 8 years. Never have tho'.

The sort of thing that could happen to Q's DS2 while she's delivering ds1 could happen while she's at home. She still wouldn't know about it, she still couldn't stop it. Whether she's 2 mins away from her front door at school, or 2 mins away from her back door in the garden makes NO DIFFERENCE.

Q, am I the only one who feels this is like banging your head against a brick wall?

flighty flighty flighty flighty!

It's just I'm overcome by an irresistable urge to do a list of bad things which could happen (along the lines of "wolves could come into your house and steal your baby and bring him up as a wolf cub" or "Hera could send a snake to strangle him and he'd have to wrestle with it").

OK, I'll resist then.

QoQ, MN needs some kind of etchasketch (sp?) then you could draw us a scale picture of your route!
Think I might keep bumping this to annoy the holier than thou brigade.

I keep wondering who MM is, then I realise it's me, doh!

We've got to keep it going until at least tomorrow!

querido yo

bump

I'm with you homemama

lol MM - when I changed my name I kept reading posts and wondering who QoQ was, and who this "QueenOfQuotes" who kept posting in a VERY similar fashion to me was

I have never left the house while my child is asleep.

However, in 15 months nothing has ever happened to her while she was asleep.

It is very very very unlikely that A. Something awful will happen to a sleeping baby in 2 minutes and B. that you would even be able to do anything if you were in the house anyway!! If they are ALONE in a separate room then you will not know until you hear them.

But, STILL, strangely parents manage to leave their children to sleep happily and safely. Not hugely paranoid that some freak accident could possible just maybe occur.

How irresponisible are you silly woman? This is a child we are talking about. You are leaving your child in bed while you go off the premises? Even if it is just 2 minutes that is insane as you never know what could happen both to you when you're gone.

I'm sorry but I find this very unacceptable and careless. There are so many women out there trying so hard for a child who they will love and take good care of, and then there is women like you who, just to make it easier on yourself, so you wont have a tired and grumpy child, is letting him stay home by himself. Suppose he wakes up and cries while your in the school? Not only would the other mums and dads hear it on the baby monitor, but it will take u 2 minutes to get to him. That is a while for an upset child wondering where mummy is.

WHO said I'm an f**king bad mother????

another 'unfit mother' post from a first time poster

and it won't take me two minutes to get back to him - the whole process (from locking my front door to unlocking it) will take approx 2 minutes)

PMSL@JulieBurchill

"so you wont have a tired and grumpy child,"

so you'd rather your child would be miserable for 5hrs before bed than for them to be completely unaware of the situation??

as for the upset child wondering where mummy was........well if I was sat on the loo when he woke up he'd have to wait the same length of time anyhow.

And I'm NOT (sorry to disappoint you all) one of those mothers who RUSHES to their child the 2nd they make a noise, sometimes he settles straight back to sleep, other times he likes to play in his cot for 5 minutes. I'd only go rushing if he were screaming hysterically (which thankfully he's rarely done yet).