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

bollocks
the social services woudl haev you for that
" mum in disco as kids struggle out of bedroom window"
how woudl your dd get 3 kids out?

god Id report you now if I knew you

fishfinger, either theyve got a smoke alarm in which case theyre OK if the 13 yrold is well trained. Or they havent so theyre dead even if the parents are there.

not true

alawms do go off but you cant get downsatirs

would u really report her fishfinger?

"Parties anyone?? Hellloooo!"

Party? Ooooo - where??? Can I come -

FF - surely that depends where the fire is - and which smoke alarm has gone off (we've got two).

well there you are
its her life but she baaaaaaaaaarking

All my children know exactly what to do in an emergency and we have a fire drill which all the children know off by heart.

fgs in t he dark in smoke half asleep cryoing?
oh I give up

OMG that has to be a joke surely ???

I would not leave a 13 year old on their own until 2.30 in the morning never mind on her own in charge of 3 others.

If it is true you should really be ashamed of your self.

But not all babies do wake at night? And presumably QE has a good idea as to whether hers do or don't.

My ds1 (now 4) has never met one of his babysitters. We had a semi-traumatic moment recently where I felt that I needed to explain to him that sometimes Mummy and Daddy popped out but left a nice lady downstairs just in case... Just confused I'm afraid.

Qoq - watch it, its gonna go to 1000!

I am really gobsmacked, i just cannot believe anyone would choose to be so stupid.

Now, if it was my ds we were talking about, I would not have gone out. Different personality, different capabilities. You need to know my dd to know she would be more than capable in this situation. If I had doubts about her, then there would be no way I would leave her in charge.

I stand by my decision, and I am not ashamed.

Well you should be.

But think how your daughter would feel if something had happened and she'd made a wrong decision. It's not just how you feel, what about the child fgs?

If I was to leave my dd in charge of all the younger ones during the day whilst I nipped to the corner shop, would that be different? What about the situation I had over this weekend when there was a major problem with the drains out in the street - all the neighbours were congregated discussing the problem for about an hour with all my kids left alone in the house?
Is it the situation itself you disagree with or the time of day/night?

"If I was to leave my dd in charge of all the younger ones during the day whilst I nipped to the corner shop"

you didn't nip to the shop - you went out at night until 2.30am

I disagree with the whlole thing regardless of time of day. The scenario you describe about the neighbours in the street is entirly different as you would have been outside within shouting distance presumably.

As was my brother who lives in my street, should she have needed him.

If you were talking to a neighbour, your eldest DD would not have been in charge of the others, you would. It's the fact that you lay all this responsibility on a 13yo. It's not right.

Yes but your brother would have been in his house and presumably asleep in bed whilst you were out flying your kite until 2 in the morning. How many houses away from you does he live ??

what a horrible thing to do to your children

They'll love hearing that story when they are older 'oh yeah, and me and your dad used to go clubbing and leave your 13 year old sister in charge of you'

anyway what if shomething happened to dd first and then they were a lone
itis just dum
cant believ you are so proud of your obvious neglect

no, Enid, theyll be dragging it out with relish when theyre posting on mumsnet one day!