Cat

Okay so im prob going to bbe shouted out for being an awfull mum but I want your opionion.

Before I moved house i lived like a 30 second walk from my corner shop. To save the hastle of getting Noah up and in coat, buggy etc I would wait till he was in his cot asleep and then nip to the shop for od bits, gone for like 5 -10 mins. I allways felt like neighbours were watching out the window, and making notes to shop me to social services lol!

Now I have moved Im about 2 mins walk from the shop and Im in two minds whether its okay to still do this, or if really I should have done this in the first place. Its just very anoying sometimes if I just have a quick 5 min errand to do like post a letter or buy some milk, so have to take noah along. Iwouldnt do it when he is up and playing as he could harm himself or somthing, but if he is asleep in his cot (normally sleeps for 2-3 hours in the afternoon) he cant get up to any trouble.

Do you think its okay to leave him a few mins? do you do it? or am I an awfull mum for even contemplating sich a thing, and my son should be taken away from me at once?

KX

Sorry I might be wrong, but no way would I leave rebecca, especially not now she is mobile.

I am scared of the day I never seen tho.

I wouldnt personally :wink:

Dippy Yvanne

my shop is about 30 secs away 2, id never even think about leaving chloe and callum, id rather have them with me even if it does take 10mins wrapping them up and all for a pint of milk!

Cat

I wouldnt dream of leaving him while he was awake or in the lounge or anything. He cant escape his cot so he cant do himself any harm or anything. Worst case senario is that he would wake up and cry, but TBH I dont think he ever wakes up and cries before 2 hours have passed for a sleep.

weestar21

i personally have never done this and would never dream of this but MIL used to do this with OH, their shop was like 5 mins walk and she would put him in his cot wait till he went to sleep then go to teh shop but this is 30 years ago when it was safe to go out and leave you door unlocked,
sorry but i couldnt do it i would never forgive myself if anything happend


but your his mother so its up to you

xxxxxx

beanie

No way would I do this. Ok it is only 5 mins but what if they did wake up, what if soemthing happened to you and you were rushed to hospital and no-one knew he was in the house. All worse case scenarios but I guess I just hear too many horror stories

Minxy

I personally don't think I could leave the house with Stanley inside.

I'd worry about him waking up, me losing my keys, the house catching fire, a million different things!

gaby

I can see boths sides of this. Does seem a bit of a hastle to get him up and wrapped up for a 10min trip, but... What if you locked yourself out? What if you were burgled while you were out? What if a fire started? All extreme cases I know, but they do happen. Dont want to worry you tho hun Just pointing out what could happen

Layla

I would never leave any of my kids for a second!

We have a corner shop here, its about a 10 second walk from my house, but i dragg all my kids ther with me if i need to go out for milk or something

x

Wobbles

I can see both sides too.

I agree with Weestar that in the older days maybe you could trust leaving your door open or is it just people have got more paranoid over the years? I think it depends on the area too I'm not a Mum so I suppose my reply is void but I use to live 5 doors from a shop - I think I would have popped for milk if baby was sleeping in cot but I also know I could trust my neighbours there an I could leave my door on the latch!