Can you leave a sleeping baby alone in the house?

[Anonymous]

Only to the house next door and only if the monitor range is that far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To go someplace 5 minutes away? Or is this terrible? Baby has been consistently STTN for a month now and never wakes up until hours later once he is put to bed at 7pm

NO! Unless it is outside to pick up mail. What if your house caught on fire? Or someone broke in?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I wouldn't get in the car. I'd need to be in sight of the house, or close to it, or in monitor range, or close to it.

So a lot of the examples up thread I would do - grab something from my car a block away, get the mail, grab something from the neighbors, walk the dog around the block. But I wouldn't get in my car and drive away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

And if you are mugged, in a car accident, have a heart attack, become unconscious while you are away, and the rescue squad is unaware that you had left an infant home alone? Yes, you could become unconscious at home before hitting an alarm too, but the number of things that could cause that are fewer than if you are away. Plus, you are in bigger trouble when you come to if it happened while you were away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

Umm, a house fire maybe? A break-in? Not likely of course, but it's irresponsible to leave them when they are helpless to their environment.

[Anonymous]

Please be a troll please be a troll

[Anonymous]

I don't think I would walk the dog around the block. Down the corner and back, probably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

And if you are mugged, in a car accident, have a heart attack, become unconscious while you are away, and the rescue squad is unaware that you had left an infant home alone? Yes, you could become unconscious at home before hitting an alarm too, but the number of things that could cause that are fewer than if you are away. Plus, you are in bigger trouble when you come to if it happened while you were away.

All of those things are not going to happen. I wouldn't make it a regular occurrence, but the baby will be fine. What happens if a burglar breaks into your house while you are there, a car crashes through the babies bedroom, a bolt of lighting strikes a tree and it falls on the baby. Drive safe, don't drive far and let a spouse or friend know you are stepping away. Get a camera on your baby at all time with wifi on your phone. People need to relax

[Anonymous]

We need more information.

When my younger one was little, I used to walk down to the bus stop which was during naptime for pick up. I would call the landline from my cell and keep the phone open the whole time so I could hear if the baby cried and would have immediately gone home. (Never happened.) I could see the house the whole time from where I was.

The earth kept spinning and no one called CPS.

I was probably gone 5-10 minutes from the house doing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

Umm, a house fire maybe? A break-in? Not likely of course, but it's irresponsible to leave them when they are helpless to their environment.

Do you understand how fires work, there is no way a fire could engulf your house in 10 minutes, what if someone break in while you are there and you are a small woman.

[Anonymous]

Once or twice I popped over to the corner store that was literally on our same block to grab something. I could see our house from the store. But no, I would not leave and go somewhere 5 minutes travel time away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

Hmmm... what could happen in five minutes? A fire, a gas leak, a break in, a kidnapping. What if you’re injured or killed when out? What if you pass out?

You will be arrested for child endangerment and will lose your baby.

Fricking THINK! No, you cannot leave a sleeping baby in the house alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To go someplace 5 minutes away? Or is this terrible? Baby has been consistently STTN for a month now and never wakes up until hours later once he is put to bed at 7pm

This sounds suspiciously like you want to put baby to bed and walk down to the local neighborhood restaurant for dinner and avoid paying for a babysitter....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

Umm, a house fire maybe? A break-in? Not likely of course, but it's irresponsible to leave them when they are helpless to their environment.

Do you understand how fires work, there is no way a fire could engulf your house in 10 minutes, what if someone break in while you are there and you are a small woman.

I understand what smoke inhalation is, dummy. Even a small fire could produce enough toxic smoke to kill a baby in five mi it’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with it. What could possibly happen to the baby assuming they are swaddled. They could cry a bit, but it's not much different than putting your baby down for a nap.

And if you are mugged, in a car accident, have a heart attack, become unconscious while you are away, and the rescue squad is unaware that you had left an infant home alone? Yes, you could become unconscious at home before hitting an alarm too, but the number of things that could cause that are fewer than if you are away. Plus, you are in bigger trouble when you come to if it happened while you were away.

All of those things are not going to happen. I wouldn't make it a regular occurrence, but the baby will be fine. What happens if a burglar breaks into your house while you are there, a car crashes through the babies bedroom, a bolt of lighting strikes a tree and it falls on the baby. Drive safe, don't drive far and let a spouse or friend know you are stepping away. Get a camera on your baby at all time with wifi on your phone. People need to relax

Engaging in risky behavior because other risks exist is kind of stupid thinking.