Can you leave a sleeping baby alone in the house?

[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.

Then when the police come they’ll at least notice a baby crying in the house as opposed to if you get mugged 3 blocks away.

[Anonymous]

It’s not that “oh you could get into an accident while the baby was with you too what’s the big deal”, etc.

It’s that if these things happen when your baby is with you, your baby will be taken care of. If they happen when baby is home alone, baby could be there for hours before anyone realized it was home alone. THATS the issue.

[Anonymous]

But OP isn't saying how long she would be gone for... she is saying go somewhere that is 5 minutes away.

[Anonymous]

No.

Trust me, if there was any way to do this safely, I would have figured it out. I had this thought a million times when my kid was a baby. Like almost daily for months. People who have never just felt imprisoned in their own homes subject to the sleeping whims of a small nonverbal human who cannot walk may not get it. It's hard. But no, you cannot leave your baby alone in the house to go somewhere else, even for a few minutes.

The one exception I can think of is if you are going literally next door and your baby monitor is in range. I think that would be doable, if you needed to run to your neighbors for something and your neighbor is RIGHT next door. Like I'm thinking row houses. But you can't go outside the range of the baby monitor. Anything could happen. It's just not safe.

[Anonymous]

No!

[Anonymous]

What an asinine question? Troll or idiot?

What could you possibly want/need that is 5 minutes away that couldn't wait? Or that you couldn't take your kid with you? Some magical horse d__k? A winning lotto ticket?

[Anonymous]

I used to run out briefly while my kid was sleeping. Staying wiithin sight of the house. I agree it's not ideal but some of these concerns speak to mental health issues on the part of the parent (a kidnapping would be your concern?? Really?).

[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

And if the house catches fire? What if someone breaks in?

Are you really ready to go to jail?

[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.

Choke on their own vomit should they throw up.

[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.

Choke on their own vomit should they throw up.

Couldn't this happen if parents are still in the house? Assuming parents also sleep at some point. You can't protect against all hypothetical risks.

[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.

Oh well, as long as the house is not ENGULFED, the baby will be perfectly fine. Just stroll back and explain to the fire department that it takes much longer than 10 minutes for your house to be totally engulfed i flames so no need to rush in to get the baby. Troll.

[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.

What if parent gets in accident and can't get back home for a while?

[Anonymous]

To be fair, this is something every parent has thought. Few had the courage to ask a public forum

[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.

What if parent gets in accident and can't get back home for a while?

When I was six my mom got t boned by a guy running a red light and it took a while for the hospital to reach my Dad at work. My mom recovered just fine, for what it's worth but she wasn't in condition at the time to tell them anything. Fortunately a friend's Dad realized something was wrong when my mom wasn't there to get me at thr bus stop and took care of me. I was never alone.

Point is, it happens.

[Anonymous]

If you’re walking down the street to borrow something from a neighbor, sure. If you’re driving away, why don’t you put baby in car with you for errand? She can sleep in car seat. Not ideal but you’re not leaving kid alone