Can you leave a sleeping baby alone in the house?
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Anonymous
| A baby, sure. My baby, no. |
Anonymous
| Do not do this. Ever. |
Anonymous
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IT'S ILLEGAL
Period. |
Anonymous
Wtf? Your backward with a monitor? Then yes. Otherwise, no. |
Anonymous
| It's really unlikely anything will happen, but if it does, it could be bad. These days aren't going to last forever, so just get a sitter or bring baby with you. You'll be able to leave the kid at home alone soon enough. |
Anonymous
What if the house caught fire? |
Anonymous
| Sure, just like you can drive your car in reverse on the highway! Dum dum |
Anonymous
I agree, and OP, if that's the case, you should realize that if you do this, you will not be able to enjoy yourself an ounce. I once ran out to pick up a preordered meal from the place that was literally next door to our condo after I put the baby down for bed — I was away from our unit less than five minutes, and I felt sick with worry the whole time. I'm not usually someone who worries much about remote possibilities, but all I could think was that I'd left that little helpless guy alone in his crib and WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED. Please reconsider. |
Anonymous
You under estimate fire. https://www.capitalgazette.com/cgnews-annapolis-area-mansion-fire-report-released-20150805-story.html |
Anonymous
| Electrical fires can move very fast. And one wouldn’t need to engulf the whole house ... just the sleeping area heaven forbid! |
Anonymous
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OP, it maters how long you will be gone. I have done: half a block to the bus stop to wait for older child to get off the bus and alternate side parking/street cleaning. In both cases I was near the house and home no more than 15min max, usually less than 10. Previous similar questions on here: yes I would totally go outside to my yard and mow it while the baby was asleep. Have tea at the neighbors house? no.
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Anonymous
| I get that the added expense and hassle of childcare makes date night harder but this is NOT something your cheap out on. |
Anonymous
| Also, my babies used to be able to sense when I left the house - if I left my mom or DH with my baby, the poor baby would wake up and be crying for ages (until whoever had volunteered to let me go to the gym or dinner or whatever gave up and called me to come home.) When I was in the house, they would sleep through the night. |
Anonymous
| It depends on state law. It's not illegal in DC. I have totally mowed the yard, walked the dog around the block, walked to CVS down the block for diapers. When I do so, I inform my neighbors who have baby monitor privileges/key (and for whom I do similar sleeping baby monitoring in emergencies). I don't get in my car and I am not gone longer than 20 minutes. |
Anonymous
| Our preschool teacher called CPS on a family that was leaving their infant at home to take their toddler to the nearby preschool. Don’t do it. |