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[quote=Anonymous]NP, can't really believe this thread has gone on for 12 pages with zero new info, but since I have made it this far just going to say 2 things:

1. OP sorry for your loss with the m/c, that is traumatic for sure and I hope you're recovering well.

2. Everyone in this thread needs to chill on the use of the word "neglect".  It sounds like no one (including OP's mom) disputes that OP's baby was left unattended for 3 hrs (with daylight savings, right?  Not 4 but 3), and most of us agree that that is unacceptable and cannot/should not happen again.  And why OP's mom went to bed locked in her room with the door shut and no monitor (OP did you leave a monitor with her and she didn't use it?  Or she didn't have one?) is also a mystery and sounds like really bad judgement.

But going on and on about "egregious neglect" is absolutely an overstatement.  The baby was in a crib that she couldn't get out of, she wasn't crawling around a house with stairs and needles and dog feces on the floor.  No, not ok that the baby was in a crib unattended for 3 hrs while the caretaker was passed out on meds, and it would definitely be neglect if this was a pattern of care for this baby.  But one time, unintentional (is this a new med?  Maybe she didn't realize how knocked out she'd be?) simply does not = some kind of serious neglect.

In OP's shoes I'd definitely not want to leave the baby overnight again, but unless OP has observed her mom to do similarly clueless/potentially dangerous things with the baby while awake, I think the whole "She will never watch my child again!" thing is an overreaction.  [/quote]

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