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Re: Baby hypothetical
yeah, it's days like today that I'm really glad we don't have a dog. between fleas and this post, i'm not ready to be a pet owner.
yes but we cannot hear over the hot tub. it's a video monitor but it's hard to see in the dark. so, it's not perfect
Nope. Nothing is that important. And your heart would literally be in your stomach the entire time. Not worth it.
Now granted there are people that won't sit in their own back yards while the baby is sleeping. I'm not one of those. But leaving my home? no. Fires, carbon monoxide, emergencies in our complex? Yeah no. Noooooo no non no nonononono.
And believe me. I've been tempted but you just do not.
Exactly.
The idea of leaving an infant at home, unattended is just stupid. To me "at home" = in your house or on your yard. So, gardening, hot tubbing, taking the dog outside - fine. Having said that, last week H and I sat on the neighbors deck for an hour after the kid went to bed - but we had the monitor and in any event we can hear our kid crying from next door.
Being out of earshot is just nutso.
My MIL once ran to the store and left my H with his dad. H was sleeping so his dad went out to do some yard work in the back. Not too long after a neighbor showed up with H. He woke up, wanted candy and walked up the street (in NYC) to the candy store. His dad never knew. Granted this was 30 years ago. I'm not sure they even had monitors then.
I also know someone who left their kid asleep in the house while he was outside grilling and chatting with the neighbor. When they walked in the house, the child had gotten up and toilet papered the house.
+ stories about doggie diahrrea
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I think it really depends on the situation. For some people, running to the store could mean crossing the tiny, small town street to the neighborhood store, close enough to see your front door, maybe even bring a monitor. I probably really wouldn't judge too much in those kinds of situations.
I agree though that the worry about the guilt would prevent me from doing anything like that. When my little sister was sick, there was an evening when she wasn't feeling too hot, and I had a friend in from out of town, so we decided to go out. 30 minutes in, sister called in a panic and I had to rush home on snow and ice (longest drive of my life) and call 911. It was a horrid long night that turned into her being in the hospital for a month. I still have nightmares and tons of guilt about that night and what could have happened and I agonize over how I shouldn't have left her home alone. And she was 19 years old at the time and ended up being fine. So I can't imagine how I'd feel if something happened to my kid.
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