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Baby monitors... says
Question from the last Life of a Working Mom post…
…How many people take a baby monitor or phone app and leave the baby at home sleeping while walking around the block or something?
Asking because I have not done this, and hands down the thing I miss most about my pre-baby life is walking my dog in the evenings after dinner (especially in the summer when it is so hot during the day).
I’d love to figure out how to be comfortable leaving the baby at home (1.5, bedtime 7-7:30) and looping around the block with the dog.
Thoughts?
Amelia Bedelia says
I completely and totally do this.
I have a 3 and 1.5 year old. have done this since the first was about six months old.
Mrs. Jones says
Never.
Celian says
I think it would be fine — your kid is 1.5, not two months old and unable to turn over on his/her own. As long as kiddo can’t leave his/her room so maybe a gate to avoid them getting to the stairs / kitchen / whatever) and the house is locked.
bluefield says
In my old apt I lived across the street from the place I would get lunch, and I would frequently run across the street to pick up a sandwich while my daughter napped. Total time out of the apt was maybe 10 mins. I didn’t have the baby monitor with me. For at least some of the times my daughter was in a crib, but at least some times were when she had switched to a toddler bed. I don’t really see anything wrong with this – it *feels* wrong, but I can’t really articulate why, so I’ve decided that it’s not actually wrong.
CPA Lady says
I guess you should think about what exactly are you imagining would happen and go from there. Are you worried that something would happen to you or something would happen to the baby?
One time I had to pick up a Rx at the pharmacy about a mile from my house. My kid was in her crib asleep and my husband was out of town. I called my sister and had her talk to me on the phone the entire way there and back because I was so paranoid that I was going to get in a car crash and my kid would die of hunger in her crib before someone thought to check on her. It was fine, but I haven’t done it again.
I would have less of a problem with walking around the block than I would driving somewhere, like I did. If you’re worried about something happening to you, could you use the walk as a chance to catch up on some phone calls? (I’m assuming you live in a safe neighborhood).
Anonymous says
I have not but I think you’d be fine if you were safe about it. Lock the house and kid in a crib. How is that different from showering?
ANon says
I have not done it and I don’t think there would be anything wrong with it….but I also would never take the chance of doing it. What if, God forbid, something happened to you while you were out on your walk? You’ll have a hard time telling anyone (police officer, doctor at the ER) that you’re baby is home alone.
Again, the odds are nothing would happen, but Murphy’s Law is a b*.
Anonymous says
This. please don’t do this. It can be so dangerous. If you are just showering you would hear a fire alarm. A baby died recently in Toronto or Montreal when the caregiver went to another floor in the apartment building and couldn’t get back to the baby. You could be injured somehow on your walk and unable to get back to baby.
Anonymous says
I didn’t remember it correctly – it was Montreal and they were able to rescue the baby. I stand by my suggestion not to leave the house/yard as something can so quickly happen. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/05/babysitter-facing-charges-after-baby-found-alone-in-burning-montreal-apartment.html
Anonymous says
I would be more worried about something happening to me and not being able to get to the baby.
avocado says
Where I live the biggest risk would be CPS finding out about it. I would never leave a child under 12 home alone, even if you are just walking around the block.
Anonymous says
12!?!? I wouldn’t leave an infant or toddler home alone, but our 7 yo stays home by herself all the time while we run short errands and it never occurred to me that anyone would find it objectionable. She knows basic safety rules and has a list of numbers she can call (including neighbors who can get there in minutes) if she needs an adult.
Anonymous says
It’s 12 in my area as well. Not for like, parent in the garden or chatting with neighbor outside their house. But for actually driving to the grocery store, CPS would be visiting in you left your 7 year old alone.
Pogo says
I probably would never do it, but I don’t really see how it’s different than showering or being in the yard, risk-wise. If you have the ability to access the app on your phone and have your earbud in, you’d hear anything – from the baby coughing to a fire alarm (at least, the app I use is that sensitive – I can literally hear him breathe on it).
To play devils advocate, you could be just as likely to trip over the cat while carrying laundry to the basement and be unable to get back to baby.
But I agree I wouldn’t do it, because of the perception that it’s riskier than running down to the garden – which is as far as I go while baby is sleeping.
And it is legitimate to want to be close enough that you could sprint back to baby in less than a couple minutes if you heard something concerning on the monitor. Around the block probably would be a little far for this.
avocado says
12 does sound ridiculous, but that is the (non-statutory) rule in my state.