https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:09:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-298082 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:24:13 +0000 mrbee 298082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: we could definitely tell! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-298081 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:21:31 +0000 jedeve 298081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: You can't always tell though. I worked at a homeless shelter for years and saw lots of families you wouldn't suspect!</p> <p>It wouldn't bother me, but then again I live in Montana and not NYC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-298000 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:24:24 +0000 SugarplumsMom 298000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's supposedly not unusual to see unattended strollers (prams) outside with a sleeping baby in it, while the parents are inside a cafe drinking coffee in Sweden! Crazy, right? There's always a few stories popping up about Swedes getting in trouble for doing this while overseas:</p> <p><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/35592/20110817/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thelocal.se/35592/20110817/</a></p> <p>I don't live in a large city and don't frequent Stockholm enough to see how often it's done there but people comment on how my backyard deck is PERFECT for winter when the baby can nap outside while we "fika" (have coffee) inside ...</p> <p>and in my old apartment, I walked down the stairway to find an unattended, sleeping baby in the hallway in the dead of winter! The door was closed and everything. The ppl living there were supposed to run a babysitting service too! O_O; </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297996 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:23:01 +0000 mediagirl 297996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would freak the %*$@# out if my so ever did that with our baby. Thankfully, I know he wouldn't but aaaahhhhhhhhhhh!! I don't know what I would do if I saw someone sleeping and their baby sleeping next to them. Wake them up? Gah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297983 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:13:38 +0000 Mrsbells 297983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People steal babies all the time, so falling asleep while you are outside your home is not ok. The adult should be awake to watch the baby, even if the baby is asleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297978 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:10:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 297978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>tired or not...go home and take a nap! if I was remotely sleep-deprived/tired enough, I wouldn't head to the park..I'd be parked on the couch at home. unless he's narcoleptic, you have *some* warning that you're getting tired. sleeping on a park bench is *not* responsible parenting. especially with all the crazies out there today!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297808 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:25:47 +0000 tequiero21 297808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: k, lying down is intentional! i definitely would have been mad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297806 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:22:53 +0000 HLK208 297806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg. I would most definitely do what @mrs. bird: said, and take the baby (my own) so DH could wake up terrified &amp; learn his lesson. If I actually saw this, I would tap on the man's shoulder until he woke up and tell him CPS has been called. I wouldn't actually call CPS but I'd want to scare him a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297805 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:22:02 +0000 erwoo 297805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg, that is so crazy and irresponsible! I would definitely throw a fit if my husband did that. He wouldn't though b/c he's the crazy, paranoid one between the two of us. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297800 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:08:01 +0000 mrbee 297800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: He was lying down on the park bench... the stroller was parallel to the park bench. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297798 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:06:28 +0000 tequiero21 297798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: my question, was he laying down or just sitting up? i know if my hubby fell asleep it would not have been intentional. especially if he had his mouth wide open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297786 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:47:11 +0000 pinkcupcake 297786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not cool. I would totally flip out if I caught DH doing that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297780 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:36:17 +0000 Grace 297780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: That's what I was thinking too. Poor guy must be so tired!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297758 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:54:02 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 297758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That wouldn't fly. if you want to sleep with your baby do it in your house. not where someone can snag the child. wow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297751 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:37:05 +0000 mrbee 297751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Never seen the guy before! There were a lot of people in the park though, and I'm guessing a bunch of them were watching the situation with concern.</p> <p>I have a policy of non-interference unless someone is in active danger, and given all the people giving the guy side-eye, I figured the baby was ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297737 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:23:03 +0000 Mrs. Pen 297737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: very good point!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297733 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:20:13 +0000 BSB 297733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm childless and I'm sure I would be angry if I found out SO fell asleep at the park BUT...</p> <p>I actually feel bad for the man. I've read so many threads here on HB (and from momma friends) about how exhausted you mommas and daddies are. </p> <p>I would probably do something like drop my bag in front of him to get him to wake up. Or do something with a loud noise. I'm sure, he didn't mean to fall asleep. </p> <p>I'm a passive person so I wouldn't actively touch him but I would do something indirectly to wake him up. Maybe get my phone timer to go off or something. </p> <p>I, also, think that he will probably feel like crap when he wakes up and realizes that he had fallen asleep.</p> <p>Also, if I get him to wake up, maybe he'll realize that he messed up and should probably head home or grab a very strong coffee. </p> <p>@mrbee: Or is this man a regular? Have you seen him more than one time at the park asleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297703 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:01:11 +0000 mrbee 297703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: @MamaMoose: Sorry to be unclear. If there was smallest chance the man was homeless, I would never have posted this thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297701 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:59:42 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 297701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Ok, then super-lame! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297696 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:57:45 +0000 MamaMoose 297696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I thought that from the title too. But in reading the whole post I think it was just a dad out for a stroll with his LO and they both ended up taking a snooze in the park. If it was a homeless family I would have felt really awful for them too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297695 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:57:37 +0000 mrbee 297695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Definitely wasn't homeless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297691 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:55:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 297691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe I'm mistaken in my reading of the post, but were they a homeless family? If so, I would be so sad for them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297683 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:52:37 +0000 prettylizy 297683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd loose my mind if DH did that. I'm so scared of her being taken, it would take a long time for me to trust DH with her again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297679 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:51:23 +0000 MamaMoose 297679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I would be one unhappy mama.</p> <p>I'm usually not one to get involved with other people's parenting choices. But I actually would have seen that as a huge risk to the child's safety. I also would have given the guy the benefit of the doubt that he feel asleep by accident. So I actually think I would have woken him up and pointed out to him that his child was essentially unsupervised in a public park. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297673 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:47:37 +0000 mrs. bird 297673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Speaking as a childless person, so maybe the reality of it would be different, but right now, I think I'd take the baby quietly &amp; leave him there. I mean if I saw DH sleeping on a bench next to our LO, I wouldn't take someone else's baby! But I think the panic that would ensure would be enough to keep it from EVER being a problem again. And I would probably wouldn't speak to him for at least a week, and it'd be years before he left the house alone with LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297666 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:38:17 +0000 Andrea 297666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is this grandpa (I think) in my neighborhood who watches a baby. I see him sleeping in the park ALL THE TIME! It totally freaks me out and I worry about the baby being snatched up. I would flip out if DH ever did that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297664 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:37:36 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 297664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um- sh** would hit the fan. I would be whacking him with my purse unt he woke up. Sad part is: this is my husband in the future. I trust him but I know NOT to send him to the park with LO without me.<br /> As far as yours and mrs.bees decision not to take the child: I applaud you:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-weekend-we-saw-a-man-sleeping-on-a-park-bench-next-to-his-sleeping-baby-in-a-stroller#post-297662 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:34:09 +0000 mrbee 297662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would have been really easy to steal his baby, since they were both passed out. In the end, we decided not to do it.</p> <p>I was slightly horrified at the level of irresponsibility involved there. Although it was kind of adorable too, since they were both sleeping with their mouths open.</p> <p>If you came across your SO sleeping on a park bench next to your sleeping LO, would you mind? Would it impact your trust in your partner? </p>