I'm looking into buying a video monitor that I can watch from my phone. It makes me wonder if anyone would leave LO alone while they nap and take a quick trip to the store or something since you could watch LO on your phone while you are gone. Has anyone done this? I don't think I would go anywhere far, but it would make me more comfortable venturing further out into the yard (we have 5 acres) since currently our audio monitor doesn't reach very far.
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I wouldn't leave the property and go to the store, but I would be OK going outside/into the backyard.
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@blackbird: ditto
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Outside yes, leave my home 'area' absolutely not.
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I agree, going into the yard seems reasonable but not the store. I live in an apartment building so no yard to venture into but I would probably go down to collect the mail or take out the garbage.
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I could never leave her home and go to the store, because even if I do see her doing something on the monitor it would take me too long to get back to stop her or save her from anything.
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Yeah I wouldn't go farther than the backyard. (Or in my case in an apartment, down the hall on the same floor to do the laundry.) It would probably be ok, but just imagine if anything happened how awful it would be. Reminds me of that little girl who went missing in Portugal, I think, Madeline something? Her parents were right next door while she was sleeping and they never found her.
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@Foodnerd81: yeah, I am definitely too paranoid to leave the property!
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I wouldn't leave the property or go farther that I could get to her quickly in the case of an emergency. If I saw her get hurt/choke/stop breathing on the monitor and I was a car ride away, that's too far for my comfort.
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I agree with the other posters that the yard is fine, but any further, probably not.
Related: before I was pregnant, I was discussing with my husband the annoyance of having a baby and having to take the dog out for walks since we're in an apartment building. He was like, "Well, how long can you leave a baby alone in its crib to go outside and run errands? Like, 15 or 20 minutes?" It has since become a running joke w/ my friends and family. Man, perspective has certainly changed since he became a dad! hahaha
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I wouldn't leave the property!
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I wouldn't go too far where it required me to utilize a car. I'd feel uncomfortable not being able to come to my child's rescue sooner!
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absolutely not. I would never leave my yard. It takes a split second for a fire to start or an intruder to break in or something of the like. I dont care if Im right next door, if I couldnt get back fast enough, I'd blame myself forever. Not to mention that its illegal. Thats considered child endangerment in most places to leave a baby home alone
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i have thought about it, but there's no way i actually would, there are just too many possibilities that scare me.
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Absolutely not. Someone could break in or there could be a fire. Not worth the risk.
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no way, I would go down to grab the mail but I would never get in my car and leave, that's too crazy to me.
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I might walk the dog around our building but that is about it!
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I wouldn't go farther than my yard. There's too much at risk.
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I don't feel comfortable leaving the range of the video monitor, which is pretty much a five step radius around our house.
Once Wagon Sr. forgot his wallet and asked me to drive out and meet him halfway to the train station (a 3 min drive) to give it to him, because Wagon Jr. was napping at the time. He didn't want to miss his train. I was so angry I couldn't see straight, and when I found him on the road I opened the window and threw his wallet at him and sped back home. He has not made that mistake ever again... if he forgets something, he comes back and takes the next train, or he just deals with his day without it!
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nope. i will sit on our porch when ds is napping but i have the monitor iwth me and his window is the right off the porch too. i go check the mail in our front yard with him home but that takes less then 15 seconds.
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Fire can spread in minutes. My husband is a fireman and can tell a lot of sad stories, even with parents in the house. Please never leave your babies alone
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NO. I couldn't. I'd go check the mail but that's about it.
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No, I'm way too paranoid. I might be in the front yard, but that's it.
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Yes. I take the trash out down the street when he goes down for his nap. Sometimes he is awake by the time I get back (it takes about 2 minutes and 20 seconds--he is a very quick napper) and I always feel guilty but I just can't carry the baby and the trash out at the same time! I have tried though.
I try to get DH to take out the trash but sometimes the pile just gets embarrassing and I have to do it. And then... it sometimes means multiple trips (usually multiple naps).
And on his days off, I try to take out the trash when daddy is home (and then I don't have to wait for a nap!)We live in an apartment building.
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@meredithNYC: That sounds so like something my DH would say.
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@mrs. wagon: I would have thrown the wallet, too!
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Definitely wouldn't leave the property. I'd be too scared something would happen while I was gone. Not worth the risk.
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A friend of mine had her father watching her son because her day care was closed that day. She found out at the end of the day that he had gone to the store while he was napping. She's never leaving him alone with his grandfather again!
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@Chastenet: same.
In an apt building on the second floor, I will often go down the hall to do laundry, the first floor to get the mail or out to the car. But I've never been more than minute away.
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No way, maybe out in the yard or to pick up mail. Never anywhere in a car
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No, never. I'm way too paranoid to do that. I would take the monitor and maybe go outside to get the mail or something for a quick sec. But never leave the property.
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We hang out in our backyard all the time while LO naps or goes to bed for the night...the monitor works all around the outside of our house and we just turn the volume up super high. I've also gone out to get the mail while she naps but I would never leave the house to go to the store or anything.
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