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My back yard is completely enclosed (we live in a city in row houses) and I still probably wouldn't leave my kids out there asleep or awake. I'm worried about bee stings (DH has an anaphylactic reaction and DDs haven't been tested), and also just think about how scared my daughters would be to wake up in their stroller and see no one. I leave my 3 year old to run inside for a minute to grab things, but never my one year old. Even the three year old worries me - there's plenty of stuff out there that she might decide to taste/climb etc.
My neighbors left their 4 year old sleeping in her stroller on our front landing a few weeks ago. That's just barely off the sidewalk. Maybe they were watching from the window but that puts them at least 2 stories up from where she was! I hope someone was sitting where I couldn't see them! -
I'm certain my own backyard is safe, so yes I would have no issue doing this. I'd check on her every few minutes, of course.
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I'd absolutely be okay with it.
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I'd do it if the yard was secure and I could see them.
Only being able to hear I wouldn't be so comfortable.
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I've had this situation ... our yard is fully fenced. I let babe sleep in her stroller while I went into the kitchen and did dishes. She was within eyesight and I could hear. I wouldn't do it if I couldn't see her.
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If the yard is fully fenced and secure and she were in earshot, yes. I would check on her every few minutes too.
I have left LO sleeping in her car seat in the car with the windows rolled down and the door to the house open while I brought groceries in and put them away, that sort of thing. Go ahead and gasp.
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I wouldn't only because of bugs and there are some really scary and aggressive crows that like to hang out in our backyard....I would,be scared that one of them would try to peck at the baby!
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I agree I would probably have sat outside nearby but in the scenario your describing I dont see a terrible harm in it too since its secure, private, and you can hear the child.
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Yes, absolutely!
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Nope. Partly because with parents getting in hot water with CPS for letting elementary schoolers walk to the park alone, what do you think they're going to say if a neighbor sees an infant outside alone and calls? That might sound ridiculous, but there have been some pretty ridiculous stories like that lately. And partly because it just sounds like a bad idea. Kid could end up with a sunburn, bug bites, etc., and you would feel awful about it.
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@daniellemybelle: That's okay, on another baby board I was called negligent/abusive because when I have to stop for gas and pay with cash, I will take three whole steps inside our local gas station to hand the clerk money while my kids are in the car. Double gasp! Apparently I'm supposed to pull out the double stroller and roll both of my kids through the gas station parking lot. Yeah, that definitely sounds safer than having them in a parked vehicle within my line of sight.
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I've done it and I would do it under these circumstances. The time I did it was at my IL's house. They live in a row house with a small garden and fully enclosed fence that does not open. When DS was sleeping in the stroller we would wheel him right into the garden and leave him there to finish his nap. The living area was right next to the garden and we would leave the back door open.
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Yep I would and have. My backyard is not fenced in but we have privacy bushes. I left the car seat out back a few times while she finished her nap. At 2 I have started letting my daughter play out back within earshot but not eyesight. I worry. Yes but I can also get things done. If I can't hear her, I check on her.
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Totally done that on multiple occasions
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Yes. I'm in Sweden where it's the norm! However, if I wasn't exposed to it, I'd be highly alarmed and I wouldn't do it in another country (with laws against leaving an infant unattended). There's incidents of Swedes doing this abroad (thinking it's fine) that pops up in the local news occasionally.
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I think it depends on where we are! I'd be more likely to do it at my parents' house because they live in the middle of nowhere and don't have close neighbors, so I feel pretty comfortable leaving a sleepy baby outside there. At my house or my in-laws, I'd do it only if they were within eye-sight.
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I agree with people who said why don't they take their tea outside and be beside the stroller. I would do that or I would just wheel the stroller with sleeping babe inside the house into a quiet room somewhere-open a window near them if you like!
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I have a friend who's MIL often did this. I think it's a European thing. I would have just made tea and sat outside to drink it. But no, I wouldn't leave my baby either.
I've also pushed my stroller in to my front entrance to allow baby to finish a nap.
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@daniellemybelle: Do that all the time! Or while baby is finishing a nap I would open all the car windows and do some outdoor chores like watering my garden.
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I see no problem with it in general, but of course a mom has to feel comfortable with where her baby is--it's not really up to your MIL to decide where baby sleeps.
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@T.H.O.U.: that's what my concern would be! We have lots of buggy things that could get to her in the south. And my stroller canopy isn't large enough to provide full sun coverage, so unless it was a shady spot, I'd be concerned about that.
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I probably wouldn't do that, but I wouldn't be mad if someone suggested it. I think it's a very European thing to do, and fresh air is good for babies. I just prefer to be near my baby in case they wake up or something were to happen.
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@getjazzy: Glad I'm not the only one!
@wonderstruck: Oh, goodness. I do that all the time. One time, I even ran into the eye doctor's office to pick up my contacts and left LO in the car (windows down, doors locked). I was parked literally in front of the door and it took about 2 minutes. Someone probably could have called the cops on me because that's the world we live in these days.
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I've done this a bunch but it's partially how our house is situated that I feel secure. I'm in a room that I just have to look out the open door or window to see her. She's closer to me right outside than she would be in her room.
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I don't really see myself doing this. Leaving the baby outside where you can't see them so they can get fresh air? I don't really get it. In this case I think fresh air is over rated. Or is it so you don't wake them up? I would just carry the stroller inside. Or if they were in the infant seat/bassinet, I'd take that off and carry them to where we were hanging out.
If that wasn't possible and I didn't want to wake them up and it was really nice out, I'd then maybe hang out outside with the baby in view.
I guess I just don't have any interest in leaving a young infant by themselves anywhere, particularly when I can't see them.
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I would not feel comfortable. I would be scare of a neighbor's cat climbing over the fence, possibly scratching the baby. We have unfriendly cats in our neighborhood. I would be concerned with bee stings or mosquito stings. But I tend to be a bit overprotective.
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