On a scale of breezy to call CPS...@@

[karinothing]

what do you rate this?

Ds2 is home with the stomach flu. I am about to put him down for a nap as soon as the dryer finished. I have to get ds1 from the bus stop at 3. If ds2 is still asleep would you leave him and go to bus stop. It is across 2 streets techbically since it is on the oppsoite sidr and we are a cornee house and 3 house up. I can see my house from stop.

I do not think monitor will reach that far. Is this something I can do? He is 2 unable to get out of crib.

[heyjude]

Can you have a neighbor come by for 5 minutes?

[karinothing]

Sept 7, 2017 11:45:04 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Can you have a neighbor come by for 5 minutes?

Only neighbor at home will have her own kids napping. I could Skype and set up a monitor that way?

[twilightmv]

I don't think it's CPS territory, but I wouldn't do this, no. Distance, age, sickness all argue against this being a good idea.

[penguingrrl]

I'm pretty breezy, and wouldn't call CPS, but that's a bit far to leave a 2 y/o alone IMO. I wouldn't do it.

[karinothing]

Sept 7, 2017 11:45:56 GMT -5 freedom said:

I would never leave a 2 year old unattended. I'd never forgive myself if god forbid a fire broke out or I locked myself out.

I'd wake a sleeping baby and take with me

No way to lock myself out as I would not lock. But I hear ya.

[katieinthecity]

I wouldn't. That'll be a 2 hour nap and I'd be afraid he'd wake up. Since you can see the bus stop, could you wait out front while another parent walked DS1 to your house? Otherwise I'd probably get him up.

[eddy]

Do you know anyone else who picks up a kid at that bus stop? I would ask them if they could walk DS home. Although maybe your DS wouldn't go home with them because of stranger danger. You could call the school to give him a head's up I guess.

If not, I probably wouldn't have a problem doing this. I wouldn't wake a sick kiddo to go walk to the bus stop.

[hopecounts]

My concern would be him waking up sick and getting scared that you aren't there.

I wouldn't judge though.

[eddy]

My only reservation is not the safety aspect, but the vomit aspect. What if he wakes in that 10 minutes and ithrows up? He probably would be pretty upset to not have someone come tend to him right away.

[karinothing]

Sept 7, 2017 11:48:12 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

My concern would be him waking up sick and getting scared that you aren't there.

I wouldn't judge though.

He has not thrown up in 12 plus hours.

[halfpint]

I would be pretty nervous about this, but it's not CPS-worthy.

I go to worst case scenario in my head - is it that he'd wake up and scream for a few minutes? Or try to get out and injure himself? Could I get to him just as fast as if I were, say, in the basement and he on the 2nd floor if something did happen?

Is there anyone who can walk your older child home from stop? That seems easier than dealing with sick, sleepy 2 year old.

[bronxgirl]

I also would not do this for fear of child waking up while no one's home.

[eclaires]

I'd probably do it, but I don't wake sleeping kids. And if I can see the house, I'd feel pretty comfortable. I mean I'd hate for him to wake up and be scared, but with a sick child, I'd prefer they get their needed rest.

Of course, my kids were always giant assholes when wakened early so that is influencing me. I'd avoid that above most things, actually.

[mmmomof2]

My mailbox is three houses down (probably 50 yds each way? Hard to judge) and I would leave a sleeping baby while I checked the mail. But that doesn't involve waiting for a bus that isn't under my control.

For what you are describing I would put the kid in a stroller. If something happened I think you would be raked through the coals in a court of law and the court of public opinion. So no, I wouldn't do it.

[karinothing]

I guess I didn't even worry about him waking up when I am not there. I never get him right away lol. He just like hangs out until I finish doing whatever. Maybe I am cps worthy

[kadams767]

Are you able to just run outside once you hear the bus coming or see it somehow?

[halfpint]

Sept 7, 2017 11:53:23 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I guess I didn't even worry about him waking up when I am not there. I never get him right away lol. He just like hangs out until I finish doing whatever. Maybe I am cps worthy

I never got mine right away, either, unless he was losing his mind - sometimes he fell back asleep! I wasn't going to miss out on a potential bonus nap!

[downtoearth]

Sept 7, 2017 11:45:34 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

I wouldn't think twice about leaving him. I'm assuming the bus is usually on time and it will only take a few minutes.

This.

[eddy]

If he hasn't thrown up in 12 hours and he is fine hanging in his crib I wouldn't hesitate to going to the bus stop.

Especially with sick kids I pretty much avoid any circumstances that involve me waking them up lol.

[penguingrrl]

I'll admit my hesitation isn't necessarily him waking up. It's that long before they turned 2 all three of my kids could and had climbed out of bribe. Two actually got hurt climbing out (and were switched to toddler beds that day).

[fryjack2]

How long is the walk? Can you run out when you see the bus and run back in less than 5 minutes?

I wouldn't call cps, but I'm not sure I'd do this. If it were 20 minutes into a 3 hour nap, I probably would. But he's sick and will be close to waking which makes me nervous.

[wawa]

I'd do it.
I mean...my 2 year old has to get pretty damn loud for me to hear him over the treadmill, so....not really any different from my hustling back 2 blocks with the older one in tow to find that he's been yelling from his crib for 5 minutes. (like....I'll be running on the treadmill and think, "did I just hear a noise?" and turn off the loud ass thing and realize that Sizzli is up there at full blast wail. I mean...he's fine. He's just crying. He's not hurt. But it takes him a few minutes to work up to that volume, so if he's at full blast he's been awake for a solid 10 minutes most likely)

[heyjude]

I'm just not a breezy mom type and I wouldn't do this. But I wouldn't judge and I'm like 95% sure everything would probably be okay if you did.

[tealblue]

If you have an iPad or extra phone, I've pointed the iPad at the monitor and then face timed the iPad, so I can see the monitor on my phone.

My yard is over 500 feet deep, prob 400 feet from my house to the back of my yard. I wouldn't have any qualms about walking in my yard while my kids are sleeping.

[onomatopoeia]

How long do you think it will take you to get DS1? 5 minutes? I wouldn't have problem leaving him, especially since he hasn't vomited in 12 hours and he can't get out of the crib. I take showers that are longer than 5 minutes. I take poops that are longer than 5 minutes. You can see your house from the bus stop. Go for it.

If you're nervous, I agree with asking if a neighbor can walk your DS home while you stand at the door/on the lawn and wave.

[wawa]

Sept 7, 2017 11:56:21 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

I'll admit my hesitation isn't necessarily him waking up. It's that long before they turned 2 all three of my kids could and had climbed out of bribe. Two actually got hurt climbing out (and were switched to toddler beds that day).

shorti and sizzli both love to climb - furniture, playground equipment, me, etc.  But somehow Shorti never tried to climb out of her crib.  To date, neither has sizzli.  Shorti did climb INTO her crib once.  That was hilarious.  Then yelled for me to come get her back out.  Go figure.

[wawa]

Sept 7, 2017 11:59:39 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

How long do you think it will take you to get DS1? 5 minutes? I wouldn't have problem leaving him, especially since he hasn't vomited in 12 hours and he can't get out of the crib. I take showers that are longer than 5 minutes. I take poops that are longer than 5 minutes. You can see your house from the bus stop. Go for it.

If you're nervous, I agree with asking if a neighbor can walk your DS home while you stand at the door/on the lawn and wave.

pure gold here.

[lilac05]

I have put a bunch of blankets down in our wagon and pulled a half-asleep, sick kid to the bus. It sucks for everyone, but it's what I was comfortable with. After a few weeks, he decided he wanted to walk home alone (K) and I just watch him from our house. (The bus drives by our house, so I know exactly when to watch...and he knows that when they drive by, I will have the garage door open to tell him I'm home & it's OK for him to walk home alone. In an emergency, he knows to go to his friend's house.)

Are there any other adults at the bus stop who could walk him home? Do the kids all cross the first street in front of the bus together? Is he allowed to walk home alone? You could wait at your corner so you could meet him to cross the street, but just watch him walk the three houses, if they'll let him off the bus. I'd call the school to have them pass the message along to him that he gets to walk home alone and meet you at your corner.

[gibbinator]

That sounds kind of like the length of my driveway and I've walked to the end of the driveway to get mail before when a crib-bound kid was napping. I think the main thing for me is that you can see your house.
So basically, if you cannot find another solution, this will probably be fine and I would probably do it. But if someone else can meet your older kid at the bus stop, or if a neighbour can just keep an eye on the exits in your house, that would be better.

I've used my cell phone as a monitor before, leave phone 1 in the bedroom and set phone 2 to speaker and mute it. Works great for distances.