Post by karinothing on Sept 7, 2017 12:07:05 GMT -5
I can't see the bus coming from my house because it is the top of a hill. I think the monitor would go far enough to where I could run once I see bus. We are only in day 3 of K so I don't have contact info of any of the parents and they all drive to bus stop, so not sure where they live. He will likely be asleep by 130 and sleep till 4pm.
I need to go one of those web based monitors.
Eta: I am surprised some schools let kinder kids get off the bus without a parent. I think our requires one till at least 3rd. Which is dumb. Ds1 would be happy to walk home now of he was allowed
Can I ask...what's the point of the monitor in this situation? Even if you do hear him wake up and start crying, it's not as if you'll just cut and run - you still have to get the other kid off the bus. Assuming he's really not old enough to walk himself those 3 blocks. This is a trip that will already be as brief as it can be - it's not as if a change in status on the monitor is actually going to influence your behavior - is it? So why bother?
not really directed at OP - but at PP's mentioning options for facetime and similar - which would be really helpful for like...weeding the a garden bed at the back of a long yard where you lose reception on a regular monitor or something, but I'm not seeing the utility here
Can I ask...what's the point of the monitor in this situation? Even if you do hear him wake up and start crying, it's not as if you'll just cut bait and run - you still have to get the other kid off the bus. Assuming he's really not old enough to walk himself those 3 blocks. This is a trip that will already be as brief as it can be - it's not as if a change in status on the monitor is actually going to influence your behavior - is it? So why bother?
not really directed at OP - but at PP's mentioning options for facetime and similar - which would be really helpful for like...weeding the a garden bed at the back of a long yard where you lose reception on a regular monitor or something, but I'm not seeing the utility here
Can I ask...what's the point of the monitor in this situation? Even if you do hear him wake up and start crying, it's not as if you'll just cut bait and run - you still have to get the other kid off the bus. Assuming he's really not old enough to walk himself those 3 blocks. This is a trip that will already be as brief as it can be - it's not as if a change in status on the monitor is actually going to influence your behavior - is it? So why bother?
not really directed at OP - but at PP's mentioning options for facetime and similar - which would be really helpful for like...weeding the a garden bed at the back of a long yard where you lose reception on a regular monitor or something, but I'm not seeing the utility here
I could talk to him? I guess peace of mind.
ohhhh...see, this is where my cheap ass comes in. My monitor never had the walkie-talkie option. We bought the cheap one. that makes more sense.
If it were just a listen/watch with no backwards communication it wouldn't provide me a bit of peace of mind because i'd just be staring at the damn thing the whole time.
I can't see the bus coming from my house because it is the top of a hill. I think the monitor would go far enough to where I could run once I see bus. We are only in day 3 of K so I don't have contact info of any of the parents and they all drive to bus stop, so not sure where they live. He will likely be asleep by 130 and sleep till 4pm.
I need to go one of those web based monitors.
Eta: I am surprised some schools let kinder kids get off the bus without a parent. I think our requires one till at least 3rd. Which is dumb. Ds1 would be happy to walk home now of he was allowed
Grain of salt as I am not a parent and would likely be a first-round CPS candidate if I were, but I'd probably just wait until you see the bus and then run out. If they aren't allowed to let the K kids off without a parent, they are going to wait for you for at least a minute or two, not just drive off and take him back to school if you aren't waiting to greet the bus as it pulls up. Especially on only the 3rd day of school, you could feign ignorance on the routine/timing.
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'm the same. My two year old will hang out happily in his crib for 30 minutes. But I wouldn't leave him for this. The idea of it makes me nervous.
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.
My kids had to be told that they can get themselves out of bed after they because both of them would still call me to come get them after they were in regular beds.
Post by mominatrix on Sept 7, 2017 12:23:56 GMT -5
Not only would I do this, I have done it.
When DD was in K, and DS was about 2. Bus stop the equivalent of two city blocks away (but one one street) I can see the house from the bus stop. If he was sleeping I'd go get her from the bus. I did this maybe 2x a month through the school year.
Now, many times I'd drive (I know, it sounds crazy), but it did cut down on the time and my nervousness.
I guess I thought through what could possibly happen and decided that those few minutes weren't when a huge fireball would break out in my house. He never once woke up while I was doing it. Frankly, in considering the 'bad things that could happen', DD being let off the bus by herself = a worse idea than leaving DS sleeping in bed.
I don't judge people who have concerns about this, but... I can't live my life based on the possibly of an asteroid hitting my house at the worst possible moment IYKWIM.
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.
That's hilarious! And I'm so jealous! Julia climbed out at 16 months, Emma at 17 (and got a bloody nose in the process) and Drew at 16 and bonked his head in the process. For whatever reason my kids haaaated the crib.
When DD was in K, and DS was about 2. Bus stop the equivalent of two city blocks away (but one one street) I can see the house from the bus stop. If he was sleeping I'd go get her from the bus. I did this maybe 2x a month through the school year.
Now, many times I'd drive (I know, it sounds crazy), but it did cut down on the time and my nervousness.
I guess I thought through what could possibly happen and decided that those few minutes weren't when a huge fireball would break out in my house. He never once woke up while I was doing it. Frankly, in considering the 'bad things that could happen', DD being let off the bus by herself = a worse idea than leaving DS sleeping in bed.
I don't judge people who have concerns about this, but... I can't live my life based on the possibly of an asteroid hitting my house at the worst possible moment IYKWIM.
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.
My kids had to be told that they can get themselves out of bed after they because both of them would still call me to come get them after they were in regular beds.
SHORTI DOES THIS TOO. She'll yell for me from her bed because she wants a drink of water or or fan on despite the fact that she knows she's allowed to get out of bed to fix either of those things herself. there are stools under her light switch and in her bathroom for a reason!!
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.
That's hilarious! And I'm so jealous! Julia climbed out at 16 months, Emma at 17 (and got a bloody nose in the process) and Drew at 16 and bonked his head in the process. For whatever reason my kids haaaated the crib.
My sister famously climbed out of her crib, got her leg stuck and dangled upside down for an unknown period of time in the middle of the night. We shared a room at the time and I slept right through her crying the whole time....
I wouldn't do it. I get the temptation and I would think about it but it's just not worth the slim chance of something bad happening. Load him in the stroller and go to the bus stop.
But get to know the other parents. There were several times last year where I wasn't able to pick DD up at school right on time and she had to walk home with a friend. I've also walked friends to my house when their parents couldn't get there in time.
My kids have been asleep in a huge house while and we were down at the lake (on the property, you can see the house) with a monitor, but it would take a few minutes to get to them when they woke up. I don't think that's cps worthy.
I've gone to the garage 6 stories down while my kids were asleep.
My hesitation isn't the distance or 5 minutes you would be gone. It's the sickness. But I probably get more nervous with vomiting and aspiration than most people.
That's hilarious! And I'm so jealous! Julia climbed out at 16 months, Emma at 17 (and got a bloody nose in the process) and Drew at 16 and bonked his head in the process. For whatever reason my kids haaaated the crib.
My sister famously climbed out of her crib, got her leg stuck and dangled upside down for an unknown period of time in the middle of the night. We shared a room at the time and I slept right through her crying the whole time....
OMG! Poor baby! Sounds like you sleep like I do. H had to carry me asleep out of the dorm for fire alarms many times.
If you can see your house from the stop, I'm assuming you can see your stop from the house. I'd wait at the house until the last minute (or until you can see the bus) then sprint to the bus stop. A last minute "OMG, I'm so sorry!" is no big deal if it's not habitual. He'll be barely waking up, if at all waking up, by the time you're back. He's 2. He'll be fine. If he was an infant, I'd be saying something else entirely, because reasons. But at toddlerhood, I'm fairly breezy as long as he's in a safe room and not playing with matches near a gas stove.
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.
These are the questions I asked myself when I left my sleeping two yr old to get my son from around the corner. I could see my house and monitor for all but a minute or two. I felt like a terrible parent the first time, but she was such a nightmare to get to sleep and it wasn't worth waking her up every time. I also made arrangements with my son to start walking towards home if I wasn't there yet.
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.
My kids had to be told that they can get themselves out of bed after they because both of them would still call me to come get them after they were in regular beds.
This was Jackson, lol. MOMMY I AM AWAKE!
That's cool, but you stay in there until I come get you. Like there was an invisible fence only I could breach.
Post by Velar Fricative on Sept 7, 2017 12:58:51 GMT -5
BACK IN MY DAY...!!!!
I think what I'd probably do is go out as far as the monitor would go so I could see the bus and then Usain Bolt my way to the bus stop to get my kid. Waking the sick kid up seems like a crappy option and I think it's more likely that something happens to kid coming off bus when I'm not there versus something happening to kid at home (though both are very unlikely, IMO.
I'd go. No way I'd wake a kid for a block walk, especially a sick kid. Can your older one not walk from the bus? Is this not a thing that littles do anymore?
If you can see your house from the stop, I'm assuming you can see your stop from the house. I'd wait at the house until the last minute (or until you can see the bus) then sprint to the bus stop. A last minute "OMG, I'm so sorry!" is no big deal if it's not habitual. He'll be barely waking up, if at all waking up, by the time you're back. He's 2. He'll be fine. If he was an infant, I'd be saying something else entirely, because reasons. But at toddlerhood, I'm fairly breezy as long as he's in a safe room and not playing with matches near a gas stove.
This is how I'd do it too. DS2 is my escape artist. He's flat out just up and walked out of the house by himself (he's 4) - once we were all just boring him and he wanted to be outside. I left him sleeping twice this week to run DS1 to school. He was still sleeping when I got back.
If I could see my house from the bus stop I'd feel like been less queasy about it but regardless, I'd still take the chance.
I'd go. No way I'd wake a kid for a block walk, especially a sick kid. Can your older one not walk from the bus? Is this not a thing that littles do anymore?
The school requires a parent at the bus stop. It is stupid.
I'd go. No way I'd wake a kid for a block walk, especially a sick kid. Can your older one not walk from the bus? Is this not a thing that littles do anymore?
The school requires a parent at the bus stop. It is stupid.
wait...like...an actual parent? An official parent or guardian per child? You can't ask a neighbor to gather your kid for you? Jeez.