would you leave your new born baby a sleep alone while your out of the house?

Wow. I think that even though she is your friend you should turn her in or make her stop doing that. Anything could happen in that hour. Her house could catch fire, the baby could stop breathing for some reason. I would never leave my kids alone in the house like that. Too many bad things could happen in that little bit of time. That is very irresponsible for a parent.

Nope. I never left the house when any of them were sleeping while they were little. As it is now I will sometimes go right out front when they are asleep but I usually leave the door open and the baby is usually right on the floor asleep during the day. At night I dont go out at all if my hubby isnt here.

I would never leave my child or baby in the house alone.. What if something happens to them and they need a hospital or ambulance. I know that you're not in the states but I have to say if you're friend was in the states this would be consider child neglect and endangerment and she could lose her child from this if someone reported her. Unfortunately I don't know the laws of your country. you might want to look into it though.

No no no no no! I could never do this. The baby might have always slept for 4 hours straight so far, but what if she goes out and it wakes up? The poor thing would be crying away, potentially for hours, and nobody would be there to comfort him/her. S/he would get very disturbed and this may have a bad effect physically or psychologically. And what if something happened to the baby (it got sick or somebody broke into the house for example). Ok, these things are unlikely, but not impossible, and if you're not there then the outcome could be so much worse. When my daughter was tiny the most I did when she was asleep was leave her in the house for two minutes while I went to buy an ice cream from the van that was right outside the house. And during those two minutes I felt so stressed and guilty!! I know that everyone's different, and perhaps when you're onto your second child you're a bit more relaxed, but this is too relaxed in my opinion. I don't get how the mother can do this and not be at all worried.

Hello cassandradab! I don't have a baby yet but I have a sister whom I told care of when she was still a baby. My mom is always busy so I was left alone with my sister, taking care of her. Although I really want to go out, I can't imagine leaving her alone at home. What if something happen like there's a fire? What if there are some snakes or something. There are many what ifs but one thing is for sure, "the baby can't take care of herself"

That is so dangerous to do.. I never leave my kids home alone.. Even though her baby is sleeping anything can happen.. What if she starts choking or something.. What if the baby wakes up while she is out and is screaming and crying for her.. That is just too risky to do.. If she was my friend I would tell her that she is crazy for doing that

Aw.. I can't do that. Although I know my kid sleeps straight for 4 hours or more, I always check up on her if I would leave her on the bed like every 15 minutes. What if something happens to their house? A burglar or fire..?

No, I would never leave a new born baby a lone a sleep no matter what. That made me cringe when I read your discussion. I always make sure that someone is home with her before I go out. Things can happen to them even when you are home. I couldn't imagine leaving the baby a lone.

This is totally unacceptable! Your friend is neglecting her child & should be reported...I would never, ever leave one of my children alone just because they were asleep and I needed to go somewhere!

I could have never left my new born alone, but the baby is most likely safe as long as nothing happens to delay her. In my mind it is still not a very wise thing to do

How happy will that mom be when she returns home to find baby is tangled in its blanket and has suffocated? Or maybe she has an older crib handed down through generations with just enough room for baby to get its head through the spindle? Even babies surprise us with sleep schedules - awaking when we absolutely do not expect it. Mom is a liability to her children and should be turned over to Children's Services if a good talking to doesn't bring her around. She's endangering her child's life.

I would never leave a baby alone too many things could happen, what if their was a fire. What if she was in a accident and did not get back home. This woman should be reported to child services. These children are being put in danger, and she needs to learn how to be a better parent.

Oh heck No. I never did this, nor do I do it when now that my kids are little older. I find that a very bad choice, but I hear about mothers doing it all the time. Not to long ago, around where I live a mother left her 3 month old baby and 2 year old sleeping while she took her oldest to school and her house caught on fire, thankfully the neighbors got in the house to get the babies out before the fire got to bad, so they were ok. She was arrested and charged with child endangerment, along with neglect. I always think about the what if's when it comes to my children, maybe i'm over protective but I wouldn't know what to do if I made a horrible choice and something terrible happened to my children.

All I can say is, this girl is lucky I don't know her or where she lives. I would turn her in to the authorities in a red hot minute. It is never under any circumstance, ok to leave your baby alone in a house. What if, God forbid, the baby smothered, has your friend ever heard of SIDS? or if she/ he fell off the bed, choked on something, woke up scared becuase mom wasn't there? tried to climb on something, pulled something over on themselves, the list goes on and on. I would tell this friend point blank, this is dangerous to do and I will not stand by and let you endanger this child. That poor little baby cannot speak for itself, and if you are allowing this to go on, while not doing it yourself directly, shame on you! what if you know she is doing it and something bad does happen to him/her? you will feel guilty. IF nothing else, offer to watch the child if she needs to run errands and noone else will, at least they will be safe. I lost my son at birth to a rare tumor, not my fault by any means, but it kinda makes you appreciate life and the children you are entrusted with. SO it really pi$$es me off when people are so stupid to do somehting like this. this woman ought not be allowed to have kids and should be forced to have her tubes tied and her child taken away. I will pray for the safety of this child..

Never. Having a baby isn't like having a dog.

Definitely a big NO. Accidents happen all the time, and sometimes no matter how careful you are, bad things can still happen. I just gave birth to a baby girl and she's already a week old. I never even leave her alone with her 6 year old brother unsupervised. At this point, I am very aware that my son might be feeling a little jealous of the attention his new baby sister is receiving. I don't even leave her alone inside our bedroom. You should have a serious talk with your friend. What she's doing is very unsafe. Babies should be watched all the time. They can't protect themselves. That's why they have their parents, especially their mommies to do that for them. She should not reason out that it's ok for her to leave her baby alone in the house for an hour because her baby sleeps 4 hours straight. For one thing, her baby might suffocate from the blankets or any other items inside her crib. Another thing is, the baby might choke on his/her own vomit. Sometimes even with a successful burping after feeding, babies still spit up some milk. And it's very dangerous if the baby doesn't just spit up some milk but vomits, and the baby is still lying flat on his/her back. It's a high possibility that they might choke on their own vomit. And some babies unfortunately die from this situation. If your friend need to do some errands, she should think of ways how to do it WITHOUT ENDANGERING her own child.

That is too risky. What if the house caught on fire or a burglar kidnapped the baby. If my son is napping the only thing i will go outside for is mail. Even that makes me worry leaving him alone.

For me, i won't leave my baby alone especially a new born. I rather ask somebody to fetch or buy the things i needed than left the baby alone or maybe I can ask my mother-in law to look for my baby while i'm out of the house.

I don't have any kids, but I would never leave the house a baby or even younger kids. There are too many things that can happy when you leave kids alone. If babies are asleep I wait until they wake up to leave, or just wake them up and bring them with me.

I wouldn´t even think for a second of doing that! So many things can happen! It´s not only whether the baby will cry or not: babies cry. It is that they can even die without you knowing. Even very little babies can turn around, they can vomit and be smothered by it... Who knows... It´s not as easy to go shopping with a baby than to go shopping by oneself. But if your friend wanted it easy, she should not have had children. I´m sorry, I should´t have spoken my mind.