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Would you leave your baby unattended in their buggy

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noblegiraffe · 20/08/2013 13:17

...while you use the loo?

On another thread I mentioned not being able to get a buggy into a small cubicle and the suggestion was to leave baby outside.

Would I be overly precious in thinking 'No, I wouldn't do that'?

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pianodoodle · 20/08/2013 13:18

I wouldn't do it either.

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MrsHoarder · 20/08/2013 13:18

I wouldn't fully shut the door so I could see ds. I wait for the end cubicle to do this.

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BrokenSunglasses · 20/08/2013 13:18

I wouldn't (and didn't) do it either.

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MissMuesli · 20/08/2013 13:19

I go into disabled loo live rurally, haven't cuaghtenup with "family friendly facilities" yet, awaits the backlash

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BuskersCat · 20/08/2013 13:19

I choose an end cubicle, and leave the door open if I cant fit Dd in with me.

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waltzingmathilda · 20/08/2013 13:20

Yes. how many child snatchers can you immediately think of?

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SillyTilly123 · 20/08/2013 13:20

No i wouldn't. Luckily the toilets in town have one big corner cubicle which can fit a buggy in so i would just wait for that one to become free, or go in the baby changing room (theres a loo in there) if baby needed changing or sometimes even if she didnt

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KD0706 · 20/08/2013 13:20

I either use the disabled loo or I go into an end cubicle and leave the door open.

I wouldn't leave either of mine (3.5 and 18 months) alone while I went to the loo

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FrigginRexManningDay · 20/08/2013 13:20

I wouldn't in my local shopping centre cause it would be robbed. I use the toilet in McDonalds which has an extra large cubicle.

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Pigsmummy · 20/08/2013 13:21

Normally use the disabled loo if have buggy or would leave the cubicle door open if there isn't one.

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noblegiraffe · 20/08/2013 13:21

Walzing - Thompson and Venables sprung immediately to mind. I'm sure there are others.

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FrigginRexManningDay · 20/08/2013 13:22

The buggy would be robbed,not the baby.

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littleducks · 20/08/2013 13:23

Yes and pee quickly! I might position the buggy so I could see wheels under door.

But tbh the situation rarely occurred the babies happy usually needed changing far more frequently than I needed the toilet so I would often be in a disabled/family toilet to use the changing mat and so just went then.

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Emilythornesbff · 20/08/2013 13:24

No. Never ever ever.
Not for a moment.

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Emilythornesbff · 20/08/2013 13:24

I would leave the door open if need be.

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ImNotABarbieGirl · 20/08/2013 13:24

Its never been an issue luckily. When dd was still in the pram id just use the family toilet. I don't think I Would but havnt been in that sitation so who knows?? I wouldn't judge someone for doing it and Would probably offer to stand with the baby outside if I saw it happening.

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Emilythornesbff · 20/08/2013 13:25

noblegiraffe exactly what I thought.
Oh God.

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Justforlaughs · 20/08/2013 13:27

I would in my local supermarket (not at the motorway services), but that doesn't mean that YOU should. On the other hand, I'd use the disabled cubicle if it was available.

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IneedAsockamnesty · 20/08/2013 13:29

Nope

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KatoPotato · 20/08/2013 13:30

noble remember you have to leave them outside and talk to them as you're taking a shit! 'Nayveeeeeee bluuuuueeee'

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Dorris83 · 20/08/2013 13:31

No I wouldn't - I'd use the disabled loo or just suffer rather than leave him. I guard against the worst happening, even if it is very very unlikely. He's just too precious

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HandMini · 20/08/2013 13:32

I'd want to see at least part of the buggy - so door slightly open (I don't care if someone sees me on the bog!).

I wouldn't let the buggy be out of my sight.

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sweetestcup · 20/08/2013 13:32

Waits for thread to descent into paedophile/child snatching hysteria now.....

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ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 20/08/2013 13:32

You just need one of these bad boys

Or take the baby out of the pushchair and put in sling/hold, while you go. Or leave door open a bit.

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HandMini · 20/08/2013 13:32

Tho I just remembered this morning I parked baby outside my front door in buggy, then ran back in to switch the kitchen light off. Wrong?

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