so tell me what u do....

[crumpet]

so i had a dilema today....

empty petrol tank and baby in the car thanks DH for filling my car last night like i asked

SO i want to know how you tackle the petrol station with ur baby...

do you leave ur bub in the car with the window down?
do you take bub with you?

i didnt know what to do, yes bub is 13weeks and ive never faced this issue coz DH usually runs up to the petrol station so i dont have to worry but clearly he decided i didnt need fuel last night....

i dont want this to turn into a debate over whats right or wrong ( knowing full well its a topic that could be debated with some heat to it ) i just want to know how you tackle the situation, thanks!

[starangelk]

We take her in with us......it's annoying to the driver behind but if it's just me and her, I won't leave her.

[Kazzo]

I have been the same as you, I have either asked DH to go fill up my car or I go when I don't have my girls with me. When I have had just one DD with me I take her out with me. If I have both girls then I tend to go to the petrol station that has the card swiper thingy at the bowser and use that so I don't have to get them out of the car.

[Olive]

ive always left them in the car

[toomanyshoes]

It really depended on the situation for me.

DS/DD being settled/asleep, car out of the sun, not busy so it would be quick then yes I would leave them in the car, as long as I was only going to be gone for 60-90 seconds I also would leave the windows up due to fumes, etc.

Other than that I would take them with me.

[*Sparklez*]

I've always taken them with me..
While filling I leave them in the car and if my eldest ds is in the car which is 10 I don't take them out but after
I fill up and ds isn't there I take them all out


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[~Jayne~]

I do leave them in the car now (well, when we are in AUS & we have a car!!!). But as babies, I always took them out. Even when Claudia was a newborn & Jess was 2 years old, I still took them out. I only started leaving them in the car prob the last 3 months before we moved to Qingdao.

[black_rose]

I leave them in the car, sunroof open car locked. Three kids walking around with cars everywhere it's not safe.

[Sunny Love]

I leave DD in her carseat with her drink and the window down, the most ive ever had to wait in line to pay was 3 minutes probably. I can't help but watch her while im inside, and I always lock my car before leaving her.

[crumpet]

I also would leave the windows up due to fumes, etc.

i didnt even consider the fume side of things

thank you all for you replies, i guess its just another one of those personal choice things i think i feel guilty about leaving her there, BUT then i feel guilty about pulling her in and out of the car too cant bl00dy win!

[toomanyshoes]

i didnt even consider the fume side of things

thank you all for you replies, i guess its just another one of those personal choice things i think i feel guilty about leaving her there, BUT then i feel guilty about pulling her in and out of the car too cant bl00dy win!

Nope, but whatever you choose it will be right for your family don't beat yourself up over it, play it by ear when the time comes.

[~Hestia~]

I rarely have to put fuel in the car but the times I have, I've left Moo in the car. Windows up, doors locked, undercover. This is probably the only place I would leave him in the car, we're right by the door & I can see him through the windows. That being said, I wouldn't do it on particular days such as really hot ones.

[Phteven]

I leave them in the car.
I used to use the pay at the pump but for some reason they seem to be phasing that out.

[LimeSlice]

I leave them in the car.
I used to use the pay at the pump but for some reason they seem to be phasing that out.

Because then you don't go in and spend more money

I leave them in the car.

[Doing my best]

On the rare occasion that I have to fill up when on my own with the kids, I take them with me.. It would take me longer to calm them down when I got back from 'leaving' them than it would to get them out and in.. But if someone is behind me, I do move away from the pump.

[Fleur]

If I have the older kids with me I get one of them to go in & pay. If it's just me & Pie, I leave her in the car.

[mummy of 3 boys]

i leave mine in the car too with windows up and doors locked

If its hot i generally will leave the windows cracked and park undercover (which najority servos have anyway) but im also lucky i fill up locally and we are only a small town so not OVERLY worried about someone stealing them or the car but i always lock the doors 'just in case' as you can never be 100% positive

with DS1 i would always do the same thing as we lived in a bigger town for his first 5 months

[TaRhLi.]

I leave DD in the car with the window open - not all the way down - car locked and I always will use a pump under cover so she is not is the sun. I always try and find a petrol station that is not busy so 99% of the time it is just me in the store to pay for the petrol, then I would only be away from the car for a limited amount of time.