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So......Wanting to run a scenario past all the lovely mummies out there and get some opinions
It's a bit of a tricky one.......
It's time for Miss5's kinder pick up and Miss2 falls asleep 1/2 hour earlier.
Miss2 usually sleeps for at least 2 hours during the day and kinder pickup only takes 5-10mins max.
Miss2 super exhusted from being woken up 2 hours early that morning by her sister.
What would you do?
Transfer her to the car asleep or wake her?
Can miss 5 stay at kinder long (like care program?)
Can a friend/neighbor or other family member pick up Miss 5? Other wise, transfer to car/pram and hope she continues to sleep.
If no friend/family/neighbour available to watch DD2 then take her with you.
I'm assuming the thought of "i'll just leave her here, she's sleeping and i'll only be 5-10mins" has crossed your mind (hence your question?). It may only be 5-10mins, but what if something unfortunate happened to her (or you out on the road etc)? Not a risk worth taking imo
(Hoping I can post this link, it's a gov't site pdf document. I tried to look for the specific guidelines and think this is ok)
Leaving children home alone in Australia
I hope that helps.
FWIW, I, personally, would definitely not be leaving a 2 year old at home alone for any reason. Dealing with a bad mood is way preferable to them waking and you not being there, or any of the other myriad of horrid things which could happen in the 10 mins you aren't home with her.
Move her nap time.
I have this same scenario every day only I usually have my 3 yr old DD fall asleep on the car too.
I get my DS walked to the kiss & go zone and I pick him up from there, or I simply wake the girls and walk them in. I do have a double pram I could take but it's not worth the bother for 5-10 minutes. I wouldn't ever consider leaving my girls in the car let alone unattended at home.
I had similar situation this morning. DS just had to be moved (which woke him) and we went and picked up DD from kinder.
I don't really see an alternative unless you have someone else to look after one of the kids.
It can be a real pain when bubs nap conflicts with a school / kindy pick up, but I'd never consider leaving them unattended. Can u ask a friend or neighbour to stay with your bub while u do the pick up or vice versa?
Put her nap time back until after pick up or make it earlier.
Honestly id just make her wait until after pickup for nap it's only extra 30mins
I live bear kinder so we can walk so I put DS3 in the pram for all naps so if he is still asleep I just wheel him out and off we go. This wouldn't help though if you drive. Maybe find another parent and one could drop off one pick up??
This annoyed me too as tempting as it was I couldn't leave him alone even though kinder was a 30 second drive (literally!) anyway I moved nap time or got him to sleep in the pram before pick up time.
I also found within a few months his nap time moved anyway.
Good luck it's so tricky to juggle :hug:
This is a daily thing here. If DD is already asleep, I wake her about 20 minutes before we leave to change and feed her. If she goes to sleep just before it is time to go, I move her to her car seat and if she wakes up doing so, so be it.
Can you put her in the car awake and go to the pickup early so she sleeps in the car and can get a longer rest before you go into pick up your other child? If she still sleeping when it's time to go into the kinder,you could call the kinder and organize for one if the parents that you have authorized on your child's enrollment form to collect your child and bring them out to your car for you. That way your older child gets picked up on time and your younger child gets the rest they need.
Sorry, but I just don't see this to be tricky. You either take your child with you, work out different nap times or have someone else stay home with her.
Regards,
Dianne
Sorry, but I just don't see this to be tricky. You either take your child with you, work out different nap times or have someone else stay home with her.
Regards,
Dianne
Someone came to sit with Miss2 while Miss5 was picked up from Kinder.
The situation yesterday just made me think of what would someone do if they had no support system in place? As do many mum's I know of.
Miss2 usually doesn't nap until after pickup, she had had a big weekend and zonked out on the couch early, so no need to change the regular nap time.
Our kinder doesn't have a "drop off zone" we are required to walk the kids in and out sign them into/out of the classroom (which we also can't do early/late).
Thankyou all for your replies.