What would you do?...

Ok so we have a 4br house, 2 rooms at the back and 2 at the front.
The master room is at the front so we kinda have to use that one. So we have bubby in the other front room.

The estate we live in is full of toss pots who drive around like it's the grand prix! And we live right on the corner, bubs room being the closest.

He has day naps in his room and goes to bed in there, then comes into our bed from first wake.

So I have this huge fear that someone is going to drive through his room and kill him.

Is this silly? Unfounded? Or you you worry too.

I've seriously considered moving him into a back room but don't want him that far away. Then I think is that selfish when I worry about his safety in his current room?

I know chances are it won't happen but still, I worry about it alot :(

There are a lot of 'what ifs' in life... Most of them (like 99.99999%) don't come true...

If it will make you feel better and stop your worry, I say move your baby to the back of the house

xx

if it is really worrying you then move him...
i am sure it wont happen - but no need to worry unnecessarily - too many other things to worry about.
though would you then worry he was far away???

Ah motherhood...a lifetime of worrying about things that will probably never happen :D

If this was me I would most likely move bubs to another room. I'm a bit of a worrywart ;)

:hug: hun I know how you feel, our room is upstairs, the girls downstairs.
We live on a country road with 100 speed limit, we are on the corner of a t intersection.

The minute it rains we have hoons doing burnouts or donuts on the corner :(

DD2s room is on the corner of the house which is also back a bit but the corner if the block, DD1s room runs along it parallel with the road.

I can't really move the girls but I have complained to the council and requested a safety barrier be installed, I'm yet to see it though ?
If it were me, I'd move bub, for your own peace of mind.


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

:

---

Ah motherhood...a lifetime of worrying about things that will probably never happen :D

---

Yep, that'd be the one...

If you don't want to shift rooms, is it possible to re-arrange furniture so his bed is as far away from the wall/window as possible to give you some reassurance that if something so unlikely did happen, he's not right in the damage path?

We gave up our master bedroom and moved to the back of the house with the kids to be in the room next to them.

We use the master bedroom as a guest room.

Our bed wouldn't fit in any other room but it did cross my mind.

Bubs room is quite small, it's a study come bedroom so it's impossible to move him further from the window than he is.

If he was up the back I wouldnt worry about him as we have a good video monitor and it would be nice and quiet as no one lives behind us (the cars also wake him frequently) but I would miss him.

Plus coming into summer I think I will move him in with me anyway as I have a massive fear of frogs and don't leave my bedroom at night.

Thanx for your time Md replies ladies :)

:

---

We gave up our master bedroom and moved to the back of the house with the kids to be in the room next to them.

We use the master bedroom as a guest room.

---

thats what I'd be doing.. Move everyone to the back fo the house, then you'll have your mind at ease both ways..

I've just suggested this to my dh. He says he will consider.

I tried to sweeten the pot by saying he could use the master as a media room with tv, wii, bar fridge, recliners, mystar, beanbags, band hero. All his stuff like this is spread over the house. He said no!!! I told him he wasn't a man, lol. Who would turn down that sweet set up?!?!

Lol, you've cracked me up! First with the frogs, then with the "he's not a man" comment (I agree, why on Earth would he turn down having his own man cave??).

As for the original question, my first choice would be to have everyone in the master bedroom. Second choice would be to move everyone down the back. Have you done like ZF did, and alert council/police? Would they be able to put up some kind of barrier?

If it were me I'd move him because once I think of something like that I will keep thinking about it until I actually do something about it. You see a car has gone through someones house nearly every week on the news. So if it's worrying you do it.

:

---

Lol, you've cracked me up! First with the frogs, then with the "he's not a man" comment (I agree, why on Earth would he turn down having his own man cave??).

As for the original question, my first choice would be to have everyone in the master bedroom. Second choice would be to move everyone down the back. Have you done like ZF did, and alert council/police? Would they be able to put up some kind of barrier?

---

I'm always happy to entertain!

I should call the police, everytime I think... Right next lap I'm calling. When they exit the estate you can hear the cars exhaust all the way down the highway, and I live at the back of the estate! It's ridiculous!

He is funny, he'd rather buy a new house with a man cave that make one in a bedroom! Weirdo.

We co sleep half the night. But when dh is in bed with us I hold bubby, and as much as the snuggles are so so SO lovely my bones ache. I need to toss and turn in my sleep to avoid pain.
I did have Bub in a bassinet and when he grew out of it I put him in a Portacot in our room with a bassinet section, but I didn't find it firm enough and was worried he would flip over and get stuck face down.

You and your fear of frogs lol guess I should take back the BIG one I got fit W lol

I don't let my kids sleep in the loungeroom very often for similar reasons. & the reality of it happening is very slim... specially with a light post in the direction any car would come from. But I still think it.

I personally still have my 9 month old in my room... so probably not the best person to answer :lol:

Kylz you did not!!!

Well he is in our room most of the time but even then we are still I'm the path of any possible crashes as the rooms are side by side.

I think the best solution is to move him up the back and just sleep in the other back room next to it. I can just sleep in there. I don't have to fully move :)

:

---

Kylz you did not!!!

---

Hmmm maybe I did maybe I didnt you will have to wait till next Friday to see lol. cant believe its that close YAY

it is perfectly normal to have irrational fears! i have on about the girls room being the front one, parranoid someone will try break in there window.
it wont happen, there window is bolted shut i cant even open it from the inside, theres is a big bush covering all outside pluss our dog goes off her head at everything, but the thought is still there.
as they get older one fear is replaced with another, equaliy irrational (or compleatly rational) one.

id move him based on the passing cars waking him.

i reckon the sleeping at the back is a great idea... and maybe frogs cant jump all the way to the back of the house either...

:

---

i reckon the sleeping at the back is a great idea... and maybe frogs cant jump all the way to the back of the house either...

---

LOL... The horrid little things get everywhere! Shudder*

I would move him.

we bought a house in a quiet cul-de-sac and I still insisted on having ds in the back of the house for the same reason as you are worried about. I would move him if I were you and then you will have less worry. although now i'm expecting no 2, not sure what we will do with the next one as there is only one room at the back of the house.