PSA - Don't leave your infant unattended in the fucking bath.
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I can’t even imagine leaving a baby alone in the bath. Absolutely disgusting behavior.
@Rosa it can happen in fucking seconds. It was yesterday and I'm still so mad. I want to say something but I don't trust myself to be nice about it. It's not my place to judge other moms but JFC have some common sense. Infants can drown in as little as an inch of water and it can happen in seconds but hey at least the high chair is clean.
@Brooklyn at the age we're talking about (roughly 6 months), I barely even took my hand off of my daughter when she was in the bath! I was too scared to. I always made sure absolutely everything was within reach before I started, and if it wasn't, then I hollered for help or took her out with me. Even reaching away for a second, with my hand still on her, gave me anxiety. Walking away for even a second would give me heart palpitations.
It terrifies me, that sort of thing. Even with a toddler I wouldn’t leave them… all it takes is to slip and inhale water. Just not worth the risk.
Same! I was scared to blink too long
Agree with the above. They can slip in a moment. And not a chance I’d leave the bath side at 6 months. As you say, you’re holding on to them!
@Rosa I mean I don't even let my toddler stand up in the bath. She's 15 months and barely steady on her feet on a dry floor. Ughhhh. Some people's parents.
Someone put their baby in a bath and set up a monitor and left them?? To watch the monitor in another room!? Omg... this is just awful!!
@Jen And I quote: "so I can keep her entertained, get her clean, and get shit done at the same time" Yeah, I hope it was worth it when your baby drowns because you were too far away to get to them in time.
I am shocked one would do this... you want to get shit done- put your baby in their high chair with snacks or some toys and do the crap you want to do. You never. Ever. Leave a baby unattended in a bathtub. That is just so wrong and so messed up. Ugh makes me sick to think about. Drowning takes a second.
Honestly, some people just shouldn't be parents if they do this kinda of crap.
@Jen But she wanted to clean the high chair, apparently. 😑 I will leave my baby screaming on the floor to do that before I leave her in a bath. A crying baby is an alive baby.
Would you not just do that once your baby is asleep in bed…
@Rosa You mean waiting to get the chores done until you've put them down in a safe space where they can be left unsupervised? 😲 Imagine!
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That is insane. I know someone whose small child (not even a baby) drowned in a couple inches of water in a paddling pool when she popped inside to do something. You just wouldn’t take the risk.
Sorry but can I just ask why you decided to post this separately rather than on her post. I am by no means agreeing with her but it seems this is something to discuss with the person who posted it rather than bitching about it without her being part of the post, like you said its not anyone's place to judge other mums, especially without them being part of the conversation
@Annabel it's not in a post, it's in a discord chat server. Sorry if the wording is confusing. I didn't confront her in the chat setting because 1) those groups often have rules about picking fights / antagonizing people that can get you kicked (even if you are in the right), and because people will sometimes come back with "don't judge other moms." Idk it just didn't seem worth it but I also could not just let it go, and I don't trust myself to be nice if I were to confront her. Also, I will entirely judge any mom who leaves her baby in the bath alone. Full stop. There's "parenting differences" and then there is outright dangerous, and leaving a baby alone in a bath is a firm line.
Oh, the way it sounded it thought it was someone who posted this. But I just feel this is something you should say to her, so she knows this isn't right and dangerous, you might feel better saying it to the person rather than others
Someone else did actually suggest, in the nicest way possible, that maybe the bath isn't the best place to leave your infant, even with a monitor, and her response was "lol it was just 5 mins so I could go pee and clean the high chair."
Who cares if you aren’t nice about it. You speaking up could literally save that babies life!
Reading this thread gave me proper anxiety. 😦
@Sera Kay ✨ yeah, unfortunately someone actually did and the response was in my comment just above this. Sadly you can't fix stupid. It's true that some people should 100% not be parents.
My baby boy has slipped in bath and went under and if I wasn't there would of taken in alot of water, let alone the upset and panic caused it would of been worse You could have a pop up play in kitchen to pop them in whilst you clean your high chair, if it's that important 🙄😩😭 honestly what a careless thing to do. I can't believe it. I used to do everything one handed with baby in arm
Screen record and send it to the police! That is crazy! A baby died recently after being left in their bath seat for 30 minutes 💔
Sorry but if can’t bare enough of your attention to bath your baby uninterrupted for 5/10 mins you should never have had children. See too many news reports of mothers “falling asleep” “getting lost in a game on Facebook” and their baby is dead.
Honestly if she posted that and you can see who she is/where from I’d report it to social services.. that is neglectful behaviour which can lead to fatal consequences. She needs to be educated on what could happen.. Things like that to me are common sense but you don’t know what environment she might have been raised in/what type of parental figures she had herself ect so perhaps its best professionals are involved to help her
I think it's crazy and so sad babies die because of being left in a bath alone, this is just pure disgusting
I saw that a mom did this and her child had a seizure and unfortunately drowned in the tub :( the mother found her and it was too late. Even if your child isn’t a baby or toddler you should always be there checking and keeping an eye on them. You just never know what could happen
Update: the mom did find out and absolutely flipped her shit. It was mentioned (anonymously) by a couple of people in the chat and she said she was being targeted and we were ganging up on her to make her feel like a shit mom. She stormed out of the chat in a huff. So. This is why it wasn't mentioned directly, I suppose. 🙃
I know of a child who drowned, having been left unattended in the bath. It’s a tragic subject.