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Do you leave baby in car when you fill up with pertrol?
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Hi ladies,
I don't have a baby and this may sound like a really random question but what do you do with your baby or small child when you fill your car up with fuel? I have read articles before where something happened to the child and the parent was getting negative press for having left them in the car but do you really take a baby out of the car when you nip in to pay?
I know alot of fuel pumps are pay at pump now but some are not.
thanks.
I don't have a baby and this may sound like a really random question but what do you do with your baby or small child when you fill your car up with fuel? I have read articles before where something happened to the child and the parent was getting negative press for having left them in the car but do you really take a baby out of the car when you nip in to pay?
I know alot of fuel pumps are pay at pump now but some are not.
thanks.
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Gemma, Ryan and Alfie 14 + 5
P.S. I think getting petrol is one thing, and not many mums would be critisised like you say. I would never leave them in the car for anything else. I needed milk and struggled with both carseats into Tesco to get it. I would never leave them, even if I was just popping into a shop or a friends house - id make the friend come out to me! lol!
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Just know that people can be so ultra critical but like a few of you have said more dangerous getting the child/children out of the car on a busy forecourt with spilt fuel on the floor than leaving them in the car where you can see them the whole time for literally a min or so.
Sorry i have just waffled lol xxxx
It might seem a bit complicated to think about before lo is here, I know it was something I worried about - but in all honesty there are more options than you'd think, and like I said, I've never left him and have only taken him in with me once.
I leave her in the car when i'm loading up the car to go out, or locking the front door etc. I would never leave her to sleep in the car though, and usually when I get in from work with her I pop her in the lounge on the floor then get my briefcase, laptop etc in as its so cold out. When she was a newborn and it was summer i'd do it the other way round !