[Jessica.]

I don't actually drink myself but I think having a beer in the evening with dinner is perfectly fine if there's kids around, but any more than that I would disagree with, if someone wants to get tipsy every night then I would advise against having kids.

[Z]

I don't really have an opinion but this reminds me of the time (we were 17) that my friend was at my house and he was having recurrent health problems but the hospital had no idea what was wrong with him; anyway he was meant to be staying over but he started having an attack and my mum, who had been drinking wine with my dad downstairs, ended up driving him to hospital because it wasn't an emergency but he always needs medical attention whenever it happens, she was so paranoid she'd be pulled over

[Vicky.]

I don't think it should be done really...a glass of wine or whatever could be fine I guess but personally when looking after a child I wouldn't do it. I was a bit wary of leaving Skye at her grandmas last friday because when we dropped her off granny had a glass of lager...but gav assured me that it would be the only one she would have while babysitting :/

We have had parties and such while looking after Skye, but one of us stays sober just incase. Its easy enough to do.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

How about going for drinks and leaving the child say around 130 paces away?

checking regularly of course

[Z]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

How about going for drinks and leaving the child say around 130 paces away?

checking regularly of course

Totally wrong IMO. Children are accident prone all the time; being 130 paces away and checking every half hour won't stop them from choking on something or falling and hurting themselves or calm the child down if they get scared of something and are crying etc...

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

How about going for drinks and leaving the child say around 130 paces away?

checking regularly of course

Definitely not. I would expect to be done for child neglect, and I should be too if I was that uncaring and selfish...

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

How about going for drinks and leaving the child say around 130 paces away?

checking regularly of course

Is this a McCann reference?

[Jack_]

Well I guess one glass in moderation is fine but I don't really see why anyone would want to drink whilst babysitting anyway? Surely there's a time and a place, and even as someone that loves a drink I'd find it a bit weird and pointless drinking whilst I was looking after a kid

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

How about going for drinks and leaving the child say around 130 paces away?

checking regularly of course

I wonder what that is referring to

[thesheriff443]

children die while in the care of sober people, its a parents choice to drink while taking care of their children, its also a parents choice of who they leave their children with.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Definitely not. I would expect to be done for child neglect, and I should be too if I was that uncaring and selfish...

So what about a barbeque at the bottom of your garden with a child asleep in their bed?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Josy

Would you still have a drink if you were looking after a very young baby?

Actually, I don't really drink very much at all. And I would never look after a very young baby because I don't really know what to do with them.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Livia

Actually, I don't really drink very much at all. And I would never look after a very young baby because I don't really know what to do with them.

you clean up puke and poo and do the odd bit of cuddling

oh and hide behind your hands and then say boo. that never gets old for a baby

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

you clean up puke and poo and do the odd bit of cuddling

oh and hide behind your hands and then say boo. that never gets old for a baby

are you talking about looking after livia

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

you clean up puke and poo and do the odd bit of cuddling

oh and hide behind your hands and then say boo. that never gets old for a baby

Sounds like hell on earth.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

So what about a barbeque at the bottom of your garden with a child asleep in their bed?

I don't even know how you could compare the two tbh, when you look at where the apartment was in relation to the restaurant, when you consider that they left one of the doors into the apartment unlocked, they were in a strange country and one of their children had, only the night before told you she woke up in the middle of the night crying because she couldn't find you.........

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I don't even know how you could compare the two tbh, when you look at where the apartment was in relation to the restaurant, when you consider that they left one of the doors into the apartment unlocked, they were in a strange country and one of their children had, only the night before told you she woke up in the middle of the night crying because she couldn't find you.........

wooooh tiger

who is talking about the McCanns?

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

wooooh tiger

who is talking about the McCanns?

I am

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I am

i love that smilie

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i love that smilie

me too, him and this guy

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I advise drinking alcohol when Making a baby however

not too much mind

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

So what about a barbeque at the bottom of your garden with a child asleep in their bed?

I assume the front door would be locked so noone could get in the house without going past us, and theres a big difference between being in your back garden and being across a pool a 5 min or so walk away in a foreign country tbh. Also either me or gav wouldnt drink if having a barbeque if we had Skye here

So yeah, I wouldnt mind having a barbeque with her asleep upstairs. Though being thoroughly neurotic I would probably still be checking her every 5 mins, or have a monitor with me

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

wooooh tiger

who is talking about the McCanns?

LOL...

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

wooooh tiger

who is talking about the McCanns?

Yeah, let's leave bad parents out of the discussion and stick to talking about responsible alcoholic ones.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I assume the front door would be locked so noone could get in the house without going past us, and theres a big difference between being in your back garden and being across a pool a 5 min or so walk away in a foreign country tbh. Also either me or gav wouldnt drink if having a barbeque if we had Skye here

So yeah, I wouldnt mind having a barbeque with her asleep upstairs. Though being thoroughly neurotic I would probably still be checking her every 5 mins, or have a monitor with me

Yeah I would have a monitor with me, otherwise I'd be telling everyone to shut up every two minutes and asking them if they heard the baby crying

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I once picked up a small LT in her car thing and she was not strapped in and she shot across the carpet landing on her tummy.

I got such a fright but she was fine. I never did THAT again.

Mind you my brother picked up his boy and raised him above his head and he copped it on the conservatory fan - a couple of stitches and the dog house for a week.