so what would be more cruel?
so what would be more cruel?
The fact that I feel a constant, neurotic need to keep checking this thread.![]()
My little monkey needs to be kept in a cage!! We have 2 playpens, one in the kitchen and one in the living room. Here in Italy they are called a box!!I was given both of them by family members, not sure I would have gone to the expense of buying one if we hadn't been given them. However, they are proving to be quite necessary now and again. My LO is crawling and cruising and extremely active and constantly getting into scrapes such as crawling behind the sofa and getting stuck or trying to do gymnastics on the bars of the chairs
. We have tiled floors throughout our house and the house is not baby-proof at all. I'm with LO 24/7 and follow her about the whole house as she explores. I put her in the play pen when I have to go to the toilet and that's about it. Mostly I'll shower, do chores and cook while she's sleeping so I can play with her when she's awake. However, there are odd times when I need a safe place to put her for a couple of minutes. Once she's bored of being in there (usually after about 5mins) then she lets me know. She prefers to be in there than in her carrier now that she can crawl she just wants to be on the floor the whole time. I think that as long as your baby is happy and safe then it doesn't matter what you do. For those of you who have managed without a playpen where do you put LO while you go to the loo?
When Maria was younger I took her to the loo with me. Then when we moved and the loo was too small to fit her in with me I just left the door open so we could see each other and now I shut the door and go to the loo in peace and she does her own thing.
The only time I wished I had a playpen was when we were moving house and needed to contain Maria while we were packing boxes and moving them out to the cars. Poor girl had to spend all day in a box![]()
My little monkey needs to be kept in a cage!! We have 2 playpens, one in the kitchen and one in the living room. Here in Italy they are called a box!!I was given both of them by family members, not sure I would have gone to the expense of buying one if we hadn't been given them. However, they are proving to be quite necessary now and again. My LO is crawling and cruising and extremely active and constantly getting into scrapes such as crawling behind the sofa and getting stuck or trying to do gymnastics on the bars of the chairs
. We have tiled floors throughout our house and the house is not baby-proof at all. I'm with LO 24/7 and follow her about the whole house as she explores. I put her in the play pen when I have to go to the toilet and that's about it. Mostly I'll shower, do chores and cook while she's sleeping so I can play with her when she's awake. However, there are odd times when I need a safe place to put her for a couple of minutes. Once she's bored of being in there (usually after about 5mins) then she lets me know. She prefers to be in there than in her carrier now that she can crawl she just wants to be on the floor the whole time. I think that as long as your baby is happy and safe then it doesn't matter what you do. For those of you who have managed without a playpen where do you put LO while you go to the loo?
When Maria was younger I took her to the loo with me. Then when we moved and the loo was too small to fit her in with me I just left the door open so we could see each other and now I shut the door and go to the loo in peace and she does her own thing.
The only time I wished I had a playpen was when we were moving house and needed to contain Maria while we were packing boxes and moving them out to the cars. Poor girl had to spend all day in a box![]()
You did make her sleep in a box though too NatsI am using my playpen on overtime at the moment. We are moving house, so there is chaos and mayhem and boxes everywhere. Holly is obliviously tucked up in the playpen watching cbeebies. Although not now obviously, cos I am sitting on my bum on the internets instead of packing.
Woah.
I didn't expect such a response, although like someone else said - i guess i should have really when using the words 'playpen' and 'cruel'.
I'd like to clarify that i think its cruel to see someone i know leaving her LO in one for hours on end, i didn't say its cruel to leave a baby in there while you have a wee or do the washing up. And ok...so i personally don't like them, but i asked for reasons why others use them so i could maybe change my way of thinking.
I didn't call anyone a bad mum for having one, so im not sure why certain people have gone way OTT with their replies
I will re-think in future before asking any more questions. It was a truly innocent question and i didn't intend to rile anyone up just because i don't like playpens![]()