Porse carer leaves baby alone :(

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That would be horrible to come to!Poor family and bubba

Agree with Kellie and man I would be so pissed off it wouldn't be funny.

I can't imagine what was going through her head to think it was ok to leave the baby for over 2 hours?? What could possibly have been so important? Could she not have taken the baby with her? She supposedly has her own children, so I wonder if she took them and left the baby?

They've named her now and seems the father did force his way in. He wasn't sitting outside waiting

They named her in the Sunday Paper yesterday, apparently she was under alot of stress. No excuse though - she should have rung the parents if she had to go somewhere urgently.

I guess when you leave your child, your most precious treasure with anyone you are never a hundred percent safe, but some really do make it worse for others, like the one you had Bebymumma, and the family in the article.
As 2boys said its a shame,because there are some great carers out there, my mother nannies for porse and she would never ever let anything happen to the kids she looks after....if you put your kids with an inhome carer, you have to trust your instincts and if it doesn't feel right, take them out

Nanny under stress

Nanny says sorry

Nanny $200 fine - too little

Anyone else who left THEIR OWN kid at home, let alone a baby would have got a harsher penalty if you ask me...

crazy she should have been fined heaps more!

I would never leave my child in an educators / in home carers home. As an ece teacher and have worked visiting in home carers, i have seen some shocking practice! I would never leave my child with one adult in a house all on their own. Who is watching them? Where is the accountability.??
Who do they have over to visit?

Nigel latta doesn't think it's a good idea. it's just too risky.

there are some excellent carers out there but childcare with more than one adult is just safer in my opinion.

LJsmum wrote: crazy she should have been fined heaps more! I would never leave my child in an educators / in home carers home. As an ece teacher and have worked visiting in home carers, i have seen some shocking practice! I would never leave my child with one adult in a house all on their own. Who is watching them? Where is the accountability.?? Who do they have over to visit? Nigel latta doesn't think it's a good idea. it's just too risky. there are some excellent carers out there but childcare with more than one adult is just safer in my opinion.

I think this really depends on your carer. We have an excellent porse carer, who has become like extended family for us, and I wouldn't have things any other way. DD's personality meant that when she went into care part-time at 12months, there's no way she would have coped with a large daycare setting, and now she loves her carer and the other kids so much, we don't want to move her!

I did interview several carers before finding one that we 'clicked' with, and you do have to be very careful obviously (apparently especially in West Auckland ), but we took the time to get to know DD's carer, and as we have no family around, it was the perfect option for us. In my mind, it was a more realistic setting that wasn't completely child-centric (where 'normal' things like doing the groceries, dishes, housework became something that DD learned from - just like she would at home). Obviously you need to have a trusting relationship with your carer and have really good communication!

Do I think this particular carer was completely irresponsible and negligent? Yes, of course.... but that doesn't mean that all carers are.

Anyway, just wanted to stand up for porse and west auckland as we've had really good experiences! I think sadly there are always going to be people out there that don't think through their actions and end up hurting other people....and absolutely a $200 fine wasn't enough! (why oh why didn't she just tell the family what she was doing? ).

There are risks in both home based and centre care, BUT in centre care there is accountability, people are around and there is always more than one adult.
The number one concern i have about in home care is ther is only one adult and possibly 4 children that's the max, maybe 2 under 2yrs and 2 over 2yrs.
So what happens when the carer has to go to the toilet ? or change a nappy ? Where are the 3 other children or deal with a phone call??

I understand that the carer can't be with the children every second. But i would just never do it! it's tooo risky.!!!

There are some awful centres BUT saftey wise,they have polcies, practices, accountability they are safer in my view. Having worked in both fields.

In regards to concerns over care and attention at centres. Always pick a smaller centre with less kids than 50 for preschool, 25 or less is ideal.
For under 2's less than 15 is ideal.under 1's less than 6.