Gothamist: NYC To Parents: Watch Your Baby!

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priscilla

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:23:06 -0500

As a mom, this story was crazy--- my daughter has NEVER been without a caregiver present, sleeping or not and she is almost 2 yrs old. Even if the baby didn't have any choaking hazards- the sheer terror of waking up without anyone around to respond to his/her crying is pretty traumatic. Abandoned baby at the waldorf- this isnt USA vs Europe-- this is working class sensibility confronting upper class stupidity. There is room service after all....

Chris

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:32:18 -0500

We have a British stroller with the plastic tarp (looks like the baby is wrapped for freshness or something). It is great in the rain -- that's a country that knows rainy weather. I wouldn't leave him outside alone, though, not here or anywhere. With his sister, maybe, if I could see them both.

cbob

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 09:42:26 -0500

New York Parents are the worst. They are so paranoid. I have heard people say that they wouldn't even go to their apartment building mailbox in the lobby when their child is sleeping. In the suburbs we mow our yard while our child is sleeping. --A Parent of 3

brendan

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 02:47:03 -0500

Van Helen, anyone who thinks Leona Helmsley would be allowed into the Waldorf Astoria, or would stoop to go there even if allowed, is not qualified to raise children. Maybe dogs, though.

adrienne

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:13:43 -0500

i just got back from 2 weeks in denmark and they really do leave their babies in strollers outside on the sidewalk. it's just that safe there. i even saw a stroller with a baby out in the rain with some weird plastic tarp thing over it. that said, i wouldn't do it in nyc.

Chris

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:41:34 -0500

Oh, come on. What are the odds on any of these things? Checking into the W-A to abandon your baby? Maniacs invading? How many hotels have you stayed in that had a fire alarm, let alone a fire? I'm with Sensible Person, although having lived in England for three years, I certainly saw a LOT of babies outside shops in their strollers. The ADA doesn't apply over there (of course!), and hauling strollers in and out is a lot harder than here. I've got a six year old and a six month old, so I think I've got a little perspective on the situation.

sheila

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:33:42 -0500

how is the maid, or anyone else who may have rightly/wrongly entered the room to know how long the baby was in there? for all anyone could know, the baby was abandoned. calling the authorities was the only way to go.

Van Helen

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:08:58 -0500

I go through all sorts of 'what if' scenarios when I leave my dog alone at home for 15 minutes. And I'm not a control freak, my dog's just a troublemaker with a bad barking habit and my neighbs are whiners. But knowing what I go through to make sure my dog is happy so my neighbors are happy so we're all able to live together definitely makes me think I'd do something more thoughtful than leave a 60-day old infant alone at the Waldorf. I mean what if Leona Helmsley snuck in and ate it? Or the Hilton sisters walked into the wrong room and made a sex tape video with it or stole off to Vegas and tried to marry it? What pisses me off is that some asshole maid called the cops. Tell management to call the guests on their cell phone or quietly back out of the room and let it scream its head off until it falls asleep again. But don't call New York's finest about a snoozing fatty in dy-dees. Coppers got a busy docket as it is this week, for example, arresting B-movie actresses like Rosario Dawson pretending to protest the RNC or deliberating on the rights of impermeable graffitios like Bike Against Bush boy....You know, dangerous NYC crimes. I have to admit thought, once I left my dog at the groomer's, went to work, then got into a car accident, and was unable to pick up my dog until closing time. All I could think about was, what if I'd been hospitalized or killed, my dog would be stuck in a small cage at Donna's Dog Wash forever. As it was, when I finally did pick him up they'd shaved him within an inch of his life. So much for trusting a responsible sitter.

Sensible person

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:17:43 -0500

People, there's nothing wrong with leaving a sleeping baby in a hotel room for an hour. Get a hold of yourselves. If you really think the child is at risk of being harmed by a hotel employee, you are so risk-averse you should never leave the house. Granted, the sidewalk stroller thing is nuts. That said, most of the people who overreact to these New York stories are not New Yorkers, they are people who think New York is more dangerous that it is. Thank you. Sensible person

homeopt

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:14:48 -0500

Exactly, Kristen. Why is that so difficult to comprehend. No one is saying that you need to watch a baby 24-7 when you are in the safety of your own home. But how stupid can you be to leave your baby unattended in a hotel room? People like that don't deserver children.

Kristen

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:55:02 -0500

what's dangerous about leaving the baby napping in a hotel is the fact that employees can come and go as they please... all it takes is one nut job and bye bye baby...

hijiki

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:42:16 -0500

ok, 990000, that's actually the point i was going for. what they did was unwise, but not such a big deal to arrest them. homeopt, it's not hard to see that nancy was merely requesting civility not telling you to shut up. breathe in - breathe out. it's all gonna be just fine.

homeopt

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:27:22 -0500

Nancy,shut your pie hole. You think you're the only one allowed to express an opinion ?

990000

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:23:52 -0500

wait-- I wasn't discussing the law, stupid idiot. let's get that part straight. it was just a personal opinion about where to draw the line in leaving one's own child unattended. in any case, I am not the type to tell someone what to do (nor try to punish them for such actions).

stupid idiot

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:00:06 -0500

leaving a baby unattended in a reasonably safe place for an hour is not child endangerment. we might not choose to do it ourselves, but it's no place for the law to make that judgement and arrest other people for it. wouldn't driving a baby in a car pose more of a threat than leaving him/her in a crib? i'll answer that one: yes. how far are you going to let the law reach when it comes to assessing risks for your children? the line has to be drawn somewhere.... what's the time limit before you throw a parent in jail?

Nancy

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:36:28 -0500

990000 and homeopt, take it easy. I'm sure there is some sort of blog protocol that should be applied here. It's not my blog, but kindly refrain from insults. Dang.

990000

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:28:17 -0500

hijiki, you are a piece of work.

homeopt

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:26:10 -0500

A baby in his crib at home while you sleep is much different than leaving a baby in a hotel room where you have no control over who enters the room. Only a stupid idiot would do the latter and/or defend it.

Michelle

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:57:15 -0500

Wow, I can't believe some of these comments. I really hope that those of you that do not understand the seriousness of leaving a child unattended for an hour are not parents. And when you put a child down for a nap, hopefully, for the child's sake you do so that you can hear into the room, maybe with a monitor. Leaving a child unsupervised for so long is so irresponsible. Yeah, most scerarios are "what ifs" but how do you think accidents happen? They are not planned for and usually not expected. The least that you can do is behave in a reasonable way so to prevent them.

Chris

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:24:06 -0500

A more important question: who is the baby in the picture here? Is that a lil' baby Jen Chung? Do I win a prize?

Eva

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:17:14 -0500

hijiki, I agree with you, anything can happen anywhere, not just in NYC. These people flew in a plane with their baby, does that mean they should go to jail because...what if the plane crashed???

hijiki

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:32:46 -0500

you can make what-ifs for anything. what if someone bombed the restaurant? no, i don't have children, but i'm not telling parents how to care for their children.

nina

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:21:22 -0500

hijiki, you don't have children. the "what ifs" when it comes to a child's life life are pretty big.

hijiki

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:08:34 -0500

990000, a fire emergency is about as likely as a gas leak exploding at the lunch place. you can make up any scenario... bad things can happen anywhere. was it endangerment to fly the baby to nyc in the first place? this is the same mentality that srubs the baby in anti-bacterial soap and leaves the AC on for the cat.

990000

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:59:11 -0500

I still think it's crazy. *a lot* can happen in a New York hour. god forbid there is a fire emergency and the building is emptied and they prevent anyone from re-entering the building. this means you will have to leave it to some stranger to rescue your kid. that said, it all depends on how far you are from your child when you leave them. a stone's throw? a floor below? 10 stories? a city block?

joe

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:58:18 -0500

This would have been a much more interesting story if the maid took the baby home with her instead of reporting the incident to the police.

hijiki

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:52:22 -0500

i don't get it... what's so bad about leaving a baby safe inside while having lunch? to me, it sounds invasive and reactionary to harrass these people.

Nancy

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:45:28 -0500

Actually, the "the baby could choke and die" was the sarcastic part. I am of the Max persuasion that it's just not that big of a deal. I've only encountered Americans who are absolutely indignant at the idea of a napping baby left to nap alone.

Max

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:14:41 -0500

Ummm, this seems a little much. I am a deep/heavy sleeper. The fact that I can sleep through a baby crying- for 8 hours- does that make me negligent and ripe for arrest? People leave their babies alone all the time- it is called a nap. What they forgot was to leave the "Do not Disturv" sign out. I would assume that there were no chocking hazards in the crib and if the W-A is safe enough for the President of the United States I would think it is safe enough for any of us.

NY'er

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:22:38 -0500

990000, I think Nancy was being sarcastic.

990000

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:20:15 -0500

for an hour? are you #@$*! crazy?

Nancy

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:50:58 -0500

Okay, granted, leaving a baby in a stroller outside and unattended is pretty weird and unsafe, no matter the culture, but leaving a baby napping in your hotel room for an hour while you have lunch with your spouse seems perfectly reasonable to me. Sure, the baby could choke and die, but seriously.