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WWYD re: mother w/newborn.

CleoKittyCleoKitty member
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You're at a health clinic with your infant child. As you leave you notice another mother wrapping her tiny newborn up in several heavy blankets. When pulling out of the parking lot you see that the mother is walking down the road with her baby. It's very cold out (actual temperature in the teens, not sure about windchill.)

Would you offer the mother a ride? Would you just keep driving? WWYD? ?

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  • DandRDandR

    Most likely keep driving because if I was the mother walking I would NEVER accept a ride from a stranger, and I would be creeped out by someone asking me if I need a ride.  So in order to not scare the walking mom I'd keep driving.

     

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  • august0605brideaugust0605bride
    I dunno. I mean is it better to have the baby in a car w/ no carseat? ?I think I'd offer to pay for a taxi-- babies don't legally have to have carseats in taxis, so I'd be off the hook as far as liability.
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  • CleoKittyCleoKitty member
    imageDandR:

    Most likely keep driving because if I was the mother walking I would NEVER accept a ride from a stranger, and I would be creeped out by someone asking me if I need a ride.? So in order to not scare the walking mom I'd keep driving.

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    Keep in mind that you're another mom with an infant and that you just bumped into each other in the clinic waiting room. Not quite as scary as just any random stranger...

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  • august0605brideaugust0605bride
    and I'd of course let her and the baby chill in my car til the cab came-- I'm not like shoving a fistful of money out the window or something
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  • REOMREOM member
    I would probably pull over and ask her if she needed help. Maybe she would tell me her plan - walking to the bus, home, etc- and if I could help her out in any way I would.
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  • marie0131marie0131
    i'd keep driving.  she obviously was prepared to keep her newborn warm during the walk.
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  • KoriBrettKoriBrett

    We already know you took her home LOL

    I would probably ask if she needed or wanted a ride, with or without the carseat, it's too damned cold.

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  • LanaMLanaM

    I don't think I could just continue driving.....      I'd stop for sure and if she does not want a ride, maybe I'd see if I can help some other way.

    Did you stop? :-)

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  • EliseB0323EliseB0323
    Yes, I would probably offer her a ride. If they were walking, they most likely aren't that far from home or wherever they are going. The chances of the baby being hurt in an accident because he/she was not in a car seat are minimal.
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  • CleoKittyCleoKitty member
    imageLanaM:

    Did you stop? :-)

    It wasn't me, LOL. It was my sister. ;-)?

    She called me this morning after taking her newborn to the health clinic and asked me what I'd do. My sister felt so bad seeing this woman out in the cold with her baby. If she had an extra carseat she said she would've offered the woman a ride, but she didn't know what to do since there wouldn't be a seat for the baby. She ended up just driving on by, but called me because she felt so guilty.?

    I probably would've done the same thing, but I often do have an extra carseat in my car...?

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  • hopefulmomhopefulmom member
    I would have stopped and offered a ride.  I live in the country and there is no such thing as a taxi or bus.  Hopefully she didn't have far to go.  Infants loose heat fast.
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  • fIowerchildfIowerchild

    I would probably have done what your sister did - drove by and then felt guilty for not knowing what to do.

    This post made me feel a little gloomy.

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  • ZenyaZenya member

    imagemarie0131:
    i'd keep driving.  she obviously was prepared to keep her newborn warm during the walk.

    That's what I thought, too!

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  • snickerdoodle27snickerdoodle27
    No, b/c you don't have a carseat for the infant. No way is a child getting into my car w/out a carseat!
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  • kjlrskjlrs
    no, because i would have no carseat for the baby.
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  • cbidt*sgirlcbidt*sgirl member
    i think it depends on where you live.  i live in the city and i walk to the dr. all the time.  i can make it home in 10 minutes or to the bus in about 2 so if i saw a mom walking out of my dr's with an infant in her arms i would assume they were headed to the bus, train, the taxi stop at the corner or nearby home.  i wouldn't stop and i would never accept a ride from a stranger (well..a non taxi-driving stranger).
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