A woman says a tense dinner with a friend ended with a call to Child Protective Services. In her Reddit post in r/TwoHotTakes, she says the friend arrived late last month and casually explained that her nine-month-old was home alone in the crib. She reportedly added that her husband was at his parents’ house and it was past the baby’s bedtime. The poster claims she quickly realized no adult was with the infant. By her account, the house was five minutes from the restaurant, and the husband was at least a 10-minute drive from home. Adding the 10 minutes she had already spent at the restaurant, she estimates the baby was home alone with two “ill-behaved” dogs for at least 25 minutes, after “doing the math.” The poster also claims she provided hours of free babysitting during the baby’s first five months. Childcare favors between people this close can sour quickly, much like the mother who banned her sister from babysitting duties after a family betrayal. As their history was rocky, she worried that confronting her friend would start an argument rather than a productive conversation. She says she still can’t shake what happened that night The friendship was already strained, as the two had a big fight earlier this year. The poster says she felt taken advantage of during the pregnancy after she helped build the nursery, planned the baby shower, and went to medical appointments. Another Reddit user who felt similarly used by a friend refused to drive half a birthday party home. WIBTA for calling CPS on my friend after she left her 9-month-old home alone? byu/Green-Stand4102 inTwoHotTakes She says she raised the issue during dinner. The friend reportedly promised it would never happen again and claimed it had never happened before. The poster initially believed her, although later conversations with a mutual friend about other apparent strange behavior made her doubt those promises. She also claims she does not know whether a neighbor or a babysitter was checking on the child. The family is reportedly close with many neighbors, so someone else may have been involved. However, the friend did not provide those details when asked, according to the poster. Despite fearing her motives could look vindictive, the poster says she has now contacted Child Protective Services. She noted that her state has no specific age law for leaving a child home alone. However, she felt a nine-month-old was far too young to be left without an adult. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says state child abuse and neglect reporting laws do not set an age at which a child can be left home alone. The agency advises anyone worried about a child being left home alone inappropriately to report it to CPS, where staff decide whether intervention is needed.