Too close a call..

[TWILIGHTSKY]

In Buffalo, NY lastnight, a woman was unloading groceries from her car. When she came out of the house, her car was gone- with her sleeping 12 month old boy inside.

I saw it on the news at 11:05, they said it had happened about 10:30pm....

Thank goodness the boy was found in the car about an hour and a half later in someone's driveway. Just made me think about how quickly something can happen to our children (or us for that matter). <<....kissing my kids....>> Ok I'm back. I just feel so much relief for that boy and his family.

[sarabethv]

This is why you take the baby in first. Not too long ago in Arizona, a woman with like seven children left the baby in the mini van and by the time anyone realized it wasn't in the house, the baby was dead. That happens here in the southwest where temperatures can fall in the 115 degree range in summer. Temps inside vehicles quickly get to ridiculous numbers.

Always, always take the baby in first, even if you have ice cream. Put the baby in it's crib or playpen and THEN and only then worry about the groceries.

Sorry, not ranting at you, this is just one of my soapboxes due to where I live.

[Ameniatha]

thats a very sad story sarabethy..

People just dont think these days eh?

[Silver_FireStar]

WHAT MORON LEAVES THEIR KID UNATTENDED? Not for a minute. I mean I was looking after someones baby, I didn't even go to the toilette without making sure that the kid was in the playpen, only soft toys, and cleared a space around her pen. The door rang, the kid came with me to answer it. And that's just in the house. NEVER leave a kid unattended in a car without locking the thing! I'm 17 and my parents still lock the doors when they leave me on my own (They didn''t let me stay in alone till I was 11). It's common sense, anything can happen in the blink of an eye, even with the doors locked.

[TWILIGHTSKY]

I know, I can't believe some of the things some people do. I've let my boy sleep while I've brought my groceries in, but never if it's really hot or cold- and the location I live in allows that without ANY concern, but if I lived in a bigger town or a city, especially, I'd never imagine doing it!!!

[LadyTrinity]

I never take my baby in first or last.. he comes in with the groceries.. even if it kills my arms. :whatgives

[johenn123]

good idea

[Invidosa]

This is why you take the baby in first. Not too long ago in Arizona, a woman with like seven children left the baby in the mini van and by the time anyone realized it wasn't in the house, the baby was dead. That happens here in the southwest where temperatures can fall in the 115 degree range in summer. Temps inside vehicles quickly get to ridiculous numbers.

Always, always take the baby in first, even if you have ice cream. Put the baby in it's crib or playpen and THEN and only then worry about the groceries.

Sorry, not ranting at you, this is just one of my soapboxes due to where I live.


:aburst: agreed, I have never understood why anyone would think for even a second that it is ok to leave a baby alone in a car! EVER EVER EVER!! I mean, come on. I remember hearing about one where a woman left her kid in the running car in front of the gas station, when she came out car and kid were gone. Or how about last summer when people "forgot" they had their kid in the car.

whew, now I feel better :floating:

[SilverClaw]

Reminds me of a silgihty different inccident when this man went into this place to get his pizzas and left his small child in the vechile, someone stole the vechile, with the kid in it and it was later found at a neraby senoirs home.

[greenwitch]

you'd think that maternal instincts would kick in once you've had the kid.... I mean, helloo? we don't exactly live in the safest world, it's a lil crazy, and just a tad dangerous.... if I had a baby, baby would go with me inside with groceries, and back outside with groceries, even if it killed me.

this person needs a major _wedgie_

[Faeawyn]

I can't imagine anything more terrifying than my child disappearing :yikes:

[Invidosa]

you'd think that maternal instincts would kick in once you've had the kid.... I mean, helloo? we don't exactly live in the safest world, it's a lil crazy, and just a tad dangerous.... if I had a baby, baby would go with me inside with groceries, and back outside with groceries, even if it killed me.

this person needs a major _wedgie_

exactly, I don't have any of my own kids, but I do have a 3 year old neice, and there is no way I would ever do anything to put her potentially in danger. I would like to know what planet these people are living on!

[butterflydreams]

That must be so awful. I'm glad that the baby was found safe!

How I wish reality were that easy - that we could all just have arms full of groceries with a baby or two carrying them up the stairs together each time. As a single mother who used to live on a third flloor apartment with cement stairs leading up to my door and two weeks worth of groceries I found it wasn't safe to carry a baby and an arm load of groceries with the baby each time I had to get more from the car. I'd rather put her in her crib (taking her up first of course) then go down and get the groceries then have my arms get tired or slip on some ice and drop her on the cement. Throw in another toddler - my also barely walking niece and I just can't imagine how that could be managed without leaving one in the car for just a moment or never bringing the food. It's really sad that someone could be called a moron or idiot, or someone who has no maternal instincts because they maybe made a slight mistake and could just be trying to deal with things as best as they could.

I'm off to figure out how a single parent with twins or other small kids that are not yet walking would manage.

Guess I'll get off my soap box now but yes this lady made a mistake. I'm glad she still has the ability to learn from it.

[enchancea]

Wow that must have been scary. Maybe now she has learned to take her kid in first?

[Wintersteel]

Sheesh, these incidents are becoming too common.. I wouldn't leave my child in the car, with the or without the keys in the ignition, unless it was an emergency..

I have also read too many stories of people forgetting thier small babies, in the car in the summer time.. How can you forget your baby is in the backseat?? :hmmmmm:

I'm glad they found the child safe..

[TornadoAli]

Well on the flipside that probably helped her get her car back...chances are the person just wanted a car and didn't realize it had a baby in it until after he'd stolen it.

[Amethyst Rose]

I'd never leave my son in a running vehicle... I have a very hard time leaving him in the not running car, with no keys in the ignition, to run the 10 feet to pay for gas. But I do it. It seems rediculous to take him out of the seat for 30 seconds. However, it's only if it's a distance I can reach very quickly and I never take my eyes off the car. My husband says that I have an irrational fear if him being taken, though.... I won't leave his window open at night, cuz I'm scared someone will climb in and take him.
Now, leaving him alone in the house is a different thing, imo. I'll leave him to run around the house while I go out to get more groceries, or to take out the garbage, and certainly to go to the bathroom. But he can look after himself better now. When he was smaller, I'd put him in the crib, first.

[BabblingImp]

My mom says they need to have parenting classes at the high school that is manditory (sp?) anyway I think that 7 kids it 5 too meny personally, and yes I would take my kid in first, and 2 if I were going out and it wasn't too hot I would have my big black dog in the car!

[TWILIGHTSKY]

I'd never leave my son in a running vehicle... I have a very hard time leaving him in the not running car, with no keys in the ignition, to run the 10 feet to pay for gas. But I do it. It seems rediculous to take him out of the seat for 30 seconds. However, it's only if it's a distance I can reach very quickly and I never take my eyes off the car. My husband says that I have an irrational fear if him being taken, though.... I won't leave his window open at night, cuz I'm scared someone will climb in and take him.
Now, leaving him alone in the house is a different thing, imo. I'll leave him to run around the house while I go out to get more groceries, or to take out the garbage, and certainly to go to the bathroom. But he can look after himself better now. When he was smaller, I'd put him in the crib, first.
lol- I put a stick in the window frame so that someone couldn't slide the window open... after unlocking it...from the inside..

[Lunacie]

I have taken care of my grandchildren, either part time or full time, since the oldest was born 7 years ago. If they are sleeping I sometimes leave them in the car while I take the groceries in. The groceries are in the trunk so it's easy to leave the car locked with the child inside. I leave the child buckled in her car seat while I pay for gas, but I always lock the car then too.

I can imagine how frightned the mother was and I'm so glad there was a happy ending. She made a mistake and I'd bet she doesn't make the same mistake again. I've made mistakes too. Once I forgot to fasten my granddaughter's carseat buckle and two miles - later whizzing down the hiway 65 mph - I looked in the rear view mirror and saw her standing up in the back seat. I was lucky that nothing happened and I don't forget to fasten that buckle now.

People have been making mistakes in raising children since the beginning of the world. Some turn out okay and some are tragic. But we're human, and we're not perfect, and we make mistakes.