I'm not trying to be mean but after hearing yet another news report about a child left in a hot car, I have to wonder how a parent forgets their child?
I have 4 kids and I have always been cautious. From the time of just 1, I have always been highly vigilant in making sure all the kids were where they were supposed to be... I can't imagine just forgetting to drop someone off at day care and leaving him/her in the car. I am constantly doing head counts, making sure all are present and accounted for, or mentally checking off that all kids have been dropped off.
A friend of mine joked about a family at her church, they have 9 children. They got all the way home and unloaded when someone from church called to tell them they'd left one of their kids behind. How does that happen? My friend thought it was quite funny. My thought was what if that had happened at the local Walmart or park? You have that many kids, how do you not do a head count?
I grieve for those children that have suffered this summer but what is wrong with the parents?
My little guy is not really a quiet kid. When he falls asleep in the car, I am always reaching to make sure he's still breathing and such. He hardly falls asleep in the car on our short trips, and is always letting me know where he is. He's hard to forget in any case!
Quoting Kaylina:Honestly, I've been so rushed and stressed that I once forgot my sleeping newborn (my 3rd child, the other 2 older ones were at home) in my van for 5 minutes while I ran in quickly into the store to get something and I hadn't wanted to wake her because she was sleeping so soundly and it was only for a run in and run out item and I was less than 10 feet away from the car (it was not hot outside) and could see her and no one was around and I actually started driving off and a few minutes later realized that I had totally forgotten she was in the car with me and it scared the shit outta me, though honestly nothing I did would have changed, but the fact that I realized that for a few minutes I really had forgotten she was even with me... really really scared me... I've never had an issue since then, but seriously when ur stressed out and overworked and the newborn is asleep... you can totally forget they are with you, especially when you don't normally take them with you. It basically is the same way we sometimes zone out while driving long distances and can't remember any of the scenery we drove past. It's just like that. IT HAPPENS..
I work in a daycare & never really did this before I started working there but- I always do a head count!! And not just at work! I have 5 kids of my own ages 3yo to 16yo. I even call them by number sometimes! lol When I am leaving my house, when we get out of the car, when we are headed out the door at church. Especially when my kids have friends over. One of my DDs had 5 friends over for her 10th bday & even though they were all out in my backyard I kept looking out the kitchen window & counting heads.
Hi! I totally agrees w you until it happend to me! i am very careful God blessed me with 2boys and 1 precious baby girl and when she was 2 my husband wanted me to take her to the store w me, i didnt want to cause i knew she ws tired i was having a stressful day and running a friend for and errand, he forced the situation I took her. in the mean time as i thought would happen she fell asleep and between all i was dealing w, talking w my friend, then a stressful buisiness call came through, i went in the house after all my errands, an hour and a half later my husband asked me where she was, i still didnt realize what i had done stated she was in bed. he went to her bed she was not there when the horror ran through my body in that moment i realized i left her in the car. racing to the car there she was Praise God it was a November day or yes i would no longer of had my precious baby and i have NEVER judge anyone for that again. though its horrible it can happen when things are out of normal.
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- momof3inTN
on Aug. 8, 2012 at 12:21 AM